Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
PIERCE

1lild Altn 1l0ECO, lulduIs QduSH-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Marvel Pierce,
passed away in Wilmington Mem
orial Hospital, February 30. Grave
side services were held Wednes-
day, March 2, at 2 p. m. in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford, with
Rev. Douglas Milbury, pastor of
Calvary Methodist Church, offlci-
ating. Arrangements were made by
the Lofiand Funeral Home, Milford.
She is survived by one brother;
her maternal grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Greene, Milford.
and her paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Edison Pierce, Milford.
BARTO
Mrs. Mary Louise Barto, 40, wife
of John W. BartO, Jr., of 412 Hick-
ory Lane, died Feb. 20 in Nanticoke
Memorial Hospital after long ill
ness. She was a daughter of George
w. and Alta Hammond Sipple of
FELTON,.
In addition to her husband and
parents, she is survived by three
children, Dorothy NJ. and Carolyn
L. Barto and w. Edward Barto, all
of Seaford, and a sister, Mrs. Nina
Killen, FELTON,.
Requiem mass was held Thurs
day at 10 a. m. in Our Lady of
Lourdes Catholic Church. The Rev.
Charles J. Mckinley will officiate
and interment will be in the church
onY11ofnrv of p1odoc
McCABE
John F. McCabe, Sr., 20, died
Monday, February 20, at his Mills
bCro home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Ella Bunting McCabe of Millsboro,
and the following children, John F.,
Jr., Dagsboro; Clarence, Mrs.
Gladys Ellis, Oscar and Horace Nc
Cabe, Millsboro; Mrs. Kathleen
Franklin, Baltimore, and Alton
McCabe, Berlin, Nd
Two step-children, Miss Mabel
Howard, Millsboro, and Mrs. Edith
Johnson, Selbyville; % grandchil-
dren, five step-grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren, three sisters,
Mrs. Bessie Daisey Lee, Frankford;
Mrs. Myrtle Parsons, Bridgeville,
and Mrs. Martha Dennis of Willards,
Md; two brothers, William, Pc
tersburg, Va, and Harold McCabe
of Claymont.
He was a poultryman and farm
er.
Services were held March 8
from the Watson and Gray Funeral
Chapel in Frankford, the Rev. Will
liam H. Kohl, officiating. Burial in
Mechanics Cemetery, Millsboro.
HADDAWAY
Mrs. Edith Elizabeth Haddaway,
6s, wife of James E. Haddaway,
died Friday evening, Feb. 26 in
Kent General Hospital, Dover.
Funeral services were held Feb.
29 at 2 p. m. from Torbert's Funer-
al Chapel, Dover.
She was a member of Wyoming
Methodist Church and for 80 years
was organist there.
She is also survived by three
daughters; Mrs. Sarah H. Cowgirl,
Hyattsville, Md; Mrs. Cowgirl, the
wife of Henry Cowgirl, was until
recently resident of Milford. Mr..
Cowgirl was manager of the Mill
ford office of the Prudential In
surance Company; Mrs. Elmer H.
Guthrie, Seaford and Mrs. Gladys
H. Miller, near Rising Sun, and five
granddaughters.
George B. Coverdale, Sc, of near
Milford, died Feb 26 when he suf-
fered heart attack while loading
a truck on his farm. He was
painting contractor and native of
Milford.
The deceased was member of
Calvary Methodist Church, Milford.
He is survived by his wife, Mar
ion; two sons, Martin and Burton,
Milford; brother, Edward Cover
dale and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie
Cleaver and Mrs. Lena Dunn, all of
Milford, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at 2 p. m. in the Lofland Fun
eral Home, Milford, in charge of the
Rev. Douglas Milbury, pastor of
Calvary Church. Interment Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
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STEWARD
George w. Steward, "A, Green's
boro area farmer, died Feb 26 in
the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti-
more. He had been in poor health.
Mr.. Steward, who underwent a
heart operation from which he
failed to recover, was a native of
Cambria County, Pa. He came to
Greensboro so years ago.
His first wife, the former Miss
Sadie c. Gregg, died in 1948 and
he later married Mrs. Rose Breed
ing Steward by whom he is sur
vived.
Besides his wife he leaves seven
children, Mrs. Leah Anthony, Har-
rington; Walter B. Steward, Char
les H. and G. Wilson Steward, all
of Greensboro; James w. Steward,
DeImar, Del; Mrs. Edna Northam,
Accomac, Va; and Mrs. Margaret
Gasiorwski, Milwaukee, Wis; 12
grandchildren, and four great
grandchildren.
He also leaves four sisters, Mrs.
Elsie Smith, Johnstown, Mrs. EN-
ma Milby, Milton; Mrs. Daniel
Link, Sr.. and Mrs. Martha Austin,
FELTON,; three brothers, Thomas
Steward, Philadelphia; William r.
Steward and Russell Steward, both
of Harrington; three stepsons, Ed
ward L. Breeding, Chestertown;
Everett W. Breeding, Baltimore,
and Howard T. Breeding, Dover:
and six stepgrandchildren