Milford chronicle., 1958-10-10
OBITUARY
CULLEN


held in the FAIRIES Funeral Chapel,
Smyrna, conducted by the Rev. S.
F. Bancroft. Intarment in Odd
Fellows Cemetery.
Mr.. Cullen formerly was post
master at Clayton, serving for IA
years. He was a son of the late
William P. and Rebecca Bateman
Cullen.
Surviving are his wife, Lillian E.
Cullen; a daughter, Mrs. George
A. Hamilton of San Juan, Puerto
Rico; three grandchildren and a
niece and nephew.
CAIN
Mrs. Nellie Richards Cain, widow
of J. Watson Cain, died October 4,
in the Greenwood Nursing Home of
a heart ailment. She formerly liv-
ed on Columbia Avenue, Rehoboth.
but since the death of her sister,
Miss Irene Richards, in 1851 had
been living in various nursing
homes.
Daughter of the late Charles
Richards of Harrington and Irene
Drummond, of Accomack, Va, she
has no immediate survivors.
The funeral was held in All
Saints Episcopal Church, Rehoboth
Beach, at IL a. m, Tuesday, con-
Quoted by the rector, the Rev. Rich
ard S. Bailey. Burial in the Reho-
both Methodist Cemtery, beside her
husband and sister.
DUKES
Mrs. Linda Adella Dukes, 86, died
October 1st at the Williams Nurs-
ing Home in Clarksville after a
lingering illness.
She was daughter of the late
John and Ellen Wharton, and widow
of James P. Dukes.
Mrs. Dukes is survived by a
brother, John Wharton, of Roxana
sister, Mrs. Emma Helm of Sal
isbury, Nd, two grandchildren, and
five great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Pres
byterian Church of Georgetown.
Services were held at p. m.
Saturday, from the Watson and
Gray Funeral Chapel, Frankford
the Rev., Bernard Taylor, pastor OF
the church, officiating. Burial in
Millville Cemetery.
CALHOUN
Charles IT. Calhoun, IS, husband
of the late Virgie M. Calhoun, died
October End, in the Jewell Nursing
Home, here, after long illness.
The funeral was held from the
Berry Funeral Home, Milford, Oc-
tober 4 at 2 p. m. The Rev. A. E
Dougherty, pastor of the Avenue
Methodist. Church, and the Rev,
VIM. E. Tull, pastor of the Church
of God, officiating Interment in
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
He is survived by a son, Elmer
T. Calhoun of Georgetown; two
daughters, Mrs. Thelma C. Mayhem
and Mrs. Hilda c. Jewell, Milford
three sisters, Mrs. Ella Weld
schedle, of Roxborough, Pa; Mrs
Laura C. Walls, of Lincoln; Miss
Nora Calhoun of Lincoln.
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STANISH
Clarence M. Stanish, II, died Oct
in Milford Memorial Hospital af-
ter a short illness.
He had been carpenter since he
was Is years old and had worked
for the Robert r. Layton Company
of Bridgeville for 20 years. He re-
tired two years ago. He was a
member of the Bridgeville Rife and
Pistol Club and joined the Green
wood Fire Company in 1924. He was
one of the first fire chiefs of that
company and had been fire hall
custodian for 10 years.
Mr.. Standish is survived by two
sons, Clarence, Bridgeville; Ralph,
Greenwood; a brother, Irwin, Green
wood, and six grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday
at 2 D. m. in the Fleischauer Fu-
neral Home. Interment in st. Johns
town Cemetery.
SAVAGE
The Rev. Lemuel Webster Saw
age, 81, who was a Methodist mini
ster and a minister of the Pilgrim
Holiness Church died October 4 at
his home in Blades.
Mr.. Savage had been retired for
several years. AS a Methodist mini
ster he served charges in Lebanon,
Leipsic, Willow Grove and Burris-
vile, Md, and as a Pilgrim Holi-
ness minister, at ,Roxana, Bishops
Head, Nd, Bethlehem, Nd, Groton,
Va, and Sapis, Va. He was the son
of the late John and Anna E. Cor
dy Savage.
He is survived by his wife the
former Alice M. West, one son,
William H., of Georgetown: three
daughters, Mrs. Reed Morris, of
Bishops Head, Mrs. Webster John
son of Cambridge, Md, and Mrs.
Kenneth Hoffman, of Florida City,
Fla; two brothers, John t. of
Salisbury, Md, and Frank of Mil
ford; one sister, Mrs. Ella Fleet
wood of Wilmington, and four
Funeral services
were held Tuesday at 2 p. m, at
the Carey Funeral Home, George
town. Interment in Cokesbury Gem
etery near Georgetown.