Obituaries
David and Ditty McMillan
May 9, 2018
Margaret (Ditty) Steinbring McMillan (90) passed away on May 9, 2018, followed four days later by her husband, David McMillan (91), who died on Mother’s Day. They were long-time residents of Delaware, but also resided in Earleville, MD and West Grove, PA. Mr. McMillan was the son of the late J. Gordon McMillan and Miriam […]
Marianne Louise Delia
May 6, 2018
Marianne Louise Delia passed away quietly at home in her sleep on May 6, 2018 surrounded by her children. She was 83 years old. Marianne was born in Summit, New Jersey in 1934, the daughter of Ross Delia and Anna Russo Delia. Marianne grew up in nearby New Providence. She attended St. Teresa’s School in […]
Allan Walt Duncan
May 5, 2018
Allan Walt Duncan, age 51, of Bear, DE, passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Allan was born in 1966 in Louisville, KY, and was the son of the late Walter and Faye Wilson Duncan. He graduated from Christiana High School and Hodgson Vocational Technical High School where he studied auto-body and diesel mechanics. […]
Helen Heatwole Gregory
May 3, 2018
Helen Heatwole Gregory, 93, celebrated her new birth eternal on May 3, 2018 surrounded by family at Compassionate Care Hospice, in Wilmington, DE. Born in Clifton Forge, VA, she lived most of her life in Nashville, TN, where she was a long-time and active member of First Lutheran Church. She and her husband moved to […]
Frank M. Dougherty
May 3, 2018
“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.” — George Bernard Shaw The Dougherty family mourns the loss of our patriarch, Frank Moore Dougherty, who died of natural causes, surrounded by family, at St. Francis Hospital on May 3, 2018 at the age of 92. Frank was born […]
John P. Jessup
May 1, 2018
John, age 70 of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on May 1, 2018 at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Wallace, Idaho on April 28, 1948, son of the late Paul and Mary (Ramstedt) Jessup. After spending his childhood in Bronxville, NY he attended the University of North Carolina on a […]
Virginia Z. Nack
April 30, 2018
Virginia Zwicker Nack, age 94, of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 30, 2018. Virginia was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1923, the daughter of the late Harvey James and Marie Katherine Molloy Zwicker. She married the late Edward J. Nack in 1943 and lived in Louisville, KY until they were relocated by […]
Paul Edward Maynard
April 30, 2018
Paul Edward Maynard, age 87, of Greenville, DE, passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, April 30, 2018. Born in Arlington, MA, Paul E. Maynard was the youngest son of the late Leodore E. and Alice A. (Mogé) Maynard. After graduating from Belmont High School in 1948, he moved to Acton, MA and worked […]
David L. Tucker
April 29, 2018
David Lindsay Tucker, “Dave”, 75, sailed off peacefully into the sunset in Wilmington, DE, on April 29, 2018. Dave was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 23, 1942, the son of the late Robert & Eleanor Tucker. He graduated from Upper Darby high school in 1960. He earned degrees from Paul Smith’s College […]
James LeRoy Everett
April 25, 2018
James LeRoy Everett, age 81, passed away peacefully on April 25, 2018, surrounded by family and friends. Jim was born in 1936 at Everetts Corner in Hartly, DE, to the late Edith C. and Roy D. Everett. He graduated from John Basset Moore High School, Smyrna, DE, in 1954, and joined the U.S. Air […]