Milford chronicle., 1960-01-15
Obituary

MIS- GerTruQe COV0rQal6 Dl0uls
age SO, of 81 West Spruce ST.,
Norristown, Pa, died in Sacred
Heart Hospital, Norristown, on
January IL, 1860 after short ILL
ness
She was born near Houston, Del,
the daughter of the late Walter
Camper and Gertrude Harrington
Coverdale.
She graduated from Greenwood
High School and went in training
as nurse in Norristown and has
resided there ever since.
She malJied Harrison B. Diehl of
Norristown by whom she is sur
vived.
Funeral services will be held at
the Bosler Funeral Home, 625
Swede St., Norristown, Saturday,
January 16, at 10 a. m.
Interment will be in Norristown
Cemetery.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by brother, Nelson Cover
dale of Greenwood and nephews
and l niece.
COVERDALE
Albert T. Coverdale, ST., age So
years, husband of Mary Louise
Coverdale of Lincoln, passed away
Saturday, January 9, in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital. Funeral
services were held from the Berry
Funeral Home, Milford, on Tuesday
afternoon, January u, at 2 o'clock.
Rev. ]. d. Rimmer, pastor of the
Pilgrim Holiness Church, Milford,
officiated. Interment was in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by four sons, James Edward, Earl
Alfred, Joseph Harris and Albert
Theodore Coverdale, Jr., all at
home, four broth ers, Arthur,
Clifford and Freeman Coverdale, all
of Milford, and Wilbert Coverdale,
of Magnolia; three sisters, Mrs.
Lena Griffith, Mrs. Elva Millman,
and Mrs. Sara Lynch, all of Milford.
Mr.. Coverdale was employed by
the Masten Transportation Com
pany of Milford.
BAXTER
James H. Baxter, Sr., 78, Sussex
County farmer and broiler grower,
died Jan. 8, at his home at Stock
ley, near Georgetown after a heart
attack.
Mr.. Baxter, who farmed and lived
in Stockley all his life, was active
in Republican politics. From 1912
to 1916 he was Sussex County reg
lister of wills.
He was born in Maryland on
June %, 1881 and was the son OF
the late John William and Hester
B. Baxter He came to the George
town area in 1902 and worked with
John w. Bay Company, professors
of food and vegetables at Stockley.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Alice Baxter. His son, James H
Baxter, Jr., of Stockley, is presi-
dent of the Delaware State Farm
Bureau.
He is also survived by daugh-
ter, Miss Lucille Baxter, at home
and two grandchildren, James H.
Baxter III, and William F. Baxter,
both of Stockley.
Services were held Tuesday at
p. m. in GRACE Methodist Church.
CONNELLY
Francis T. Connolly, age So years,
husband of Ruth Connolly of Eel
ton, passed away early Friday NOR
ming, January s, in the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital. Funeral services
were held from the Berry Funeral
Home, FELTON,, on Monday after
noon,, January II, at 2 o'clock. Rev.
Hugh Johnson, pastor of FELTON,
Methodist Church, officiated. In
terment was in Denton Cemetery,
Denton, Nd
Besides his wife, he is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Caroline
Hitch, Delanco, N. j., and Mrs.
Helen Martin, Newark; two broth
ers, Norman of Bowers and John
of Wilmington; two sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Burke, Claymont, and
Mrs. Helen Kelly, Claymont; two
grandchildren; two ha1f-sisters,
Mrs. Alice Wyatt and Mrs. Gather
inc White, Wilmington and one half
brother, Bernard Farren, Whining
! ton.
Mr.. Connolly had operated a SER
vice station in FELTON, for a num-
ber of years.