Obituaries
Eveline Elizabeth Hanafi
December 3, 2019
Eveline Elizabeth Hanafi “Ginger” “Eve” (née Dugan, Conner) passed away in the MICU at Newark Christiana Hospital on December 3, 2019 due to complications with pneumonia, aggressive thoracic infection, and cancer of the brain and lungs; she was 60 years old. Eve was born in 1959 in Wilmington, Delaware to her parents, Thomas and Joan […]
Norma Jean Morris Day
December 2, 2019
Norma Jean Morris Day of Greenville, Delaware died Monday, December 2, 2019, at the age of 89. She had resided in Delaware since 1957, the last nine years at the retirement community Stonegates. A talented artist, Norma earned her Bachelor of Science in Applied Art and Master of Arts in English degrees from The University […]
Marion Daly Woodworth
November 30, 2019
Marion Daly Woodworth, age 96, of Wilmington, DE died at home on Saturday, November 30, 2019 with family by her side. Born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1923, she was the daughter of John E. and Everill Sonigan Daly. She graduated from P.S. DuPont High School and Beacom College. Marion worked as a bookkeeper then became […]
Naomi R. Campbell
November 27, 2019
Naomi Campbell, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. Daughter of Martha and Emil Ruppenthal, she was born in Buffalo, New York. She enjoyed a happy childhood with seven siblings and musical parents who encouraged them all to sing or play an instrument. She graduated from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan with […]
Nancy Snowberger Pleasants
November 25, 2019
Nancy Snowberger Pleasants passed away on November 25, 2019, with her children, Dru and Tim, at her bedside in Ocean View. Nancy married E. Rogers Pleasants Jr. in 1971. Their marriage was strong, happy and full of love. With the marriage, Rogers’ children, Estee, Bruddy and John, joined Dru and Tim in Nancy’s heart. Nancy […]
Lucy (Gerhardt) Cluett
November 23, 2019
Lucy (Gerhardt) Cluett, resident of Greenville, DE, died on Saturday, the 23rd of November, 2019. Lucy was the beloved wife of Dr. Maxwell Cluett; devoted mother of Jayne, Lisa, and Marita Cluett; loving grandmother of Devon Bodey; and sister to Edgar and the late Leon Gerhardt. Lucy was born in Bayport, Nova Scotia to Leo […]
Susan C. Houser
November 20, 2019
Susan Callahan Houser, 66, a long-time resident of West Chester, PA, passed away in her home on November 20, 2019. Susan was born in December 1952 at the U.S. Naval Base in San Diego, CA to Edward and Nancy Callahan. Growing up, she enjoyed summers in Coldwater, MI surrounded by her family and loving sister, […]
Helen Holloway Kelley
November 19, 2019
Age 96, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Mrs. Kelley, a lifelong Delawarean, was born in Wilmington in 1923. She was a 1941 graduate of the P.S. DuPont high school where she lettered in both basketball and swimming. A graduate of Beacom College, she worked as a secretary for Hercules Powder Company, Moore Business […]
Patricia Anne O’Neill
November 19, 2019
Patricia Anne O’Neill, age 76, of Saint Georges, DE died on Nov. 19, 2019 at home surrounded by her children, Cari A. Hutchison (husband Frank), Dr. James W. Sheehan (wife Gerry), and Michael P. Sheehan (wife Kristen) and her beloved dog Milo. She was blessed with 5 grandchildren: Dean, Keira, MJ, Anna, and Donovan. She […]
Ann Lee Smith Bugbee
November 18, 2019
Ann Lee Smith Bugbee, 83, died at Christiana Hospital on Monday, November 17 after a brief hospitalization. She is survived by her husband of 58 years Dick and her two daughters; Elizabeth Abrahams and her sons Nathaniel and Benjamin; and Sally Keidel and her husband Phil and their children Charlie and Maggie. She is also […]