Obituaries
Robert John Blocklinger
July 9, 2018
Robert John Blocklinger, age 86, died on July 9, 2018 in Wilmington, DE. Mr. Blocklinger, Bob, was born to Anna G. and Fredrick Blocklinger in Philadelphia, PA in November 1931. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Korean War. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and retired […]
Dorothy Brierley Wilson
July 9, 2018
Dorothy Brierley Wilson passed away peacefully at her home in Hockessin, Delaware at age 92 on July 9, 2018. Dorothy and her husband, Carl A. Wilson, celebrated their 70th anniversary on June 19, 2018 surrounded by family and friends. In addition to her husband, Dorothy is survived by her daughters, Cheryl Stoy, Lark Howard, and […]
Clara A. Santagata
July 3, 2018
Clara A. Santagata, 91, of Wilmington, DE, passed away at home on July 3, 2018 with her daughter by her side. Clara attended Wilmington High School. In later years she attended the University of Delaware Academy of Life Long Learning. Clara started working at the age of 16 at the Gentile Beauty Salon. She was […]
Roberta Chance Conrad
July 3, 2018
Roberta Chance Conrad, 95, quietly left this life Tuesday, July 3, in Wilmington, the city she had called home since 1977. Born in 1923 in Matthewstown, MD, to Charles A. and Frances Knotts Chance, this farmer’s daughter could scarcely imagine she would be a world traveler someday. Before her Easton High School graduation in 1939, […]
Katherine A. Spitz
July 3, 2018
Katherine A. Spitz, age 97, died July 3, 2018 in her apartment at the Country House in Greenville, DE, with both her daughters at her side. Mrs. Spitz was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1921, the daughter of Frieda and Gustave Apel. She was a graduate of the Metropolitan Hospital School of Nursing in New […]
Jessica Grace Peirson
June 30, 2018
Jessica Grace Peirson, age 29, of Landenberg, PA, passed away suddenly at home on Saturday June 30, 2018. She was a graduate of Corpus Christi Elementary School, now All Saints Catholic School, and Avon Grove High School. Jessica worked at Dunkin Donuts in Avondale and West Chester, PA, Sub City in Newark, DE, and the […]
Joan Elinor Hookey
June 29, 2018
Joan Elinor Hookey, age 82, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2018 at ManorCare Health Services in Wilmington, DE with her loving children Steve, Larry and Susan by her side. Joan was born in June 1936 in Philadelphia to parents Matthew Nerch and Katherine O’Connor. She graduated from West Catholic Girls High School (Philadelphia) in […]
Homer W. Cronk
June 28, 2018
Homer Wayne Cronk, age 81, of Galveston, TX, formerly of Huxley, IA, passed away on June 28, 2018 at Seasons Hospice Inpatient Unit at Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE, after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Mr. Cronk graduated from Huxley High School and attended Iowa State University. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from […]
Herman J. DiLuchio
June 26, 2018
Herman J. DiLuchio left this life on June 26, 2018 while in the care of Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Hospital. He was a devoted Catholic which gave him peace during his struggle with congestive heart failure. Herman was born to the late Candida (Zelo) DiLuchio and Michael DiLuchio. He had one brother, the […]
Pamela Jean Eckenrode
June 23, 2018
Pamela Jean Eckenrode, age 65, of Lewes, Delaware and formerly of Catonsville, Maryland, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. Pamela was born in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania and graduated from Peters Township High School in 1971. She earned her BA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1975 studying […]