Milford chronicle., 1959-02-06
OBITUARY
WHITNEY


airy 1, at his home near Frankford.
He is survived by his wife, Maggie
Taylor Whitney; a son, Jack, of
Ocean View: eight grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Matte Matthews.
and Miss Loaa Whitney, both of
New Jersey; two brothers, Robert,
of Virginia, and James. of New
Jersey.
The funeral was held in Anti
och Church, Frankford. on We'd
nesday at 2 p. m. The Rev. C. ID.
Elliott officiating and interment in
the church cemetery.
WARRINGTON
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen
H. Warrington, rs, wife of Walter
Fl. Warrington, Of Dover, were
held in the Ferguson and Hayes
Funeral Home in Dover on We'd
nesday at 2 p. m. Interment in
the Lakeside Cemetery.
Mrs. Warrington, a lifelong res
ident of Dover, died February / in
Kent General Hospital In addi-
ton to her husband. she is surviv-
ed by a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
w. Wilson, Wilmington sister
Mrs. Margaret Burton, Dover, and
a granddaughter, Mrs. Stepher
Scone, III, Wilmington.
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McKNATT
BENJAMIN F. McKnatt, 80. who
spent most of his life in the Har-
rington area where he operated q
poultry business, died suddenly
February l. of a heart attack at his
home in Bethany Beach. He was
son of the late John Wesley and
Mary McKnatt.
He is survived by his wife
Claire Emma McKnatt. and sever.
al nieces and nephews.
Services were held in the
Millard Cooper Funeral Home, III
East Center Street, Harrington, OF
Wednesday at l p. m. The Rev
Robert E. Green. pastor of Bethe
Methodist Church, Lewes, oficiat
ing. Interment in Hollywood Gem
etery.
SCOTT
Services for Joseph C. Scott, 81
were held from the Ferguson an
Hayes Funeral Home, Dover, at
p. m. Sunday with burial in Od'
Fellows Cemetery Camden.
Mr.. Scott, a life long resident o
the Magnolia area, died at tn
Fletcher Nursing Home, FELTON,, o.
Tuesday night, Jan. 27.
He is survived by two sons, JOS
eph T. Scott, Magnolia, AM
Charles H. Meyer, Gwynnedd Val
ley, Pa; a daughter, Mrs. Pearl 3
Maloney, Dover; four sisters, Mrs
Anne Spence, Mrs. Emma Spenc
and Mrs. Amanda Benson, Leipsic
a brother, Walter, Dover; sevel
grandchildren, and IL great-grand
children.
MORGAN
r. Leroy Morgan, IS, retire,
Seaford paperhanger died Januar
20 in the Governor Bacon Hospita
after long illness. Mr.. Morgan
was the son of the late Joseph +
and Mary Elizabeth Williams Nor
gan, of near Seaford.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Mae Hall Morgan, 511 Third St
Seaford; three sons, Frank L., Ney
York City; Joseph Oliver, Camdel
and Edward E., u. S. Army, For
Jackson, S. c.; two daughters
Mrs. Betty M. Yerkes, Seaford, an
Mrs. Dorothy Drew, fredericksburg
Md; one brother, Henry N. Nor
gan, Laurel and 13 grandchildren
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2 p. M, at the Watson Fun
eral Home, Seaford, with the Rev
Walter H. Stone pastor of MI
Olive Methodist Church, officiating
Interment in Blades Cemetery.
BLAIR
Oscar Blair, 80, a Williamsvill,
Road farmer, and former grist mil
operator, died Friday, January 80
in the Milford Memorial Hospital.
He was native of Germany, bu
came to this country at the age o
is. He settled and remained II
this section. He was member 0
the Houston Methodist Church.
Mr.. Blair, husband of the lat
Mrs. Laura Blair, is survived b,
one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey
of Lincoln, and a brother, Fres
Blair, of Marcus Hook, Pa, ant
several nieces and nephews.
Services were held February 2 a
2 D. m. in the Lofiand Funera
Home, Milford, with the Rev. Ro.
Kerwin, pastor of Houston Metho
dist Church and the Rev. Johl
Scherch, pastor of the Reforme'
Lutheran Church. officiating. In
terment in Odd Fellows Cemetery
Milford
Mr.. Blair, who was blind for l.
years, regained the sight in on
eye five years ago following an op
Grafton.
Mr.. Blair was a lifelong Republi