Milford chronicle., 1962-08-31

OllC ID oul fiftd by O. oOlly ooiAl
T. of Harrington, a brother, Will
bur H. Cleaves, Sr., of Greenwood.
Services were held Monday at
the ]. Millard Cooper neral
Home, Harrington, with the Rev.
Miss P. Garrett, pastor of the Pill
grim Holiness Church, Goldsboro,
Md, officiating. Interment was i'm
Barratt's Chapel Cemetery.
KILLEN
Mrs. Olive d. Kil1en, wife of
Edgar G. Killen of FELTON,, died in
Kent General Hospital, Dover, last
Saturday from a heart attack.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two sons, Lester A and
Medford E., both of FELTON,; three
sisters, Mrs. Mary Sylvester of
Clayton, Mrs. Sadie Lafferty and
Mrs. Nellie Deakyne, both of
Smyrna; 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,,
Tuesday with the Rev. Wilmer Alb
bott, pastor of the FELTON, Metho-
dist Church, officiating. Interment
was in Barratt's Chapel Cemetery.
COLEMAN
Mrs. Minnie M. Coleman, IS,
widow of Ross Coleman, died last
Wednesday, August %, in the Mes
sick, Nursing Home, Harrington.
She was a native of Pennsylvania
and had lived in the Greenwood
area for the past AZ years.
Mrs. Coleman is survived by 2
daughters, Mrs. Helen Keyser, who
lives in West Virginia, and Mrs.
Margaret Montgomery of Pitman,
N. j., and a son, Ross of Green
wood, six grandchildren and four
great grandchildren
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday from the FIeischauer Fu-
neral Home, Greenwood, lit h
burial in st. Johnstown Cemetery.
LADD
Mrs. Miriam Ladd, age "a years,
passed away in the Messick Nurs-
ing Home, Harrington, M d y,
August 81, after a long illness. She
was born in Sharon, Iowa, and
after her marriage lived in
Laconia, N. H. For the past five
years, she made her home with
her son, Albert Ladd of Lincoln.
She was member of the Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Ladd is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Bernice Hall of
Lincoln, and Mrs. Mildred Sykes
of Philadelphia; three sons,
Everett of Danielle, N. J., Lowell
of Detroit, Michigan, and Albert
of Lincoln; seven grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren an d
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held from
the Lofland Funeral Home, Mil
ford, Wednesday, with the Rev. w.
Edwin Tull, pastor of the Church
of God, officiating. Interment was
in Laconia, N. H.
PEPPER
J. Earl Pepper, 40, former state
representative, died last Friday,
August "a, in Beebe Hospital, Lew
es, following heart attack. He
was a candidate for Recorder of
Deeds in the Democratic primary
on Aug. Is, but lost to the in
cumbent, G. Edward Veasey.
He was a member of the Of
ficial board of Providence Metho-
dist Church, superintendent of the
Sunday School, past grand mas
ter and member of the Odd Fell
lows for 26 years, and a member
of the Georgetown Lions Club.
Surviving are his widow, Evelyn
Lowe Pepper; two sons, Gerald
and Wayne, both of Georgetown;
his mother, Mrs. Anna Pepper;
two grandchildren; two brothers,
Chester and Edwin O., both of
Georgetown.
Services were held Monday in
the James Funeral Home, Mills
boro, with the Rev. Francis Will
son, pastor of the Quantico, Md.
Methodist Church, officiating. In
terment was in Union Cemetery.
HORVAT
Mrs. Mary Amberg Horvat of Is
Ballock Place, Middletown, N. j.,
wife of Frederick Horvat, died
Saturday, August 25, after several
weeks of illness in Riverview Hos
pital, Red Bank, N. j. She was ".
Born in Hungary, she came to
Newark, N. j., as a young woman.
She lived in Millburn, N j., 25
years before moving to Middle
town three years ago. Mrs. Horvat
was a member of ST. James
Church, Red Bank, N. J.
She is survived by three sons,
Andrew of Belleville, N. j., Joseph
of Milford, Del, and Frank of
Bloomfield, ~ j.; three daughters,
Mrs. Mary Paynter of Millburn,
N. j., Mrs. Elizabeth Trube of
N. j., and Mrs. Ann
Lynch of Middlesex, N. j.; one
brother, John Amberg of Newark,
N. J.: Is grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held from
the Jacob A. Holle Maplewood
Funeral Home, 2122 Millburn Ave,
N. j., on Wednesday,
with a Mass in ST. Rose of Lima
Church, Short Hills, N. j., at $3.50