Milford chronicle., 1959-09-04


Funeral services were held Tues
day at 2 p. m. in the Watson Fun
eral Home, with the Rev. Ralph G.
Jones, pastor of Mt. Oliet Metho-
dist Church officiating. Interment
was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
DONOPHAN
James Harvey Donophan, age 79
a farmer in the Harrington area all
his life, died on Thursday, August
20, at his home west of Harrington
Mr.. Donophan had been in poor
health for several years and last
year, fell, breaking a hip from
which me never completely recov-
cred.
The son of John C. and Lydia
Morris Donophan, he was born
near FELTON,.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eff.
fie Brown Donophan; a daughter
Mrs. Amos Porter, Harrington; q
sister, Mrs. Rachel Larimore, Har-
rlngton; 2 half sisters, Mrs. Lyde
Killen, FELTON, and Mrs. Nettie
Atkinson, Dover and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Boyer
Funeral Home, Harrington, with
the Rev. Harvey D. Dukes, pastor
of Pilgrim Holiness Church
Greensboro, Nd, officiating.
Interment was in Hollywood
Cemetery, Harrington.
MILLER
Funeral services were held or
August "a at 2 p. m. at the Holly
Grove Mennonite Church for Mrs
Sara Miller, 80, who died August
21st in McCready Memorial Hos
pital, Crisfield, following a brief
illness.
Born in Ohio, she was the daugh-
ter of the late John and Fannie
Stutesman9 For the past severa
years, Mrs. Miller had been making
her home with her son, Clarence E
Miller of Westover.
Besides Mr.. Miller, She. is sur.
vived by six other sons, Lester E
Miller, Monte, Md; Willis Miller
Florida; Frank Miller, Free Pont
Mich; Ernest Miller. Riverdale
Mich. and Otis and Rollie Miller oi
Milford; four daughters, Mrs. Clyde
Zook, Milford; Mrs Morris Kauff-
man, Ravenna, Ohio; Mrs. L. Rich
ards, LewistOwn, Pa, and Mrs
James Smith, Lincoln, Delaware
40 grandchildren; and 40 great
grandchildren.
The Rev. Abram Minnick, pastor
of the Holly Grove Mennonite
Church officiated. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
NOBLE
P. Henry Noble, 20, of Harring-
ton, died in Milford Memorial Hos
pital August 80, after suffering a
heart attack.
Mr.. Noble was born in Delaware,
son of the late George F. and
Martha A. Wroten Noble.
He resided in Harrington where
1lS WdO a 1CI
several years ago. He also worked
at Taylor's hardware here until he
became i'll.
Mr.. Noble was a trustee of Wes-
ley Methodist Church, near Burrs-
vile, Md.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs.
Violet N Goodwill and a grandson,
James L. Goodwill III, both of Sea-
ford; three sisters, Mrs. Addie
Steward of Wilmington; Mrs. Lima
of Houston; Mrs. Flor
ence Mccartney of Philadelphia;
two brothers, Eli Noble of San
Diego, Calf, and Isaac Noble of
Md.
Services were held from the j.
Millard Cooper Funeral Home at
2 p. m. Thursday, the Rev. Milton
Elliott, pastor of the Seaford Meth
odist Circuit, officiating. Burial,
Cemetery, Harrington.
TAYLOR
Charles Edward Taylor, 80, died
81, at his home on old Far
mington Road. One of the oldest
residents of the area, he had been
confined to his home for several
months.
He joined the Methodist Protest
ant Church, now Trinity Methodist
Church in 1887. He was a trustee
for 40 years; secretary and treas
urer for many years; was a mem
ber of the building committee of
the present church, built in 1904,
and served on the committee when
the pipe organ and carpet were in
stalled in 1924.
An ardent Democrat, he served
in the House of Representatives
from the Ninth District of Kent
County in 1912. He also was a for
mer Harrington city treasurer, a
post in which he served for several
years.
He married Miss Catherine NJ.
Bradley who died in 1853. He is
survived by two sons, Clarence E.
Taylor, Wilmington; c. Arthur
Taylor, Harrington; one daughter,
Miss Dora Webb, at home; five
grandchildren: nine great-grand-
children and six great-great-grand
children.
Services will be held Friday at
2 p. m. from the Boyer Funeral
Home. The Rev. Nelson Benjamin,
pastor of Trinity Methodist Church,
will officiate Interment will be in
Hollywood Cemetery, near Har-
rington.