Obituaries
Warren “Haddox” Sothoron, Jr.
January 22, 2022
We are devastated to announce the death of Warren “Haddox” Sothoron, Jr., on Saturday January 22, 2022. Haddox was born November 3, 1936 to Lulah Mae Bartleson and Warren Haddox Sothoron, Sr., at University Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He grew up on a working farm and graduated as Valedictorian of the 1954 class of Sykesville […]
Paul Richard Robinson
January 21, 2022
Paul Richard Robinson, son of Ralph and Julia Robinson of Scranton, Penn., started life in Elkins Park, Penn. The firstborn son with two brothers, Bob and Ralph, Paul graduated from Cheltenham High School and then earned a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Two days after graduating Penn, he began a forty-year […]
Jeanne Stevens Butz
January 21, 2022
Jeanne Stevens Butz, age 94, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully at Foulk Manor North on January 21, 2022. She was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the youngest of seven children of George J. and Frances C. Stevens. She grew up surrounded by a large and loving family. Jeanne attended Bethesda public schools from kindergarten through […]
Eleanor M. Karvounis
January 18, 2022
It is with great sadness that we share that our mother, Eleanor, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2022. Eleanor was born in Easton, PA on October 18, 1933, and was a part of the Moyer Dairy family, which she was very proud of. She is also the “Eleanor” named for Eleanor’s Gifts in Wildwood, […]
Margaret Persoleo
January 17, 2022
Margaret “Freida” Persoleo, age 89, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2022 in West Springfield, MA. Freida was a long time resident of Hockessin, having moved here in 1951 when she married her husband of 30 years, Charles. Together they built a mushroom farm business. She later worked in the local mushroom cannery and packaged […]
Harshad R. Dodia
January 16, 2022
Harshad Ramchrandra Dodia, age 81, of Media, Pennsylvania, formerly of Kennett Square, died on January 16th 2022. Harshad was born in Shikarpur, Pakistan (formerly United India). He graduated from Modern High School in Mumbai and then completed his undergraduate at Elphinstone College and his mechanical engineering training Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute (VJTI). He then immigrated […]
Roger Walck
January 16, 2022
If you are reading this, I must have passed on, although I do not know how. I wrote this well before it was needed. But no matter how difficult my final days may have been, it could only be a tiny part of the total. We tend to overemphasize endings, no matter how brief, and […]
Roger J. Pernick
January 12, 2022
Roger J. Pernick, age 87, of Wilmington, DE and formerly of Detroit, MI, died suddenly on January 12, 2022 at Christiana Care’s Wilmington Hospital. Roger and his wife of 65 years, Ruth F Pernick, owned H. Feinberg’s Furniture, formerly located on King and Market Streets in Wilmington, and in later years they operated the company […]
William Murray Metten, Jr.
January 12, 2022
William Murray Metten, Jr. of Hockessin, DE, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on January 12, 2022, as a result of FTD (Frontotemporal Dementia). Bill was born in Wilmington, DE in 1940, to W. Murray and Martha Metten. He graduated from Wilmington Friends School, the University of Delaware and the Charles Morris Price School […]
Steven Miller
January 12, 2022
Steven Miller, age 66, of West Grove, PA, passed away on January 12, 2022. Steve worked as an IT technician for Cigna and ACE American Insurance in Wilmington, DE for many years. He is survived by his daughters, Kim (Chris), Melissa (Jeff), Christina, and Val; his brother, Gus (Kathy); 10 grandchildren; and many nieces and […]