Obituaries
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 […]
Sally May Gakenheimer
August 29, 2021
Sally May Gakenheimer passed away Sunday, August 29, 2021 after living with Alzheimer’s for several years. Sally was born in 1929 and spent her childhood in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Summers were spent with her grandparents on Lake Mills where she learned one of her life-long passions, sewing, from her grandmother. Sewing and needlework became […]
G. EDWARD BROOKING JR.
August 29, 2021
BROOKING, G. EDWARD JR. – of Wilmington, DE, private trustee, died August 29, 2021. Mr. Brooking is survived by his wife, Ruth Dumaine Brooking, two daughters: Elizabeth Brooking of San Francisco, CA and Anne Brooking of Wilmington, DE, a son, Frederic Brooking of Brea, CA, and their families. His son, Jonathan, predeceased him. Mr. Brooking […]
Carolyn Teachey Watjen
August 28, 2021
Carolyn Teachey Watjen of Greenville, DE died on August 28, 2021 at the age of 86, after a short illness. Carolyn was an industrious person, completing her Undergrad at the University of North Carolina in 3 years, which allowed her to get her Masters at the University of Pennsylvania in 9 months. She majored in […]
John Herdeg – Memorial Service
August 27, 2021
John Andrew Herdeg died at home on June 27th. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania Avenue at Rodney Street, 1502 W. 13th Street in Wilmington. Burial is private.
Joyce Hilty Richards
August 26, 2021
Joyce Hilty Richards passed away peacefully after a brief illness on August 26, 2021. She was soon to celebrate her 92nd birthday. A long-time resident of Wilmington, DE, Joyce was born in Camden, NJ to Grace and George Hilty II. She attended Seaford High School and graduated from the University of Delaware in 1951 with […]