Obituaries
Marcia H. Luce
August 16, 2022
On August 16th, 2022, Marcia Hachtel Luce died in Wilmington, Delaware. She was 97 years old. Marcia is survived by her children, Martha Manning and her husband William of Wilmington DE, William Luce, Jr. and his wife Patty of Elizabeth City NC, and Fredrick Luce and his wife Wendy of Hillsborough NC; and grandchildren Nathan […]
John Russell Schmidt
August 15, 2022
John Russell Schmidt, age 30, of Claymont, Delaware passed away unexpectedly on Monday, August 15, 2022. Johnny attended Mount Pleasant High School and he worked as an independent contractor who worked in various trades over the years. Johnny was a one-of-a-kind friend who loved every person he met along his path. He loved doing his […]
Michael J. Murphy
August 13, 2022
Michael J. Murphy, age 74, of Wilmington, DE, beloved brother and uncle, departed his family on August 13, 2022. He attended Salesianum School, St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas, and the University of Delaware. Mike loved being outdoors, and a favorite pastime was hiking the Appalachian Trail. He spent a year hiking from Delaware to […]
Maria “Helena” Bauchwitz
August 12, 2022
Maria “Helena” Palmeira Bauchwitz M.D., passed away peacefully on August 12, 2022 at 95 years of age. She was born and grew up in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. She was the youngest child of Odilon Palmeira Viera, a government procurator (district attorney), and Josepha “Caçula” Ribeiro Viera, who was known for her highly charitable disposition. Maria […]
James Donald Sprowls
August 12, 2022
James Donald Sprowls, passed away peacefully on August 12, 2022. Born in 1951 to Donald and Barbara (Grunewald) in New Kensington PA, he graduated from Burrell Senior High School in 1969. He attended The Pennsylvania State University, earning a bachelors in Animal Science and a Masters of Agriculture with a specialty in Entomology. Known for […]
Edward Wayne Zahnow
August 11, 2022
Edward Wayne Zahnow, 87, of Wilmington, DE died peacefully at home on Thursday August 11, 2022 after a short illness. He was born in St. Louis in 1935 to parents Wayne and Ruth, and was a huge St. Louis Browns baseball fan. The family, which now also included his younger brother Eugene, moved to the […]
Robert Martin Bulk
August 10, 2022
Robert Martin Bulk, 78, died peacefully at home in Wilmington, Delaware on Aug 10, 2022. Born in York, PA in 1943, Bob received a bachelor’s and an MBA from Penn State University. After a short stint at Ford Motor Co., he joined Mellon Bank, and later Mellon Bank International, which led him and his family […]
James Newton Coker
August 9, 2022
James Newton Coker, age 100, of Hockessin, Delaware passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Jim was born to Newton and Joanna Coker in Birmingham, AL. He attended Woodlawn High School there. In 1943 he graduated from Birmingham Southern College magna cum laude with a BS degree majoring in both chemistry and mathematics. He attended […]
Jagannath Somasekhara Rao Closepet
August 8, 2022
We want to inform you with deep sadness of the passing of Jagannath Closepet on August 8th 2022 in West Chester PA. He took his last breath peacefully in his sleep. Jagannath was born and raised in Bengaluru. He obtained a masters degree from IIT Karagpur and graduated as an Engineer from the BMS college […]
Albert Simeon Whitehill
August 8, 2022
Albert Simeon Whitehill was born on November 4th 1937, as the youngest of five children to George and Mary Whitehill of Butler, Pennsylvania. Sim was raised in a devout Catholic family in which he revered his father and loved his mother. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA […]