Milford chronicle., 1963-06-21


many years.
ters, Mrs. Reese B. Harrington
of Harrington, Mrs. Howard
Deputy and Mrs. Nat Rogers,
both Of Milford; a abrother-in-law,
Roy Coffin of Milford; two
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
from the Lofland Funeral Home
Saturday morning, June Is, at
IL a.m., with the Rev. DR..
Charles I. Carpenter, pastor Of
Avenue Methodist Church, Of
fictating. mterment was In
Slaughter Neck Cemetery.
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FOULK
Mrs. Marian Morris Foulk, SIS,
a librarian for the dupont Co.,
died Sunday, June Is, at her
home, 1905 Stanford Road, Green
Acres. She had been Ill some
time.
Mrs. Foulk was assistant IL
brarian in the technical library
of dupont. At one time she was
employed as a librarian by the
Wilmington Board of Educa-
tton.
She graduated from the UNI
versity Of Delaware In 1929 and
Drexel University Library
School. She attended the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania and Colum-
bia University, New York City.
She was past president and
secretary of the Delaware liz
brary Association and a MEM
Der Of the Philadelphia chap
ter's special library section of
the American Library Assoc
iation.
She also was a member Of the
Second Baptist Church and the
dupont Country Club.
Surviving are her husband, J.
Robert Foulk; two children, Rob-
ert M. Foulk and Deborah A.
Foulk, both students at the Uni
versity Of Delaware; an aunt,
Mrs. Cecil H. Grant, and a cou-
sin, Mrs. Alice G. Ryan, both
Of Lancaster Village.
Funeral services were held
at the c. Everett Kelley Funer-
al Home on Wednesday.
Mr.. Foulk is a former resi-
dent Of Milford and the family
spent many summers at Slaugh-
ter Beach.
TOBN
Mrs. Marian Tobin, Ala Della
ware Street, New Castle, died
Tuesday, June 18, In Wilmington
General Hospital at the age Of 80.
lShe had been hospitalized after
suffering a stroke on Wednesday
of the previous week.
j Her husband, George T. Tobin,
a partner In George T. Tobin &
Sons, butchers, died 12years ago.
| Mrs. Tobin had the oldest
membership In New Castle Meth
odist Church. She was the first
president of its Woman's Society
of Christian Service and earlier
Ihad been president of the Dorcas
ISociety, forerunner Of the WSCS.
IShe was a member of the Phila-
thea Club Of the church, the Aras-
apha Garden Club and the New
Castle Century Club.
Surviving are four sons, j.
Herbert Tobin, president of the
New Castle Special School Dis
trict board of education, william
F. Tobin, New Castle city
councilman, George L. Tobin,
Dewey Beach, and Carlisle Tobin,
New Castle; two daughters, Mrs.
Francis Sentman, Rogers Manor,
and Mrs. L. Clark Ellis, Jr.,
River Road, New Castle; ten
grandchildren and II great
grandchildren.
/ Services were held In New
Castle Methodist Church, $40
Delaware Street, Thursday with
interment In Glebe Cemetery.
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CLAUSS
Estella Clauss, widow Of the
late oliver N. Clauss, died at the
home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mayor and Mrs.
Alphonso E. Humes, early Tues
day morning June ID after abrief
Illness, at the age Of 81.
Mrs. Clauss was born In East
ern Pennsylvania and raised
by foster parents near Allen
town. Her father was a victim
OF the Johnsotwn Flood. All Of
her married life was spent In
Allentown where she was active
In the Lutheran Church and aid
! ed the Sunday School and music
, programs. Mr.. Clauss died In
!, 1854 shortly aftef the couple
lhad celebrated their Sixtieth we'd