Wantage Recorder newspaper dated Fridat, December 28, 1917 Personal Mention Wm. R. MILLER of Endicott, NY is in Sussex for a few days. Mr. and Mrs J. D. SHORTER gave a Christmas dinner to relatives. Prof. MENSCH and family are passing the holidays in Porty Fort, PA Mr. and Mrs Theodore D. DENNIS gave a Christmas dinner to relatives Miss Laura WOODRUFF of Rochester is a holiday visitor of Sussex relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ford EWALD gave a dinner to his immediate relatives. Stanley MILLS of Providence, RI is visiting with his parents Mr. and Mrs S. Royal MILLS. Claude PINKEL, of Newark, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. PINKEL over Christmas. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Lena BAILEY and George LAYTON. Herwegh RAY, a student at Cornell College, is visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil RAY. Miss Edith ASKEW, of New York, was a guest of her neice, Miss Edna REMBLE. Miss Lena AYERS is passing the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs William AYERS. Mr. and Mrs. James MAGUIRE have been visiting with his parents Mr. and Mrs. William MAGUIRE. W. S. TITSWORTH, of Newark, is a guest at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. J. COONS, over the holidays. Fred CONWAY, of Wantage, has been transferred from Fort Slocum to a camp in Florida. Frances R. STICKNEY of Middletown, NY was a guest of her brother, Charles E. STICKNEY. Clarence VANSICKLE, a soldier at Camp Merritt, was a Christmas guest of his father Clarence T. VANSICKLE. Lawrence WILLSON, of Bowdoin College, Maine, visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Merritt WILLSON over Christmas. Ernest WOLFE and family, of Philadelphia, PA, were Christmas guests of his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. E. WOLFE. Mr. and Mrs. John E. COPELAND and family, of New York are at Mrs. COPELAND's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. LAWRENCE. Misses Altha and Anna COONS, of Washington, DC, are visiting their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. COONS over the holidays. Esq. James LAWRENCE and Mrs. Harry SHORTER, of Pompton Plains, attended the funeral of Mrs. Emma LEPORT, on Saturday. Obituary <abstracted> Mrs. Daniel MORGAN died Port Jervis last week aged about 70. Several children survive, one is wife of John SPEAR near Libertyvilloe. Interment in Cuddebackville cemetery Mrs. Mary E. HUFF Died Sunday in Newton aged 76. Survived by son Joseph E., of Newton and brother Chauncey HENDERSHOT of Ogdensburg. Burial in Newton cemetery. Mrs. Sarah A. GUNDERMAN Died Tuesday of last week, at home in Paterson, aged 71. Survived by husband, Peter C. GUNDERMAN, daughter Mrs. Charles A. SHEPHERD of Jersey City. They are formerly of Swartswood. Burial in Newton cemetery. Mrs. Hattie SMITH Died Friday last week in Newark aged 70. Widow of Jackson SMITH and is survived by six stepsons and stepdaughters: Richard SMITH, Morford SMITH, Robert SMITH and Mrs. Charles WATKINS in Newton; Mrs. Theodore HENRY, of Baleville, and Harry SMITH of Butler. Interment Newton cemetery. William D. RIGGS Died suddenly near home on Newark Avenue in Bloomfield on Saturday aged 61. Born near McAfee and resided near Newton for many years. Survived by wife and son, Lewis, at home and by a sister, Mrs. Theodore DREW in Vernon. Funeral at home of wife's aunt, Mrs. John ILIFF in Newton, burial in Newton cemetery. Mrs. Mary VEERHOFF Died Friday last at home on Newton Avenue of pneumonia aged 67. Was widow of Ernest VEERHOFF of Brooklyn, and a daughter of Mrs. Jane E. SCOTT. Survived by mother in Brooklyn, NY and daughter Mrs. R. E. GORDON of Sussex. Happy Ancestor Hunting, Cathy DiPietro Cathy DiPietro cathode@earthlink.net