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20 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, February 3 - February 9, 1995
Obituaries
Charlie M. Williams,
business owner
Charlie M. Williams, 63, of 52
Spinnaker Circle, Wolfe Runne,
Lewes, died Monday, Jan. 23,
1995 at Beebe Medical Center of
heart failure.
Mr. Williams currently owned
the Vision Technical Services Co.
on Clay Road, Lewes, which he
established. Prior to moving to
the Lewes area in 1990 from Co-
mus, Md., Mr. Williams operated
for many years the Colonial In-
strument Co. of Galthersburg, Md.
Mr. Williams had been involved
in the ophthalmic business for
over 40 year s . He was an army
veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Emi-
ly M. Williams; one daughter, Su-
san Williams Walker of Rich-
mond, Va.; two sons, Thomas F.
Williams of Lewes and Gene
Williams of Atlanta, Ga.; and six
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3 (today) at
the Bethel United Methodist
Church, West Fourth St., Lewes,
where friends may call just prior
to services in the church. Burial
will be in Bethel Methodist Ceme-
tery, Lewes.
Instead of flowers, contribu-
tions can be sent to to Meals on
Wheels, Rt. 9, Box 135, Lewes,
DE 19958 orto Lend A Hand, c/o
Bethel United Methodist Church,
West Fourth St., Lewes, DE
19958. Arrangements were made
by Parsell, Atkins & Lodge Funer-
al Homes, Midway.
Theodore W. Perry Jr.
general laborer
Theodore W. Perry Jr., 49, of
Lewes, died Tuesday, Jan. 24,
1995, of a heart attack in Beebe
Medical Center, Lewes.
Mr. Perry was a general laborer.
He was a member of Button's
Chapel in Milton.
He is survived by his wife,
Shirley Perry; a son, Desi Pet-
tyjohn of Salisbury, Md.; a step-
son, Andrew Long of George-
town; four stepdaughters, Given
Long of Georgetown, Patricia Per-
ry of North East, Md., Elleatha
Brown of Salisbury and Ellen
Brown of Florida; his mother,
Naomi Perry of Lewes; three
brothers, Timothy of North East,
Robert K. of Georgetown and
Sherman of Lewes; six sisters,
Margaret Ayres, Phyllis Shep-
pard, Evelyn Johnson, Jacqueline
Weston, Ernestine Coursey and
Marta Perry, all of Lewes; 17 step
grandchildren and one step great
granddaughter.
Funeral services were held
Monday, Jan. 30, at Burton's
Chapel in Milton. Burial was in
Siloam Cemetery, Slaughter
Neck.
Eliat B. Williams,
construction worker
Eliat B. Williams,' 35, of Lewes,
died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1995, of
pneumonia in Emily Bissell Hos-
pital near Wilmington.
Mr. Williams was an indepen-
dent construction worker.
He is survived by a son,
Ryshine Powell of Milford; his fa-
ther, David K. Williams of Calif.;
two brothers, Bobby J. Brown of
Lewes and Renford S..Williams of
Germany; two sisters, Subrina W.
Powell of Lewes and Renee Wells
of Lewes; his great grandmother,
Henrietta Madison of Florida; his
grandfather, Mose Williams of
Florida; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Youug's Fu-
neral Home in Milton. Burial was
in Old Hickory Cemetery, Slaugh-
ter Neck.
Kathryn VanDenHeuvel,
Millington homemaker
Kathryn A. VanDenHeuvel, 75,
of Millington, Md., died Thurs-
day, Jan. 26, 1995, of respiratory
failure in Chestertown (Md.)
Nursing and Rehabilitation Cen-
ter.
Mrs. VanDetiHeuvel was a
homemaker.
She is survived by a son, Ray-
mond M. Wallace of Milliugton;
three daughters, Julia Ann
Williams of Salisbury, Md., Doris
Virginia Seymour of Warton, Md.
and Carolyn Gosell of Earleville,
Md.; two stepsons, Kenneth and
Robert VanDenHeuvel, both of
Earleville; a brother, George H.
Faulkner of Milton; a sister, jean
Green of Dover; 14 grandchildren
and 30 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Monday, Jan. 30, at Hicks Home
for Funerals in Elkton, Md. Bur-
ial was in Immaculate Conception
Cemetery, Elkton.
