Obituaries
Shirley Viola Wilgus
May 23, 2020
It is with a warm heart that we celebrate the life of Shirley Viola Wilgus of Wilmington, Delaware. Shirley died peacefully May 23, 2020 under the expert care of Sunrise Senior Living. Shirley was born on Scott Street in 1921 in one of several houses her Grandfather John Rau built. Her parents were Esther Rau […]
Frances P. Mulherin
May 23, 2020
Fran passed peacefully at hospice in Wilmington, DE from medical complications after surgery. Fran graduated from Holy Family University in Philadelphia, where she played varsity basketball. She received her Master’s degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. She was Board certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene. Employed […]
Ann Lee Ormond Howard
May 21, 2020
Ann Lee Ormond Howard, age 53, passed away on May 21, 2020. She attended The Tatnall School and graduated from the Perkiomen School in Perkiomen, PA. For many years, she worked for law firms in Wilmington, Baltimore and Washington, DC. Ann was predeceased by her father, David Lewis Ormond and uncles, Armistead T. Harvie, Jr. […]
Rose LaVonne Lundquist Wegner
May 21, 2020
Rose LaVonne Lundquist Wegner, age 94 of Wilmington, DE died on May 21, 2020 at Foulk Manor South. She resided there and was under Delaware Hospice care since October 2019. Prior to that time, Rose lived at Foulk Manor North in Assisted Living, two of those years with her husband of 60 years, Richard who […]
Shirley M. Schlapfer
May 20, 2020
Shirley Mary (Pratt) Schlapfer, age 99 passed away peacefully on May 20, 2020 at ACTS Country House. She was predeceased by two sisters who passed in 1929. Her parents were Ward E. and Mary Marguerite (Tuttle) Pratt. She married the love of her life Louis Albert (Al) Schlapfer, Jr. in 1942. She and her husband […]
Catherine Loretta Corcoran Kohl
May 20, 2020
Catherine Corcoran Kohl, age 86, of Wilmington, DE passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at Sunrise Nursing Home in Media, PA. Catherine was born in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Francis and Catherine Cawley Corcoran. She graduated from the Forty Fort High School and the Felt & Tarrant Business School of Scranton, […]
Marianne Lyons Thompson
May 18, 2020
Marianne Lyons Thompson, age 91, of Hockessin, Delaware, was born in 1928, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of the late Bridget (Brennan) and Thomas J. Lyons. An only child, she grew up in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Little Rock as her father propelled the family across Texas and Arkansas while working for the Sinclair Oil […]
Arthur R. Verbeck
May 18, 2020
Arthur R. Verbeck (Art), 94 of Yorklyn, DE, passed away at home on May 18 due to complications from vascular dementia. Art was born in Flushing, LI, NY but grew up on Staten Island, NY where he went fishing, hunting and clamming. He owned his own commercial clam boat at age 16. During the Great […]
Leucia Butler Venable
May 17, 2020
On Sunday, May 17, 2020, Leucia Butler Venable passed away quietly and peacefully in Wilmington, Delaware at the age of 95. Leucia was born in Suffolk, Virginia on July 14, 1924. She grew up in Pocomoke City and Colora, Maryland where her father was a minister. Leucia attended Jacob Tome School in Port Deposit, Maryland, […]
Mary Paula Winnington
May 16, 2020
Mary Paula Winnington, age 69, of Wilmington, DE, died peacefully at home May 16, 2020, surrounded by her family. A graduate of P. S. Dupont High School and the University of Delaware, she recently retired from the Delaware River and Bay Authority. She previously worked at the Delaware State Chamber of Comerce and the Wilmington […]