Obituaries
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 […]
Dorothy Hohman
May 16, 2020
Dorothy Hohman, 84, of Newark, Delaware passed away on May 16, 2020 at Christiana Hospital. Born in Evanston, Illinois, “Dottie” graduated from Niles Township High School before her family relocated in 1953 to the nascent community of North Star located outside of Newark. Upon arriving in Delaware, Dottie attended the University of Delaware. Shortly thereafter […]
Marcia Traccarella Cloud Buckingham
May 15, 2020
TALLEYVILLE – Marcia Traccarella Cloud Buckingham, beloved mother of Amy Cloud Chambers and Anthony Alan Cloud; beloved grandmother of Bonnie Chambers and her spouse, Sean McMichael; beloved great-grandmother of Lily Chambers and Liam McMichael; beloved mother-in-law of Claire Pellegrini Cloud and step-grandmother to Ricky and Danny Pellegrini; beloved stepmother to Ruth Hubbard and her husband […]
Elario Nicholas Baldini
May 14, 2020
Elario Nicholas Baldini, age 67, of Greenville, Delaware departed this life unexpectedly on Thursday, May 14th, 2020. Elario was always filled with kindness and deep concern for his wife, Michele, his girls, and especially his ray of sunshine, his granddaughter, Gianna. His wish for his girls, was a lifetime of happiness! Lario was not one […]
Charlotte Parson McTheny
May 13, 2020
Charlotte Parson McTheny, age 78, of Bear, DE., passed away on Wednesday, May 13 2020 in her sleep two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus. Charlotte was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the only child of her beloved father Norwood Morgan Parson and mother Mabel Parson Jarvis. She graduated from P.S. DuPont high school in 1960 […]
Phyllis M. Whiteley
May 10, 2020
Phyllis Whiteley died on May 10, 2020 at age 87 after a long illness. She was a life-long Wilmington resident and spent her summers in Dewey Beach. Prior to her retirement she was employed as an administrative secretary for the Brandywine and Wilmington public school districts. Phyllis was preceded in death by her husband, Robert […]
Samuel W. Campbell, Jr.
May 10, 2020
Samuel Wilson Campbell Jr., age 72, passed away peacefully May 10, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born June 28, 1947 in Wilmington, Delaware to parents Samuel and Ruth Campbell. Sam graduated from John Dickinson High School and received his degree from Spring Garden College in Philadelphia. Well known and respected in both his […]
Lee David Swatsworth
May 7, 2020
Lee David Swatsworth, 58, of Georgetown passed peacefully from this life into the next Thursday, May 7, 2020 at home after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born June 9, 1961 in Curwensville, Pennsylvania to the late Lee and Joyce Swatsworth. In addition to his parents Lee was preceded in death […]