Obituaries
Chester L. Roberts, Sr.
November 2, 2017
Chester L. Roberts, Sr., age 87, passed away at his home in Wilmington surrounded by his loving family on November 2, 2017. Born in Coatesville, PA to Grant and Mabel Townsley Roberts, he proudly served in the 11th Airborne Division as a paratrooper accumulating 34 jumps. After military service, he joined the City of Wilmington […]
Virginia J. Kimble
November 1, 2017
Virginia J. Kimble, 95, passed away peacefully on November 1, 2017 at Newark Manor. She was born in Newark, Delaware to Anna and Howard Jester. Virginia graduated from P.S. DuPont Hugh School and worked as a bookkeeper for Delmarva Power. As a member of Saint John Cathedral in Wilmington, she was very active in the […]
Urmila Sinha
October 29, 2017
Urmila Sinha, age 72, of Bear, DE, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2017, surrounded by her husband and 2 daughters. Urmila was born in Patna, Bihar, India, and was the first woman in her family to get a college degree in 1964. She immigrated to the United States in 1977. She and her husband […]
Jean A. Cates
October 29, 2017
Jean A. Cates, of Cokesbury Village, Hockessin, Delaware, passed away peacefully on October 29. She was 91. A native of Wilmington, the former Jean Ann Dougherty graduated from Alexis I. DuPont High School and attended Drexel University. In 1945, Jean joined Hercules Incorporated at the Hercules Research Center in Wilmington, where she met her future […]
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, […]