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P9 12A Th Star-Dwnocrat Friday, July 3, 1887 Obituaries attended Preston Elementary mmmwi I Lillian M. Ebaugh WYOMING, Del. Lillian Ebaugh of Wyoming, Del died Thursday, July 2, 1987 at the Kent General Hospital in Dover She was 77. Born in Meyersdale, Jan 17, 1910, she was the daughter of William and Pearl Harding Robertson She had been a resi dent of Wyoming for the past three years. Her husband, Raymond Ebaugh, died in 1979.

She Is survived by one son, Donald Kbaugh of Wyoming; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Friday, July 3 at 10:30 a m. at the Immaculate Conception Church In Marydel. The Rev. Douglas Dempster will be the celebrant.

Friends may call at the church Friday at 9:30 a.m. On Friday evening from 7 to 9 there will a viewing at the Leckemby Funeral Home in Meyerssdale, Pa Burial will be at 2 Saturday, July 4 at St Phillip and James Cemetery in Meyersdale, Pa. Memorial doantions may be made to the building fund of the Immaculate Conception Church in Marydel, Md. 21649. Arrangements are by the Boulais Funeral Home in Greensboro, Md.

William Willoughby PRESTON William J. (Dick) Willoughby of Preston, a retired farmer and school bus driver, died at the Memorial Hospital at Easton on Thursday, July 2, 1987. He was 79. Born in Preston, he was the son of the late Alonzo Richard and Alice Bryan Willoughby. He attended the Bethlehem Wesleyan Church.

His wife, Hazel Taylor Willoughby, died in 1966. He is survived by a sister, May Worm of Preston; and the following children who were raised with Mr. Willoughby: William J. Bryan, Emily B. Messier and Margaret B.

Sherman, all of Baltimore, Tllghman Bryan of Glen Burnle, Norma VanSchalk of Easton, William Bryan Jr. of Fort Lauderdale. Fla and Frank Hesslerof Baltimore. Funeral services will be held at the Framptom-Ha wklns Funeral Home, Federalsburg, on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Rev.

Glenn Staehll will officiate. Burial will be at Junior Order Cemetery, Preston. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home James E. Thornton DENTON James Elmore Thornton died Monday, June 29, 1987 at Wesleyan Health Care Center in Denton.

He was 87. Born In Gloucester County, Va on Jan. 15, 1900, he was the son of James and Mary Thornton. Mr Thornton is survived by one son, Gregory Thornton of Easton; one sister, Mamie Harrison of Virginia; and two giiindsons, Gregory Thornton Jr. and Geoffrey Thornton.

Funeral services will be held Friday, July 3 at 2 p.m. at the John Wesley United Methodist Church in Chapel. Friends may call at the church from noon until 2 p.m. The Rev. Charlotte Nichols will officiate.

Burial will be at the church cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the National Alzheimers Disease Foundation. Arrangements are by Eric L. Dashiell of Easton. Kenneth M.

Fearins SEAFORD, Del. Kenneth M. Fearins of Middleford Road, Seaford, an insurance agent and volunteer fireman, died early Thursday, July 2, 1987. He was 25. Born in Easton on Jan.

29, 1962, he was the son of Ronald and Patsy Phillips Fearins. He mm School and graduated In 1980 from colonel Richardson High School He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church Federalsburg. For the past three years Ken ny, as he was best known, had been a resident of Seaford where he operated Kenneth M. Fearins Insurance Agency. He had been an agent for the past four years with Nationwide In surance Co.

He was secretary treasurer of the Sussex County Life Underwriters Association. Mr. Fearins was a former member of the Preston Volun teer Fire Co. At the time of his death, he was fire recorder and a member of Seaford Volunteer Fire Co. He had been honored for his frequent response to am bulance calls.

In addition to his parents, he Is survived by his wife of four mon. ths, the former Betsy Bradley, whom he married March 7, 1987; a son, Justin Bradley; a brother, Robert A. Fearins of Preston; a sister, Rhonda Fearins of Preston; his paternal grandmother, Esther Fearins of Preston, and his maternal grandparents, Robert and Louise Phillips of Delmar, Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 5 at 2 p.m. at the Williamson Funeral Home, Federalsburg. The Rev.

