Obituaries
Asha Rani
July 14, 2018
Asha Rani, age 78, passed away on July 14, 2018 at her home in Wilmington, Delaware.
Edward P. Frederick
July 14, 2018
Edward (“Ed”) Pyle Frederick, age 92, of Wilmington, DE passed away surrounded by loved ones on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at Seasons Hospice Inpatient Unit at Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware. Ed was born in Wilmington in 1926, son of the late Edward Maris Frederick and Marian Talley Frederick. Ed attended A. I. duPont High School […]
Charles Robert Gneiting, Sr.
July 12, 2018
Charles Robert Gneiting, Sr., age 88, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at the Manor Care Rehabilitation Center. Charles was born in Baltimore,Maryland, son of the late Eugene and Elizabeth Eberling Gneiting. Charles graduated from John Hopkins University and was a teacher with the Polytechnic Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. He was […]
Michele Gioffre Smith
July 11, 2018
Michele Gioffre Smith, 47, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away with loved ones by her side on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. She was a graduate of Archmere Academy 88’ and the University of Delaware 92’. Post college, Michele spent more than two decades working a succession of successful jobs in Washington DC, culminating in the White […]
John R. McAteer
July 11, 2018
John R. “Jack” McAteer, age 86, of Wilmington, Delaware died on July 11, 2018 at Compassionate Care Hospice in Wilmington. Jack attended Christ Our King Elementary School, Salesianum High School, and Neumann College. He worked as a Sales Manager for Instron Corporation until his retirement in 1989, when he and his wife Margaret “Peggy” started […]
Alison Kimball Bradford
July 11, 2018
Alison Kimball Bradford died July 11 after a fall and short illness. With her children Gigi and Phil by her side, she spent her final days watching Wimbledon tennis and rooting for her favorite players. Born in Wilmington in 1927, she attended Tower Hill School and graduated from Westover School and Sarah Lawrence College. In […]
Robert John Blocklinger
July 9, 2018
Robert John Blocklinger, age 86, died on July 9, 2018 in Wilmington, DE. Mr. Blocklinger, Bob, was born to Anna G. and Fredrick Blocklinger in Philadelphia, PA in November 1931. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Korean War. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and retired […]
Dorothy Brierley Wilson
July 9, 2018
Dorothy Brierley Wilson passed away peacefully at her home in Hockessin, Delaware at age 92 on July 9, 2018. Dorothy and her husband, Carl A. Wilson, celebrated their 70th anniversary on June 19, 2018 surrounded by family and friends. In addition to her husband, Dorothy is survived by her daughters, Cheryl Stoy, Lark Howard, and […]
Clara A. Santagata
July 3, 2018
Clara A. Santagata, 91, of Wilmington, DE, passed away at home on July 3, 2018 with her daughter by her side. Clara attended Wilmington High School. In later years she attended the University of Delaware Academy of Life Long Learning. Clara started working at the age of 16 at the Gentile Beauty Salon. She was […]
Roberta Chance Conrad
July 3, 2018
Roberta Chance Conrad, 95, quietly left this life Tuesday, July 3, in Wilmington, the city she had called home since 1977. Born in 1923 in Matthewstown, MD, to Charles A. and Frances Knotts Chance, this farmer’s daughter could scarcely imagine she would be a world traveler someday. Before her Easton High School graduation in 1939, […]