Obituaries
Helen Irene Rapp
November 17, 2017
Helen Irene Rapp neé Vetter, widow of George G. Rapp, aged 96, of Broomall PA, died on Thursday Nov. 16 2017 at Bryn Mawr Hospital. She graduated from Kensington High School. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Helen worked as an X-ray tech, then Draft Woman for GE where she met her husband of 57 years, […]
Diane Judge
November 15, 2017
Diane Judge passed away on November 15, 2017 at the age of 52 after a long fought illness. She passed away at home surrounded by her adoring family. Diane was the loving wife of Douglas for 25 years and the devoted mother of Matthew, Kiera and Katie. There will be a visitation at the […]
Ioanna (Joan) Ganiaris
November 15, 2017
After a brief illness, Joan Ganiaris, age 85, passed away peacefully at her home on November 15, 2017 surrounded by her daughters. Joan was born in Kyparissia, Greece in 1932, one of three children. She often spoke of that beautiful part of Greece with its olive groves, vineyards and views of the Ionian Sea. Sadly, […]
Mary Isabel Ford MacDermott
November 15, 2017
Mary Isabel Ford MacDermott, age 95, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on November 16, 2017 at the Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis. She died from injuries sustained in a fall at her home. Isabel was born in 1922 in Youngstown, Ohio. She was the second of four children born to John and Dorothy Ford. […]
Irenee du Pont May
November 15, 2017
Irenee du Pont May died peacefully in Wilmington, Del. on Nov 15, 2017 at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife Katherine Reese, brother Ernest N May Jr.; children Sophie May Gerard and Irenee D. May Jr. along with five grandchildren and one great grand-daughter. His first wife Ursula Keller preceded him […]
Shirley Z. Robinson Griffith
November 14, 2017
Shirley Z. Robinson Griffith, age 90, of Hockessin, DE, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Shirley, was born in Scranton, PA on September 8, 1927, daughter of the late Roland and Mildred Robinson. She loved her alma mater, Pennsylvania State University and graduated with a degree in Early Childhood Education. She was a devoted […]
Ronald Francis August, Sr.
November 13, 2017
Ronald Francis August, Sr., age 76, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on November 13, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital. Ron began his career serving his electrical apprenticeship with Bartley Electric in Wilmington. He learned how to rebuild, strip and rewind motors, motor controls, troubleshooting, pole climbing and performed electric service work for industrial customers. […]
Henrietta H. Weinrib
November 12, 2017
Henrietta H. Weinrib, age 93, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on November 12, 2017. Born in 1923, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mildred (Mitchell) Himber. Henrietta was a graduate of P.S. DuPont High School Class of June 1942. She worked as a Secretary for the Wilmington Board of Education. She was […]
Henry Clement Walter
November 12, 2017
Dr. Henry C. Walter, an MIT-educated chemist who came to Delaware in 1948 and never left, passed away on Sunday evening after living a venerable 98 years. A native of Boston, Mass., Dr. Walter worked for the DuPont Co. for 36 years before retiring in 1982. He and his late wife Lynn (Gaffney) were active […]
Margaret Ruth Fasig
November 12, 2017
Margaret Ruth Fasig, age 78, of Wilmington, DE passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2017. Margaret, known as “Peggy” to her family and friends, was born in 1939 in Cincinnati, OH, daughter of the late Margaret Alberta and Byron Pribble Yelton. She graduated from Walnut Hills High School and Miami (Ohio) University. Peggy was a […]