Milford chronicle., 1960-09-30
Obituary
HICKMAN

TEMPER "a, IN MILFORD memorial
Hospital
He is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Eva Hickman; daughter,
brs. Margaret Wharton, and son,
Robert H. Hickman, all of Mills
boro; brother, George W. Hick-
man, also of Millsboro; four sis
ters, Mrs. Minnie Palmer and Mrs.
Lavirfia Truitt, both of Whining
ton; Mrs. Christine Archibald,
Bellmar, N. j., and Mrs. Frances
Macready, Philadelphia; six grand
children and seven great-grand-
children.
Services were held September
q at Bethany Methodist Church,
loves Crossroads.
GREENLY
James w. Greenly, Sc, died at
his home in Dover, Saturday, Sep
tember "a
Funeral services were held Sep
tember 27 in the Berry Funeral
Home in Milford Interment, i'm
Barratt's Chapel Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Bea-
trice; four sons, William t., John
R., James c., all of Milford, and
Euegene F., of Dover; three
daughters, Mrs. Mary Jane Wisse-
man of Lakeland, Fla, Mrs. Lillian
Steele of Frederick, and Mrs. Caro-
line Swiggett of Dover; IA grand
children; his mother, Mrs. Fanny
II - \ se
ters, Mrs. Hattie Twaddell of Will
mirfgton and Mrs. Ruth Mitchell of
Lewes.
RUST
Gussie T. Rust, 68, school bus
owner, died Unexpectedly at his
home September rs shortly after
returning from his regular rum to
the school.
Mr.. Rust started the service in
Georgetown in 1884. His buses also
served Millsboro.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Flossie H. Rust, sister, Mrs. Ed
gar Thoroughbred, MillsborO, and
five nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p. m, Fri
day from the Dodd Funeral Home,
Georgetown, the Rev. Melvin
Shultz, pastor of the Georgetown
Methodist circuit, officiating. Bur-
ial in the cemetery of ST. Johns
Methodist Church, of which he
was member.
LAFFERTY
William ]. Lafferty, So, an en-
ployee at the Richardson and Rob-
bins plant the past 80 years, died
September 25 in Kent General Hos
pital following a heart attack.
Mr.. Lafferty is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Edna Kennedy LATER
ty; one son, William j. Lafferty,
Jr., of Townsend; one grandchild;
three sisters and two brothers, Mrs.
Foster Jones of Magnolia, Miss
Rachel Lafferty of Baltimore, Mrs
Harry Burris of Woodcrest,
Charles B. Lafferty of Leipsic,
Carl Lafferty of ST. Georges.
Funeral services were held from
the Torbert Funeral Chapel on
Wednesday with the Rev. John A.
Trader, Wesley Methodist Church,
officiating. Burial in Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery, near Frederick.
PASSWATERS
Thomas Edgar Passwaters, so,
of near Bridgeville, died at the
Delaware Hospital after several
months of illness, on September 25.
He was son of the late Henry
and Clara Carmine Passwaters of
near Seaford.'
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mary Chafinch Passwaters of
Bridgeville, and three sons, Thorn
as E., Jr., Richard A. and Donald
L. Passwaters, all of Bridgeville;
a daughter, Doris A. Passwaters,
of Bridgeville; two grandchildren;
four brothers, William of Blades,
Branch and John of Seaford, and
Calvin Passwaters of Bridgeville;
and three sisters, Mrs. Arintha
Harris, Mrs. Katherine Wallace
and Mrs. Gladys Jefferson, all of
Bridgeville.
Services will be held Friday
from the Watson Funeral Home,
the Rev. Harold E. Medlock, pas
tor of First Baptist Church, Hur-
lock, Md, officiating Burial in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.
BURBAGE
Asher Burbage, age 81 years,
died at his home Tuesday evening
following several months illness.
Funeral services will be held at
the Bethel Mariners Church in
Ocean View, this afternoon (Ffi-
day., September 80, at p o'clock,
with the Rev. Charles COvington,
pastor of the church, officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Edwin Tull,
pastor of the Church of God, Mit
ford. Interment will be in the ad-
joining cemetery. Arrangements
were made by the James Funeral
Home in Millsboro.
Mr.. Burbage is survived by his
wife, Alice; three daughters, Mrs.
Jean Burton, Fort Myers, Fla;
Mrs. Grace Robinson, Millville;
Mrs. Ruth Tyre, Ocean View; three
sons, Herbert, Milford; Jack, Rox-
ana; Joe, Newark; three sisters,
Mrs. Katie Wootten, Ocean City;
Mrs. Elsie Pruitt, Berlin, Md;
Mrs. Pauline Dennis, Tyaskin,
Md; one brother, William of Phil
adelphia; and II grandchildren.
STUBS
Mrs. Catherine Stubbs, age II
years, widow of the late Jasper
of Bowers, died in Memo
rial Hospital, Wilmington, Wednes-
day morning. Funeral services will