The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 12

06 The Morning News, IN MEMORIAM BROWN- loving, memory of mother passed away March 13.1978. Sadly missed, Elizabeth Marshall FIGURELLI. In memory of Anthony M. who passed away 3 years today. Dearly loved sadly missed by Wife, Phyllis Children, John, Anthony Alberta Jean, Maria.

PINGITORE- in loving memory of Jennie T. Pingitore, who passed away March 13, 1978. Sadly missed Tommy VanSant and Children Terri, Linda and Pen Jimmy Death Notices CLARK- In this city on March 11, 1979. Henry Lee, husband of Gloria A. Clark, of 2210 Jessup St.

Father of Angelo Lee, Darnell, Nigel and Danielle Clark, all of Wilm. Brother of Buelah Mae Clark of Florida. Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Aged 46 years. Relatives and friends and members of Steel Workers of America, Local 15534-7 are invited to attend funeral services from Mother A.U.

Church, 9th Franklin Sts. on Thursday evening, March 15 at 8:00 p.m. Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park on Friday morning. Friends may call at the Church on Thursday evening from 6:00 until 8:00. Arrangements by the EDWARD R.

BELL FUNERAL HOME. COLE Suddenly on March 9, at her late residence, Emily A. Cole, wife of the late Medford W. Sr. of 114 Lorewood Avenue, Richardson Park.

Aged 83 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service on Tuesday afternoon, March 13 at 2 p.m. at the SPICER-MULLIKIN FUNERAL HOME, DuPont Parkway and East Van Buren Avenue, Wilmington Manor. Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday evening after 7.

CUSTIS- In the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center on March 12, 1979. Alice Elizabeth (Betty) Custis, wife of Frank P. Custis, of 407 Rochelle Woodcrest. Aged 55 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Services at the Chapel of Gracelawn Memorial Park on Thursday morning March 15 at 11:15.

Interment in the adioining Cemetery. Friends may call at the SPICER-MULLIKIN FUNERAL HOME, N. du Pont Parkway and E. Van Buren Wilmington Manor, on Wednesday evening after 7. Those desiring may send contributions to the Heart Fund, Independence Mall, Wilmington.

Delaware 19803. DAVIS. 11, In 1979. the Helen Delaware wife of Division Wallace on of 113 Belmont Avenue, Richardson Park. Aged 78 years.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services on Tuesday, March 13, 11 a.m. at the NICHOLS FUNERAL HOME, 212 E. Justis Street, Newport, where friends may call one hour before services. Entombment will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. In the Memorial Division of the FILE.

Wilmington Medical Center on March 10, 1979. James L. File, husband of Ethel File of 1905 Washington Wilm. Aged 74 years. Funeral services and interment are private and at the convenience of the Family.

Arrangements by SPICER- MULLIKIN FUNERAL HOME. FOSKEY Died suddenly on March 9, 1979. Harry T. of 16B Capano Drive, Newaark, Delaware. He was 36 years old.

Husband of Hendrika (Kenter) Foskey, Relatives and friends and members of Masonic Oriental Lodge No. 27 are invited to attend the funeral from the CHARLES P. ARCARO FUNERAL HOME, 2309 Lancaster Avenue (opposite Cathedral Cemetery) on Wednesday morning, March 14, at 11 o'. clock. Interment will be at Gracelawn Cemetery.

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(302) 652-3558 Wilmington, Tuesday, March 13, 1979 obituaries Death Notices FINK Suddenly, his late residence on March 9, 1979. Frank husband of Mary C. Fink of 7 East Edinburgh Drive, Stratford, New Castle. Aged 52 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Graveside Services at St.

Catherine's Cemetery, Shirleysburg, Pa. on Tuesday afternoon, March 13th at 2 o'clock. Friends may call at the GEBHART FUNERAL HOME, 531 Delaware Street, New Castle, Del. on Monday evening from In lleu of flowers, the family suggests donations to St. Peter's R.C.

Church, 5th and Harmony Streets, New Castle, DE 19720. GHIONE St. Francis Hospital on March 9, 1979, Louis A. of 129 S. Clifton Avenue, Roselle, (Maxwell) husband of Alexandra Ghione.

Aged 45 years. Relatives and friends DAP are from the invited to CHARLES attend the P. funeral ARCARO FUNERAL HOME, 2309 Lancaster Avenue (Opposite Cathedral Cemetery) on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Catherine's of Sienna R.

