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Obituaries


Barbara A. Lloyd

Barbara A. Lloyd

April 7, 2020

It is with great sadness that the family of Barbara A. (Falgowski) Lloyd announce her passing on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at the age of 86. Barbara was a 1951 graduate of St. Elizabeth’s High School where she achieved 4 years of academic excellence.  She worked as a homemaker raising her four children prior to […]

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O. Patrick “Pat” Struve

O. Patrick “Pat” Struve

April 7, 2020

We are heartbroken to share that O. Patrick “Pat” Struve passed away on April 7, 2020. A native of Texas, Pat was born in El Paso and raised in Corpus Christi, and showed immense musical talent at an early age; by the age of 15 Pat was performing in dance halls with his saxophone and […]

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Chris Mantzavinos

Chris Mantzavinos

April 6, 2020

Chris Mantzavinos, 81, of Wilmington, DE, formerly of Caldwell, NJ, passed away on April 6, 2020. He was a kind and devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was strong in his faith, proud of his Greek heritage, and always had a positive outlook on life. Chris was born in Pittsburgh, PA to immigrant parents from […]

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Blake Bayley

Blake Bayley

April 6, 2020

Blake Bayley, age 66, died peacefully on April 6, 2020 at the Christiana Hospital. Blake was born in 1953, in Darby, Pennsylvania, the youngest of three brothers. Blake was raised in Aldan, PA and graduated from Lansdowne Aldan High School in 1971. Blake spent most of his career as a Master Electrician, working for the […]

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Arlene Raymond

Arlene Raymond

April 6, 2020

Arlene Raymond was born in 1927 in Danville, Virginia to George Keatts and Belle Stone-Keatts.  She departed her earthly life into eternal rest surrounded by her family at her home on April 6, 2020. Arlene was educated in the Ridley School District and employed by Westinghouse before retiring.  Arlene met Mr. Percy H. Raymond, Sr. […]

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Margaret Canby Gause Bramble

Margaret Canby Gause Bramble

April 2, 2020

Margaret Canby Gause Bramble, age 100, passed away on April 2, 2020 at Forwood Manor in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the daughter of the late May (Hanly) and James Harlan Gause, and was preceded in death by her brother, James Harlan Gause, Jr. and her husband of 65 years, Ed, who died in 2008. Known […]

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Stella “Sis” Ward Sterner

March 31, 2020

Stella “Sis” Ward  Sterner  was born June 21, 1924, in Wilmington, DE, to Herbert H. Ward, Jr and Juliette Rice Ward. She died peacefully, surrounded by family, at her home in Jennersville, PA on March 31, 2020, at the age of 95. She is survived by her husband of 75 years, James F. Sterner; her […]

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Thelma “Tee Jay” Evans Cox King

Thelma “Tee Jay” Evans Cox King

March 31, 2020

Thelma ‘Tee Jay” Evans Cox King, 89, of Wilmington, DE, died at 8:23 am on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in her home at Country House (Acts Retirement Community). Born May 7, 1930 in Carnegie, PA, she was the youngest of 4 children of the late Thomas ‘Tibby’ B. Evans and Irma Faller Evans. Tee Jay […]

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Patricia Ryan Zolper

Patricia Ryan Zolper

March 30, 2020

Local artist and long-time Wilmington resident Patricia Ryan Zolper, 90, died Monday, March 30, at the Country House retirement community in Greenville. Pat’s passions included her family, art, early childhood development, her Catholic faith, reading and crossword puzzles. She was part of a generation of women who pioneered balancing career and family. Her achievements included […]

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Arlene Mary Collins

Arlene Mary Collins

March 30, 2020

On Monday night, March 30, 2020, Arlene Mary Collins (Andrist), loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away suddenly but peacefully in her home at the age of 84. Arlene was born on July 26, 1935, in Pine Island, Minnesota to Charles and Nellie (Yennie) Andrist. She was the second oldest of the Andrist’s nine […]

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