Obituaries
Alfred Clay Ludlum, III
December 23, 2019
Clay Ludlum, age 51, departed this life too soon on Monday, December 23 after a long and courageous battle with cancer attributed to 9/11. Clay is survived by his daughters Taylor and Ashley, his wife Karen McCaffrey and his mother Judith Pennebaker. Clay loved his family with all his heart. He was a devoted father, […]
Robert Lee Crandell
December 23, 2019
Robert Lee Crandell, 87, of Chadds Ford, PA, passed away surrounded by his loving family on December 23, 2019. Bob was born September 27, 1932, in Buffalo, NY to Guy & Lena Crandell. He is survived by his wife Marjorie of 64 years, children Roberta (Doug) Lottes, Catherine (Joel) Gann, Mark (Barbara) Crandell, Donna (Greg) […]
Bettina L. Jenney
December 22, 2019
Bettina Lindsay Jenney, a retired breeder of thoroughbred racehorses, died peacefully at home at Stonegates in Greenville, Delaware on December 22, 2019, from cancer. She was 86 years old. Born in Bedford Hills, NY, Bettina grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois, graduated from Garrison Forest School and attended Smith College. After Smith, Bettina moved to […]
Brenton M. Clark
December 20, 2019
Brenton M Clark, 91, of Glen Mills, PA passed away on December 20, 2019. He obtained a BS in Engineering from Syracuse University where he met and married Patricia Quinn, his wife of 44 years. He attended OCS and commissioned as a 2nd Lt. The Air Force sent him to Penn State University where he […]
Ronald Paul Johnston
December 19, 2019
Ron Johnston passed away at home with his family in December 2019. He was 82. Ron was a lifelong Delaware resident. He was born in 1937 and attended William Penn high school. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army, where he served for four years as an electrician in the Army Corps of Engineers in […]
Carol C. Van Loon
December 19, 2019
Carol C. Van Loon (Cann), age 64 of West Grove, PA, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed away on December 19, 2019. Carol graduated from Tatnall School and attended the University of Florida. She was a former preschool teacher, a wonderful homemaker and a very devoted mother to her son. Carol loved cooking and reminiscing about […]
Richard. A. Rowe, PhD
December 18, 2019
Richard A. Rowe, 91, died December 18, 2019. Dick was born in northeast Philadelphia, PA and moved to Wilmington, DE in 1934. The son of Mary R. Kattinge and Richard J. Rowe, DDS he was a fifth generation duPont employee after being graduated from Archmere Academy (HS), University of Delaware (BS MS), and University of […]
Jack G. Fuller, Jr.
December 17, 2019
Jack Fuller, 96, of West Grove, Pennsylvania died on December 17, 2019. Born in Fort Lewis, Washington of a military family, Jack grew up all over the world. This contributed to his sense of adventure and his view of change and new places as opportunities. His gratitude for life inspires his large circle of family […]
Raymond “Ray” J. Elia
December 17, 2019
Raymond “Ray” J. Elia of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on December 17, 2019, with family at his side. He was 94 years young. Ray was born and grew up in Farrell, Pennsylvania one of seven children of Italian immigrants. He served in the Navy on the famous USS Midway and other vessels during […]
Norma Tessmer McBride
December 14, 2019
Norma Tessmer McBride, aged 97, died at Seasons Hospice on December 14, 2019 after a brief illness. She had lived in Delaware in Wilmington, Bellefonte, and Hockessin since 1945. The daughter of German immigrants to Western PA, she was born in Pittsburgh, PA and educated in nearby Edgewood, PA. She showed real talent as a […]