Milford chronicle., 1962-08-03

Fred, FELTON,, Clifford, Dover, and
Carl of Firederica, a sister, M r s.
Orella Wilson, FELTON,, and h r e e
grandchildren
MIR. Rentz was a member of
Union Lodge No. z, AT. and AM,
Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Mas
ons; the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics, and the Meth
odist Men of Wesley Methodist
Church, Dover
Services were held Wednesday at
2 pm in the Berry Funeral Home
at FELTON,, with the Rev. Dr. John
A. Trader, former pastor of Wesley
Church, Dover, officiating.
WALKER
Funeral services for Herman d.
Walker of 107 Elm Street, Milford
were held at the McCrery Funeral
Home on Saturday afternoon, July
%, 1862. Interment was in Grace
lawn Memorial Park, Wilmington,
Delaware. Mr.. Walker died in the
Delaware Hospital, July 25, after a
long illness.
He had been retired for many
years from the National Vulcanized
Fibre Co., where he had been en-
ployed for over 25 years as a mas
ter mechanic
Surviving are two sons, DR.. H. d.
Walker, San Antonio, Texas, a n d
Earl Walker, living in New York
State, "a stepdaughter, Mrs. Mildred
Gillespie, East Orange, NJ. n d
Milford, Delaware, four gran d.
children, five great grandchildren,
two brothers, Leslie Walker, of
Wilmington and Finley Walker,
Milford, and two sisters, Mrs. Mar
ian Goldner, Wilmington, and Mrs.
Edith Massey of Harrington.
BENTON
E. LaVerne Benton, age 81, died
Sunday, July 20, at his home, 703
West Street, Laurel, following a
prolonged illness. He was born in
| New Hudson, NY, son of the late
Howard and Kittie Benton He was
| a cheese maker in New York State
He was also a former resident OF
! the Milford area. He had lived in
| Laurel about three years.
Mr.. Benton is survived by h lis
widow, Ruth L., the following chill
dren, Mrs. Ethel Spaulding Oh
West Valley, NY, Lloyd NJ, of AL
legheny, NY, Mrs. Bessie Bafbcock
Lancaster, NY, Mrs. Evelyn Rog-
ers, East Aurora, NY, Mrs. Ruth
King and Duane L., both of Laurel
II grandchildren great grand
| children, 8 sisters, Mrs. Kathryn
Barnes of CASTLE, NY, Mrs. Lena
Willis of Naples, NY, and M r S
Mildred Everetts, Lancaster, NY.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at pm. at the Windsor
and Disharoon Funeral HI 0 m E.
Laurel, with Rev Gerald Hender-
son, officiating. Interment was / n
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel.
CLEMENTS
/ David A. Clements, Sr., 81,
Clark Ave, Milford, died Sunday
| July 20, in Milford Memorial Hos
| pital. A native of Crumpton, Md.
] Mr.. Clements came to Milford Il
| 1928 and operated a real estate and
| insurance business until retiring in
1857. Active in Democratic politics
Mr.. Clements was justice of the
peace in Sussex County for several
years.
He lis survived by his widow,
| Virginia. four daughters, M r S.
Broddus Jones of Milford, Mrs. w.
Joseph Williams of Seaford, Mrs.
r. d. Lingo of Millsboro, Mrs. Har-
ry E. Mayhem, Jr., of Wilmington,
four sons, David A. Jr., and Charles
M. of Milford, Bernard of Woods
town, Nj, and James of Sudlers-
vile, Md, brother, George of Mill
ford, three sisters, Miss Anne Gle
ments and Mrs. w. Rogers Wilson,
both of Ingleside, Md. Miss Ruth
| Clements of the Methodist Country
House, Wilmington.
Services were held Tuesday from
the Rogers Funeral Home, Milford.
Interment was in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Milford.
HURLOCK
Mrs. Ida F. Hur1ock, widow o
William H. Hurlock, died in Eas-
ton, Sunday, July 29, following a
prolonged period of poor health.
Mrs. Hurlock lived with h e r
daughter, Mrs. Bessie Hill, at 421
North Street. The daugher of the
late William and Sarah Satterfield
Blades, Mrs: Hurlock was born in
Dorchester County, and for many
years lived in the Hurlock. COM
munity. She would have been 90
years of age on the 9th of this
month. Her husband. William H.
Hurlock, died in 1926
Surviving are six children, Mrs.
Bessie Hill of Easton, Md, Mrs.
Blanche Collins of Milford, M Mrs.
Lillian Heiton of Wilmington; Mrs.
Mabel Wilson of Cambridge, M d.,
Dewey Hurlock of Milton, and Cliff
ford Hurlock of Hurlock, Md, 32
grandchildren and 79 great-grand-
children.
Funeral services were held at
the Frampton Funeral Home in
fredericksburg, Md, on Wednesday
afternoon at 1:30 O'Clock with Rev.
Thomas F. Mcdaniel, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, in Hurlock,
officiafino Or TotprroQpt was in + n O