Obituaries
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. […]
Girtrude Cook
May 13, 2022
Girtrude E. “Trudy” Cook died peacefully at home on May 13, 2022 shortly after celebrating her 97th birthday. Trudy was a Wilmington native and graduated from P.S. du Pont High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Wilson College and taught at Warner School. Trudy was a long-time member of the Cathedral Church of St. […]
Edwin Ernest Messikomer
May 12, 2022
Edwin Ernest Messikomer, age 82, passed away on May 12, 2022. Eddie Messikomer was born in 1940 in Philadelphia, PA to Emil Henry Messikomer II, and Sylvia Becker Messikomer. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Sandra Messikomer, brother Emil H Messikomer III, son Peter Messikomer (wife Kelly Messikomer) and daughter Susan Horenkamp […]
Elizabeth Henkel Ulrey
May 11, 2022
Elizabeth “Betty” Henkel Ulrey, age 103, a resident of Maris Grove, Glen Mills, PA., passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Betty was born in 1919 in Detroit, MI., daughter of the late Robert Charles Peter Henkel and Beatrice Elizabeth Russell Henkel. She was a great-grandchild of Peter Henkel, who in 1855 built Detroit’s first […]
Caroline Swift
May 10, 2022
Caroline E. Swift, age 85, of Hockessin, DE, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 surrounded by family, at Coral Springs Rehab and Health Center. Caroline was born in 1936 to the late Walter and Mildred Zebley. She worked as a secretary for the Middle Department Electrical Inspections for several years. She also worked at […]