Milford chronicle., 1962-06-08
Obituary
HICKMAN


Funeral Home, Milford, with the
Rev. George w. Bishop, pastor of
Frederick Methodist Church, off1ci-
ating. Interment was in Holly
wood Cemetery, Harrington.
Mrs. Hickman is survived by
three sons, Lee, of Wilmington,
i Claude and Jack of fredericksburg,
Md; three daughters, Mrs. James
S. Webb, Mrs. Frank Kirby, and
Mrs. Samuel Short, all of Milford,
and Is grandchildren.
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WYATT
Mrs. Mildred E. Wyatt, 45, wife
of Clyde Wyatt, died last Friday
at her home at 303 Second Street,
Harrington, after an illness of
two years. She was the daughter
of the late Samuel and Edna Hop
kins and a member of Asbury
Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by son, Thomas E.
Wyatt, at home; sister, Miss
Nellie Hopkins, at home; and a
| brother, Lockwood Hopkins of
| Georgetown.
Services were held Monday at
| the McKnatt Funeral Home, Har
rington, with the Rev. Olin ].
Shockley, pastor of Asbury Meth
| odist Church, Harrington, offici-
ating.
JOHNSEN
Mrs. Bertha Rogers johnson, SO,
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last Thursday in Milford Mem
orial Hospital. She had recently
moved back to Delaware from New
Jersey with her husband. She had
lived in Frederick for forty years.
Her former husband was the late
J. Reynolds Rogers.
Funeral services were held from
the Rogers Funeral Home, Milford,
with the Rev. DR.. Charles |. Car
penter, pastor of Avenue Metho-
| dist Church, officiating.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by a son, John r. Rogers,
Jr., Milford funeral director, and
four grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Perry IT. Brown of Summit,
IN. j., and Mrs. Edgar Lee, East
Orange, N. J., and two brothers,
Harry Wagner of Harrison, N. j.,
and Fred Wagner of Detroit.
SHORT
Willard (Chester) Short, SO, re-
tired dairy farmer of the Prime
Hook section, near Milton, died
Wednesday, May %, of heart at
tack at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Howard L. White of Ann
Acres, Rehoboth.
A native of Lewes, Mr.. Short
was the son of the late Willard Z.
and Sally j. Kenny Short. In ad-
dition to his daughter, Mr.. Short
is survived by his widow, Ida
Morris Short; a son, Horace E.
Short of Wyoming; a sister, Mrs.
Eba Jones of Chincoteague, Va,
and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the Atkins Funeral Home, Lewes,
with the Rev. Nelson r. Reppert,
pastor of Slaughter. Neck Metho-
dist Church, of which he was a
member, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Earl Watts of Milton. Burial
was made in. the LeWes Methodist
Cemetery.
CUBBAGE
Mrs. Elizabeth Cubbage, II, OF
near Viola, died Monday in Kent
land Queen Anne's Hospital in
Chestertown, Md. She had a
heart attack. She was the widow
of Charles w. Cubbage, who died
in 1943.
Surviving are her stepmother,
Mrs. Sadie Berry, Harrington; two
sons, Thomas d. and Kenneth,
both of Viola; four daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Pritchett of Barkley,
Md. Mrs. Ruth Conley and Mrs.
Pearl Conley, both of Ingleside,
Md, and Mrs. Rebecca Walls OF
Dover; three half-brothers, Will
liam and Howard Shockley of
| Goldsboro, Md, and Frank Shock
| ley living in New Jersey; three
half-sisters, Mrs. EImira Walters
of FELTON,, Mrs. Helen Melvin OF
Harrington, and Mrs. Mildred Gal
loway of New Orleans; 16 grand
children and 13 great-grandchll-
| dren.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday in the Berry Funeral
| Home, FELTON,.
PEARCE
Joseph J. Pearce, Sr., we'll
known Milford resident and bust
nessman, died in the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital on Sunday NOR
ming. June 8. For many years be-
fore his retirement, Mr.. Pearce
owned and operated the Pearce
Wooden Mills at Haven Lake. He
made his home at Is Clarke Ave
nue..
Born May %, 1890, in Greenville,
Penna., Mr.. Pearce lived in Mil
ford since 1882. Before succeed
ing his father, the late w. A.
Pearce, as the operator of the
Haven Lake Mill, he was vice
president and general manager OF
| the Pearce Woolen Mills of La
trobe, Penna. He was also at one
time superintendent of the Spring
| field Wooden Mills of Springfield,
| Tenn.
Mr.. Pearce is survived by his
widow, Florence Lynch Pearce, by
four children, William H. Pearce
of Denver, Col, Joseph j. Pearce,
Jr., of Milford, Mrs. Mary Allen of
Groton. Mass, and Mrs. Florence
Shackelford of Durham, n. c., and
by thirteen grandchildren. A sis
ter. Mrs. Wilson S. Vinyard, and
q brother Wilbur Pearce both of