Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-09-01
Obituary

hltA LII, 10, uiCu bodtul fAu~
gust 10, after a heart attack at
his home in Wyoming. Services
were held Wednesday at 2 p. M.
from the Berry Funeral Home,
FELTON,. Interment was in Mt. Olive
Cemetery, Sandtown. He is sur
vived by his wife, Ethel; three
sons, Paul of Goldsboro, Maryland,
Charles and Alex, Jr., at home;
one daughter, Wanda Lee, also at
home; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Noble Dill of Harrington; two
brothers, Raymond and Marion
Dill, both of FELTON,; two sisters,
Mrs Madolyn Weeks of Wyoming,
and Mrs. Marie Pearson Of FELTON,,
and four grandchildren.
WINNER
Frank Minner, 76, retired mas
onry contractor, died August %, in
the Kent General Hospital after a
long illness.
Funeral services were held from
the Trader Funeral home in Do
yer, last Friday afternoon, with
interment in Lakeside Cemetery.
Mr.. Minner, who lived at 1854
South State Street, Dover, was
born near Woodside and lived in
Kent County all his life. He was a
former member of various Ma
sonic bodies.
Surviving him are a son, Don
aid Minner, Lynchburg, Va; two
brothers, Elmer, of Wyoming, and
Alexander, who lives in Califor-
MIA; a sister, Mrs. Emma Marker
Dover, and two grandchildren.
ABBOTT
George M. Abbott age SO years,
son of the late George and Francis
Higman Abbott, passed away sud
denly in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital Tuesday, Aug. 20. Mr.. Abbott
was native of Milford and worked
for the Milford Stitching Co. He
is survived by his wife, Ruth, and
one son, Richard, with United
States Civil Service in Stuttgart
Germany.
Funeral Services will be held
from the Lofland Funeral Home
Sat, Sept. 2 at 2 pm. DR.. Rev
Charles Carpenter of Avenue Meth
Church, Milford, will officiate. In
torment will be made in Slaugh-
ter Neck Cemetery Friends may
call at the Funeral Home Friday
evening from to 9 pm.
LEWIS
Mrs. Hannah Jane Lewis age
SO years, wife of the late Fred.
rick Lewis, passed away in Smyr-
ma, Aug. 90, 1861. Born near Ken
nett Square, Pa, Mrs. Lewis lived
most of her life in Milford Neck
She was a member of the Milford
Neck Methodist Church.
She is survived by two daugh.
tiers, Mrs. Melissa Stokes, Milford
and Mrs. Mary A. Coverdale, Lin
coin; two sons, Joseph c., Dover
and William p, Westvill, N. j..
one sister, Mrs Rachel Gerber
Camden, N. j.; also II grandchil
dren and IS great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be hel(
from the Lofland Funeral Home
Friday, Sept. /, at pm. The Rev
Harold Davis of Newark MethO
dist Church, Newark, Del.
HESS
Mrs. Alma Hess, SO, a teache
in the Dover Central Elementar.
School, died August "a, in the Ken
General Hospital, Dover, after ;
short illness.
She is survived by her husband
George M. Hess a daughter. Moll.
10 Hess, Anne Arbor. Mich; a son
George NJ, Jr., at the Air Force
Academy in Colorado; sister
Mrs. Mabel Dressed. Williamsport
Pa: and two brothers, Earl Cow
her, Kansas City, Kan, and Bric'
Cowher, Osceola Mills. Pa.
She was past president o
1 Walter L. Fox Unit. American
Legion Auxiliary "A member of thu
Delaware State Education Asso
citation and the Dover Presbyter
ian Church.
Funeral services were held from
the Trader Funeral Home Satur
day. August &c, with the Rev
Robert l.. McKim. pastor of thu
Dover Presbyterian Church, Off
ciatimg.