Obituaries
Joyce D. Backman
January 6, 2022
Joyce D. (DeStafney) Backman, age 80, passed away on January 6, 2022 at her home in Hockessin, DE. Joyce was born in West Grove, PA in 1941 to the late Peter F. and Della B. DeStafney. She grew up on the family farm in Yorklyn, Delaware and graduated from Conrad High School in 1959. During […]
Joan Ann Krok
January 2, 2022
Joan Ann Krok, age 85, of Claymont, DE, passed away on January 2, 2022 She was a retired cook from Gallucio’s Restaurant and former manager at Baxter’s Bar and Restaurant in Wilmington. She is survived by her husband Stanley Krok, sons John Krok, Albert Radick, and Ernest Radick. She is predeceased be her daughter Elizabeth […]
Dr. Kenneth B. Keating, PhD
January 1, 2022
Dr. Kenneth B. Keating, PhD (Ken), passed away on January 1, 2022, aged 90, surrounded by his loved ones. He had lived for seven years in Cokesbury Village, Hockessin, DE preceded by 43 happy years in Webster Farm, Wilmington, DE. A beloved husband, father and grandfather, Ken was a research scientist with a witty, kind, […]
Catherine Mauk
January 1, 2022
Catherine Marie Regina Hawe Mauk, 95 of Wilmington passed away peacefully on January 1, 2022. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to St. Ann Church or to St. Joseph’s Indian School, which supports and educates Lakota (Sioux) children, at P.O. Box 100, Chamberlain, SD 57325-0100.
Everett L. DeWhitt, Jr.
December 31, 2021
Everett L. DeWhitt, Jr., age 87, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, December 31, 2021, after an extended battle with cancer and heart disease. A resident of Hockessin for 34 years, he was born in Oklahoma City in 1934, and later lived in Ponca City, Oklahoma, where he graduated high school in 1952. He […]
Genevieve T. Crampton
December 30, 2021
Genevieve Tingle Crampton, 92, formerly of Centreville, Delaware passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at Jenner’s Pond, West Grove, Pennsylvania. She was born in 1929, in Roxana, Delaware, daughter of Charles and Daisy Tingle. In addition to her parents and five siblings, she was predeceased August 18, 1984, by her […]
Rosemary K. Sausen
December 29, 2021
Rosemary K. Sausen, age 92 of Hockessin, DE passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. Rosemary was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1929 and was the daughter of O.F. and Margaret Ann Keller. Rosemary was raised in St. Paul and attended the College of St. Catherine in Liberal Arts Studies and also the University of […]
Marilyn Harris Dunning
December 29, 2021
Marilyn Harris Dunning, age 76, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, formerly of Wilmington, Delaware, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. She was born to William and Marie Harris of Wallingford, Pennsylvania in 1945. Marilyn graduated from Villa Maria Academy in Malvern, Pennsylvania in 1963, and she graduated from Chestnut Hill College in Chestnut […]
Jane P. Maroney
December 28, 2021
Jane P. Maroney, age 98, of Wilmington, DE, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Born in Boston, Jane grew up in South Hamilton, MA, the daughter of the late John Henry Perkins and Mary Boland Perkins. She completed her formal education at Radcliffe College and the Katherine Gibbs School. After serving divergent causes during […]
June M. Cooney
December 28, 2021
June M Cooney, age 84 of Glen Mills, Pa (formerly Wilmington, DE) passed away on December 28, 2021. June was born in Chester, PA and was the daughter of Andrew H Dombrosky and Thelma I Dombrosky (Shope). She graduated from Notre Dame Catholic Girls High School, Moylan, PA Class of 1955 and worked for several […]