C. Church, 2505 Centerville Road at 10 o'clock. Interment at Cathedral Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday evening from 7 on. JOHNSON-In this city on March 10, 1979.

Virginia Dorsey, wife of the late George E. Johnson, of 318 S. Scott St. Aged 63 years. Funeral services and interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Delaware Heart Association, Independence Mall, Wilmington 19803. Arrangements by the MEALEY FUNERAL HOME. MacDONALD-In this city on March 10, 1979. Sara Pelham, wife of the late Angus J. MacDonald of 2700 Market Street.

Aged 71 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial at Christ Our King R.C. Church, 28th and Monroe Streets on Wednesday morning, March 14 at 10 o'clock. Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the MEALEY FUNERAL HOME, 7th and Broom Streets on Tuesday evening after 7.

McCORMICK In this city on March 11, 1979. William, husband of Alice E. McCormick of Woodsedge Road, Claymont, Delaare invited to attend the A services from the ware. Aged 81 years. Relatives and friends McCRERY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 3924 Concord Pike, Talleyville on Thursday afternoon, March 15 at p.m.

Interment at Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to service time. MORRIS In Memorial Division of Wilmington Medical Center on March 11, 1979. Sidney G. Morris, formerly of Hartly, Del.

Aged 83 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from TRADER FUNERAL HOME, 12 Lotus Dover, Del. on Wednesday, March 14, at 1 o'clock. Interment at St. Georges Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday evening. RAGER In this city on March 10, 1979. Walter husband of Cleta F. Rager of 4610 Griffin Drive, Limestone Acres. Aged 74 years.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services from the McCRERY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Kirkwood Highway and Duncan Road on Tuesday evening, March 13 at 8 p.m. Graveside services will be Wednesday, March 14 at 2 p.m. in the Muncy Cemetery, Muncy, Pennsylvania. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to service time. REED-Suddenly at his home on March 11, 1979.

Harvey Rollison Reed, age 61 years. of 1 Wier Hillcrest. Husband of Shirley Wilfong Reed. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Services at the CHANDLER FUNERAL HOME, 2506 Concord Pike, Sharpley on Wednesday morning, March 14 at 11 o'clock. Interment at Silverbrook CHANDLER'S Cemetery.

hour Friends may call one before the Services. The family suggests contributions to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1314 Foulk Rd. RICKENBACK -In this city on March 12, 1979. Lina wife of the late Harry T.

Rickenback, Sr. of 4502 Verona Klair Estates. Aged 79 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Services on Thursday morning, March 15 at 11 o'clock at the McCRERY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Kirkwood Hwy. and Duncan Rd.

Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Wednesday evening after 7. SMYTH In this city on March 11, 1979. Edwin husband of Ethel M. Smyth of 28 Paschall Shelburne.

Aged 84 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend services from THE McCRERY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 3924 Concord Pike, March 14 at 1:00. will be in Talleyville, on Wednesday, afternoon, Greenhill Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to service time. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to Faith Presbyterian 720 Marsh or to the World Presbyterian Mission, Inc.

901 N. Broom St. TALBOT In this city on March 9, 1979 Ernest E. Talbot, of Elkton, MD, father of Marion Williams, of Elkton. Brother of Ada Daniels, Wilmington, DE, also survived by five grandchildren, fourteen great -grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services from Griffiths A.U. Church, Cedar Hill, MD on Tuesday, March I 13, at 1pm. Interment at adioining cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Tuesday from noon until 1pm. Arrangements by EDWARD R.

BELL FUNERAL HOME. TYNDALL in this city on March 9, 1979. Ethel M. Tyndall, wife of Francis B. Tyndall of South Maryland Avenue, Witmington.

Aged 61 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at the Tues. morning, March 13 at 11 o'clock. FUNERAL HOME, 3200 Limestone on Interment at Silverbrook Memorial Park. There will be no viewing on Monday evening.

FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS McCREADY the Florist Graylyn S.C. 378-7347 423 Market St. 656-1671 Charge Cards Accepted Edu. dons FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Richardson Park 998-8878 obituaries Ephen Robinson SMYRNA Ephen Robinson, 72, of the Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, died there Sunday after a long illness. Mr.

Robinson, a retired laborer, leaves no immediate survivors. Graveside services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 at Gibbs Memorial Park, Camden. Friends may call tonight at the Pippin Funeral Home, 119 W. CamdenWyoming Wyoming. Margaret H.

