Obituaries
Alice Ann Stransky
November 26, 2022
Alice Ann Stransky died Saturday, November 26th, aged 96, in Wilmington, DE. She was born in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1926 and never quite lost that New England accent. She was a lifelong practitioner of the most difficult jobs, homemaker and mother. She was predeceased by her parents Frank and Alice Ferrigno, siblings Bill and […]
Frank S. Fountain
November 25, 2022
Frank S. Fountain, died November 25, 2022, at the age of 93. Frank was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia and graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He enjoyed a 39-year career with the DuPont Company, working for the Engineering Research Lab followed by the Engineering Physics Lab. Frank married […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]