Milford chronicle., 1960-05-20
Obituary
EDGELL


Home, Milford. Friday, May 20,
at 200 p. m, with the Rev. Muriel
Smith, of Greenwood, officiating.
Interment will be in St. Johnstown
Cemetery. near Greenwood. Mrs.
Edgell was a resident of Freder-
ica. and died in Milford Memorial
Hospital Monday evening, after
brief illness. She was the daughter
of the late William C. and Mary
Owens Houston, of Greenwood, and
the widow of j. Herbert Edgell of
Greenwood. She is survived by one
son, Albert Dolbrow, of Frederick:
one daughter, Mrs. Alice Wells, of
GeorgetOwn; one brother, Philip
Houston, of Glendale, and sister,
Mrs. Mary E. Noble, of Lincoln.
WOESTENHOLME
Mrs. Gertrude Wolstenholme, II,
wife of Walter G. Wolstenholme
died at Beebe Hospital, Lewes, May
Is, after lingering illness.
The couple had celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary on
April 80.
She was a daughter of the late
George and Lydia Smith MacDoug-
all of Marshallton
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by two sons, Clifford
M. and Edward ", of Harbeson,
and six grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday
from the William M. Short Fun
eral Home. Milton, the Rev. ]. P.
George officiating. Burial was
made in Harbeson Church Gene
terry.
STOECKLE
julius H. Stoekle, 79, a retired
farmer, died May Is in Milford
Memorial Hospital following bfief
illness.
He is survived by a son, George
H.; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy
T. Holloway, Georgetown, and
Mrs. Mildred S. Willing, of Sal
isbury, Md; step son, Robert
Worden, Sharptown, Nd; nine
grandchildren; 13 great grandchl-
dren; two brothers, Joseph B.,
Georgetown, and Harry P. Stoekle,
Fresno, Cal, and a sister, Mrs.
Carrie D. Eberwein, of Willow
Grove, Pa.
Services were held Wednesday
from the James Funeral Home,
Millsboro, the Rev. Brooks sRey-
nolds, of Wilmington Manor, Of
'ficiating. Burial was made in I'm
ion Cemetery, Georgetown.
GRANT
Cornelius VanVorst Grant, Sr.,
79, died in Milford Memorial Hos
pital early May Is.
Services were held at the Will
liam A. Berry Funeral Home, Mil
ford, Tuesday at p. m. The Rev.
Ray W. Kirwin, pastor of Houston
Methodist Church officiated In
terment was made at Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery
He is survived by two sons, Cor
nelius, Jr., Houston, and George
E. Grant, Milford; two daughters,
Mrs. Henry Lofiand, Lincoln, and
Mrs. William Stayton, Milford; II
grandchildren, and three great
grandchildren.
A resident of the Milford and
Houston area, he was the grandson
of the late Gen. Cornelius Van
Worst of Civil War fame and who at
one time conducted a large fruit
farm near Milford.
HAMILTON
died in the Wilmington General
Hospital May Ia after suffering
heart attack a few hours earlier
at her home, Airport Road, New
Castle.
She was a native of Milford,
daughter of the late Henry and
Emma Hardesty Marvel. She lived
in Harrington several years, but
later moved to New Castle where
she had lived for the past six years.
Services were held at the Boyer
Funeral Home, Harrington, at
p. M, in charge of the Rev. Will
liam H. Miller, pastor of Pilgrim
Holiness Church, Harrington, as
sisted by the Rev. William Ham
ilton, Lincoln, a nephew. Inter
ment was made in Hollywood Gem
etery, Harrington
She is survived by her husband,
Thomas H. Hamilton, Sr., New
Castle, and seven children, Mrs. |
Lucy Caldwell, Wilmington; James
Hamilton, Norwood, Pa; Miss Ida
Hamilton, New Castle; Claude |
Hamilton, Wyoming, DEL; Thomas
Hamilton, Jr., Bear; Edward Ham
ilton, Minquadale; and Roland |
Hamilton, New Castle; six grand |
children and eight great grand
children.
CURTIN
Requiem mass was offered on |
at $3.50 a. m. for Robert |
e. Curtin, Sr.. rs. of 1906 Clayton
Street, Wilmington, one of the old
er members of the Delaware State |
Bar, who died of heart attack on !
afternoon, May 16.
Interment in Lincoln Cemetery |
in Lincoln, Del
Mr.. Curtin was stricken in his /
Office in the North American Build /
ing and removed to Delaware Hos
pital, where he was pronounced |
dead. He had suffered a slight
stroke in 1856 but apparently had
been in good health in recent
Born in Lincoln, he attended
public schools in Sussex County,
was graduated from West Chester
State Teachers College in 1907. and /
the law school of the Uni