Milford chronicle., 1962-03-16


of William P FOrkum of Dover,
died Sunday, March IL, at K e n
General Hospital, after a long ill
ness. She was the Oldest member
of Dover's First Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at 2 pm. from the church.
Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery,
Dover.
Mrs. Forkum is survived by one
nephew, Paul c. Hinsley of Alex
landria, Va.
JONES
James Franklin Jones, Sr, 81,
died March 8, in the Bacon Health
Center. He was formerly a sander
at the Haveg Corporation, Marshall
| ltOn.
He is survived by a son, James
| F., Jr, of Georgetown, two grand
children and two sisters, Mrs.
Laura Kakos of Chicago, H., and
Mrs. Blanche Williams of Whining
| ton.
Graveside services were held at
Gracelawn Memorial Park, -Wilm-
ington, Tuesday. The Rev. Elmer
Shield, pastor of Wesley Methodist
Church, Georgetown officiate
SIPPLE
William H. Sipple, S5, a retired
farmer, died Monday at his home
near Frederick, after a long ill
ness.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lillian M. Sipple, a daughter,
Mrs. Francis Booker of Frederica,
a son, Albert Tinley, near Dover,
and a grandchild, sister, Mrs.
Burton Savage of Milford, and a
brother, Bolden Sipple of Trenton,
M.
Funeral services were h e d
Thursday at 1:30 pm. from the
Rogers Funeral Home, Milford,
with burial at Barratt's Chapel
Cemetery.
WATERS
The funeral of the five Waters
children drowned at Bower
Beach last Tuesday was held Sun
day in the Reese Funeral Chapel.
l. iiC tilllul eli al Z alltll, IlOSd,
6; Charles, 3; Wayne, 5; and Eliz-
abeth, 18 months. Another child,
Eugene, Z, is missing and presum-
ed dead.
Surviving the ordeal Tuesday
are John and Virginia Waters, par
ents; John, Jr., 13; and Alisa, 8,
and Mamie Wilmington, gran d.
mother.
Allen and Rosa attended M :.
Olive School at Little Heaven.
The Rev. Leroy Washington Of
ment following at Barratts Chapel
Cemetery near Frederica.
WEBB
Charles E. Webb, II died sud
denly at his home near Green
wood, March s. He was employed
by the Sun Oil Company, in Mar
Gus Hook, Pa. for 21 years, but
retired to his farm IA years ago.
He was a member of the Sapphire
Club and the Honor Club of Sun
Oil Company
He is survived by five children,
Mrs. Elsie Farens, Milford, Cole
man Webb, Glendale, Orville of
Greenwood, Quinton of Milford,
and Mrs. Losetta Belote, Green
wood. five grandchildren and three
grandchildren one brother,
Ward Webb of Milford.
Services were held at 2 pm.
from t h e Fleischauer Funeral
Home Interment was in Oakley
Cemetery.
ATKINS
Theodore Edward Atkins, age 81
years, passed away in the Della
ware State Hospital, Wilmington
March u, after a long illness. Mr..
Atkins was one of the oldest resi-
dents of Milford. He owned and
operated his own farm until sew
eral years ago. Until his illness
he was caretaker of the Mispillion
River Bridge in Milford. He made
his home at 404 Old Shawnee Road,
Milford.
Mr.. Atkins is survived by h is
widow, Mary Hester; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Richard Johnson and
Mrs. Beatrice Coverdale, both
Lincoln, and Mrs. Maude Cover
dale of Glendale; one son, Mar
tin of Glendale; three grandchil-
dren four great grandchildren,
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held from
the Lofland Funeral Home, Thurs
day, March Is, at pm, with the
Rev. Paul Buerhle, pastor of Re-
formation Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Milford, officiating. Inter
ment was in st. Johns Cemetery
near Georgetown.
HUFNAL
Fred Hufnal. IS, a former stu
football player at Dover Hi G h
dent council president and a star
football player at Dover Fl i g h
School, died of cancer last Friday
night in Kent General Hospital,
Dover.
Last spring he was appointed to
the U. S. Naval Academy and was
turned down due to evidence of
cancer of the liver. which was dis
covered in a physical examination.
After consultation and treatment
by his family physician, 9 Hufnal
entered Wesley College, Dover,
last fall. For the past six months
he had been in and out of the hos
pital
Hufnal, a halfback, was chosen
to play in the sixth annual Della
ware A1I-Star High School Foot
ball Game last summer. He was