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Obituaries


Helen Lloyd Kitchel Gawthrop

January 26, 2018

Helen Lloyd Kitchel Gawthrop, 95, of Hockessin, Delaware, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 at Cokesbury Village. Mrs. Gawthrop was born in 1922 in Babylon, New York, daughter of Lloyd Kitchel and Helen Renwick Weeks Kitchel. She graduated from Tower Hill School in 1940 and attended Bennett Junior College. She loved gardening and was […]

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Marie T. Giovino

Marie T. Giovino

January 26, 2018

Marie T. Giovino, age 79, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully in her sleep after a long illness. Born in 1938 in Helper, Utah to Rose Bianco Montoro and Joseph Montoro. Marie graduated with honors from high school in 1956 and went on to attend Stevens-Henager Business College. In 1958, Marie married Bernie Giovino in […]

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Jean Lee Meidling

Jean Lee Meidling

January 25, 2018

Jean Lee Meidling, age 89, of Glen Mills, PA, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed away on January 25, 2018 in Rose Court at Maris Grove. She was born in Baltimore, MD and graduated from Clara Barton High School in Baltimore. She also had vocal training at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. In addition to being […]

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Melissa Joan “Missy” Regelin-Sweetman

Melissa Joan “Missy” Regelin-Sweetman

January 23, 2018

 Melissa Joan Regelin-Sweetman, age 45, of Bridgeville, Delaware, formerly of Calvert County, Maryland died on Tuesday January 23, 2018 at the Heartland Hospice House in Wilmington Delaware. Known as “Missy” to her family she was a gentle soul who faced illness with an inner strength most will never know. Missy was born to Lawrence and […]

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Dana Johnson Gil

Dana Johnson Gil

January 22, 2018

Dana Johnson Gil, age 39, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully at home on January 22, 2018. A graduate of Newark High School, Dana was a lifelong resident of Delaware. As a young woman, she cut a fine figure on horseback. She enjoyed retail selling at Gore Outdoor and le Papillon and various other stores […]

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Marion “Mimi” Reynolds Baxter ( The Marzo Family )

Marion “Mimi” Reynolds Baxter ( The Marzo Family )

January 21, 2018

Marion “Mimi” Baxter, age 86, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 21st, 2018 surrounded by her family. Mimi was born in Brooklyn, NY, the oldest child and only daughter of John Brady and Marion Reynolds Baxter. She was raised in Garden City, NY, and had five younger brothers. She received a BA […]

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Frederick W. Henry

Frederick W. Henry

January 21, 2018

Mr. Henry, a native of New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, graduated from Ohio State University in 1949 with a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences.  In 1967, he received an MBA from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan after having attended Case Western Reserve University.  He joined the Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1949 as a pharmaceutical sales […]

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Theresa Zynel Kelly

Theresa Zynel Kelly

January 21, 2018

Theresa Zynel Kelly, 90, of Newark, died peacefully at home on Sunday, January 21, 2018 and is now reunited with her beloved husband of 67years. Theresa grew up in Shenandoah, PA, married her sweetheart Tom, before moving to Delaware where she eventually settled in Newark to raise her family. She was a devoted wife and […]

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Jerry R. Forrester

January 20, 2018

Jerry R. Forrester, 70, of Hockessin, DE passed away at Christiana Hospital on January 20, 2018. He was a U.S. Marine during the Vietnam War and worked for E. Hollingsworth for many years. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Frances Forrester, and brothers Willard and Wallace Forrester. Jerry is survived by his fiancé Alice McGraw, […]

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Mary E. Anagnostou

Mary E. Anagnostou

January 19, 2018

After a brief, but swift illness, Mary Anagnostou passed peacefully to sleep on January 19, 2018, at her home in Wilmington, Delaware surrounded by her family and pets. Mary was born in 1933 in the Pocono Mountains in the town of Lehighton, Pennsylvania to George and Anna Kobal. In the summer of 1951, Mary met […]

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