Obituaries
Neil H. Barger
June 10, 2025
Neil H. Barger, 61, of Clayton, Delaware, died peacefully at the home of devoted friends on June 10, 2025. He was surrounded by loved ones. At 6’5”, Neil Barger was a gentle giant of a man. He was creative, bright, insightful, and very funny. Neil was also very kind. His empathy for marginalized people and […]
Elizabeth Blakely Lucey
June 10, 2025
Elizabeth Blakely Lucey “Liz” Passed away June 10th, 2025, in Wilmington hospital surrounded by her loving family. Liz was the daughter of Elizabeth Gene Lucey and the late Joseph Lucey. Elizabeth graduated from Padua Academy and from the University of Delaware. Elizabeth’s passion was advocacy for those in the community who were underserved and needed […]
Dr. Ernest M. Fidance
June 9, 2025
Dr. Ernest M. Fidance passed away peacefully on June 9, 2025 at the age of 92. He was the youngest of four children born in Wilmington to Splendora (DiSabatino) and Michael Fidance and was a lifelong resident of Wilmington and Greenville. Ernie was the last surviving grandson of Ernesto DiSabatino, a stone mason who in […]
Pamela Millikin Richards
June 9, 2025
Pam captivated everyone she met with her warm smile, easy manner and infectious laugh. She radiated happiness and had an irresistible combination of empathy and humor. Pam was steadfastly loyal, and wonderfully creative and curious. In tennis and life, she never lacked resolve. Pam shared a great love story with her husband, Charles F. Richards, […]
Robert L. Reed
June 8, 2025
Robert L. Reed (Bob), 87, of Hockessin, Delaware, and formerly of Townsend, Delaware, passed away on Sunday June 8, 2025 at Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware. He was predeceased by his parents Charles and Nellie Reed. Born in Smyrna, Delaware in 1937, Robert spent his early years in Townsend, Delaware. As a young teenager, he found […]
Anne M. Butler
June 7, 2025
Anne Myers Butler, aged 90, of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on June 7, 2025. Anne was born in September of 1934, in Buffalo, New York, to Tilon Cornelius Myers and Monica Kling Myers. Soon after, Anne and her family moved from New York to Betterton, Maryland, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. She later attended […]
Thomas D. Henderer
June 4, 2025
Thomas Donaldson Henderer was born in 1938, in Wilmington, Delaware to M. Donaldson and Verna Rayner Henderer, and died June 4, 2025, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was an Eagle Scout, the 1956 Valedictorian of P.S. duPont High School, and a 1960 graduate of Swarthmore College, where he was one of the first of the McCabe […]
Sandra M. Esch
June 2, 2025
Sandra M. Esch of Wilmington, Delaware, peacefully passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025, at the age of 86. Sandra was the beloved daughter of Alberta and Jack Matlock and sister to Jan Marie Jackson, all of whom preceded her in death. Sandra was the devoted wife of Fred Henry Esch, who preceded her in […]
John J. Winchester
June 1, 2025
John J. Winchester, 78, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2025. John was a resident of South Philadelphia PA, all his life until moving to Wilmington, Delaware in 2014. He loved hunting deer in the woods of Pennsylvania and tuna fishing in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He graduated from Bishop Neuman H.S. in […]
Gerald J. Bauer
June 1, 2025
Gerald (Jerry) Bauer, 82, of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on June1, 2025. He was a kind, loving, hardworking Midwestern guy who loved his family. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Patricia, their daughters: Linda Voorhees (George), Sherry Reese (Mike), and Jeannette Painter (Thomas), and five grandchildren: James Meek, Amanda and Jamie […]