Hyland R. Bennum Sr.,
retired machine operator
Hyland Roger "Buck" Bennum
Sr., 65, of Georgetown, died
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1995, of a
heart attack at home.
Mr. Bennum was a machine op-
erator for Steiner & Co. in'Milford
for 22 years, retiring in 1989. He
was the recipient of the Purple
Heart and was an Army veteran of
the Korean War.
His wife, Elizabeth Mac Powell
Bennum, died in 1980. He is sur-
vived by two sons, Hyland R. Jr.
and George C., both of George-
town; two stepsons, Raymond
Alexander of Milton and Harry
Thomas Alexander of Sacramen-
to, Calif.; one stepdaughter, Car-
olyn Hughes of Milton; 19 grand-
children, five great grandchildren
and six great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday, Jan. 28, at Watson Funeral
Home in Millsboro. Burial was in
Union Cemetery, Georgetown.
Harriet A. Toomey,
poultry worker
Harriet A. Toomey, 57, of
Dagsboro, died Wednesday, Jan.
25, 1995 of cancer at Beebe Med-
ical Center, Lewes.
Mrs. Toomey was born in
Frankford, the daughter of the late
Harry D. and Florence Rogers
Hudson. She was a poultry worker
in the Dagsboro area for many
years.
Her husband William G. died in
1988. She is survived by a son,
William H. Toomey, Frankford;
two daughters, Kathy Cooper of
Dagsboro with whom she lived,
and Rosemary Steele of Dags-
boro; two brothers, Walt Hudson
of Millsboro and James Hudson of
Lewes; and seven grandchildren.
Services were held at the
Chapel of Melson Funeral Ser-
vices, Thatcher St., Frankford.
Burial was in Dagsboro Redmen
Memorial Cemetery, Dagsboro.
Helen S. Lee,
church member
Helen S. Lee, 77, of 202 W.
Cedar St., Lewes, died Saturday,
Jan. 28, 1995 of respiratory failure
in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes.
Mrs. Lee was a member of St.
Jude's Catholic Church and
Lewes Senior Center.
She is survived by her husband
of 57 years, Philip Lee; a daugh-
ter, Phyllis Barge!ski of Wilming-
ton; and two brothers, Adam
Schreiner of Parkside, Pa. and
Kenneth Schreiner of Claymont.
A Mass of Christian Burial was
offered at St. Edmond's Catholic
Church, Rehoboth Beach, with
burial in Henlopen Memorial
Park. Instead of flowers, the fam-
ily suggests contributions to Casa
San Francisco, Milton.
Irene S. Rhodes,
homemaker
Irene S. Rhodes, 74, died Satur-
day, Jan. 28, 1995 of heart failure
in Ingleside Nursing Home, Lan-
caster Pike, Hockessin.
Mrs. Rhodes Was born in Laurel
and was a homemaker and a mem-
ber of Pocahontas l_xxtge of Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows,
Rehoboth Beach, before moving
to Newark in 1993.
She is survived by a son,
William E. of Delhi, La.; a daugh-
ter, Nora R. Yates of Norih East,
Md.; seven-grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
A service and burial were pri-
vate. Contributions can be made
to charity.
Mae D. Dietrich,
kindergarten teacher
Mac D. Dietrich, a former Clay-
mont kindergarten teacher, died
Friday, Jan. 27, 1995 at Hamot
Medical Center, Erie, Pa.
Mrs. Dietrich taught kinder-
garten in Claymont in the late
1940s and 1950s, having moved
to Claymont from New York in
1938. She and her husband,
Melvin A., a DuPont research
chemist, enjoyed summers in Re-
hoboth Beach and were members
of St. Mark's Lutheran Church.
After her husband's 1987 death,
Mrs. Dietrich moved to Erie near
her twin daughters, Mrs. Schulze
and Lucille Peterson. She is also
survived by her daughter-in-law,
Yvonne Dietrich of Oreland, Pa.,
who helped care for her; five
grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.
A service was held at Presbyter-
ian Church of the Cross, Erie,
with burial in Fairview Cemetery,
Kutztown, Pa.
