Milford chronicle., 1959-06-05
OBITUARY

Mrs. Mary S. Denny, So, wife of
Watson Denny, IL Maple Street,
Marcus Hook, Pa, died, May 81, in
the Chester Hospital.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Denny is survived by two sons,
Francis E., Highland Gardens. Pa,
and Harold A. Denny in the U. S.
Navy, and her mother, Mrs. Maggie
Sapp, Frederick.
Services were at p. m in the
Lofland Funeral Home, Milford.
ROSE
Thomas Lemar Rose, Jr., died
May %, 21a hours after he was
born, May %, 1859 in the Milford
Memorial Hospital
Funeral services were held Mon
day, May 25, at 2 o'clock, at the
Berry Funeral Home, Milford. The
Rev. Douglas F. Milbury of the Cal
vary Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment, the Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Milford.
He is survived by his mother
and father, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Lemar Rose of Milford, and grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Rodney
Stuart of Milford and T/Sgt. and
Mrs. Clifford M. Holmes of Dover.
Delaware.
EVANS
Asher w. Evans, 72, died at his
home in Ocean View, May 81. He
was a poultryman and a retired
marine engineer.
He is survived by his wife Mary
Collier Evans, a daughter, Mrs.
Louise Wharton; "a son., Sherman
Evans, both of Ocean View; five
grandc dldren; four sisters, Mrs.
Virginia Vickers, Ocean View; Mrs.
Myrtle Derrickson, Millville; Mrs.
Carrie Albee, Bloomfield, N. j.;
Mrs. Mollie West, Roxanna, and a
brother Marvin Evans, st. Peters
burg, Fla.
Services were held June 2, at
p. m. at the James Funeral Home,
Millsboro.
PORTER
Dorse Porter, age 81, husband
of Elizabeth Porter of Camden, Del,
died following heart attack while
at work at the Dover Air Base
early Sunday morning, May 81. He
had worked there for three years
and was an Army veteran of World
War II.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by two sons, Robert and Eugene
Martin, both at home; two daugh-
ters, Joyce Ann and Sandra Lee,
both at home; two brothers, Mar
tin, of Camden and Carlton Lane,
of Wilmington; one sister, Mrs.
Barbara Guessford, Wilmington.
Funeral services were held from
the Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,,
on Wednesday afternoon, June 8,
at 2 o'clock. Capt. A.. B. Parsons,
chaplin of the Air Base, officiated.
! Interment was in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Camden.
SHORT
Charles Wesley Short, age 50
years, died in the Milford Memoir
ial Hospital, Sunday morning, May
81, 1859, where he had been a pat
lent for six weeks.
He was born near Glendale
Delaware, the son of the late Al
fred Henry and Mary A Webb
Short, but had lived in Greenwood
for the past 35 years.
He was a retired agent for the
Maryland and Delaware Coast
Railway which operated between
Love Point, Md. and Rehoboth,
Delaware.
He married Miss Amanda Jane
Smith of near Bridgeville, who died
July 20, 1916.
At one time he was member of
the Town Council, Greenwood and
served as its Secretary for. several
years.
Funeral services were held at
the Boyer Funeral Home, Harring-
ton, on Wednesday, June 3rd at
2 p. m. in charge of Rev. Miss Eta
Clough, pastor of Greenwood Holi-
ness Church.
Interment will be in st. Johns
town Cemetery near Greenwood,
Delaware.
He is survived by three daugh-
ters, Mrs. John Brenner, Bridge
Vile; Mrs. Lester Porter, Milford,
and Mrs. George Conaway, Green
wood; four grandchildren; two
great grandchildren and one bro
ther, Benjamin HI. Short, Ellendale.
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