Obituaries
Jill A. Ciccone
November 12, 2025
Jill Ciccone, age 69, of Wilmington, DE, died peacefully on November 12, 2025, surrounded by her family. Jill is survived by her loving husband of 46 years, Mickey Ciccone, her three daughters, Amy Ciccone (Harty), Dana Ciccone, and Kellie Ciccone (Sklut), and her sons-in-law, Michael Harty and Brian Sklut. She is further survived by her […]
William John Proctor
November 10, 2025
William J. Proctor, age 95, of Wilmington, DE, formerly of Lansdowne, PA, died peacefully on November 10, 2025, surrounded by family. Bill is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Joyce Proctor, the four daughters of whom he was so proud: Linda Shoff (Brian), Sandra Proctor, Heather Proctor (Craig Phelps), and Colleen Proctor. He […]
Joyce Longworth
November 7, 2025
Joyce Longworth died peacefully at home on November 7th with family at her side, just over a month after celebrating her 90th birthday. Joyce will be remembered as a generous and compassionate wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Joyce was born in Beirut, Lebanon to the late Francis Kettaneh and Mary Kettaneh (Shoucair). She arrived […]
Thomas F. Jennings
November 7, 2025
Thomas F. Jennings, age 72 passed away unexpectedly of natural causes surrounded by family at Christiana Care-Accent Care in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday November 7, 2025. Tom grew up loving baseball in Fairfax, DE. He was born in Chester, Pa and moved to Fairfax at the age of 2. He played baseball from sun up […]
Bonnie M. Sherr
November 5, 2025
Bonnie Sherr (nee Milgrom) of Wilmington, DE, passed away on November 5,2025, surrounded by her loved ones. She leaves behind her children Erik, Scott (Nancy), Charles Cericola (Beth), Kate Collins (Thomas), and Rachel Sturgis (Francis), as well as her seven grandchildren, Cameron Sherr, Lucia and Francesca Cericola, Jake, Tommy, and Ellie Collins, and Charlie Sturgis. […]
Kathleen Marie Ferris
November 3, 2025
Kathleen (Katie) Marie Quillivan Ferris, age 77, of Wilmington, DE., daughter of George and Bertha Birt Quillivan, lovingly raised with the help of her devoted aunts, Maime Quillivan and Abigail Logullo, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 3, 2025 surrounded by her daughters. Katie leaves behind a legacy of love, kindness, and compassion that will […]
Kearline D. McKellar-Jones
November 2, 2025
Very quietly and peacefully on Sunday morning, November 2, 2025, feast of “All Souls Day” Our Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, gently closed the eyes of our beloved angel Kearline Dana Josephine McKellar-Jones, and she entered his eternal rest. To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven— Ecclesiastes 3:1 […]
Leo A. Long, Jr.
November 1, 2025
Leo Long, age 80, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, November 1, 2025. A lifelong Delawarean, Leo was born in Wilmington to the late Leo A. Long Sr. and Ann Canavan Long. After graduating from Salesianum School in 1962, he proudly joined and served in the Delaware National Guard. In […]
James K. Chapman, Sr.
November 1, 2025
James K. Chapman, Sr., 85, passed peacefully on November 1, 2025. He was born in 1940 to Seely and Virginia Chapman in Chicago, Illinois. The oldest of 3 children, they moved to Providence, RI, and then settled in Wilmington, DE, where he attended P.S. Dupont high school, and later the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of […]
David L. Benfer
October 25, 2025
David L. Benfer, age 85, of Glen Mills, PA, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2025. After graduating from Salem High School in New Jersey, David attended Bucknell University, where he earned a degree in Economics in 1962. During his time at Bucknell, David married his childhood sweetheart, Ann Campbell, beginning […]