Carpenter LEWES Margaret Helena "Lena" Carpenter, 86, of rural Lewes, died yesterday in the Maple Grove Convalescent Center, Millsboro, after a long illness. Mrs. Carpenter is survived by her husband, Raymond a brother, Thomas B. Morris of Lewes: a sister, Kathryn Joseph of near Lewes, and a nephew whom she had raised, John W. Morris of Rehoboth Beach.

Services will be Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Atkins Funeral Home, Lewes, where friends may call one hour earlier. Burial will be in Lewes Methodist Cemetery. Irene Cassell DOVER Irene Cassell, 86, of 155 S. Shore Drive, died Saturday in Kent General Hospital after a long illness. Mrs.

Cassell, formerly of Independence, moved here several years ago to live with a daughter. Claire E. Blagg, who survives her. She is also survived by a brothAtlanta, Lester Brackendchildren and seven great Her husband, George, died several years ago. Memorial services will be Saturday afternoon at 1 at the Trader Funeral Home, 12 Lotus St.

Burial will be private. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Mary J. Burton REHOBOTH BEACH Mary J. Burton, 76.

of Oyster House Road, Sunday in Lewes Convalescent Center. Lewes, after a long illness. Miss Burton is survived by a brother, James and a sister. Grace E. Burton, both of Rehoboth Beach.

Services will be Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Rehoboth Beach, with burial in Peoples Memorial Park, Midway, near Lewes. Lina M. Rickenback Lina M. Rickenback, 79, of 4502 Verona Drive, Klair Estates, died in the Memorial Division yesterday after a short illness. Mrs.

Rickenback was a former president and district deputy of the North American Benefit Association, a fraternal life insurance organization. She is survived by a daughter, M. Jean McClelland, with whom she lived: three brothers, Arch R. Jones and Lee Roy Jones, both of Wilmington, and William W. Jones of Paulsboro, N.J.: a sister, Catherine E.

Rivell of Woodbury, N.J., five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Rick- Death Notices WALTON the V.A. Hospital, Elsmere on March 10, 1979. John R.

of 2 Halsey Drive, Greenville. Aged 58 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services on Tuesday morning, March 13 at 11 o'clock from the McCRERY AL CHAPEL, Kirkwood Highway and Duncan Road where friends may call Monday evening after 7 and members of Armstrong Lodge No. 26 A.F. A.M.

will hold a service at 7:15. Interment will be in Gracelawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Leukemia Society of Delaware, 824 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington. WHITE On March 10, 1979, Robert E. White of Churchville, Md.

Formerly of Perryville, Md. Husband of the late Anna Grace White. Father of Adelyn W. Weber and brother of Mrs. Margaret Dever.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at the PATTERSON FUNERAL HOME, Perryville, Md. on Tuesday afternoon, March 13, at p.m. Interment at Asbury Cemetery, ,2 Port Deposit, Md. Viewing is from 7-9 p.m. on Monday evening.

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DOHERTY-WICKERSHAM FUNERAL DIRECTORS Serving the people of all faiths in the greater Wilmington area since 1896 1900 DELAWARE AVE. AND 3200 LIMESTONE ROAD, WILMINGTON, DEL. Telephone: (302) 652-6811 Charles A. Higgins, 90, Hercules ex-chief, dies enback's husband, Harry T. died in 1974.

Services will be Thursday morning at 11 at the McCrery Memorial Chapel, Kirkwood Highway and Duncan Road, where friends may call tomorrow night. Burial will be in Gracelawn Memorial Park. Harvey R. Reed Harvey Rollison Reed, 61, of 1 Wier Hillerest, was dead on arrival Sunday at the Delaware Division of apparent natural causes. Mr.

Reed was a marketing representative in the textile fibers department of the Du Pont where he had worked for 39 years. He was most recently at Centre Road but formerly worked in Philadelphia and in Wynnewood, Pa. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Wilfong Reed; a son, Robert R. at home; a daughter, Carol Ann Reed at home: his mother, Nettie H. Reed of Wilmington, and a sister, Ethelyn Krumenacker of Glen Cove, Long Services will be tomorrow morning at 11 at the Chandler Funeral Home, 2506 Concord Pike, Sharpley, where friends may call one hour earlier.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1314 Foulk Road. Alice E. Custis Alice Elizabeth "Betty" Custis, 55.

of 407 Rochelle Woodcrest. died yesterday in the Delaware Division after a long illness. She is survived by her husband. Frank and her father, George R. Macklin of Wilmington.

