Obituaries
Nancy L. Beakley
December 31, 2017
Nancy L. Beakley, 72, passed away on Sunday December 31, 2017 after a long illness. She enjoyed vacations at the Jersey shore with her family and close friends as well as entertaining those close to her. Nancy always lived life to the fullest. She will be remembered as an extraordinary wife, mother, grandmother, sister and […]
Thomas E. Boyle, Jr.
December 31, 2017
Thomas Edward Boyle Jr, of Rehoboth Beach, DE passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 31, 2017, fittingly the Catholic Church’s Feast of the Holy Family. Tom was 93, the son of Thomas and Sara (O’Brien) Boyle in Wilmington, DE, the 4th of 6 children. He attended Salesianum School and Villanova University graduating with […]
Glenn Ward
December 30, 2017
Glenn Ward of Chester County died at home surrounded by loved ones–Maryann, his wife of 25 years, and his two sons Will and Matt–after a long battle with brain cancer. Glenn was a great son, brother, cousin, coach, husband, and father. He grew up in Delaware County with his brother Gregg, his sister Lorraine, his […]
Dorothy L. Heldt
December 30, 2017
Dorothy L Heldt (nee Dykstra) Dorothy Heldt died on December 30th, 2017 at the age of 84 from complications of oral cancer. She was born in Wilmington, DE to Harry and Anna Dykstra. She graduated from A. I. DuPont High School in 1950 and Dickinson College in 1954 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry. […]
John Allen Pyne, Sr.
December 29, 2017
John A. Pyne, Sr. 96, of Fenwick Island, DE and Willow Valley, Lancaster, PA went to be with the Lord December 29, 2017. He grew up in Claymont, DE and graduated from Claymont H.S. and Goldey-Beacom College. He proudly served in the Army Air Corps during W.W.II stationed in Italy with the 3rd and 9th […]
James M. Hoffman
December 29, 2017
James M. Hoffmann, Pop, Pop-Pop, and Granddad of Greenville, DE and Estero, FL, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2017. Jim was born in 1917 and raised in Chicago, IL and attended the University of Illinois, graduating in June 1939 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. While at the University he joined the Lambda Chi […]
Patrick J. Mulvena
December 28, 2017
Visitation will be held at St. Elizabeth’s Church, 809 S. Broom St., Wilmington, DE 19805 on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 from 9:30-12 pm. Mass of Christian Burial will follow.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Elizabeth Church or Fraim’s Boys and Girls Club, 669 S. Union St., Wilmington, DE 19805.
Ethel Mitchell
December 28, 2017
Ethel McKaig Mitchell (nee Hartman) of Glen Mills, PA passed from this world on December 28, 2017. Ethel, who spent most of her adult life as a resident of Delaware and Florida, was 94 years old. Ethel Sarah was born on 12 July, 1923 in Allentown, PA, the second daughter of Paul H. Hartman and […]
Irene Virginia Nebel D’Angelo
December 27, 2017
Irene Virginia Nebel D’Angelo, formerly of Woodbridge, New Jersey and Annandale, Virginia, died at home with her family on December 27, 2017. She was 98. Irene was born in Woodbridge in 1919, at the tail end of the influenza epidemic, which had swept through the household months before. She was the third child of Erwin […]
Sheila D. DiSabatino
December 27, 2017
Sheila Donovan DiSabatino passed away on Wednesday December 27, 2017 in Wilmington, DE at the age of 79. She was born December 8, 1938 in Easton, PA to Timothy James Donovan and Blanche Uhler Donovan. She grew up in Wilmington, DE and attended Ursuline Academy, Immaculata Junior College, Washington D.C. and Newton College the Sacred […]