Obituaries
David P. Roser
September 16, 2025
David P. Roser, age 83, of Hockessin, DE, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. David attended Sandford School (Sunny Hill) where he rode his beloved horse, Natalie, to and from every day. Over the years, David worked in many professions including farming, mushroom growing, working for Malin Plumbing, Delaware Power and Light, and […]
David Howard Nixon
September 15, 2025
It is with great sadness that we announce David Howard Nixon, age 74, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2025, at Rockland Place after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. A long-time Wilmington resident, David was born in Kansas but raised in Auburn and Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey. David attended Oldsmans Township Grammar School […]
Daniel F. Murray
September 11, 2025
Daniel F. Murray, 78, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2025. Daniel was a graduate of John Dickinson High School in Wilmington before attending Wilmington College. Following graduation, Daniel worked as an auto mechanic for many years. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Noreen Murray; his son, Christopher Jason Murray; and […]
Nancy Daddow Gemmell
September 10, 2025
Nancy Daddow Gemmell, age 92, of Wilmington, DE passed away on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. A lifelong resident of Wilmington, DE., Nancy was born in 1933 to the late Dr. Wilbur and Grace Daddow. Her husband of 44 years, Dr. Gordon D. Gemmell died in 2002. She is survived by her daughter Kathryn Preston (Brian), […]
George Leyburn Miller
September 10, 2025
George Leyburn Miller, 83, died peacefully at home in Newark, Delaware, after a life well spent on September 10, 2025. His career as gifted mentor, teacher, and scholar in historical archaeology and ceramics and glass is summarized in a Society for Historical Archaeology article on his 2012 Harrington award https://secure-sha.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/46-2-1-Harrington.pdf. Applying potters’ terms for nineteenth-century […]
Peter “Pete” Kung Hsing Lee
September 10, 2025
Peter “Pete” Kung Hsing Lee, 92, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on September 10, 2025, surrounded by his family. Born in Shanghai, China, Pete came to the United States in 1951 to pursue his education. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1955 graduating […]
Eileen Polini
September 8, 2025
Eileen (McKeon) Polini passed away peacefully on September 8, 2025, surrounded by her loving family and dear friends. Born in 1942, in Chester, PA, to the late Michael and Nora (Foy) McKeon, Eileen was the third of four children: John, Kathleen, and Patricia. Eileen grew up in Eddystone, PA, attended Notre Dame Catholic Girls’ High […]
Francis Anthony (Tony) Vogelsberg
September 6, 2025
Francis Anthony (Tony) Vogelsberg died at the age of 92 on September 6, 2025. Born in Faribault, MN, Tony graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1956 with a Chemical Engineering degree and immediately began a long and fulfilling career with DuPont where he worked for over four decades. Upon retiring from DuPont in 1996 […]
Claire Devine Coggins
September 5, 2025
Claire Devine Coggins, 93, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2025, with her husband of nearly 70 years, Pat, by her side. For seven decades, they shared a life of deep love and devotion — partners, companions, and best friends — traveling the world, ballroom dancing well into their 80s, and filling their home with […]
John F. Fulgoney
September 3, 2025
John Francis Fulgoney, age 79, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. Born in Patcham, England, John attended York University before moving to the U.S. He received a PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School. After retiring, he taught […]