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28 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday,
Obituaries
Mien Lovett South,
retired manager
Allen Lovett South, 70, of Mil-
ton and formerly of Cochranville,
Pa., died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001,
at Beebe Medical Center.
Mr. South had held several
managerial positions within the
textile fibers department of the
duPont Company for 35 years, re-
tiring in 1990. He and his wife
moved to Sussex County in 1998.
Mr. South received his degree in
economics from Geneva College,
Beaver Falls, Pa., serving for 10
years on the Unionville/Chadstbrd
Pa. school board. He was an Air
Force veteran and member of
American Legion Post 28; he was
also an avid fisherman.
He is survived by his wife of 49
years, Joan Carol South; a son,
Allen L. South Jr. of Darlington,
Pa.; a son, Stephen Cosby South
of Downington, Pa.; a daughter,
Deborah Kay South of Pittsburgh,
Pa.; a sister, Dorothy South of
Beaver, Pa.; a brother, Richard
South of Darlington, Pa.; a grand-
son, Christopher D. Ard of Slip-
pery Rock, Pa.; and a granddaugh-
ter, Sarah Ann Jopchack of Dar-
lington, Pa.
Memorial services will be held
at Parsell Funeral Homes & Cre-
matorium, 1449 Kings Hwy.,
Lewes, at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan.
20, with burial in Delaware Veter-
ans Cemetery South, Georgetown.
Contributions are suggested to the
American Heart Association, 600
N. duPont Hwy., Georgetown DE
19947.
Ronald C. Lynch,
sheet metal worker
Ronald C. Lynch, 65, of Mills-
boro, died of cancer at home Mon-
day, Jan. 15, 2001.
Born in Lewes, the son ef the
late James and Jennie Lynch, he
was a retired sheet metal worker
and guitarist.
He loved music and played gui-
tar, playing backup music for
Wanda Jackson and Reno and
Smiley's Blue Grass Band. He en-
joyed playing for charities, music
festivals and for the enjoyment of
others.
He was a member of the Im-
proved Order of Redmen in
Georgetown and Blackwater Fel-
lowship Church, Frankford. He
was predeceased by his wife,
DOrothy, in 1994, and sons
Ronald Jr. and Wayne.
He is survived by a son, Richard
Lynch of Essex England; two
daughters, Nancy Carey of Mills-
boro and Sharon McLain of
Willards, Md.; a sister, Charlotte
Hawkins of Selbyville; two broth-
ers, Mason Lynch of Folcroft, Pa.
and Arthur Lynch of Selbyville;
I 1 grandchildren; five step-grand-
children; and eight great-grand-
children.
Services will be held at 2 p.m.,
Saturday, Jan. 20, at Melson Fu-
neral Services Frankford Chapel,
Jan. 19 - Jan. 25, 2001
where friends may call after noon.
Burial will be in Roxana Ceme-
tery. Contributions are suggested
to Blackwater Fellowship Church,
Frankford,
Blix N. Koones,
Rehoboth resident
Blix N. Koones of Rehoboth
Beach and Key Colony, Fla., died
peacefully in her sleep on Satur-
day, Jan. 13, 2000.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Charles C. Koones.
She is survived by two sons,
Charles K. and Anthony C.
Koones; and daughters-in-law
Jane C. and Barbara Koones; six
grandchildren, Kristina Koones,
Karen Callahan, Kathryn Sheats,
Suzanne Egan, Charles Koones
and Mary Lynn Cabrera; and 11
great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held
at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 20, atAll
Saints' Episcopal Church, Olive
Ave., Rehoboth Beach. Contribu-
tions are suggested to the Re-
hoboth Art League, Rehoboth
Beach DE 19971.
James R. Harrington,
Squinas Academy teacher
James R. "Seamus" Harrington,
62, of Newark, died Saturday, Jan.
13, 2001.
Mr. Harrington was a lieutenant
in the U.S. Navy and a graduate of
Notre Dame University. He
taught at Squinas Academy and
was an avid volunteer at many
churches.
He is survived by three chil-
dren, J.B. Harrington of Wilming-
ton, Stacey Murphy of New Jersey
and Dana Harrington Conor of
Wilmington; one brother, Edward
Harrington of Massachusetts; his
former wife, Ruth Daniels Har-
rington; and five grandchildren.
