CAPTAIN
JOHN T. WAPLES
DEWEY
BEACH RESIDENT
Rehoboth
Beach, Delaware July 24, 1957.
Captain
John T. Waples, age 71, a colorful recluse and ex sailor who lived
alone in a small shack at edge of Rehoboth Bay in Dewey Beach, died
Sunday night in the Governor Bacon Health Center, Delaware City.
A
retired tugboat skipper, fisherman and familiar character to watermen
of Sussex county, occupied a small shack he built himself, with the
only companions a blind dog and a cat. His Dewey neighbors kept a
'look out' for him in his later years.
Captain
Johnny was a native of the section , living here all his life. He had
no known survivors. He is buried in Rehoboth Methodist Epworth
Cemetery beside his parents by Melson Funeral Home , conducted by Rev
A. E. Dougherty. Pastor of Bethel Methodist Church, Lewes.
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