Obituaries
Philo Dorr Atwood, Jr.
May 19, 2022
Philo Dorr Atwood, Jr., age 83, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Season’s Hospice in Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware. Philo was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, son of the late Philo Dorr and Jane Busch Atwood. He was active with the Devereux Foundation from 1951 to 1976 and remained a […]
Anne Carpenter Kennedy Theobald
May 19, 2022
Anne Carpenter Kennedy Theobald, age 81, of Cincinnati, OH., passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022 with her family by her side. She was the loving companion of Rodney C. Gott, Jr., as well as a wonderful mother and grandmother. Anne was born in Wilmington, DE., daughter of the late Robert Kennedy and Margaretta Tatnall […]
Wayne Anthony Toomey
May 18, 2022
Wayne “Spanky” Anthony Toomey, age 83, passed away on May 18, 2022 in Wilmington, DE. Born in Kennett Square, PA, Wayne started working selling newspapers and horse racing forms at age 14 at Delaware Park. He later joined and served in The United States Armed Forces in October 1959 and received an honorable discharge in February […]
Alexander Kish
May 16, 2022
Alexander Kish, age 84, peacefully passed away in Accent Care Hospice at Christiana Hospital on May 16, 2022. Born in Miskolc, Hungary, Alex immigrated to the United States in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution. After spending two years in Korea where he proudly served in the U.S. Army, Alex was honored to become a naturalized […]
Florence “Floss” Pugliese
May 16, 2022
Florence Elizabeth Pugliese (Connor), age 92, of Wilmington, was welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven on Monday, May 16, 2022. Florence was born in Philadelphia, PA., daughter of the late Francis Joseph and Florence Elizabeth (Harkins) Connor. Floss was very devoted to her family and enjoyed entertaining and opening her house to all those near […]
Nancy Marie Dougherty
May 14, 2022
Nancy Marie Dougherty, 76, of Newark, passed away on Saturday May 14, 2022. Nancy was a Conrad High School graduate, class of 1963. She was a secretary for Middletown High School, a Child Inc. foster parent and secretary of Acco-tax. She loved the beach and traveling but most of all loved spending time with her […]
Anthony Rivera
May 14, 2022
Anthony “Tony” Michael Rivera, age 25, of Garnet Valley, PA and formerly of Wilmington, DE and Coatesville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on May 14, 2022 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE. Tony attended St. Mary Magdalen School in Wilmington, DE and was a 2015 graduate of Concord High School. He was co-owner of T & […]
John Ricks Priest
May 14, 2022
John Ricks Priest, 83, passed away on Saturday, May 14th, after a valiant struggle with kidney disease. John is survived by his wife Joan of West Grove, PA; his son John and wife Mary of St. Augustine, FL; and his daughter Miriam and husband Jerry of Wilmington, DE. John was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, […]
JoAnne Duffy Woodward
May 13, 2022
JoAnne Duffy Woodward, age 89, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022 in Hockessin, DE. JoAnne was the daughter of Daniel Francis and Kathryn Phillips Duffy. She was born in Reading, PA and spent her childhood there. At the age of four, JoAnne lost her mother and was lovingly raised by her father and stepmother, […]
Carl Spalding Gates
May 13, 2022
Last Friday, the 13th no less, Carl Spalding Gates walked his last fairway of life. He was 90 and lived, in his last words, “a great life”. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Carolyn Fay Gates who he met in the halls of Vanderbilt University at a Sigma Chi Fraternity social. […]