Obituaries
Joseph W. Buxton
February 17, 2020
Joseph W. Buxton of Savage, MD died suddenly in a hiking accident in Hartford County, MD on February 17, 2020, at the age of 22. Born in Wilmington, DE, Joseph was home-schooled and attended the Charter School of Wilmington. After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Delaware in 2019 with a degree in […]
Edythe L. Rapkin
February 16, 2020
Edythe L. Rapkin, died of natural causes on Sunday February 16, 2020. She was born in 1918 to Samuel & Reba Levick. Edythe and her husband of 44 years, Lewis W. Rapkin, raised three boys, Leslie, Fredrick and Gordon. Edie was born, raised, and educated in Philadelphia. After attending the University of Pennsylvania, she attended […]
Mary K. Jett
February 16, 2020
Mary K. Jett, age 93, of Bear, Delaware died on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. She graduated from Frostburg University in 1948 and was employed as an elementary school teacher for 21 years in Maryland, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Mrs. Jett was predeceased by her husband, John B Jett, Sr. […]
Mary P. Lebet
February 15, 2020
Mary P. Lebet, age 91, of Ipswich, MA, formerly of Adelphi, MD and Sunnyvale, CA died on Saturday, February 15,th at her daughter’s home in Wilmington, DE. Mary was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx. While working for the New York City Auditor’s office during the day Mary attended Hunter […]
Margaret H. Johnson
February 14, 2020
Margaret H. Johnson, age 76, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away suddenly on February 14th, 2020. Margaret (sometimes known as Grandma Maggie, Maggie, Margie) was born and raised in Dover, Delaware. She attended Dover High School, and she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from the University of Delaware – where she became the first […]
Ashley Lauren Sterling
February 13, 2020
Ashley Lauren Sterling, 35, passed away at her home in Titusville, FL on Thursday, February 13, 2020 after a long struggle with neuromuscular disease and mitochondrial disorder. Born in 1984 in Wilmington, DE, she was the daughter of Elizabeth Ann Sterling (Slayton) and Henry E. Sterling III. Ashley was a spunky child, courageous, never gave […]
John E. Benzel, MD
February 13, 2020
Dr. John E. Benzel, age 86, of Greenville, DE, and formerly of Kiawah Island, SC, died on February 13, 2020 after a short illness. John was born in Milwaukee, WI to Charles F. and Janet Benzel, and moved to Wilmington, DE in the late 1930’s. He attended Friends School, then graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall […]
Jean Durgin Pyle
February 12, 2020
Jean Durgin Pyle, age 85, passed away at home on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. She was born and raised in Claymont, Delaware, graduated from Claymont High School in 1952, and the University of Delaware in 1956 with a degree in elementary education. Jean taught piano lessons for over 50 years, was treasurer of the Delaware […]
John Thomas Peters, D.V.M.
February 11, 2020
John Thomas Peters, D.V.M., a leading equine veterinarian and an Air Force veteran, died on February 11, 2020. Born in Howard County, Indiana in 1932, Dr. Peters was the son of Ralph and Thelma Peters. He graduated from Greentown High School and was on the high school basketball team that beat Kokomo High School […]
Joyce Hughes
February 11, 2020
Joyce Hughes, 75, of Wilmington, Delaware, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend passed away at home on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 after a courageous, seven month battle with brain cancer. Joyce was born in Wilmington, Delaware and lived the early part of her childhood in the “Pink House” on the Winterthur estate (now the The Inn at Montchanin […]