Obituaries
Angy Junior Sainvil
September 7, 2021
Angy Junior Sainvil, age 14, of Wilmington, DE., formerly of Philadelphia, PA., passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at the A.I. DuPont Nemours Children’s Hospital after a brief illness. Angy was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, son of Junior Handal Sainvil and Gina Sanon Sainvil. He graduated from the Carnell Elementary School June 8, 2018 […]
Robert “Bob” Townsend
September 5, 2021
Robert “Bob” Townsend, age 86, passed away September 5, 2021 at his home with family by his side. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Townsend III, Bob was born in the home of his grandparents at 24 Kent Way in Newark in what is now the University of Delaware’s department of philosophy. Bob […]
Matthew D. Mason, III
September 4, 2021
Matthew D. Mason, III, of New Hope, PA, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, September 4, 2021. He was 73. Matt was born in Charleston, WV, to parents Matthew D. Mason, Jr. and Margaret T. Mason (nee Thayer). Matt was an accomplished financial advisor and a member of the Delaware […]
Denise “Soula” Tsakiris
September 3, 2021
Denise “Soula” K. Tsakiris, age 70, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021 at her home. Denise was born in Kos, Greece but moved to the United States at an early age, graduating from high school in Flushing, New York in 1968. She was an active member of the Holy Trinity Greek […]
Dorothy Russell Baker
September 2, 2021
Dorothy Russell Baker, known as Dottie, died September 2, 2021 (age 91) at the Country House in Wilmington, DE. Dottie was born in November 1929 in Boston, MA to her late parents, Frank Havens Russell Jr. and Hazel Ames Russell, and raised in Needham, MA with her late brother, Lindsey Russell. After graduating from Needham […]
Regina T. Alexander
August 31, 2021
Regina T. Alexander, age 77, of Wilmington, DE passed away suddenly on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Born in Elkton, MD, Regina was the daughter of the late Aloysius Woerner and Helen Dunn Woerner. She graduated from Padua Academy in the class of 1962, and attended the University of Delaware. Regina worked at the DuPont Company […]
Antoinette D. Battaglia
August 30, 2021
Antoinette D. Battaglia died August 30, 2021 after a long and courageous fight with pneumonia at Christiana Care, Wilmington surrounded by her family. Toni, as she was known to so many, was the only child of Louis and Irene (Morgan) Dunn. Her father, Louis, passed while Toni was in High School (St. Elizabeth). She and […]
Margaret “Peg” Lord
August 30, 2021
Margaret “Peg” Lord, 90, of Wilmington, DE, died peacefully at home with her family on Monday, August 30, 2021. Mrs. Lord was born in 1930 in West Grove, PA to John “Jack” O’Brien and Emma McGovern O’Brien, the second of eight children. She was a graduate of Oxford High School class of 1948 and earned […]
David Bush Canby, Jr.
August 30, 2021
David Canby, age 76, of Wilmington Delaware, died on August 30, 2021 surrounded by family. Born and raised in Wilmington, he attended the Tatnall School and graduated from the University of Maryland. He attended the Defense Language Institute and served in Army Intelligence overseas and later at home. He handled regional sales for a mid-Atlantic floral wholesaler and […]
Donato Robert Buccini
August 29, 2021
Donato Robert Buccini died peacefully at home Sunday morning, August 29th, 2021. He was 78 years old. Bob was born in Philadelphia, PA to Mary (Mariani) and Donato Francis Buccini. Bob grew up in Germantown where he attended St. Madeleine Sophie grade school. He graduated from Lasalle College High School, Pennsylvania State University with a […]