Obituaries
Raman Balan Rajan
September 5, 2019
Mr. Raman Balan Rajan was born to the late P.K. Raman Pillai and Mrs. Padmakshi Amma on January 8, 1938 in Poothra House, Pullangudy, Kerala. He was the eldest of five children; Mrs. Radha Nair, Mrs. Ammani Nair, Mr. Appukuttan Nair, and Lieutenant Colonel R.P.S. Nair. He came to the United States in March of […]
Patrick “Pat” D. Ziesing
September 5, 2019
Patrick “Pat” D. Ziesing, 37, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2019 in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was born in 1982 and lived most of this life. Pat will be remembered for his kind and gentle disposition, sense of humor, and compassion and respect for others. He enjoyed time at the beach and holidays with […]
Jane H. Frelick
September 4, 2019
Jane Frelick, née Jane Owen Hayden, age 99, wife of the late Robert Frelick, M.D., died on September 4, 2019 at the Lorelton in Wilmington, Delaware. Born in Chicopee, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Oliver Mills Hayden and Dorothy Lucille Clark Hayden. The family moved to Delaware in 1926. As a 1937 […]
Katherine E. Hoopes
September 3, 2019
Katherine Ehrensberger Hoopes died September 3rd at her home in Greenville, DE with members of her family present after a two and a half year struggle with ovarian cancer. She is survived by her husband of 25 years David Macmillan Hoopes, her sister and brother-in-law Jane and Dick Wattis of Easton, MD, four step-daughters Helen […]
John “Jack” R. Harrison
September 2, 2019
John “Jack” Raymond Harrison, who was born and raised in Yorklyn, DE, passed away at his home on Monday, September 2, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. Born on November 18, 1924 in the “Upper Row” of Yorklyn, he was the son of the late Thomas Harrison and Ella Parke Harrison. Jack was an avid […]
Dr. James F. Weiher, Ph.D.
August 29, 2019
James Frederick Weiher was born in Waverly, Iowa – the only child of Frederick and Marian Gehring Weiher. He died suddenly on August 29, 2019 at the age of 86. He grew up in Iowa graduating from Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Jim received his B. A. in 1955 from Carlton College, […]
Frances Cone Kirkpatrick
August 27, 2019
Frances Cone Kirkpatrick, passed away peacefully at age 91, at Stonegates in Greenville. Born June 21, 1928 (she always proudly declared she was born on the longest day of the year and the first day of summer) in Savannah, Georgia to Gladys Cassells Cone and Carlton Cone, Fran grew up in Tampa, Florida. She and […]
Frederic (Fred) D. Stearns
August 26, 2019
Frederic (Fred) D. Stearns, age 85, of Newark, DE passed away peacefully at home on August 26, 2019. Born 1934 in Springfield, MA to the late Donald A. Stearns and mother, M. Winnifred Stearns. Fred graduated from Springfield Classical High School, then attended the New England School of Art and Design in Boston and later […]
John Richard Harvey
August 25, 2019
John R. Harvey, age 84, of Little Falls Village, Wilmington, DE, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed peacefully at his home, surrounded by his loving family, on August 25, 2019. Son of Pauline and John William Harvey (both educators), John graduated from Savannah High School (where his mother was one of his teachers) in […]