Milford chronicle., 1959-12-25
OBITUARY
MASSEY

Ira L. Massey, ~, collapsed anQ
died while hunting near his farm
Saturday, December 10. DIR. Joseph
A. Elliott, Sussex County deputy
medical examiner, listed a heart
attack as the cause of death.
Born near Bethel, he was the
son of the late Thomas and Nancy
Massey. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Anna NJ. Massey; daughter,
Mrs. Carlton Jones of Seaford; five
grandchildren; one great grand
child, and a brother, Riley ]. Mas
sey of LAUREL
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Windsor
and Disharoon Funeral Home, with
the Rev. J. Edward Layton OF
Wilmington officiating. Interment
in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel.
COUNCIL
Private funeral services were
held for Geo. A. Council, 81, near
Smyrna, from the FAIRIES Funeral
Chapel, Smyrna, December 81 at
2 p. m. with the Rev. ]. Howard
Link, pastor of Asbury Methodist
Church, officiating. Internient in
Forrest Cemetery, Middletown.
Mr.. Council, a farmer in the
Smyrna area most of his life, dice
Friday, December Is, in the Kent
General Hospital. He was the son
of the late Franklin H. and SaraI
Vincent Council.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs
Edna L. Council; three brothers
Ernest and Oakley Council, Smyrna
and John Council, Princess Anne
Nd, two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle La
bell, Smyrna, and Mrs. Hilda Ig
lit, Wilmington, and a number o
nieces and nephews.
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COMEGYS
Caesar r. Comegys, 72, of Wyom
ing, died Sunday in Universit
Hospital in Baltimore. He was
retired rural mail carrier.
A World War 1 veteran, MI
Comegys was a member of the Am
erican Legion. For more than 8
years he was member of the Cam
den IOOF Lodge.
Funeral services were held De
cember % at 2:30 p. m. at the Fer
/ guson and Hayes Funeral Home i
Dover. Burial in Odd Fellows Gem
etery, Camden.
Mr.. Comegys is survived by hi
wife, Mrs. Pauline Comegys and b
i w
oming, and one daughter, Mrs
Ruth Czedotari, Baltimore. Ais
surviving are two brothers, Lev
and Albert, Hartly, and two grand
children.
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BEIDEMAN
Mrs. Kate Beidman, 81, of 80
! Market Straet, Lewes, died Dec
ember % in Beebe Hospital from
pneumonia after an illness of onl,
two days
A native of Philadelphia, Mrs
Beideman lived in Lewes the pas
21 years. She is survived by fiv,
sons, Raymond Beideman of Lewes
! Warren, Howard, Herbert and Sam
uel Beideman of Philadelphia; tw,
| daughters, Mrs. Marian Anstot.
and Mrs. May Heiland of Philadel
phia; 13 grandchildren and 1.
great grandchildren.
| Funeral services will be hel,
Sunday at p m, from the Atkin
Funeral Home, Lewes, with tn
Rev. Robert e. Green, pastor o
Bethel Methodist Church, official
ing. Burial will be in Boeham Gem
etery. Blue Bell, Pa. Friends ma,
call at the funeral home at the tim
of the services.
POWELL
James Thomas Powell, 80, retir
ed farmer of Canterbury, died De
cember 21. in, Kent General Hospi
tai, Dover.
Mr.. Powell was a member of tn
Junior Order United American Me
chanics.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
May Powell of Canterbury, tw
sons, Samuel J. Of Adamstown, Pa
and Calvin of Cheswold; fou
daughters, Mrs. Sara Short of Mil
ford, Mrs. Nora Talpey, Drexel Hill
Pa; Mrs. Maize Calhoun of Dover
Mrs. Lillian Black of Harrington
13 grandchildren, and several great
grandchildren.
| Services were held from the Bel
ry Funeral Home, FELTON,, Decem
Der %, with the Rev. Thoma
Churn, pastor of Frederick Meth
odist Church and the Rev. G. T
Atkins, retired Methodist ministe
of Viola, officiating. Burial in Bar
rats Chapel Cemetery, near Fred
erica.
RAPP
/ George F. Rapp, II, of Harrine
ton, husband of Edna Yoder Rap
died at his home December 81, al
ter a few months illness.
Formerly employed by the B.
E. Railroad in Centreville, he trans
ferred to the Pennsylvania Raj
road in Harrington 81 years ago.
He was a member of Tempt
Lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, the raj
roads Free Stone Lodge, and th
Harrington Volunteer Fire Con
pany.