Obituaries
Kerstin Jesslén-Almquist
April 4, 2021
Kerstin Jesslén-Almquist, who saw beauty in everything and everyone, is dead at 87. There is a Swedish proverb that says, “One can never wait too long for something good.” Kerstin would often quote this, which forced those who knew her to bypass selfish pursuits and look at the small things in life in big ways: […]
Donald L. Mikeska
April 4, 2021
Donald L. Mikeska died on April 4, 2021 (Easter Sunday) in Hockessin, DE after a short illness. He was 90 years old. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Patricia, sons Kurt and Jeffrey, daughter Gretchen, daughter-in-law Erica, and grandchildren, Iris and Mason. Don was born in NY, NY and raised in Westfield, […]
Margaret Lyle Smith Stevens
April 2, 2021
Margaret Lyle Smith Stevens, age 91, of Mechanicsburg, PA, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed away on April 2, 2021. She was born in Charleston, WV in 1930 to Isaac Noyes Smith and Eliza MacCorkle Smith. Preceded by her husband of 53 years, Winthrop Parsons Stevens, Jr. and her son William Huyck Stevens. She is survived […]
Jeanne R. Lingg
March 29, 2021
Jeanne Adele Rohana Lingg, 92, of Wilmington, DE and formerly of Philadelphia, PA passed away peacefully at the Kutz Home on Monday, March 29, 2021. The daughter of John Joseph Rohana and Louise Valentine Simon, she was the eldest in her generation of extended family that included her brother and 35 first cousins. Jeanne loved […]
Phyllis P. Shinn
March 28, 2021
Phyllis P. Shinn, aged 98, of Venice, Florida, formerly of Greenville, Delaware, passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, March 28, 2021. The daughter of Harvey and Nellie Poole, Phyllis was born July 25, 1922 in Wilmington. A graduate of P.S. duPont High School and Goldey Beacom College, Phyllis was married to the love of […]
Evelyn R. Motsinger
March 27, 2021
Evelyn Ruth Motsinger, age 65, passed away on March 27, 2021 at Seasons Hospice Wilmington Hospital after a long battle with Metastatic Ovarian Cancer. Even though Evelyn will be sadly missed, God has taken her to a better place where she is residing with her deceased parents and no longer suffering from this disease. Evelyn […]
Darlene K. Wyatt
March 24, 2021
Darlene “Punky” Wyatt (70) went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Born in Pueblo, Colorado, she was the daughter of Byron and Vida Fisher. She graduated from Wilmington High School and spent her later years working as a caregiver. Darlene enjoyed playing cards, listening to music, Disney World, and spending […]
Vera Schock
March 24, 2021
Vera (Wacker) Schock, age 86, passed peacefully and comfortably into the Kingdom of Heaven on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. She was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, glioblastoma, at the end of January and spent her final days on earth as she would have wished, at her Tybrook home of nearly 60 years, surrounded by […]
Sharon Diana Johnson
March 22, 2021
Sharon Diana Johnson, age 66, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away suddenly on Monday, March 22, 2021 at Christiana Hospital in Newark. Sharon was born in Sparta, North Carolina, daughter of the late Mary and George Godfrey. She was a graduate of P.S. duPont High School in Wilmington. She was a loving and devoted mother and […]
Dale Edward Wolf
March 20, 2021
Dale Edward Wolf was born on September 6, 1924 in Kearney, NE, and lived there on the family farm. Educated in a one-room schoolhouse, he started college at the age of 15. He married Clarice Marshall on New Year’s Eve, 1945, while still recuperating from injuries sustained as an Army forward observer in the Battle […]