Milford chronicle., 1960-10-07
Obituary
ZIMMERMAN

| California, September 20, 1860
after long illness. Besides heI
husband, she is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Marian Stogdon
Mt Home, Idaho and Mrs. Esther
Cool, Bellflower, California, and
four grandchildren. Interment was
at Rose Hills Memorial Park
Whittier, California.
MACKLIN
Mrs. Sarah E. Macklin age "a
years wife of John n Macklin
passed away at her home in Spring
Hill, Milford early Thursday morn
| ing Oct. 6. Funeral services will
be held from the Berry Funeral
Home Milford on Sat. afternoon
Oct. s at 2 O'clock. Rev. ]. Thomas
Churn of Thompsonville Methodist
Church officiating. Interment Odd
Fellows Cemetery Milford. Friends
may call at the Funeral Home Fri
day evening. Besides her husband
she is survived by Brother Edgar
Russell, New Castle, Del.
DeFORD
Mrs. Susie Ann Deford, 79, wife
| of Wesley G. Deford, died Sept
80 at her home after long illness
She lived on the Milford -Harring-
ton Highway.
Services were held from the Berry
Funeral Home, Milford, Tuesday
She is also survived by one son
Presley H. Deford, Danbury, Conn.
a daughter, Miss Myrtle Deford, al
home; one grandson; a sister, Mrs
Margaret Hayes, Danbury, Conn.
a half-sister, Mrs. Obey Sapp
Houston; and one half-brother
Ralph Leroy Hummel, Whining
ton and Houston.
| MURRAY
| Irving W. Murray, 68, died al
his home Sept. 80.
Mr.. Murray was retired fire.
man and poultryman and a member
of the Frankford Methodist Church
| He was son of the late Mil
bourne and Lizzie Baker Murray
| Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Annie Murray of Frankford
four sons, Clifford, Milbourne, and
Carl, all of Frankford, and Russell.
| Murray, Millsboro; six daughters
Mrs. Harriet Wingate and Mrs
| Barbara Jean Franklin, both oi
Frankford; Mrs. Hilda Anderson
Millsboro, Mrs. Catherine Horn
| Darby, Pa, Mrs. Agnes Nelson
| Washington, D. c., and Mrs Betty
Lou Townsend of Dagsboro; rs
grandchildren, two great grand
children; a sister, Mrs. Louna
Winbrow, Bishop, Md, and a broth
er, Martin Murray, of Philadelphia
Services were held at 2 p. m
Monday from the Watson and Gray
Funeral Chapel, Frankford, the
| Rev. James Won Hagel, Salisbury
Md, officiating. Burial was made
in Red Mems Cemetery, Selbyville
WILKINS
Mrs. Annie ]. Wilkins, age 78
wife of Luther B. Wilkins, of Lin
coin, Del, passed away Wednesday
September %, in the Swartzen-
truber Nursing Home, Greenwood
| Del.
Mrs. wilkins, in addition to her
husband, is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Mildred Pierce,
and Mrs Ann Davis, of Boothwyn,
Pa, and Mrs. Jane Stevenson, of
Lincoln; three sons, Dorsey Rey-
nolds, Wilmington, Walter Rey-
nolds, Linwood, Pa. and William
Reynolds, Boothwyn, Pa. One sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Fitzgerald, of
Salisbury, Md: two brothers, Har-
vey Smith, Glendale, and Felix
Smith, of Laurel.
Funeral services were held Oct
ober /, at p. m. from the Lofiand
Funeral Home, Milford. The Rev.
Douglas Milbury, Of Calvary Meth
odist Church officiated. Interment
was made at Slaughter Neck Gem
etery.
PEARSON
James G. Pearson, age 81 years,
died early Tuesday evening. About
two months ago he took i'll and
went to the Milford Memorial Hos
pital and was transferred from
there to the Delaware Hospital in
Wilmington and about two weeks
ago he was taken to the Governor
Bacon Health Center where he
died.
He was born at Pearsons Corner
near Dover, Del. the son of the
late William w. and Anna Jane
Short Pearson but had lived in
Harrington for the past ten years.
Funeral services will be held
from the Boyer Funeral Home,
Harrington, on Friday afternoon,
Oct. Z, at 2 O'clock in charge of
Rev. Ray w. Kirwan, pastor of
Houston Methodist Church. Inter
ment will be in Hollywood Gene
terry, Harrington. Friends may call
at the funeral home Thursday
evening after Z.
He never married and is surviv-
ed by three brothers; Albert Pear
son, Frederick, William w. Pear
son, Dover and Ralph L. Pearson
of Houston. Also several nieces
and nephews.
Lesser
Mrs. Lillian Mae Lesser, wife of
Lester L. Lesser, of 312 South Main
Street, in fredericksburg, Md, died
in Memorial Hospital, Easton, Nd,
on Wednesday afternoon, Septem-
ber %, following a prolonged per-
iod of failing health. She was ad-
mitted to the hospital the previous
Monday. Born in Sussex County,
Delaware, 5S years ago, she was
tho danohfor of tho Lotto Mr. opd