Obituaries
Barbara Ann Blanchard
January 5, 2019
Barbara Ann Blanchard died peacefully at her home on January 5, 2019 at the age of 85. She was born and raised in Suffern, NY, daughter of Anthony and Ethel Kennedy, sister to Margaret and Joan. She resided in Wilmington, DE for over 60 years. An active volunteer all her life, Barbara gave generously of […]
James “Jimmi Fix” Lockwood
January 3, 2019
James “Jimmi Fix” Lockwood, aka Mr. Budweiser, age 58, of New Castle, DE, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed way on January 3, 2019. God called and he needed his bathroom remodeled and, in typical Jimmy fashion, he went with him. He was proud to serve his country in the United States Navy. He is preceded […]
Coleman Everett Bye, Jr.
January 1, 2019
Coleman Everett Bye, Jr., Age 89 of Wilmington, DE died Tuesday, January 1, 2019. He graduated St. Andrew’s School 1949 and University of Virginia 1953 Coley, a nickname that he acquired, was President of The Mercantile Press, Inc. He was the third generation in the family owned business. His hobbies included the history of the […]
Eric Barnett
December 28, 2018
Eric Barnett, age 55, of New Castle, passed away on Friday December 28, 2018. Eric was born, in Wilmington, DE. He attended Berklee College of Music and then went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree from NYU. Eric had a passion for music and loved playing the guitar. He was in several local […]
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 […]