William N. Reed II,
Diamond State employee
William N. Reed H, 68, a long-
time Diamond State Telephone
Co. troubleshooter and state civil
air patrolman, died Wednesday,
Jan. 25, 1995 at Kent General
Hospital after being stricken at
Scott Nursing Home, Smyrna.
Mr. Reed retired from the tele-
phone company in 1985 after 32
years as a deskman in Wilming-
ton.
He is surviVed by his wife, Bev-
erly S.; four sons, David and
Kevin of Bear, William III of
Middletown and Douglas of
Newark; two daughters, Rhonda
McKinney of North EasL Md. and
Donna Kellagher of Newark; two
brothers, Daniel of Lewes and
Richard of ReynoMsville, Pa.; 16
grandchildren and a great-grand-
son.
Instead of flowers, the family
suggests contributions to Asbury
United Methodist Church, Box
330, Smyrna.
Doris R. Roach,
food service worker
Doris R. Roach, 70, of Morris
Road, Townsend, died Wednes-
day, Jan. 25, 1995 of complica-
tions from a stroke at Kent Gener-
al Hospital, Dover.
Mrs. Roach worked in the food
service department of the Smyrna
School District for many years, re-
tiring in 1986.
Her husband, Paul J., died July
17 and her daughter, Elizabeth
Roach Gogolin, died Jan. 9.
She is survived by two sons,
Richard P. of Hickory, N.C. and
Philip J, of Newark; a daughter,
Lynda M. Dunning of Dover; a
brother, William Rhoads of Okee-
chobee, Fl.; three sisters, Helen
Hanby of Dewey Beach, Evelyn
Oiuseley of Blackbird and Anna
Marion of Claymont; four grand-
children and two great-grandchil-
dren.
A memorial service was held at
Faries Funeral Chapel Smyrna,
with burial private.
Instead of flowers, the family
suggests contributions to Smyrna-
Clayton Little Lass League.
August Kohn III,
former manager
August Kohn HI, 75, of Lewes,
formerly of Potomac, Md., died
Sunday, Jan. 29, 1995 at his resi-
dence of respiratory failure.
Mr. Kohn recently worked in
the lower shore area as an assis-
tant manager for the former
Arthur Treacher's Restaurant and
later for the Kentucky Fried
Chicken restaurant. His last em-
ployment was as an attendant for
the park and ride in Rehoboth
Beach. Prior to moving to the
shore, he worked for 27 years in
the Washington, D.C. area as a
men's furnishings buyer and as a
merchandise manager for both
Lansburgh's and the Hecht Co.
He is survived by his wife of 43
years, Mary B. Kohn; one daugh-
ter, Deborah Serbin, German-
town, Md.; and one son, David
Waiter Kohn, Lewes.
Services and burial are private.
Instead of flowers, contributions
are suggested to Delaware Hos-
pice, Southern Division, Suite
107, Georgetown Professional
Park, Georgetown, DE 19947.
Arrangements were made by
Parsell, Atkins & Lodge Funeral
Home, Midway.
William E. Palmer,
retired manager
William E. Palmer, 81, of Re-
hoboth Beach, died Sunday, Jan.
29, 1995 of a myocardial infarc-
tion at Beebe Medical Center,
Lewes.
Mr. Palmer was a manager for
Starkey Laboratories where he
worked for a number of years, re-
tiring on his 77th birthday in
1990. He was member of St. Ed-
mond's Catholic Church.
Mr. Palmer is survived by his
wife and companion of over 60
years, Dorothy Marie Palmer;
three sons, William E. Jr. of
Muncie, Ind., Frederick L. of
Whitehall, N.Y,, and James J. of
Omaha, Neb.; three daughters,
Margot A. Palmer, Beltsville,
Md., Pamela Retzlaff, Omaham
Neb. and Dorothy J. Palmer of
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; 19 grand-
children and 10 great-grandchil-
dren.
A memorial mass was held at
St. Edmond's Catholic Church,
with burial private at the conve-
nience of the family.
Saint James
Traditional Episcopal Church
Sunday Services ~ 9:30 a.m.
with Reverend John Gains
Using the 1928 Prayer Book
Atlantic Budget Inn
Route 113, Millsboro, DE
238-7364