Services will be 11:15 a.m. Thursday at Gracelawn Memorial Park Chapel. Friends may call tomorrow night at Spicer-Mulliken Funeral Home, North Du Pont Parkway and East Van Buren Avenue. Burial will be in Gracelawn Memorial. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund, Independence Mall.

William McCormick William McCormick. 81, of Woodsedge Road, Claymont, died Sunday in St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. He was retired in 1968 as an associate of McCormick Construetion Co. and of the former McCormick Transportation Co.

He is survived by his wife, Alice E. Services will be Thursday afternoon at 1 at the McCrery Memorial Funeral Home, 3924 Concord Pike, Talleyville, where friends may call one hour earlier. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Malcolm D. Sharp Malcolm D.

Sharp, 27, of 524 Rothbury Road, Woodbrook, died yesterday in the Memorial Division after a long illness. Mr. Sharp was an electronic technician for Motorola of Washington, D.C., before he became ill. He was a 1969 graduate of Brandywine High School a 1972 graduate of Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Mich. He is survived by his parents, Mrs.

and Mrs. Silas Sharp, with whom he lived: and two brothers, Robert R. of Arlington, and Douglas A. at home. The funeral will be private.

James L. File James L. File, 74, of 1905 Washington died Saturday in the Memorial Division after a long illness. He was a custodian for the Wilmington School district for 26 years, retiring in 1970. He is survived by his wife, Ethel a daughter, Margaret E.

Hurschman of Newark; a stepson, Donald Bryant of Marshallton; a brother, Joseph of Wilmington; five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Services and burial will be private. Abraham F. Schall Abraham F. Schall, 91, died yesterday in the Kutz Home, 704 River Road, Bellefonte, where he resided since 1974.

Mr. Schall had owned a furniture and clothing store in Morristown, N.J. His wife, Regina, died in 1970. He is survived by a son. Edward W.

of Green Acres, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildrn. Services will be today at noon at Temple B'nai Or, Overlook Road, Morristown. Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Kutz Home. Natalie M. Hall REHOBOTH BEACH Natalie M.

Hall, 71, of Harmon Avenue, died Sunday in Beebe Hospital, Lewes, after a long illness. Mrs. Hall, a retired domestic worker, leaves no immediate survivors. She was divorced. Memorial services will be tomorrow afternoon at 1 at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Rehoboth Beach.

Burial will be private. Instead of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Sussex County branch of the American Heart Fund, Georgetown. Charles A. Higgins, who took on the leadership of Hercules Inc. on the eve of World War II and led the firm through 1953, died Friday at the age of 90.

He had been ill for several years and died at the Citizens Nursing Home, Havre de Grace, where he had lived since 1975. His death was caused by pneumonia with complications. He and his wife had lived at the Elk Manor Farm, North East, Md. A spokesman for industry and livestock breeder, Higgins' career with Hercules spanned 38 years, from 1915 to 1953. Born in Gillingham, England, in 1888, Higgins was educated at private schools and at King's College.

He began his career in 1910 as a chemist with the New Explosives Co. Ltd. in England. He came to the United States in 1915 as chief chemist for the Union Powder Co. of Parlin, N.J.

Four months after Higgins joined the firm, Union Powder was bought by the Hercules Powder Co. Higgins was transferred to Wilmington in 1916, as assistant to the chemical director, and began a rise through management ranks. In 1922, he moved to the operating department, where he served as technical assistant to the general manager. He was appointed manager of the development department in 1926. Two years later, Higgins was Virginia D.

Johnson Virginia Dorsey Johnson, 63, of 318 S. Scott died at her home Saturday after an apparent heart attack. Mrs. Johnson worked from 1971 to 1976 for Colonial Cleaning Systems of Concord Plaza. Her husband, George died in 1964.

She is survived by a son, George A. of Chester, and a grandson. The funeral will be private. Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Delaware Heart Association, Independence Mall. Victor Kilian Sr.

Did robber kill actor Victor Kilian? HOLLYWOOD (AP) Police say robbery may have been the motive in the beating death of actor Victor Kilian, best remembered the "Fernwood Flasher' on "Mary Hartman, Mary The 88-year-old character actor's body was found Sunday in his luxurious Hollywood apartment by his son, Victor Kilian after the son was unable to reach him by telephone, police said. There was no forced entry into the apartment, said police Detective James Troutman. That means the killer may have entered with a pass key, he said, and robbery may have been the motive. Kilian appeared to have been preparing a late-night snack while watching television when the attack occurred Saturday night, Troutman said. The apartment had been ransacked, but police did not know whether any property was taken.

