Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
Obituary
KITCHENS

Harry w. HltchenS, 40, farmer,
died at his home April &c.
He is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Helen Johnson and Mrs.
Eleanor Long, both of Dagsboro;
two sons, Roland, DagsborO, and
Aubrey, Dover; seven grahdchil-
dren and one great-grandchild
two brothers, John and Herman,
Dagsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Maude
Dukes, Dagsboro, and Mrs. Evelyn
Taylor, Wilmington.
Services were held Sunday at the
James Funeral Home, Millsboro.
MUNSON
Mrs. John G. Munson, widow of
the late John G. Munson, died sud
denly from a heart attck in Swift
erland on Monday, May LIST. Mrs.
Munson, at the time of her death,
was resident of Dover. She was
the former Eliza Short, daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. j. Stanley
Short of Milford, and was born
and raised in Milford. She is sur
vived by one son, John G., Jr., of
Birmingham, Alabama; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alice Holmes of Dover;
one brother, George Short, and one
sister, Miss Lena Short of Milford.
Funeral arrangements are incom-
plete.
KITCHENS
Harry w. Kitchens, 20, farm
er, died at his home April 26.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Helen Johnson and Mrs. Flea
nor Long, both of Dagsboro; two
sons, Roland, Dagsboro; and Aub-
rey, Dover; seven grandchildren
and one great-grandchild two bro
theirs, John and Herman, Dagsboro;
two sisters, Mrs. Maude Dukes,
Dagsboro, and Mrs. Evelyn Taylor,
Wilmington.
Services were held Sunday at
the James Funeral Home, Mills
boro. The Rev. Robert Hurst, pas
tor of the Church of God, officiated.
Interment in Red Mems Cemetery.
BATES
Mrs. Florence n Bates, 20, of Re-
hoboth Beach, died in Beebe Hos
pital, Lewes, April 81. The widow
of William j. Bates, ST., she had
been living in Rehoboth for 20
years.
She lived in the Moore Building
on Rehoboth Avenue.
Surviving are one son, William
J. Bates, Jr., Rehoboth, and a bro
Their, Oliver R. Mace. Cornwall
Heights, Pa.
Graveside services were held on
Monday in the Lewes Methodist
Cemetery. Officiating was the Rev.
Ira E. Doyle. pastor of Rehoboth
Epworth Methodist Church.
LYNN
Services for ]. Ralph Lynn,
whose body was recovered Wednes-
day from Mispillion River. were
held April 20 at the Lofiand Funer-
al Home.
The Rev. John Dyer of Christ
Episcopal Church officiated.
Lynn. 57-year-old owner and OPP
orator of a fishing boat rental bus
mess, had been missing since Sat
urday, April %. He was a former
state game warden.
Surviving are his wife, Lillian;
a daughter, Nancy Jean; a sister.
Audrey NJ. Lynn of Wilmington,
and a brother. Clarence Lynn, also
of Wilmington.
He was a nephew of the late
Judge John Lynn of Wilmington.
PURNELL
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Purnell, IL,
wife of George T. Purnell, Jr., died
April 81 in the Peninsula General
Hospital. Salisbury.
A native of Salisbury, she was
the daughter of Mrs. Delete Cox
and the late Handy Cox.
She lived on Waterview Drive,
Laurel, since 1910. In addition to
her husband, she leaves a daugh-
ter, Leslie Jane Purnell at home;
a sister, Mrs. Bernice Summons,
and brother, Elwood T. Cox, both
of Salisbury.
Services were held Sunday from
the Windsor and Disharoon Funer-
al Home. The Rev. Dale Ruth, pas
tor of Centenary Methodist Church,
Laurel, and the Rev. NJ. z. Kidder
of the Seventh Day Adventist
Church. Salisbury, officiating. In
terment in Odd Fellows Cemetery
BURTON
Irving ID. Burton, AZ, proprietor
of a grain, feed and fertilizer COM
pany at Nassau, died April % in
Kent General Hospital. Dover. af-
ter a lingering illness.
He was a member of Jefferson
Lodge, AT and AM, of Lewes; Ev-
ergreen Forest, Tall Cedars of Leb-
anon; Delaware Consistory; and
Lulu Temple of the Shrine, Phila-
delphia.
He is the son of William G.. and
Sally Marvel Burton, Rehoboth. He
is survived in addition to his par
ents by his wife, the former Susan
Cooper; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur
Wagamon. Milton; and Miss Marion
Burton, Georgetown.
Services were held Monday from