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Obituaries


Joyce Elene Jack

Joyce Elene Jack

November 23, 2022

Our dear Joyce Elene (House) Jack departed this earth on November 23, 2022 at the ripe old age of 93. Joyce was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1929. She attained her Laboratory Technician certification in the early 1950’s from Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS. In 1956, she traveled down to Delaware to work […]

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Helen M. Mancini

Helen M. Mancini

November 21, 2022

Helen Marie Mancini, age 94, of Wilmington, DE passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022. Helen was born in Wilmington, daughter of the late James Scott and Rosanna Francis Jameson. She attended Brown Vocational High School for hairdressing. Later in life, Helen worked for the State of Delaware in the public schools’ food services for […]

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Virginia Rhoads Henry

November 21, 2022

Virginia “Ginny” Henry, age 95, passed away peacefully on November 21, 2022. She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Jack; son, John (Patricia); daughter, Tammy (Ed Jackson); grandsons, JP and JC (Erin) Henry; and great granddaughters, Katelynn and Karlie Henry. Ginny grew up in the farmlands of Lancaster County PA. She began working […]

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James Thomas Skelly III

James Thomas Skelly III

November 19, 2022

Jim Skelly passed away on November 19, 2022, from complications due to dementia. Jim was born in Louisville, KY in 1945. His family moved to Wilmington, DE shortly thereafter. Jim attended Tower Hill School in Wilmington, DE, and Canterbury School in New Milford, CT, where he played football, basketball, and baseball, graduating in 1963. He […]

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Jeffrey B. Bove Jr

Jeffrey B. Bove Jr

November 18, 2022

Jeff Bove Jr, age 43, died on November 18, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Jeff was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1979. He graduated from the Tatnall School in Wilmington Delaware and attended St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. In 2001, Jeff decided to relocate and he packed up his old Saab and drove by himself […]

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Jack Barrow

Jack Barrow

November 17, 2022

Jack Barrow died on Thursday November 17, 2022 at the age of 69. He was born and raised in Ridley Park before moving to Delaware when he was a child. He was predeceased by his parents Donald & Marjorie Barrow. Jack retired from the United States Coast Guard after 23 years of service and the […]

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Ida H. Pearce

Ida H. Pearce

November 17, 2022

Ida H. Pearce, age 86, of Elkton, MD, passed away peacefully on November 17, 2022with her daughter Donna and son-in-law Evan by her side. She was a graduate of Wilmington High School Class of 1954. Before her retirement, Ida worked for Sears for 30 years. Survived by her daughter Donna Lynn (Evan) Baker, grandson Evan […]

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James F. Ward, Jr.

James F. Ward, Jr.

November 14, 2022

James Francis Ward Jr. passed away peacefully on the evening of November 14, 2022, at the age of 91, with his family members by his side. Jim was born in Chicago, IL in 1930, to parents James F. Ward Sr. and Helen Drexel Ward. He was predeceased by his wife of 65 years Joan, his […]

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David Nicholson Low Sr.

November 14, 2022

David Nicholson Low Sr. passed away November 14th at Christiana Hospital Newark at the age of 99. David graduated from N.C. State in 1948 and worked for DuPont as an engineer mostly in Edgemoor DE for more than 35 years. After retirement David remained socially active as an avid dancer and a member of Post […]

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Kurt Piser

Kurt Piser

November 13, 2022

Kurt Raymond Piser, 77, of The Antonian, West 10th Street, Wilmington, DE, died peacefully at home on Sunday, November 13, 2022. Kurt was born in February 1945, to Harriet and John Piser of Middletown, DE. Harriet died when Kurt was a child. Kurt attended Elkton High School while living with his father John and stepmother, […]

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