Obituaries
Katherine A. Spitz
July 3, 2018
Katherine A. Spitz, age 97, died July 3, 2018 in her apartment at the Country House in Greenville, DE, with both her daughters at her side. Mrs. Spitz was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1921, the daughter of Frieda and Gustave Apel. She was a graduate of the Metropolitan Hospital School of Nursing in New […]
Jessica Grace Peirson
June 30, 2018
Jessica Grace Peirson, age 29, of Landenberg, PA, passed away suddenly at home on Saturday June 30, 2018. She was a graduate of Corpus Christi Elementary School, now All Saints Catholic School, and Avon Grove High School. Jessica worked at Dunkin Donuts in Avondale and West Chester, PA, Sub City in Newark, DE, and the […]
Joan Elinor Hookey
June 29, 2018
Joan Elinor Hookey, age 82, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2018 at ManorCare Health Services in Wilmington, DE with her loving children Steve, Larry and Susan by her side. Joan was born in June 1936 in Philadelphia to parents Matthew Nerch and Katherine O’Connor. She graduated from West Catholic Girls High School (Philadelphia) in […]
Homer W. Cronk
June 28, 2018
Homer Wayne Cronk, age 81, of Galveston, TX, formerly of Huxley, IA, passed away on June 28, 2018 at Seasons Hospice Inpatient Unit at Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE, after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Mr. Cronk graduated from Huxley High School and attended Iowa State University. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from […]
Herman J. DiLuchio
June 26, 2018
Herman J. DiLuchio left this life on June 26, 2018 while in the care of Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Hospital. He was a devoted Catholic which gave him peace during his struggle with congestive heart failure. Herman was born to the late Candida (Zelo) DiLuchio and Michael DiLuchio. He had one brother, the […]
Pamela Jean Eckenrode
June 23, 2018
Pamela Jean Eckenrode, age 65, of Lewes, Delaware and formerly of Catonsville, Maryland, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. Pamela was born in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania and graduated from Peters Township High School in 1971. She earned her BA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1975 studying […]
Robert A. “Butch” Ciccone
June 22, 2018
Robert Ciccone, known to friends and family as “Butch,” passed away on Friday, June 22, 2018 after a brief illness. Butch was a native of Claymont, Delaware, son of Edmund J. Ciccone and Gloria Johanna (Monti) Ciccone, and a graduate of Claymont High School, class of 1963. Upon graduation, Butch enlisted in the U.S Army […]
Jean Buckman Lewis
June 16, 2018
Jean Buckman Lewis, age 95, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on June 16, 2018. She was born in 1922 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Pre-deceased by her Mother Helen Buckman (Graham), her father Addison Buckman, her husband George Donald Lewis, and by her late life companion Edward McLean. Survived by her son Donald Graham Lewis (Jen […]
James Joseph Hildick
June 14, 2018
James Joseph Hildick, age 79, of Avondale, PA passed away peacefully on June14, 2018. Jim was born in 1939 to James and Margaret McHale Hildick. He was a graduate of St. James High School, class of 1957. Jim attended St. Joseph’s University and, after serving his country in the United States Army, graduated from PMC […]
David J. Sawdey
June 14, 2018
David J. Sawdey passed away on June 14, 2018. He was a beloved son to George and Frances (Raynor) Sawdey of Rochester, New York. He graduated from New York University and, after his Army service, joined Fairchild Publications in New York City. He traveled to Paris, France, with his young wife Janet to take up […]