Obituaries
Leeann L. Netzer
January 1, 2020
Leeann L. Netzer, age 69, of Wilmington, DE, formerly of White Pine, MI, passed away on January 1, 2020. She graduated from White Pine High School and attended Gogebic Community College. One of her favorite jobs was as the girls’ tennis coach at Tower Hill High School from 2009 to 2015, during which time the […]
Janet Snelling Rucker
December 31, 2019
Janet Snelling Rucker, age 87 of Wilmington, passed away on Tuesday the 31st of December 2019 at home surrounded by her loving family. Jan was born in Macon, Georgia in July 1932. A true Georgia Peach, she lived and loved Wilmington. Jan was strong lady and a fighter with the heart of a lion but […]
Vera P. Corradi
December 30, 2019
Vera P. Corradi, age 80, passed away suddenly on Monday, December 30, 2019. Born in Charleston, SC, Vera was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Emily Pinckney. Vera is predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Peter R. Corradi. She worked as a bank teller, helping put Peter through college and then spent her […]
Elizabeth P. VanLeeuwen
December 25, 2019
Elizabeth Pearce Van Leeuwen, age 93, died on December 25, 2019, at her residence in Cokesbury Village. She was the daughter of the late Frances Patterson and Thomas White Pearce of Greenville, DE. Mrs. Van Leeuwen was a graduate of Tower Hill School and attended Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. She was a member of […]
Pauline C. McPheeters
December 25, 2019
Pauline Chenery McPheeters (nee Howes), age 92, died peacefully on December 25, 2019 at Foulk Manor North in North Wilmington, DE. Polly was born in Swampscott, MA to Paul and Florence Drake Howes. Polly attended Oberlin College in Ohio for one year and Boston University for one year prior to entering the work force as […]
John Mark Simpson
December 24, 2019
John Mark Simpson passed away on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2019. He was born in Palmerton, PA, the son of John and Ethel (Majercsik) Symanovich. He was a graduate of Palmerton High School and Dickerson College, and he received an MBA from Fordham University. John had a long career in banking. He worked in Philadelphia […]
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 […]