Obituaries
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 […]
Ambrose DeBoda
August 8, 2022
Ambrose DeBoda, age 92, of Lewisville, PA formerly of Wilmington, Delaware passed away peacefully at home on August 8th 2022. Born in Philadelphia PA in 1931 he was the son of the late Ambrosio and Theresa (Connel) DeBoda of New Castle Delaware. Ambrose was a veteran of the US Marine corps who served honorably with […]
Elizabeth Jane Walker
August 7, 2022
Elizabeth Jane Walker, age 97 , beloved and devoted wife to the late Marshall Walker Jr. of Hockessin, Delaware, passed away of natural causes August 7, 2022 in the Complete Care of Brackenville surrounded by her three children Glenn, Linda (Christoph) and Marsha. Mrs. Walker is survived by her three children: Glenn Kline Walker (Lynda), […]
Frank Benjamin Henderson, Jr.
August 6, 2022
Frank Benjamin Henderson, Jr. aged 92, of Wilmington, passed away peacefully in his home on August 6, 2022. Mr. Henderson was born October 29, 1929 to Clara Rule Henderson and Frank B. Henderson, Sr. in Wilmington, Delaware. After graduating from Brown Vocational School, he began his 37-year-long career with Diamond State Telephone Company. He served […]
Charles “Bud” Riegel, M.D.
August 5, 2022
Charles Scott Riegel, MD Charles “Bud” Riegel, MD, age 90, passed away peacefully on August 5, 2022. A devoted husband, father and grandfather, Bud was preceded in death by his wife, Violet and his brother, Robert. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. Bud was born in 1932 in Philadelphia, […]