Obituaries
Richard J. Scukas
January 14, 2018
Richard Joseph Scukas, age 89, died at home in Maris Grove, Glen Mills PA on Sunday, January 14, 2018. Richard was born 1928 in Frankfort, New York, to Vincenta and Napoleon Scukas, he graduated from Union College and served in the Navy, first as a Flying Midshipman and later in the Reserves as a Naval […]
Jean Fischer Winch
January 13, 2018
Jean Fischer Winch, of Kennett Square, PA, returned to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Crosslands Life Plan Community, surrounded by family. Born on September 29, 1925 to Winifred and Charles Fischer of Swarthmore, PA, she attended Swarthmore public schools and Swarthmore College. On December 29, 1945, she married Raymond Frank […]
Julia Broadway
January 12, 2018
Julia Broadway, age 95, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on Friday, January 12, 2018. She was born in Chicago, IL, daughter of the late William and Ella McDonald. Julia moved to Delaware when her husband Robert was relocated to Wilmington. Julia was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of […]
Charles Harrington Taylor
January 12, 2018
Charles Harrington Taylor passed away peacefully on January 12, 2018. Charlie was born in 1948 in Wilmington, DE. His parents were the Honorable Clarence W. Taylor and Janet Grubb Taylor. Charlie attended P.S DuPont High School and the University of Delaware. From 1979 to 1999, he happily lived on the ocean just south of Dewey […]
Edith Clement
January 11, 2018
Edith (Picciotto) Clement went home to be with our Lord on Thursday, January 11, 2018. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Carmelo and Caterina (Arigo) Picciotto. Edith graduated from Everett High School and Northeastern University. Her career took many paths finally ending as an Office Manager and Advisory Assistant in the Financial […]
Maureen Rose McMahon Seiler
January 11, 2018
Maureen Rose McMahon Seiler, age 73, of Hockessin, DE, passed away peacefully on Thursday January 11, 2018 in Christiana Hospital surrounded by her family and best friends. Maureen was born in 1944 in Queens, NY to John and Kathleen McMahon and was the youngest of four children. She graduated from the Bellevue School of Nursing […]
Arlene Mae Bjornson
January 11, 2018
Arlene Mae (Jones) Bjornson, died on January 11, 2018. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, the middle child of Willis J. and Elizabeth Jones, Arlene majored in art at the U. of Wisconsin where she met and married August Svein Bjornson. She stopped her studies to work and support her husband as he pursued a PhD. She […]
Barbara Covey (Grubb) Angell
January 10, 2018
Barbara Covey Angell (Grubb), age 93, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away peacefully on January 10, 2018 with her loving family by her side. She was born on June 12, 1924 to the late Frank Arnold Grubb and Mildred Tinsman Grubb. She had been a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church for over 60 years. Barbara […]
Helen Frances Pierson Houchin
January 10, 2018
Helen Frances Pierson Houchin, a long time resident of Hockessin, Delaware, made her transition on January 10, 2018. She was in her home, happy and healthy, with some of her family by her side, anticipating celebrating her birthday in a few days. Helen was born in Marshallton, Delaware in 1921, on the Klair family farm, […]
Vida Ruppe
January 9, 2018
Vida Beard Ruppe, of Wilmington and Dorset VT; born in 1930 in Boston MA, the daughter of David Fleming Beard and Margaret Cook Beard; died January 9, 2018 in Wilmington after a long illness. She lived in the New York City area and went to the Edgemont School in Scarsdale until 1944 when her family […]