Christine H. Endres

Christine Helen Endres (Korwek), age 78, of Newark, DE, formerly of Maysville, WV, died on July 11, 2025, at home with her family. Christine lived a life of resilience, discipline, quiet generosity, and fierce independence. She will be deeply missed by those who loved her.

A challenging childhood in Wilmington, DE, was marked by the loss of her eye in an accident as a young girl. Yet, she began working early to pay her own school tuition, graduating from Corpus Christi High School in Wilmington, Delaware. Christine went on to build a long career in office management with the state of Delaware, where she also mentored other blind and visually impaired workforce participants. However, her proudest accomplishment was her son Robert Endres – that is, until her grandchildren Christian and Katrina came along.

Discipline helped her build a life of independence and generosity – she gave her time freely to others and scheduled her calendar carefully to do it all. As a single working mother, like clockwork, she walked her rescue dog (Bobo, then Nelly) every day at lunch and after work. She was also especially close to her nephews and nieces Christopher, Collin, Marissa, and Justin who lovingly referred to her a “Cioci”. As a doting grandmother, young Christian and Katrina could always count on “Babcia time” every Tuesday after the dog-walk, in addition to the countless sleepovers, outings, and event attendance. You could always count on Christine to do what she said she’d do – at the exact time agreed upon.

After retirement, Christine fulfilled her dream of having a small personal farm in wild and wonderful West Virgina, where she raised chickens and donkeys. The rigor of remote farm life suited her well, and it served as the pinnacle of her self-determination and burning desire for independence. Yet, she unexpectedly found a quiet partnership with the late Bob Barger and his son Kevin – to whom we will always be grateful for their love and kindness.

While they visited often, she deeply missed her family. Returning to Delaware, she found a new routine. Daily 8:00 am (on the dot) phone calls with her brother, Ed Korwek and preparing a family dinner at 6:00 pm sharp for Rob, Janelle and the kids every Thursday helped fulfill her love of structure and connection in her later years.

Throughout each of these adventures, milestones, and trials of life, Christine’s cousin and life-long best friend Linda Fulton served as co-conspirator and confidant. A friendship like theirs is rare and to be cherished.

In addition to those mentioned above, Christine is also survived by her brother Jim Abramowicz and sister Cindy Hubschmitt. She was predeceased by her mother Helen Abramowicz.

A private celebration of life will be held by her family