Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18
OBITUARY

PARKER
| Mr.. Charles Parker of Milford,
husband of Mrs. Mabel Parker
passed away in the Philadelphia
General Hospital, Monday, Septem-
Der IA, 1859.
In addition to his wife, he is
survived by one son, Charles Par
ker, Jr., three daughters, Mrs. Dora
E. Crockett, Mrs. Leona Garrison
both of Philadelphia, Mrs. Betty
Griffin of Milford and eight grand
children.
Funeral services will be held at
Bethel A. M. E. Church on Saturday
at p. m Interment at Slaughter
Neck Cemetery Friends may call
at the Reese Funeral Home, 309
North Street, Milford, on Friday
evening at Z o'clock.
WILGUS
Raleigh. R. Wilgus, so, retired
farmer and poultryman of the Rox-
ana area, died yesterday in Beebe
Hospital after a long illness. He
was a son of the late John and
Eunice Hickman Wilgus.
Surviving are his wife, Martha
Littleton Wilgus; a son, Delmar
Wilgus, Roxana; three daughters,
Mrs. Ceora G. Gose, Key West, Fla;
Miss Rosetta Holloway and Mrs.
Verona Long, both of Sunny Vale,
Calf; six grandchildren, and a
brother, Eddie Wilgus, Roxana.
Services were held at the Watson
and Gray Funeral Chapel, Frank
ford, Monday at p. M, the Rev.
James Langrell, pastor of the
Gumboro Methodist Circuit, officia-
ting. Interment. Roxana Methodist
Cemetery.
HURLEY
Mrs. Levenia Ann Hurley, 90,
widow of Charles Edward Hurley,
died September II, in her home on
, the Seaford- -Bridgeville Highway.
She was one of Seaford's oldest
residents.
Surviving are three sons, Frank
G. and Charles W., both of Seaford; !;
E. Burton, Georgetown; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Edith H. Krahe and Mrs.
Elizabeth Jewell, both of Seaford !;
four grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren. She was a member
of st. Lukes's Episcopal Church.
I Services were held Thursday,
September 10, in the Watson Fun
eral Home. The Rev. James G.
Birney, rector of st. Luke's and
the Rev. Walter H. Stone, pastor of
Mount Olivet Methodist Church, Of
ficiating. Interment, Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
WINGATE
William C. Wingate,, "A, a re-
J tired farmer, of Ocean View, died
Thursday, September 10, at his
home. He was the son of the late
! George and Hester Furman Win
gate.
He is survived by his wife, Vir-
ginia Brittingham Wingate; four
sons, George, Frankford; Warren
| Dagsboro; Billy, Millville; LemueI
of Ocean View; five daughters, Mrs
Marie Mitchell, Millsboro; Mrs
Pauline Quillen, and Mrs. Grace
Hudson, Dagsboro; Mrs. Betty Der
rickson, Broomall, Pa, and Miss
Fay Wingate, Ocean View; Il
grandchildren and three sisters
: Mrs. Ella Hickman, Frankford
Mrs. Anna Palmer, Rehoboth; ant
( Mrs. Katie Hudson, Clarksville.
Funeral services were held Sep
tember 13, at 2 p. m. from the Wat
son and Gray Funeral Chapel
Frankford.
BURROWS
r Benjamin Darling Burrows, Sr.
II, who was a farmer near LeipsiC
for the past As years, died Septem
: Der IA, at his home.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Eliza Collins Burrows, and eight
daughters and three sons. They
are: Mrs. Elizabeth R. Hurd, Clay
ton; Mrs. Anna B. WorralI, Dover
) Benjamin d. Burrows, Jr., Smyrna
Mrs. Nellie Seward, HartIy; Mrs
Mildred Faulkner, Smyrna; Sam
uel G. Burrows, Leipsic; Mrs. Lulu
/ Cummins, Dover; Joseph Burrows
= Dover; Mrs. Catherine B. Shorts
5 Smyrna; Mrs. Ethel H. Krupka
r Hartly; and Mrs. Hilda M. Hut
chins- Hartly.
Also surviving is one sister, Mrs
: Mary B. Short, Dover, one brother
t Isaac Burrows, Dover, as we'll as
d % grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren
Funeral services were held from
the FAIRIES Funeral Home, 1856
r South Governors Avenue, Dover, Oh
f Thursday at 2 p. M, with the Rev
]. Howard Link, pastor of Asbury
f Methodist Church, Smyrna, il
charge. Burial was in Lakeside
Cemetery.
I, HUGHES
n Mrs. James H. Hughes, 78, wild
e ow of former u. S. Senator Hughes
of Delaware, died September 10, a
her summer cottage at Rehobotl
u Beach. She had been i'll for the pas
Z two years. Her home was at Al
a South State St., Dover.
! Mrs. Hughes was Democratic
$ National Committeewoman from
Delaware for 20 years, beginning
in 1897. During the early 1890.
s she was director of relief for Ken
T County.
e She was also a past president o
e the Kent County SPCA, active il
y the Dover Century Club, and tn,
Rehoboth Art League, and a mem
Der of the Colonial Danes and tn
" OAR.
: Senator Hughes, who died in 1858
4, was elected to Congress in 1873
o and served one term
Mrs. Hughes was the daughte