Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
Obituary

ton Byrd, and three grandchil-
dren.
The funeral was held last Sat
urday at Old Field Church, Mills
boro, with the Rev Malcolm Steel,
officiating, assisted by the Rev.
James Handy.
CARPENTER
Mrs. Ina Emily Carpenter, 73,
died Sunday Jan 1st at her home
on the Bridgeville- -Seaford High
way.
Daughter of the late William
and Jane Sullivan Phillips, Seaford,
and is survived by her husband,
William H. Carpenter, and sis
ter, Mrs. Estella Layton, Bridge
Vile
Services were Wednesday from
the Watson Funeral Home.
.
LEWIS
Lemuel w. Lewis, 81, died Fri
day, Dec. 3O, at Tucson, Ariz.,
where he had gone to spend the
winter with his daughter, Mrs.
Catherine Warlng.
A retired marine engineer, Mr..
Lewis was a member of the
Church of Christ, Ocean View. In
addition :, to his daughter, Mrs.
Waring, survivors include one son
George Lewis of Northport, LII,
and three grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held
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neral Home, Millsboro.
.
HOPE
Vernon w. Hope died at his
home in Niagara Falls, New York,
on Thursday, December 29, 1860.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
| Margaret Hope; one daughter,
Margaret, Niagara Falls; his mo-
ther, Mrs. Alice Lucas of Bridge
vile; one sister, Mrs. Virginia
Hope, Bridgeville; one brother,
Mack Hope, Niagara Falls; one
step-sister, Mrs. Ernest Voss, Har-
rington; one step-brother, Joe Lu-
cas-, Laurel. Funeral services and
interment were held in Niagara
Falls. All the family could not
attend because of illness and
death in another sisters family.
TRICE
Mrs. Elsie M. Trice, go, wife of
William T. Trice, died Thursday,
Dec. 29th in the Milford Memorial
Hospital after long illness.
She was the daughter of Mrs.
Lille NJ. Jackson and the late
Harry w. Jackson.
In addition to her mother and
husband, she leaves one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clara Wiley, Milford;
two sons, John and William Trice,
Jr., both of Milton, and IL grand
children.
Services were held on Monday
from the William NJ Short Fun
eral Home, Milton. The Reverend
Watts, pastor of Pilgrim Holiness
Church and the Rev. William Tull,
pastor of the Church of God, Mil
ford, officiating. Interment, Mem
ory Gardens, near Milton.
JONES
Harvey NJ Jones, 63, of Wood
side, died Wednesday, December
%, in Kent General Hospital, Do,
yer, following a heart attack.
Mr. Jones was postmaster and
operator of a general store in
Woodside for twenty-five years.
He is survived by two sons,
Mowbray H. Jones, Dover; John
P Jones. Woodside; three daugh-
ters, Mrs Jane Dunlap, Washing
ton, d. c., Mrs. Betty Lou Masten,
Woodside, and Donna Jean Jones
at home. an 8th grade pupil at
Caesar Rodney School He also
leaves one sister, Mrs. Homer S.
Schneider, Wyoming, and eight
grandchildren. Mr.. Jones wife
died ten years ago.
Funeral services were held from
the Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,,
on Saturday at l p. m. with the
Rev. Albert Snapp, pastor of the
Woodside Methodist Church Off
ciating Burial was in Odd Fell
lows Cemetery, Smyrna.
LEKITES
| HeuODOLu b0dCu has lOSI 1LS
I oldest male resident, William A.
LeKites, who would have been 101
years old in February
The centenarian had been living
in Rehoboth with step-grandson,
j. Edward Hudson, the past seven
years. He had been active and a.
lert until just before Christmas
! when he fell and broke his hin
He died Christmas Day in Beebe
Hospital.
| Before coming to Rehoboth
Beach he lived in Williamsville
and Bishopville, Nd, where he
was a farmer.
! His funeral was held Wednes-
day in the Watson and Gray Fun
eral Home in Millsboro. In addition
to his relatives in Rehoboth he
leaves a brother. Albert of Will
iamsville. Burial was in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery at Bishopville.
The officiating minister was the
Rev. David Baker of Salem Meth
odist Church, Selbyville, a former
pastor of Rehoboth's Epworth NJ.
E. Church.
VOSS
John Henry Voss, So, of near
Milford. died Thursday, Dec 29th
in Milford NJ emorial Hospital