Obituaries
Jane C. Baddorf
March 4, 2021
Jane C. Baddorf, age 96, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2021. She was born in Wilmington, Del. on Feb. 21, 1925 to Marshall and Elizabeth (Ringland) Carpenter. She graduated from Temple University with an RN degree and then served in the Nursing Corps and U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1948, she married […]
John F. Yunger, Jr.
March 3, 2021
John F. Yunger, Jr., age 75, of Wilmington, DE, passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. John was born in Astoria, Long Island, New York and was the son of the late John F. Yunger, Sr. and Jeanette Wolak Yunger. He was raised in Pearl River, New York and attended Pearl […]
Phyllis Griffith Meli
March 2, 2021
Phyllis, born in Minquedale and a lifelong Wilmington resident, died at Season’s Hospice on Tuesday March 2nd. She attended and graduated Wilmington High School where she met her lifelong husband and love of her life Alfred L. Meli. They were married in April of 1952 and remained so for 47 years before Al’s early passing […]
David Stabler
March 1, 2021
David (Dave) Stabler, 91, of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania (formerly of Wilmington, Delaware) passed away on March 1, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. Dave leaves his devoted wife of 63 years, Jane Miller Stabler; his son, David Scott, II (Beth) of Williamsburg, Virginia, son Craig (Melissa) of West Chester, Pennsylvania and daughter Nancy Jane Zellmer […]
Emily Maria Sestack
March 1, 2021
Emily Maria Sestack, 80, 0f Wilmington, DE passed away on March 1, 2021. Emily was born in Summit, N.J. but raised in Scranton, PA where she graduated High School and met the love of her life, John Sestack. They settled in Wilmington after their marriage. Throughout her life Emily loved to travel with her girlfriends. […]
Robert F. Clineff
February 27, 2021
Robert F. Clineff (Pink), 70, of Wilmington, Delaware died Saturday, February 27, 2021 at Parkview Nursing Care in Wilmington, Delaware. Preceded in death by his parents Willard and Joan Clineff, and brother Alan W. Clineff. Survived by sister Gail (Roy) Campbell of West Chester, PA, brother Mark Clineff of Wilmington, DE, and sister Linda Blake […]
Ralph F. Keil, Esq.
February 26, 2021
Ralph F. Keil, Esq., age 90, passed away after a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Darlene Watson Sammons Keil, who he adored, and together they sailed the Chesapeake and traveled to Africa, Europe, and the Far East. The only son of Anne (Kassell) and David S. Keil, Ralph […]
Ann “Nancy” Baker
February 25, 2021
Nancy Baker, 89 of Bellefonte passed away in the early morning hours on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the Kutz Senior Living Campus in Wilmington. She was born in Wilmington on July 16, 1931. Nancy loved life and shared hers for many happy decades with her husband Thomas Baker. She found joy in owning, as […]
Elizabeth (Lisa) Jamison Hansen
February 24, 2021
Elizabeth (Lisa) Jamison Hansen, age 71, of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware passed away from pneumonia and emphysema on February 24, 2021. Lisa was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1949 to Francis Joseph and Elizabeth Lippincott Jamison. She was predeceased by her parents, husband George Robert Hansen, Jr. and three brothers, Francis Joseph Jamison Jr., Peter Acton […]
Barbara Paul Selby
February 23, 2021
Barbara Paul Selby, a long-term resident of Wilmington, Delaware, died on Feb. 23, 2021 peacefully, at home, in the presence of family. Barbara was born to Ivy and Wortley Paul on July 23, 1931 in Buffalo, NY, where she was raised in a loving family. She was an avid reader from an early age, and […]