Obituaries
Elsie Mildred Middleton
March 18, 2018
Elsie Mildred Middleton, age of 87, of Cokesbury Village passed away on March 18, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Franklin and Elsie Hargan. She was the loving wife of the late Russell Middleton Sr. who passed away in 2014, sharing almost 62 years of marriage. Elsie enjoyed her life raising 4 children […]
G. Elizabeth Lauber
March 18, 2018
G. Elizabeth (Liz) Lauber, age 76 of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully following a sudden illness on March 18, 2018. Liz was the daughter of Edward and Gladys Kendall Fluharty. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold (Bud) Lauber. Liz was Music Director/organist, choir director at St Mark’s Lutheran Church in […]
Charles Anderson Pleasance
March 18, 2018
Charles “Charlie” Anderson Pleasance, 89, of Greenville, Delaware, died on March 18, 2018. Charlie was born in Cleveland, Ohio to the late George and Grace (Anderson) Pleasance. He graduated from Lakewood High School and went on to receive both a B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy at Brown University. He then returned to Cleveland where he […]
David Tristram Mage
March 15, 2018
David Tristram Mage, 81, of Newark, Delaware and formerly of New York, NY and Chapel Hill, NC passed away at home on March 15, 2018 surrounded by his family and dogs. Dr. Mage was a graduate of the High School of Music and Art in New York City; Columbia University, BS in Chemical Engineering, […]
Charles Leith Munson, Jr.
March 13, 2018
Charles Leith Munson, Jr., son of the late Dr. Charles Leith Munson and Florence Ely Munson, passed away peacefully at home on March 13, 2018, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Charley was born in Wilmington Delaware in 1938, He graduated from Tower Hill School, attended Duke University and the University of Delaware. He […]
John Michael Sereduke
March 11, 2018
John M. Sereduke, age 87, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 11, 2018. John was a self-employed artist and designer for over 40 years in his hometown of Wilmington, DE. Creativity poured out of him all his life. He influenced people through his art and, moreover, with his gentle, kind and generous spirit. John is survived […]
Thomas B. Lawlor
March 11, 2018
Thomas Bernard Lawlor, age 90, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Wilmington Hospital. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, he was the son of Lyndon Lawlor and Jule Coyle. He graduated from Yeadon High School in 1945, and earned a degree in business accounting from Temple University in 1949. In tenth grade he met his […]
Pauline Phillips
March 10, 2018
Pauline Phillips, age 97, of Wilmington, Delaware died on March 10, 2018. Pauline was born in Monemvasia, Greece and moved to the United States after she married her husband George in 1949. She worked as a dressmaker for dress shops in Wilmington including Jo Robinson, the McCaffery dress shop and the Fashion shop. She retired […]
Miriam C. Blackmer
March 9, 2018
Miriam C. Blackmer passed away peacefully in the early morning of March 9, 2018, after a long and fruitful life dedicated to her family, her church and her community. She never passed up an opportunity for service and there was always room for one more at her table. Even people who met Miriam after dementia […]
James Robert Bercaw
March 9, 2018
James Robert Bercaw, age 94, died peacefully on March 9, 2018 at Country House in Greenville, Delaware, where he and his wife had lived since 1994. He was born in1923 in Canton, Ohio, the son of the late Anne Morris and Henry D. Bercaw. While attending Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, Jim was […]