Obituaries
Elizabeth Ann Dunleavy
April 6, 2022
Elizabeth Ann Dunleavy, age 95, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Harbour Chase Assisted Living. Elizabeth was born in New York City, daughter of the late Thomas and Marcella Ryan Dunleavy. She graduated from Hunter College and worked for The New York Daily News. When she retired she moved to […]
Robert Allan Chadwick
April 5, 2022
Robert Allan Chadwick, of Chadds Ford, PA passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Bob was born in Upper Darby, Pa., son of the late Robert Nelson Chadwick and Phyllis Curry Chadwick. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ellen Draper Chadwick, who he lovingly cared for until the time of her passing. Bob […]
Reade Y. Tompson
April 3, 2022
Reade Yates Tompson, age 103, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at Cokesbury Village, Hockessin, DE. Mr. Tompson was born and raised in Massachusetts. He attended Brown University in Providence, RI, and Duke University, Durham, NC, from which he received a PhD in Organic Chemistry. He was employed by the DuPont Company from 1948 […]
Joan Desmond
April 3, 2022
Joan Russell Haubrich Desmond passed away on April 3, 2022 at age 102. She was born in 1920, the third child of Emma & Wilbur Russell in Newton, MA. Upon graduating from Colby Jr. College, as a medical secretary in 1941, she went to work for Dr. Bernard P. Haubrich in Claremont, NH. Later in […]
Dominick J. Trapasso, III
April 2, 2022
Dominick Joseph Trapasso III passed away on April 2, 2022, in Newark, Delaware, at age 68. Dominick grew up on Long Island in East Islip, New York. Through his intelligence, hard work, and determination, he earned a scholarship to New York University and became the first person in his family to graduate from college. He […]
Katherine O’Donoghue Satinover
April 2, 2022
Katherine (O’Donoghue) Satinover, age 71, of Ardentown, Delaware, a fifth generation Washingtonian, passed away on Saturday April 2, 2022 at her home in Ardentown, Delaware. She was the daughter of the late Roger and Antoinette O’Donoghue, of Washington, D.C. Katherine was a graduate of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. and earned her Bachelor’s […]
Sheilah Gray
March 27, 2022
Sheilah Ann Gray, age 76, of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at her home in North Wilmington. Sheilah was born in Wilmington is the daughter of the late Andrew Cebenka and Gloria (Hougentogler). She attended P.S. DuPont High School and went on to earn an associate’s degree from Goldey-Beacom College. […]
Joanne L. (Vaccarini) Saienni
March 24, 2022
Joanne L. Saienni, devoted wife and loving Mother and Nonna passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022 in Wilmington, Delaware at the age of 94. Joanne was born in Wilmington, Delaware and was the daughter of the late Philip and Florence Vaccarini. She was a proud alumni of the second graduating class of St. Elizabeth’s […]
Patricia Fairchild Costis
March 23, 2022
Patricia “Patsy” Fairchild Costis, age 89, of Wilmington, DE, formerly of Bluefield, WV, passed away on March 23, 2022 at Christiana Hospital in Newark. She was born in 1932 to the late Joseph and Frances (nee Church) Fairchild. Patsy was a graduate of Bluefield High School Class of 1950 and then furthered her education by […]
Robert Sievers
March 18, 2022
Robert Jerome Sievers, the son of George Harold and Anunciata “Nancy” Marinaccio Sievers, was born 88 years ago in Brooklyn, New York. Bob (as he was known to his friends and family) passed away peacefully, with his wife Benita and son Mark by his side, on March 18, 2022 in Wilmington, Delaware. Bob graduated from […]