Obituaries
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, […]
Maria Grazia (Grace) Rizzo
December 1, 2020
Maria Grazia (Grace) Rizzo, age 100, of Wilmington, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Foulk Manor South. Grace was born in Trieste, Italy, daughter of the late Nicolo Furlan and Lazzara Nordio Furlan. She earned her Doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Bologna on February 28, 1948. Grace was a beloved wife […]
Julia Tresznewsky
December 1, 2020
Julia Tresznewsky, aged 98, passed away peacefully at home on the morning of December 1, 2020. She was born in April of 1922 in the town of Tyriava Voloska (Lemkivshchyna) in western Ukraine to the family of Anastasia and Yosyf Jasinski. She graduated from high school in the town of Sanok, but further studies were […]
Donald F. Murtagh
November 30, 2020
Donald F. Murtagh, of Landenberg, PA, formerly of Newark, DE, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on November 30, 2020, at age 97. He grew up in Malone, New York, and graduated from Franklin Academy. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and became a pilot while serving his […]
William W. Bristowe
November 28, 2020
William W. Bristowe passed away peacefully on November 28, 2020 as a result of complications due to Alzheimers Disease at the Einstein Medical Center in Montgomery, PA. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Bill was the son of the late William H. and Edith M. (Pickering) Bristowe. He attended Frankford High School where he met his […]
Valerie A. Fuller
November 28, 2020
Valerie A. Fuller 1945-2020 On the morning of November 28, 2020, Valerie earned her well-deserved angel wings. “Val” as her friends called her, was a woman of strong faith who turned to God in good times and in bad. She never questioned what God gave her but instead looked up to the sky and said, […]
Donald James McCormick
November 28, 2020
Donald James McCormick, age 78, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, November 28, 2020. Don graduated from Conrad High School in the class of 1960 where he met his beloved wife of 55 years. After graduation, he enlisted in the Navy serving 4 years as a Signalman. When discharged, Don went […]