Kilian's career spanned 40 years and 130 films. His most recent role was as the grandfather who liked to expose himself in the television series, "Mary Hartman, Mary Kilian, a native of Jersey City, N.J., appeared in vaudeville before his first screen appearance in the 1936 film, "Road to Glory." He also played in "Ramona," "Reap the Wild Wind" and "Seventh Heaven." Funeral arrangements had not been announced. named to the board of directors and the finance committee, and in 1929 he became a member of the executive committee. The following he was elected a vice president. In 1939 he became president the company the second in the firm's history and chairman of the executive committee.

Later, he was elected chairman of the board. He served in those posts for 14 years, resigning in June 1953. A collector of paintings, he also maintained a 220-acre farm in Kennett Square, where he had a herd of Guernsey cattle and an operating dairy farm. The farm was sold to the University of Pennsylvania for a veterinary school in 1953. He was a member of the Academy of Political Science, and of the Wilmington Club, Wilmington Country Club, and Hercules Country Club, and a member of the Pilgrims club in New York City.

He is survived by his second wife, the former Ruth Gimbei Newton, of Denver; two brothers. Edward of Montreal, and William of Paris, and a sister, Mrs. Vernon Armstrong, of Holyoke, Mass. In 1921, he married the former Marion Dunham of Wilmington. They were later divorced.

Their only child, Charles A. was killed in action in Europe in 1945. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Ex-state man dies in Texas gun incident Cavalier Cavalier DAP DAP services 7:30 at the at the funeral An 18-year-old former Claymont resident apparently killed himself Friday morning in a Houston, Texas apartment while playing with a revolver. The victim, Barry Joseph Schroeder, had lived at 3004 Court St.

until moving to Houston two weeks ago. He died about an hour after he shot himself in front of two witnesses. 'He was playing with a .22 caliber revolver, cocking and uncocking the operating mechanism and then he put it to his head and he shot himself." said a spokeswoman with the Houston Medical Examiner's office. Schroeder fired the fatal shot into the right side of his head at 10:27 a.m., she said, and was admitted to Ben Tau Loop Hospi: tal, Houston, at 11:24 a.m., where he died 11 minutes later. Houston police have questioned and released the witnesses, David Francis D'Attilio, 20, who shared the apartment with Schroeder at 2402 McCue and Robert Anthony Valle, 22, 6018 Wigton Houston, according to Homicide Department Detective Thomas E.

Baker. Baker said yesterday no arrests were expected. He said the cause of death would be determined by the medical examiner. "He was just playing with the gun," Baker said, "and it went off. It's anybody's guess whether it was Russian roulette or just an Schroeder lived with a sister.

Diane Buckley, in claymont until he moved to Houston. Another sister, Deborah Crowe, also of Claymont, said she believed her brother worked as a janitor at a sports; arena in Houston. Schroeder is also survived by. three other sisters. Sharon Bannon of Octorara, Bonnie Metz' of Tinicum, and Lisa Murry.

of Dover. Funeral arrangements are' incomplete. Neighbor saves three from fire DOVER A mother and her two children were rescued by a neighbor Sunday morning from the porch roof of their burning home on W. Division Street. Mary Smith and her two chitdren, Sheila and James, climbed out on the roof after their duplex home caught fire.

The neighbor, who requested that his name not be used, ran outside when he saw flames shooting from the first floor of the house. "I went to my backyard, got a ladder and ran back out," he said last night. He then took the three off the roof to safety. Charles Boyer, deputy chief of the Robbins Hose Fire Company, said the fire started on the first floor of the home but the cause is still under investigation. Mrs.

Smith's home was gutted by the flames, Boyer said. The house next door, where Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McNeill and their five children lived, suffered extensive smoke and water damage. WARP makes war on rising prices BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) It's called WARP Women Against Rising Prices and it began at a housewives' coffee klatsch just two weeks ago.

It since has spread across Canada from this small town near Toronto, with about 2,000 women asking to join WARP's campaign, its organizers claim. WARP's weapon is a women's boycott high-priced foods in supermarkets. The founders said 80 they got percent the of idea food from a statistic; shoppers women. "The women are calling us and writing us to ask what they can do to start their own groups, said Rhoda egley, one of the group's founders. "If they don't know what to boycott, we'll send them a list of what we're boycott ting here in a town of about 6,000 people..