Obituaries
Peter G. Sparks
March 16, 2022
Peter Grant Sparks of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully at home on March 16, 2022, at the age of 85. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Peter was the son of Lillian Mae Semmler and Grant Sparks, Jr. He attended Frankford High School and went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in […]
Marjory “Marge” Lennihan
March 16, 2022
Marjory “Marge” Lennihan – researcher in genetics and biochemistry, pianist, third grade teacher, world traveler, nature lover, wildflower gardener and loving wife, mother and grandmother – passed away peacefully on March 16, 2022 in her home in Wilmington. She was 94. Marge grew up in Lexington, Mass. Her father was a civil engineer and her […]
Betty Ann Vinton
March 15, 2022
Betty Ann Vinton (née Britton), a long-time resident of Hockessin, Delaware, died on 15 March 2022, after contracting the highly resistant MRSA bacterial infection. She was 93. Her wishes were clear: she refused more invasive treatment and, as she had insisted in her medical directives, opted to “die quietly in dignity in the presence of […]
Janet Waddell
March 13, 2022
Janet Waddell, age 85, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2022 in Kennett Square, PA. She was born in New Rochelle, NY and raised in Wilmington, DE, the daughter of Gwen Williams Holmes and J.B. Sanders Holmes. Janet was a 1954 graduate of Wilmington Friends School, having spent a summer in Munich, Germany in 1953 […]
Edward Blackburn Grandel
March 12, 2022
Edward Blackburn Grandel of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at the age of 81. After several months of declining health, Eddie passed peacefully of natural causes. Eddie was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1940, to father George William Grandel, Jr. and mother Dorothy Irene Grandel. He graduated from Conrad High School […]
Al Mayne
March 10, 2022
Al “Be-Bop” Mayne, passed away at Christiana Care Hospital on March 10, 2022 after a 9 day health incident that would have killed most men instantly. Devoted husband of over 49 ¾ years, incredible father, and professional grandfather, “Big-Al” was worshipped by his family for all of the love he gave, the entertainment he provided, […]
Reet Kilkson
March 10, 2022
Reet (Paju) Kilkson, passed away on the morning of March 10, 2022. Reet was born in Rakvere, Estonia and fled with her family to escape occupation during World War II. After living in refugee camps in Germany and Czechoslovakia, Reet, and her family, immigrated to Poughkeepsie, New York. After graduating from high school in Poughkeepsie, […]
Dorothy Spilecki Dulemba
March 9, 2022
Dorothy Spilecki Dulemba, died peacefully on March 9, 2022. Born in Pittsburgh, PA in June 1929, “Dottie” lived there until 2013, when she moved to Wilmington, DE. She was a resident of the Gilpin Hall Health Care Center since 2014. She was preceded in death by her mother, Josephine Recker and step-father Norman Recker, sister […]
Susan Bleiberg
March 9, 2022
Susan Mayer Bleiberg, age 82, passed away on March 9, 2022, after a long illness. She resided at Cadia Silverside in Wilmington, DE. She was born in Washington, DC, to her parents, Isadore and Sara Bleiberg. After her father died unexpectedly in 1945, she and her mother moved to Wilmington, DE, to live with her […]
Richard Alexander Robleto
March 9, 2022
RICHARD ALEXANDER ROBLETO, age 71 of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away peacefully at home on March 9, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. Rich was born on September 2, 1950, and grew up in Levittown, PA, as the third of eight children living in a two-bedroom house. After graduating from Bishop Egan HS and Temple […]