Dan Walker Sr. and the Rev. Alfred E. Taylor, both of Christ United Methodist Church, will Burial will be at Hill CresL Cemetery in Pallbearers will be James T. Worm Danny Willey, Wesley Cohee, Steve Griffith, Steve-Blanchfield and Mark Blaiv? chfield.

Honorary pallbearers; and honor guard will be officers and members of the Seaford Volunteer Fire Co. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Christian Academy Stein Highway, Seaford, 19973. 1 SB ft 3 iff I srr Carolyn Smith BALTIMORE Funeral services for Carolyn Kelley Smith, formerly of Easton, will be held on Friday, July 3 at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 525 Caroline Baltimore, where friends may call at 10 a Mrs.

Smith was the daughter of Gladys Seth of Easton and the granddaughter of Gertrude Lewis ofEaston Margaret M. Allen EASTON Margaret Allen, a longtime resident of Easton, died Monday, June 29, 1987, at the University of Maryland Hospital. She was 68. Born in Easton April 10, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Janie Skinner and Herbert Ross. She had been a member of Bethel A.

E. Church, and a member of the Jollyettes for four years. Mrs. Allen is survived by her husband, Russell; six children, Mabel White and Mary Allen, both of Atlantic City, N.J., Joseph Allen, Curtis Allen, Onetta Allen and (Janet Allen, all of Easton; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Bethel A.

ME. Church, Easton, on Monday, July 6 at 1 p.m. Friends may call at the church on Sunday, July 5 from 7 to 8 p.m. The Rev. Earle M.

Brooks will officiate. Arrangements are by the Herb DeShieids Funeral Home. Sarah H. Foley EASTON Sarah H. Foley of South Harrison Street, Easton, a retired telephone operator, died at Memorial Hospital at Easton, on Thusday, July 2, 1987.

She was 76. Born in Denton on July 8, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Franklin N. and Emma Clark Howard. After attending public school, she moved to Easton, where at the age of 16, she was employed by the CAP Telephone Co. She retired from in 1971 after 45 years of service.

She was a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Easton and the United Meth odist Women of the church, the Caroline County Chapter 915, American Association of Retired Persons, and a member of the Telephone Pioneers, Upper Shore Life Member Club. Her husband, Earl H. Foley, a Red Star and later a Carolina Coach bus driver, whom she married in 1935, died in 1974. Mrs.

Foley is survived by three sisters, Ruth Steenken of Preston, Louise H. Williamson of Greenwood, and Dorothy H. Holland of Bridgeville, a brother, Louis I. Howard of Seven Valleys, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at the Newnam Funeral Home in Easton on Saturday, July 4 at 11 a.m.

The Rev. Douglas M. Lind say, associate minister of St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Easton, will officiate. Burial will be at East New Market Cemetery.

Friends may call at the tunerai nome at iu a.m. Satur day. Producer of 'Chorus Line' dies NEW YORK (AP) Michael Bennett, who turned an all-night dancers' bull session into "A Chorus Line," the longest-runn ing show in Broadway history, died Thursday of cancer caused by AIDS. He was 44. Bennett started his own stage career in the chorus line, but stepped forward as a choreographer, director and pro ducer to capture seven Tony awards for "Chorus Line, "Company," "Follies," and his last big hit, "Dreamgirls.

"I went from dancer to choreographer to director to producer to sometime writer. he once said. "But I never had to deviate from my ambition, which was to work in theater. Broadway theaters planned to dim their lights at 8 m. in Bennett's memory, and his col leagues extolled his talents.

AIDS, said producer Joseph Papp, has "decimated some of the ranks of some our most talented people." In a reference to the growing influence of im ported British plays, he termed Bennett's death "an enormous loss, particularly at this time, when we're fighting, just like the auto industry is fighting against Japanese cars." "He cared a lot about the fact that when you left the theater, that you thought about not just what you saw visually, but what you experienced emotionally," Marvin Hamlisch, who wrote the music for "A Chorus Line," said Thursday "Not only Broadway but the rest of the world has lost one of the most brilliant and original talents of the modern musical theater." said Cameron Mackintosh, producer of "Les Miserable" and a current Lon-doo revival of "Follies 'He is quite simply irreplaceable." 2 if II A it pa A A I v- 0 2 rrt 17 mm" Si -im.