Obituaries
Joseph S. Rosano
November 25, 2017
Joseph S. Rosano, 94 of Wilmington Delaware, and formerly of Philadelphia, PA and the Bronx, NY, died at Foulk Manor North on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Born and raised in the Bronx, Joseph proudly served his country as a Rifleman in the Army in WWII. Joseph fought in Italy at Anzio and at Monte Cassino, […]
William “Bill” R. Schmitz
November 24, 2017
William “Bill” R. Schmitz, age 93, of Wilmington, died on Nov. 24, 2017 at the Country House, having lived there for 13 years. Born in Percy, Illinois, William R. Schmitz (known as Bill) was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1944 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and received his Doctor […]
Eleanor Messick Tyson
November 24, 2017
Eleanor Messick Tyson died November 24, 2017 just shy of her 95th birthday. She was with her family when she passed peacefully. Born in Seaford, she was a proud lifelong resident of Delaware. She worked for many years as school secretary/counselor for the A.I. duPont School District. During her retirement years, she was an active […]
Geraldine Marie Tomlinson
November 24, 2017
Geraldine Marie Tomlinson (Cloud), age 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 24, 2017. Born in Wilmington, Gerry was a resident of Wilmington until moving to Michigan in 2016. Gerry was the daughter of William H. Cloud, Sr. and Helen Johnson Cloud. She graduated from P.S. DuPont High School. She enjoyed teaching nursery school at Peninsula-McCabe […]
Walter T. Moore
November 24, 2017
Walter T. Moore, age 72 of Delaware City passed away peacefully on Friday Nov. 24 after battling leukemia for almost 2 years. Walter was a sheet metal worker at Local 19. He owned and operated C & M Fuel Oil and he managed Pockets Liquor Store and T.G. Mugs Bar. Recently he drove a cab. […]
Jane Rumsey Voigt
November 23, 2017
Obituary for Jane Voigt November 2017 Jane Rumsey Voigt, age 93, died peaceably on Thanksgiving evening, Nov. 23, at the Methodist Country House in Greenville, Delaware, where she was under hospice care. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on March 30, 1924, she was the daughter of Jaques Stryker of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Florence Bliss of Tarrytown, […]
Mathilda Martha “Til” Lorenz
November 23, 2017
On Thanksgiving evening, November 23, 2017, Mathilda Martha “Til” Lorenz, age 84, passed away peacefully. Her final days were spent surrounded by her loving family. Born in the Ridgewood section of New York City in 1933, Til was the sixth child born to Ellis Island immigrants Edward and Pauline (Preiss) Schirmer. A bright student, […]
Jasper “Jack” Elwood Cole
November 21, 2017
Jasper “Jack” Elwood Cole, 92, of Newark, Delaware and formerly of Lexington, Kentucky, died at Christiana Hospital on November 21, 2017. Born and raised in Kentucky, Jack earned his Master’s degree from the University of Kentucky. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He […]
Mary Anne DiSabatino Leiter Fink
November 20, 2017
Mary Anne Fink 67, of Conway, SC and formerly of Forest Hill, MD and Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 20, 2017. She was one of four children of Anthony P. and Mary C. (Doyle) DiSabatino. Mary Anne was a graduate of Ursuline Academy and Marywood College. She was an active member of […]
Dewey A. Nelson, MD
November 19, 2017
Dewey A. Nelson, MD died peacefully on November 19, 2017 at Landis Homes retirement community in Lititz, PA. Dewey was fortunate and blessed to have lived a long and fulfilling life. Dewey was born in Eldorado, Arkansas and grew up in Bunkie, Louisiana, the son of an ESSO pipeline foreman. His passion for medicine was […]