Obituaries
Barbara Batchelder du Pont
April 27, 2021
Barbara Batchelder du Pont, 96, died peacefully at home April 27, 2021. She was the daughter of Charles Nathaniel Batchelder and Grace French Batchelder of Hanover, NH. She graduated from Dana Hall School and attended Pine Manor College and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School, Boston. In 1944 she married Irénée du Pont, Jr. At her husband’s […]
Hilda Lee Williams
April 26, 2021
Hilda Lee Williams, born in 1936 in Front Royal, Virginia, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2021 at Regal Heights Nursing Home, Hockessin, Delaware. She was the daughter of Lyle and Helen Laing and was next to last of 6 daughters. Hilda survived a horrific accident as a child and was not expected to make […]
Michael F. Gunning
April 24, 2021
Michael F. Gunning, 74, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away at his home from a long neurological illness on April 24, 2021. He graduated from Brandywine High School and Wilmington College. Mike worked for the DuPont Co., Edgemoor Plant before being drafted into the Army. When he returned to Delaware, he went back to work at […]
Kenneth Lee Holmes
April 22, 2021
Kenneth Lee Holmes, 91 of Wilmington, DE passed to life eternal on April 22, 2021. He was the husband of Norma Herrick Zumsteg for the past nearly 35 years and the third child of the late Howard and Helen Hawkinson Holmes of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.. Ken is survived by his “big brother” Howard Holmes ( […]
Susan Anne (Earley) Datilio
April 21, 2021
Susan Anne (Earley) Datilio, age 50, of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 surrounded by family after a six-year long battle with breast cancer. She fought bravely and right until the end, never wanting anyone to know how hard she struggled. Susan maintained her beautiful smile for all to […]
Robert “Bob” Rossi
April 20, 2021
Robert (Bob) Rossi, age 63 passed away suddenly April 20, 2021. Bob was a loving father, brother, son and friend. He left us much too soon and we will miss him terribly. Bob was predeceased by his father, Francis J. Rossi. He is survived by his mother Ann Marie Rossi, brothers Richard and Ronald Rossi […]
Charles P. Peters
April 19, 2021
Charles P. “Pete” Peters, died on April 19, 2021, at Wilmington (Del.) Hospital, following a short illness. He was 94. He was born in Mays Landing, N.J., in 1926, and grew up in Atlantic City, N.J., where his father (E. James Peters) owned a Ford-Mercury dealership and his mother (Lillian Ford) operated several beauty salons. […]
William “Bill” Wells
April 18, 2021
William “Bill” Wells, of Dover, Delaware passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by family, on April 18, 2021. He was 88 years old. Beloved husband to Phyllis (nee Coccia) for 58 years. He is survived by his three children: David (Mary), James (Margot), and Tyler (Denise); eight grandchildren: Cassandra (Mathew), William, Marianna, Emma, Mason, […]
Robert L. Collom, Sr.
April 18, 2021
Robert L. Collom, Sr., 82, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 18, 2021. He was born in 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Elmer F. Collom and Christine West. Bob graduated from Southern Philadelphia High School in 1957. He honorably served in the United States Navy from 1958-1962. In 1969, he became part of the […]
Laura Pearl Mullins Rote Stevens
April 17, 2021
Laura Pearl Mullins Rote Stevens, passed away April 17, 2021 at Cokesbury Village, Hockessin DE, at age 97 years. Laura was born in 1923, in Lebanon, KY the daughter of Leslie Clelland Mullins and Mary Laura Helm Mullins. Laura was raised by her grandparents Neate Clinton Mullins and Martha White Mullins on their farm in […]