Obituaries
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 […]
Ronald Paul Johnston
December 19, 2019
Ron Johnston passed away at home with his family in December 2019. He was 82. Ron was a lifelong Delaware resident. He was born in 1937 and attended William Penn high school. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army, where he served for four years as an electrician in the Army Corps of Engineers in […]
Carol C. Van Loon
December 19, 2019
Carol C. Van Loon (Cann), age 64 of West Grove, PA, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed away on December 19, 2019. Carol graduated from Tatnall School and attended the University of Florida. She was a former preschool teacher, a wonderful homemaker and a very devoted mother to her son. Carol loved cooking and reminiscing about […]