Milford chronicle., 1959-03-13
OBITUARY


ford on Saturday morning, March
Z, 1859. Funeral services were held
from the Berry Funeral Home, Mil
ford, on Wednesday afternoon,
March IL, at o'clock. Rev. Doug
las Milbury, pastor of Calvary
Methodist Church, Milford, officia-
ted Interment was in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Milford
WATKINS
Mrs. Annie E. Watkins, 70, a
lifelong resident of Milford, died
March s at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mary E. Gray, Whining
ton Manor,
In addition to her daughter, she
is survived by two sons, Lewis L.,
of Chester. and Nelson W., of Lew
es; two brothers, Clarence Watson
of Lincoln and Ernest Watson OF
Milford, and one sister. Mrs. Mil
dred Hillens of Harbeson.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Christian Science Society of
Milford, March 10, at p. m, at the
Rogers Funeral Home, Milford. In
terment in Odd Fellows Cemetery
HILL
George A. Hill, 78, died March
6. He was the son of the late Rob-
ert Hill and Margaret Coulter Hill
He was former resident of
Bridgeville, member of the Union
let oh
member of the Bridgeville Anglers
Club. He was former prohibition
director for the Delmarva PENN
sula.
His survivors include son, Will
liam A. Hill, Seaford; a grand
son, William r. Hill, II, Whining
ton, and granddaughter, Mary L.
Hill, Seaford, and two great-grand-
children.
Services were held Monday at 2
p. m. in the Hardesty Funeral
Home.
MAGEE
Orrie B. Magee, Jr., At, of Lewes
Beach, died March s. in a hospital
near Wilmington after a long ill
ness. He was son of Orrie B. Ma
gee, Sr., of Lewes and the late
Sallie M. Magee.
He is also survived by his wife,
Mrs. Leona Magee of Miami
Beach, Fla; a daughter, Mrs. Jean
Bertrand, Frankford; three sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Mitchell and Mrs. Mar
celia Williamson, both of Whining
ton; Mrs. Onita Lynch, Millsboro,
and two brothers, Richard o. and
Edwin Magee, both of Lewes.
Services were held in the Nelson
Funeral Home, Lewes, Wednesday
at p. M, the Rev. Robert e.
Green, pastor of Bethel Methodist
Church, officiating. Interment in
Sunset Memorial Park.
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KITCHENS
Irwin Lee Kitchens, rs, died at
his home, Selbyville, Saturday,
March z.
He is survived by his wife, Ida,
and eight children: Burl, Selby-
vile; Mrs. Eta Layton, Millsboro;
Ollie, BishopviIle, Md; Miss Thel-
ma Kitchens at home; Mrs. Pearl
Rogers, Dagsboro; Mrs. Irene Dom
Ohue, Chester, Pa, Mrs. Sarah Gull
len, Bishops, Md, Mrs. Mary Jane
Powell, Berlin, Md; four brothers,
Henry, Frankford; John, Harry and
Herman, Dagsboro; two sisters,
Mrs. Maude Dukes, Dagsboro, and
Mrs. Evelyn Taylor, Minquadale.
There are also % grandchildren
and nine at-grandchildren
He was retired farmer.
Services were held March 9 at
2:30 p. m, from the Watson and
Gray Funeral Chapel, Frankford.
SOCKRITER
Mrs. Rose NJ. Sockriter, So, wife
of Robert w. Sockriter of 348 Saw
annah Road, Lewes, died March 5
in the Delaware Hospital, Will
mington. Mrs. Sockriter, who had
been working in the dining room of
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes, for 20
years, was stricken Monday at
work.
Born in New Jersey, she was the
daughter of Mrs. Rose Kraft who
lived with her, and the late Ernest
Kraft of New Jersey. Besides her
husband and mother, she leaves
One daughter, Mrs. May Hall of
Lewes; two sisters, Mrs. Annie
Morlock. Freeport, Fla, and Mrs.
Kate Pennington, Danville, N. j.,
and two grandchildren, Robert and
ANTHONY Hall. IeweS
The funeral was held Monday at
2 p. m in Nelson Funeral Home,
Lewes, followed by interment in
The Lewes Methodist Cemetery.
KELLEY
Harry (Stokes) Kelley, age 55
years, husband of Edna Kelley of
FELTON,, passed away Monday after
loon, March 8, 1859, in the Jarvis
Nursing Home, FELTON, Funeral
services were held from the Berry
Funeral Home, FELTON,, on Thurs
lay afternoon, March IL. at 2 o.
lock. Rev. Larry Renner, pastor
If FELTON, Methodist Church and
Rev. Robert Hodgson, pastor of
kenton Methodist Church, officia-
ed. Interment was in Barratt's
chapel Cemetery, Fre6erica.
Besides his wife, he is survived |
~ three sons, William, Newark; |
Thomas and Robert, both of Fell
on; four grandchildren, and his |
mother, Mrs. Wilbur Kelley, of |
FELTON,.
He had been employed by the |
State Highway Department for s
years until he became i'll six
months ago.
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