Obituaries
Velva R. Lawson
April 9, 2019
Velva R. Lawson (nee Jordin), age 95, of Claymont, Delaware, passed peacefully with her loving family by her side on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Velva was born on April 19, 1923, an only child of the late Helen Armstrong. She has been reunited with her husband, Paul Lawson, with whom she shared 49 years of […]
Betty W. Moore
April 9, 2019
Betty Wheaton Moore, age 84, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away on April 9, 2019 at Wilmington Hospital. Betty was born in 1934 and grew up in Potterville in northeastern Pennsylvania with three siblings on her parents’ (Merton and Margaret Wheaton) dairy farm. Betty was a graduate of LeRaysville High School in 1952. She was employed […]
Eleanor Soltroff Juliano
April 7, 2019
Eleanor Soltroff Juliano, age 77, passed away on April 7, 2019, Glen Mills, PA. Eleanor was born in 1942 in Philadelphia and worked as a nurse before becoming a dedicated wife to Joseph Juliano (who preceded her in death) and mother to their three sons. She is survived by her sons Robert (Donna) […]
Mavis Ann Brandi Syfrit
April 5, 2019
Mavis Ann Brandi Syfrit, known to friends as “Brandi,” was born in Westover Endicott, New York, and passed away on April 5, 2019, in Wilmington, Delaware. Brandi graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, and attended graduate school at Bryn Mawr College, graduating with Master’s Degrees in law and social […]
Benjamin R. Bundens
April 4, 2019
Benjamin R Bundens, 78, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully early in the morning of April 4, 2019. Ben was a retired electrical engineer, who worked his entire career for the DuPont Company at locations that included Nashville, TN; Wilmington, NC; Aiken, SC and Wilmington, DE. He was an avid fisherman, tinkerer and grandfather. He […]
Joan F. Ward
April 4, 2019
Our beloved wife and mother, Joan, peacefully left our world on Thursday April 4, 2019. She will be happily remembered and dearly be missed by all who were graced by her acquaintance. Joan, who was affectionately known as “Little Cruiser,” was a wonderful mother and homemaker; she earned her nickname as she cruised around the […]
Marlene S. Runté
April 4, 2019
Marlene S. Runté, age 83, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 4, 2019 after a very short illness. In the few days prior to her passing, she was surrounded by her friends and close family and her room was filled with shared stories, memories, smiles and laughter. Born in New York City in 1936 to […]
David Franson
April 3, 2019
David Franson, age 72, passed away on April 3, 2019. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Gale Franson. Dave and Gale were married for 38 years before Gale passed away. Their story was one of the greatest love stories ever told and his family is rejoicing that they are together again for […]
Jeanne Pascal
April 2, 2019
Jeanne Pascal, of Wilmington, DE, passed away at home at the age of 88. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, she lived in Greensburg, PA before attending the Oberlin College Conservatory of music in Oberlin, OH. At Oberlin she earned a Bachelor of Music in piano performance and a Master of Music in piano performance and […]
Doris E. Zolper
April 1, 2019
Doris E. Zolper of New Castle, DE, died on Monday, April 1, 2019. She was born in Reading, PA in 1929 and raised in Woodbury, NJ from 1936. Mrs. Zolper, who preferred to be called Deb, married the year she received her RN degree from Memorial Hospital in 1952. After residing in Evanston, IL and […]