Obituaries
Nancy E. Schanes
October 29, 2017
Nancy E. Schanes, 88, died on October 29, 2017. She was the only child of Merle H. Sigmund and Marion Buck Sigmund. Born in Wilmington, Nancy was very proud to have been a native Delawarean. She graduated from Wilmington High School ’48 and then from Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. She worked for DuPont […]
Virginia S. “Ginny” Shreve
October 29, 2017
Virginia S. “Ginny” Shreve Hockessin DE “I’ve had a beautiful life”, a declaration often made by Ginny over the 98 years of her life. Ginny’s worldly “beautiful life” came to a peaceful and serene close on Sunday, October 29, 2017, when she embarked on her journey to return to stardust and heaven. Ginny held an […]
Peter David Provenzano
October 28, 2017
Peter David Provenzano, age 72, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away on Saturday October 28, 2017. Peter served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War as a Chinese interpreter and retired from Northwest Airlines after over 35 years of service. He was a life-long learner and avid gardener, and his hobbies included fishing, […]
Ida Laura Beacom
October 27, 2017
Ida Laura Beacom, age 101, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 27, 2017. She was a devoted wife, mother, grand and great-grandmother. Following high school, she attended Bucknell University. Upon graduation in 1937, she moved to Wilmington where she worked at the DuPont Co. for 10 years. She also volunteered for both the Delaware SPCA […]
Jean S. Alderson
October 27, 2017
OBITUARY FOR JEAN S. ALDERSON Jean MacDonald Sobotta Alderson died October 27, 2017. The daughter of Julius and Helen MacDonald Sobotta, she was born in 1916 in Duluth, Minnesota. Her early education was in Duluth. Her mother urged her and her younger sister to see another part of the country and they both went east […]
Anne M. Strimpler
October 26, 2017
Anne M. Strimpler, age 71, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away October 26, 2017. Anne graduated from Central Columbia County High School (Class of 1964) in Bloomsburg, PA and Bloomsburg College (now University). She was employed as a scientist at the University of Pennsyvlania, Jefferson University, Temple University, and most recently Astra Zeneca. She enjoyed crafts, […]
Henry J. Carinci, Jr.
October 26, 2017
Henry J. Carinci, Jr., age 64 of Wilmington, DE, passed away suddenly on Thursday, October 26, 2017. Henry was born in 1952 the son of the late Henry J., Sr. and Anne P. Carinci. He was a devoted family man and a longtime volunteer for youth sports and activities. He graduated from Manhattan College with […]
Richard L. “Dick” Baird
October 25, 2017
Richard L. “Dick” Baird, age 86, of Wilmington, DE, and Sunapee, NH, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Born in Sioux City, Iowa in 1931, he was the oldest son of the late Charlotte A. G. Cownie and John Baird. He was preceded in death by his brother […]
Francis Michael “Mike” Donohue, Jr.
October 24, 2017
Francis Michael Donohue, Jr., passed away peacefully at his residence in Greenville, DE on Tuesday morning, October 24, 2017. He was 86. Born in New York City in 1931, the son of Francis “Frank” and Mary Marvel Donohue of Greenville, DE. He attended Tower Hill School in Wilmington and graduated from Brooks Academy in North […]
J. Terrence (Terry) Walbert
October 24, 2017
Joseph Terrence (Terry) Walbert died peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 surrounded by his loving family, his outsized heart failing after eighty-eight years of kindness, giving, laughter, adventure, compassion and joy. Terry wanted his obituary (which he penned) to read as follows: “J. Terrence Walbert was born in Sudlersville, Maryland to Theodore J. […]