Obituaries
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Beach; three grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
A Mass of Christian Burial was
held at Holy Cross Catholic
Church, Dover, with burial in
Holy Cross Cemetery.
Contributions are suggested to
Kent Ecumenical Movement or
Holy Cross Building Fund, 631 S.
State Street, Dover, 19901.
Edith Mae Wilson,
Newark homemaker
Edith Mae Wilson, age 78, of
Newark, died Sunday, Sept. 21,
1997, at Christiana Hospital.
Mrs. Wilson, a homemaker, was
a member of the Fairwinds Baptist
Church in Bear.
She is survived by her husband,
William H., a son, Eugene Ronnie
Hinkle of Rehoboth Beach; three
daughters, Freda Pittam of Re-
hoboth Beach, Norma Jean Flow-
ers of Newark and Charlotte
Rogers of New Castle; two step-
sons, William H. Wilson, Jr. of
Chalfonte, and Charles Wilson of
Bear; four stepdaughters, Patricia
Harris of Sycamore Gardens,
Margaret Starkey of Mill Creek
Trailer Park, Ethel DiBoe and
Ruth Ann Boone, both of New
Castle; five grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
Services were held at McCrery
Memorial Chapel, Newark, with
burial in Gracelawn Memorial
Park, Minquadale.
Contributions are suggested to
Fairwinds Baptist Church, 801
Seymour Road, Bear, DE 19701.
William H. Fisk,
built Funland
William H. Fisk, age 90, of Re-
hoboth Beach, died Thursday,
Sept. 19, 1997, at his home.
Mr. Fisk was a musician during
the Big Band era in the 1930s.
With his wife, Mary Dentino and
her family, he built Funland on the
Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk.
Mr. Fisk was the owner of the
Bethany Beach Golf Course for
30 years and was well-known to
several generations of beachgoers.
He was a past president of the
Young Republicans Club and the
Rehoboth Beach Lions Club. He
was a veteran of the U.S. Army,
serving in World War II.
He is survived by his daughter,
Sharon Rose, of Rehoboth Beach,
and by two grandsons, Barratt and
Harper Cullen, both of Rehoboth
Beach.
Services and burial were pri-
vate.
Wayne D. Bennett,
DP&L supervisor
Wayne D. Bennett, age 68, of
Rehoboth Bay Park and formerly
of New Castle, died Saturday,
Sept. 20, 1997, of a ruptured ab-
dominal aortic aneurysm at Beebe
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Medical Center.
Mr. Bennett was a supervisor
with Delmarva Power for 36
years, retiring in 1986. He was a
U.S. Army .veteran of the Korean
War and a member of the Ameri-
can Legion Durney Post, Wilm-
ington, and the New Castle Moose
Lodge 1578. Mr. Bennett was al-
so an avid bowler, receiving the
1997 State Senior Delaware All
Events Bowling Trophy.
He is survived by his wife of 34
years, Fern Bennett; three sons,
Wayne M. Emery of Tacoma,
Wash., James C. Emery of Wake-
field, Mont., Brant W. Emery of
Westmont, I11.; a daughter, Debbie
A. Pillsbury of Edgewood, Md.; a
sister, Doris M. Harrison, of
Hockessin; seven grandchildren
and eight great grandchildren.
• Services were held it Parsell
Funeral Homes, Lewes, with bur-
ial with military honors in
Delaware Veterans Cemetery,
Bear.
Contributions are suggested to
the American Heart Association,
600 N. DuPont Highway, George-
town, DE 19947.
E.zabeth o. Chappell,
first woman elder
Elizabeth O. Chappell, age 84,
of Lewes, died Saturday, Sept. 20,
1997, of a cerebral hemorrhage at
Beebe Medical Center.
Mrs. Chappell was a homemak-
er. She was a member and the first
woman elder at Lewes Presbyter-
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The Sussex County Engineering Department is pleased to announce that a
public meeting will be held on Saturday, October 4, 1997 at 9:00 a.m. at the
Rehoboth Elementary School, 500 Stockley Street, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
19971. The purpose of the meeting is to convey information regarding the
forthcoming construction of the Red Mill Pond North and Red Mill Pond
South portions of Phase HI of the West Rehoboth Expansion of the Dewey
Beach Sanitary Sewer District. A map of the areas affected by construction is
provided. Subdivisions located in the construction project include Carsyljan
Acres, Sweetbriar, Hills Edge, Overbrook Shores, Heronwood, Pondview
Estates, Red Mill Farms, Nesbitt Station, and Mill Pond Acres, Best Acres, Mal-
lard Point, and Edgewater Estates. All interested persons, residents, voters,
taxpayers, property owners, or corporations are welcome to attend.
RED MILL POND
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE
SUSSEX COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT
302-855-7718
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