A Mass will be held at 10:30
a.m., Friday, Jan. 19, at Holy
Family Catholic Church, Route 4
and Gender Road, Newark, with
burial in Delaware Veterans
Memorial Cemetery, Bear.
Contributions are suggested to
Holy Family Catholic Church
Memorial or Little Sisters of the
Poor.
Doris M. Homer,
retired adjudicator
Doris M. Horner, 76, of Mills-
boro, and formerly of Fernhook,
New Castle. died Monday, Jan.
15, 2001, at home.
Mrs. Horner had been an adju-
dicator at the Veterans Adminis-
tration Hospital, Elsmere, retiring
in 1983 after 30 years. She en-
joyed traveling through the coun-
try and bird watching.
She is survived by her husband
of 38 years, Howard M. Homer;
her children, William H. Morrow
Jr. of Newark, Ronnie J. Morrow
of Hagerstown, Md.,. Howard M.
Horner Jr. of New Castle, Norma
L. Nachtigal of Virginia Beach,
Va.; and Margaret Conti of Harris-
burg, Pa.; l0 grandchildren; and
seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held at
the Chapel of Gracelawn Memori-
al Park, New Castle, with burial to
follow in the adjoining memorial
park.
Contributions are suggested to
Delaware Hospice, Southern Di-
vision, 600 DuPont Highway,
Georgetown, DE 19947.
Elizabeth M. Pond,
retired nurse's aide
Elizabeth M. Pond, 79, of
Georgetown and formerly of
Lewes, died Sunday, Jan. 14,
2001, of heart failure at Nanticoke
Memorial Hospital, Seaford.
Mrs. Pond was a retired nurse's
aide and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by
her son, Paul Edward Lowe and
her daughter, Frances Marie Rit-
tel and by a stepson, Richard
Pond.
She is survived by her husband,
Robert W. Pond Jr.; a son, Donald
Eugene Vaughn; a daughter,
Roberta Faye Lituski; two step-
sons, Jerry Pond and Ralph Pond;
two stepdaughters, Linda Thur-
man and Jeanette Newcomb; four
brothers, Beryl, Clyde, Robert and
Cecil; five sisters, Mildred Skel-
ton, Eva Thompson, Frances
Brewer, Ruth Steele and Clara
Hadox; 13 grandchildren; and 17
great-grandchildren.
Services were held from the
Long Neck Chapel of Melson Fu-
neral Services, Long Neck, with
burial in the White's Chapel
Cemetery, Milton.
Arrangements by Melson Fu-
neral Services, Long Neck.
Frances A. Ferguson,
Rehoboth homemaker
Frances Adelaide Ferguson, 78,
of Rehoboth Beach, died Sunday,
Jan. 14, 2001, at Beebe Medical
Center.
Mrs. Ferguson was a homemak-
er. She was preceded in death by
her husband, James C. Ferguson,
in 1985.
She is survived by a daughter,
Frances Ruth Hurley of Rehoboth
Beach; a son, Timothy W. Fergu-
son of Rockville, Md.; a sister, Es-
ther L. Vicar of Lanham, Md.; and
two grandchildren.
Services will be held at 4 p.m.,
Friday, Jan. 19, from the Atkins-
Lodge Chapel, Parsell Funeral
Homes & Crematorium, Lewes,
with burial in Henlopen Memorial
Park, Milton.
Contributions are suggested to
Delaware Hospice, Southern Di-
vision, 600 N. DuPont Highway,
Georgetown, DE 19947.
Donald Richard Arthur,
area educator
Donald Richard Arthur, 78, of
West Melbourne, Fla. and former-
ly of Ocean View, died Saturday,
Dec. 23, 2001, in Holmes Medical
Center, West Melbourne.
Mr. Arthur was a veteran of
World War I1, serving as a ser-
geant in the U.S. Army and spent
most of his duty throughout Eu-
rope, Africa and the Middle East,
including the Battle of the Bulge
in Ardennes.
He received both his undergrad-
uate and graduate degrees from
Towson State University in Tow-
son, Md., and was a teacher in the
Baltimore school system and a
guidance counselor in North East,
Md. for many years. Prior to his
retirement in 1987, he served as a
guidance counselor for three years
and principal for 15 years for the
Sussex County Vocational Techni-
cal Center in Georgetown.
He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Carol Lynn Vogel, in
1994.
He is survived by his wife of 52
years, Patricia Arthur of West
Melbourne; three sons, David
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