Obituaries
Raymond F. Bree
July 30, 2017
Raymond F. Bree, age 88, of Wilmington, DE, passed peacefully after a long and fulfilling life on Sunday, July 30, 2017. He was born in the Bronx, NY, the youngest of 5 children. Raymond married Patricia sixty one years ago and raised a family of 6 children with great integrity and love. Ray and Pat […]
S. Maynard Turk
July 29, 2017
The Turk family mourns the passing of our husband, father, father-in-law and grandfather at the age of 91 on July 29, 2017. He was a humble man from rural Roanoke County Virginia. He served in the Army twice, once during WW II and again during the Korean Conflict. The GI Bill allowed him to attend […]
Winifred S. Beatty
July 28, 2017
Winifred S. Beatty of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully on July 28, 2017. She was 81. Mrs. Beatty was the daughter of the late Carrel Wesley Skeen and Mary Gladys Skeen Gordon of New Castle, Delaware. Born in Raleigh, NC, she was the eldest of four children. Win graduated from William Penn High School in […]
Lucille M. Greth
July 25, 2017
Lucille M. Greth, age 86, of Wilmington, DE, passed away at her home on July 25, 2017. She was a graduate of Wilson High School in Reading, PA and graduated from the Delaware Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1951. Before her retirement, she was a nurse for many years. Lucille served on the Junior […]
Margaret C McDevitt
July 24, 2017
Age 85 Glen Mills Margaret “Peggy” Curtin McDevitt passed away on July 24, 2017. Born in Reading, PA in 1932, Peggy was the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Curtin. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, godmother and friend who will be dearly missed by all. Peggy was a woman of faith […]
Julia Berghuys Decker
July 22, 2017
Julia Berghuys Decker, 88, of Cokesbury Village in Hockessin died peacefully on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Julia was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and lived her long life in New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Virginia and finally Delaware. She is pre-deceased by her loving husband of 62 years, Harold Decker. She is survived by […]
Bettie Phillips
July 22, 2017
Bettie Marie Neckar Phillips was born January 29, 1922 and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana, with her three siblings, Mary Jane, Bud, and Jay. Her father owned a Harley Davidson dealership in Terre Haute. She passed away on July 22, 2017. Bettie was an independent woman, ahead of her time. After high school, she attended […]
Joe Robert Pierce
July 22, 2017
Joe Pierce of Wilmington, Delaware died peacefully on July 22, 2017. He had a very aggressive cancer. He is survived by his wife Lynne and a brother in Missouri. Before his retirement, he worked as a bread delivery man. He will be buried as a veteran. We all pray that he found God before he […]
Hugh M. Mahaffy
July 21, 2017
Age: 95, Wilmington Devoted father and loving husband On Friday, July 21, 2017 Hugh M. Mahaffy died from injuries incurred in an accidental fall. Hugh was pleased to note that he was a fourth generation Wilmingtonian and had effectively lived in only two houses during his life. He attended Tower Hill School where he played […]
Rosalie Andrews McConnell
July 16, 2017
Rosalie Andrews McConnell, 92, Hockessin, DE, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2017 at Cokesbury Village; her home for the past 26 years. She was born on August 5, 1924 in Dayton, TN and graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She worked briefly in Washington, DC during the war and as a reporter […]