Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-08-18
Obituary
CHAMBERLAIN


bury.
He was a son of the late Benjam-
in and Laura Chamberlain.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Laura Hickman, Dagsboro and
Mrs. Patricia Hamblin, Salisbury;
son, Clinton, Millsboro; Is grand
children, one great-grandchild, and
sister, Mrs Harry Ellis, Lewes.
Services were held August H., in
the Watson and Gray Funeral
Chapel, Frankfort The Rev. Ron
aid Starnes officiated. Interment
was in st. Georges Cemetery,
GAINESVILLE
THOMAS
Howard Thomas, so, died in the
Milford Memorial Hospital, Mon
day, August IA. His home was at
AIT South Washington Street, Mil
] ford.
Services were held from the
Berry Funeral Home, Wednesday,
with the Rev. William E. Tull,
pastor of the Church Of God, Off
ciating. Interment was in Odd Fell
| lows cemetery.
He had no immediate survivors.
Mr.. Thomas was a retired enf
ployee of the U. S. Mint in Phil
adelphia, and for many years
worked under the late John w.
Yerkes, one of the head machin-
lists at the Mint
| JOHNSON
Clarence Johnson, IS, 4 retired
farmer. died Sunday, August 10.
at his home near Milton, after a
months illness. He was a life
time resident of Indian River
| Hundred
He is survived by his widow,
Bessie l.. Johnson; two sons, Ed
win of Lewes and Calvin of Reho-
| both Beach; a sister, Mrs. Emma
Redheffer, Harbeson; one brother,
| Eugene Johnson of California, and
six grandchildren.
The funeral was held Thursday,
August II, from Coolspring Pres
byterian Church, conducted by the
Rev. Bernard Taylor Burial was
| in Coolspring Cemetery.
TUNNEL
Herbert Tunnel. "a, of Lewes
Road, died suddenly in Beebe Hos
pital, August 10 of heart attack.
He was a native of Lewes.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Anna
j. Tunnel; one daughter, Gloria
Lee Tunnel, at home; four sisters,
Mrs. Katie Hurst, Lewes; Mrs. Ida
Fisher, Mrs Clara Wright, and
Miss Liza Tunnel, all of Whining
ton, and two brothers, George of
Lewes and Albert of Wilmington.
The funeral was held Sunday,
August 10, at Nelson Funeral
Home, Lewes, conducted by the
Rev. W. E. Marks of John Wesley
Church. Burial was in Peoples Me-
mortal Park on the Lewes-Reho-
both Highway.
CARTER
Raymond Leslie Carter, So, died
suddenly, August IA, at the home
Of his sister. Mrs. Marie Earring
ton at 440 Pilot Town Road,
Lewes. He was a native of Lewes
and until a year ago had lived in
New Rochelle, n. Y. where he was
employed as a hospital attendant
Besides his sister. Mrs. Earring
ton, he is survived by an uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank b.
White. Lewes.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at the Nelson Funeral
Home. The Rev. M. H. Hummel, |
University of Delaware chaplain,
and a supply rector for st. Peters |
Church, Lewes. officiated. Burial |
was in Memorial Park, near |
Lewes.
AGNER
Private funeral services were |
held Tuesday for Owen b. Agner, !
76. former Dover city manager. |
who died at his home in Dover on |
Sunday.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth H. Agner, and one sister in |
Michigan.
A graduate Of Ohio State Uni
versity, he was employed as a |
safes engineer WIFI eSIlHSnOuSo
for 25 years. He went to Dover |
in 1850 and was city manager two |
years. He was a realtor for sew
eral years.
The 10 a. m. services were held |
at the Conner Funeral Home, Do /
yer, with the Rev. Robert L. Nc |
Kim, pastor of the Dover Presby- |
terian Church, officiating.
BREME
Services for Mrs. Mary f. |
Breme. 6S, of Dover, widow of |
Fred Breme, were held Wednes-
day. August Is, in the Berry Flu
neral Home. Milford.
The Rev. Robert w. Dukes, pas
tor of Peoples Congregational |
Church. Dover. officiated and in
terment was in Odd Fellows Gem
etery, Milford.
Mrs. Breme died Sunday, Au-
gust 10. in Kent General Hospi-
tai at Dover. For many years she
was a resident of Milford, moving
to Dover several years ago after
the death of her husband
She was an active member of
Peoples Church, the Round Table
Club of Camden-Wyoming, and the
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