Obituaries
Rufus King Bayard
October 20, 2018
Rufus King Bayard, 73 years old, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully Saturday October 20, 2018. He was a real estate investor, owning property in the city where he was raised. He enjoyed being his own manager and found great satisfaction doing many of the maintenance jobs. If he could do it himself, he would. […]
Mahalaxmi R. Modi
October 19, 2018
Mrs. Mahalaxmi R. Modi passed away on Friday October 19, 2018 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.
Helen Zecca
October 18, 2018
Helen Zecca, age 96, of Wilmington Delaware, formerly of Doylestown Pennsylvania, died on October 14, 2018 at Sunrise of Wilmington. Helen graduated from the Bushwick School of Nursing and earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing education from New York University. She had credits towards a master’s degree from Columbia University. She worked as a Registered […]
Terrence James Conway
October 18, 2018
With God’s grace and courage, Terry wrote the last chapter of this life’s story on October 18, 2018 after a year long battle with cancer. Born in 1950 to the late Paul and Mary Conway, Terry graduated from the University of South Florida and spent his career in the communications field. A talented story teller, […]
Shirley Edith Rees
October 17, 2018
Shirley Rees, age 86, passed away on October 17, 2018 after a short illness. Shirley was born in Montreal, Quebec to Frederick and Edith (Yungblut) Guseck of Dorval, Quebec, both originally from Germany. In 1958 she immigrated to the US from Shawinigan Falls, Quebec with her new husband Richard, who had emigrated from Wales to […]
Blaine R. Wilkinson
October 17, 2018
Blaine R. Wilkinson, age 82 passed away October 17, 2018 in Alexandria, VA. He is survived by sister-in-law, Marguerite V. Teti of Wayne, PA, his caregiver Sara Sandigan and cousins in the Philadelphia area. He is predeceased by his wife, Loretta T. Wilkinson. Blaine attended Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne, PA and […]
Shirley Edith (Guseck) Rees
October 17, 2018
Shirley Rees, age 86, passed away on October 17, 2018 after a short illness. Shirley was born in Montreal, Quebec to Frederick and Edith (Yungblut) Guseck of Dorval, Quebec, both originally from Germany. In 1958 she immigrated to the US from Shawinigan Falls, Quebec with her new husband Richard, who had emigrated from Wales to […]
Elsie Rebecca Gehron
October 15, 2018
Elsie R. Gehron, age 88, of West Grove, PA and formerly of Peach Bottom, PA, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2018 in Newark, DE. Elsie was born in Drumore, PA, the daughter of the late John and Helen Good Gehron. She spent most of her years growing up in Lancaster County, PA. She worked […]
Frederick John Carspecken
October 14, 2018
Frederick John Carspecken, founder of Delaware’s preeminent art gallery, Carspecken-Scott, died suddenly in his home after a long illness on October 14, 2018. He was born on September 29, 1946, in St. Louis, Missouri to Harold Hutson Carspecken and Charlotte Elizabeth, his artist mother. He often recounted fond memories of his parents taking him to […]
Marilyn Ruth Marner Emmert
October 12, 2018
Marilyn Ruth Marner Emmert, age 87, of Greenville, DE, passed away on October 12 after an extended illness. Born in 1930 in Iowa City, IA to the late Ray E. and Mildred Grace Means Marner, she grew up on farms near Iowa City. Her education began in a one-room schoolhouse for grades 1-8, later graduating […]