Obituaries
Doris E. Wright
December 27, 2018
Doris Eaton Wright, 94, a resident of Maris Grove, Glen Mills, PA, formerly of North Graylyn Crest, Wilmington, DE and the Belmont community, Garnet Valley, PA died on December 27, 2018 at home. She was born on May 15, 1924, in Richmond, Virginia to the late Elizabeth Pratt Eaton and Ralph Carlysle Eaton. She married […]
Suzanne C. Franck
December 26, 2018
Suzanne Cecilia (Taylor) Franck, 88, of Hockessin, died December 26, 2018, in the Compassionate Care hospice of St. Francis Hospital, Wilmington, after several weeks’ hospitalization for an acute illness. Born in Wilmington in 1930 to Kendall and Ann Terranova Taylor, Suzanne was raised by her mother and her grandparents, Angelo and Susannah Terranova, at Fourth […]
Ruth J. Hausheer
December 25, 2018
On Christmas Day, December 25th, 2018, Ruth J. Hausheer passed away at the age of 91. Born, in Brooklyn New York, to Elizabeth & Clinton P. Jones, Ruth was raised in Staten Island, New York and graduated from Chestnut Hill College with a BS in Sociology. Ruth married Richard C. Hausheer in 1951, and together […]
William J. Heaney, III
December 22, 2018
William Joseph Heaney III, age 90, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at his home. Bill was born in New York, the son of the late William J. Heaney, Jr. and Gertrude Burkhard Heaney. He graduated from Fordam Prep school and received his Master’s from Columbia University. He began his career […]
Dr. Emmett Smith Jacobs
December 21, 2018
Dr. Emmett Smith Jacobs of Wilmington, DE and recently of Maris Grove, Glen Mills, PA passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 21, 2018 at the age of 92. He was born March 17, 1926 in Selma, NC to Emma Smith and Charles Jacobs. Charles Jacobs ancestors were from the eight million German immigrants […]
The Rev. Canon Thomas Albert Kerr, Jr.
December 19, 2018
The Rev. Canon Thomas Albert Kerr, Jr. of Wilmington died in his sleep on December 19, 2018 at his home following a brave 13-year struggle with multiple myeloma. Tom was born in 1938 in New York City to Thomas A. and Jean Lewis Kerr and spent most of his youth in Jamesburg, New Jersey, with […]
LTG William Duncan, MD (DE NG Ret.)
December 19, 2018
LTG William Duncan, MD (DE NG Ret.), age 88, passed away on December 19, 2018. William Herbert Duncan was an exemplary physician, soldier, husband, and father. His dual careers informed each other and he demonstrated pioneering leadership in both. William was born in 1930 in Wilmington, DE to the late Colonel Silas Blake Irwin Duncan […]
Christine H. Frazer
December 14, 2018
Christine Hoover Frazer, age 95, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on December 14, 2018 Born in DuBois, PA in 1924 to the late Robert and Janet Jeffryes Hoover. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Syracuse University. Received Fellowship to the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and received her Master’s degree in […]
Elizabeth Traynham Vance Good
December 14, 2018
Elizabeth Traynham Vance Good passed away peacefully in Wilmington, Delaware on December 14, 2018, at the age of 92, surrounded by her loving family. She had experienced declining memory for many years but remained active and social until her last days. She was born in 1926 in Covington Virginia, where she spent her childhood. She […]