Obituaries
Margaret H. Conte
December 9, 2020
Margaret (Peggy) Conte, 73, of Lewes, Delaware passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. She was born in Wilmington, DE in 1947 to Howard J. and Anne (Dawson) Hahn. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her loving husband of 51 years, George, and her brothers William “Bill” and Richard “Dick”. Margaret […]
Judith Jean Morris
December 9, 2020
Judith Jean “Judy” Morris, age 79, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away peacefully and with grace on December 9, 2020 at Kentmere with her family by her side. She was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, daughter of the late Gene and Mary Morris. Judy had an exemplary life graduating from Aiken High School, Aiken, SC with […]
Henry M. Wood
December 9, 2020
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, Henry M. Wood departed this life at the age of 82. He had no living family beyond a distant niece on the West Coast. Henry was a great man. He was educated in a segregated high school and at an historically black college, back before it wasn’t yet historic. He […]
Edward Sakata
December 9, 2020
Edward Sakata passed away Dec. 9, 2020 after a long illness from MSA. Edward (78) was born in Los Angeles, CA, during World War II. He and his family were interned at the Rowher, Ark. Japanese internment camp. After the war, the family returned to Los Angeles. Edward graduated with distinction from Stanford University in […]
Robert M. Bauernschmidt
December 9, 2020
Robert M. Bauernschmidt, passed away on December 9, 2020, at the age of 88. Bob was born in 1932 to Bill and Mae Bauernschmidt in Ridley Park and raised in the Sharon Hill Borough of Delaware County, Pa. Bob attended Sharon Hill High School. Following high school Bob joined the Navy and served four years […]
Esther Marcozzi
December 8, 2020
Esther passed away surrounded by her loving family, December 8, 2020, after a lengthy illness. She was born in Providence, RI in 1929, to Crescenzo and Giuseppina (Pari) Santagata, and was one of nine children in the family. She married her loving husband, Ralph Marcozzi, in June of 1958, and re-located to Wilmington, De with […]
Jeannette S. Durstein Brown
December 7, 2020
Jeannette passed away early Monday morning, December 7, 2020, in Dover, from the coronavirus. She was 98 years of age. She was predeceased by her first husband, Ralph K. Durstein Jr., and her son Ronnie. Her second husband, Thomas J. Brown, passed away in 2016. She is survived by her son Ralph K. (“Dirk”) Durstein […]
James Baird Walker, PhD
December 4, 2020
James Baird Walker, 87, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away peacefully on Friday, December 4, 2020 with his wife of 60 years, Helen Carlton Walker, and youngest daughter by his side. The couple recently moved from Wilmington to Maris Grove Retirement Community in Glen Mills, PA in 2019. He was born in Mecklenberg, North Carolina on […]
Vinh Khanh Dang
December 3, 2020
In loving memory of Vinh Khanh Dang, we are saddened to announce his passing on December 3rd, 2020 at the age of 68. Born in Hanoi in 1952, Vinh served proudly in the South Vietnamese Navy until emigrating to the United States in 1975. A devoted husband and doting father and grandfather, he leaves behind […]
Richard Watkin Rees
December 2, 2020
Passed on December 2, 2020, age 91. Richard Rees left his home country for the Americas as a young man, but retained and reflected his fondness for it throughout his long life. He was born the youngest of three boys and raised in Ystradgynlais, a small town in the coal mining valleys of South Wales, […]