Obituaries
E. Michael Donahue
May 27, 2018
E. Michael Donahue, age 77, of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at the Kentmere Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Michael was born and raised in Wilmington, son of the late Charles and Mary Kelleher Donahue. He graduated from Christ Our King Grade School and Salesianum High School. He was retired […]
H. John “Jack” Michel, Jr.
May 26, 2018
H. John “Jack” Michel, Jr., age 71, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at his farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Jack was a leading securities, mergers and acquisitions lawyer in the Philadelphia office of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP for 33 years. Throughout his long career at Drinker, Jack also had a number of […]
James Leeland Patton
May 26, 2018
James Leeland Patton, age 86, of Wilmington, DE, died Saturday, May 26, 2018. He was born in 1932 in Mt. Vernon, OH, the son of the late Harold Smith Patton and Beatrice Sloan Patton. Jim graduated from the University of Tennessee with a master’s degree in chemical engineering in 1954. He was immediately hired by […]
Ralph S. Graff
May 25, 2018
Ralph Sylvester Graff, age 94, of Hockessin, Delaware passed away on May 25, 2018 at Heartland Hospice in Wilmington, Delaware. Ralph as born in 1923 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to the late Sylvester and Viola (nee McGuire) Graff. In 1941, he graduated from Johnstown High School as valedictorian. In 1947, he obtained his bachelor of science […]
Clarke W. Slade, Jr.
May 23, 2018
Clarke Winship Slade, Jr., age 87 of Wilmington, Delaware died on May 23, 2018 after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Clarke W. Slade and Camille Irvine Slade. Raised in Bethesda and Sandy Spring, Maryland, Mr. Slade graduated from his parents’ school, The Slade School, from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts and […]
Walter F. Diksa
May 23, 2018
Walter F. Diksa, 94, of Wilmington, DE and formerly of Hazleton, PA died on May 23, 2018. Walter was a graduate of Penn State University. He retired from the Finance Division of the DuPont Co. in 1985 with 38 years of dedicated service. He was an avid fan of the Phillies, Eagles and Penn State […]
Erin Lawes
May 18, 2018
Erin Lawes, age 55, of Wilmington, Delaware, died peacefully in her sleep on May 18, 2018, at home. She graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1980. Erin worked at various jobs in retail until she found her calling at Bookland, where she stayed for many years, recommending books for children and their parents. […]
Nancy Lynn Wallace
May 18, 2018
Nancy Lynn Wallace, age 67, of Wilmington, DE, passed away at her home on May 18, 2018. She was a graduate of McKean High School. Nancy worked as a Chef at the Farmhouse in Wilmington for 22 years and at Lettie’s Kitchen in Hockessin for 7 years. Survived by her brother James H. Wallace, a […]
Debra Lynn Aulisa
May 17, 2018
Debra Lynn Aulisa, age 60, of Wilmington Delaware passed away peacefully with her husband at her side on May 17, 2018. Debbie was a graduate of Claymont High School class of 1976. She graduated from Goldey- Beacom College in 1978 and married her high school sweet heart Jerry Aulisa in May of 1982. She worked […]
Eleanor Charlotte Ayrault
May 17, 2018
Eleanor Charlotte Ayrault, age 97, of Wilmington, DE, formerly of Berkley Heights, NJ, passed away on Thursday May 17, 2018 at Seasons Hospice in Christiana Hospital. She was a graduate of South Orange High School. Eleanor received her Associates of Arts degree at a local New Jersey business college. She worked on an assembly line […]