Obituaries
Betty M. Campanella
September 12, 2017
Betty M. Campanella, age 83 of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at Christiana Hospital surrounded by her loving family after a short and courageous battle with leukemia. Born on March 28, 1934 to Walter J. and Elsie V. (Hinton) Brown, Betty was the second of three children and the only daughter. […]
Barbara Bebe Shreffler
September 11, 2017
Barbara (Bebe) Ehlert Shreffler, age 95, of Wilmington, DE passed away on Monday, September 11, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Barbara was the daughter of the late Paul and Caroline Ussler Ehlert. She graduated from the Santa Rosa Hospital in 1943 and was commissioned as a […]
Paul H. Bartels
September 10, 2017
Paul H. Bartels, age 97, of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 10, 2017, just 11 days shy of his 98th birthday. He was a resident of Shipley Manor, where he enjoyed playing bingo and Wii bowling. Born in 1919 on a farm on Shipley Road, near Talleyville, Paul was the son of […]
Sara Gallo DeCecchis
September 10, 2017
Sara Gallo DeCecchis, age 89, of Wilmington, DE, peacefully passed away on September 10, 2017 in her home surrounded by her children. Sara was born in 1928 to Louis Gallo and Lucy Albanese in Wilmington. Upon graduating from P.S. DuPont High School, Sara began her career as a teletype operator at the E.I. DuPont de […]
Kathleen E. Aikins
September 9, 2017
Kathleen E. (Kae) McDonald Aikins, age 96, died peacefully on Friday September 9, 2017, at the Stonegates Health Care Center. She was born April 19, 1921 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Scottish immigrants Ewen and Annie McDonald. After completing nurse’s training at the Grey Nun’s Hospital in Regina, she enlisted in the Canadian Navy and […]
Mary Dora Babiarz
September 7, 2017
Mary Dora (Przybylek) Babiarz, age 86, of Wilmington, passed away on Thursday, September 7, 2017, after frequent illnesses this past year. She was born in 1930 to the late John and Winifred (Morris) Przybylek. Mary Dora graduated from Wilmington High School where she enjoyed learning French and German. Throughout the years she loved languages, always […]
Gus Tom Costis
September 4, 2017
Gus Tom Costis, age 88, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on September 4, 2017 in the Wilmington Hospital. Gus was born in Norfolk, VA to the late Thomas and Alexandra Haleges Costis. He was a graduate of Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, GA and earned his B.A. from Duke University. He proudly served his country […]
Rose Swire Simons
September 3, 2017
Rose Swire Simons of Landenberg, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 3, at Ware Presbyterian Village, Oxford, PA at the age of 91. Born in Blackburn, England, to the late James and Mary Swire, she moved to the United States following her marriage in 1946. Rose is predeceased by her brothers Tom and Lionel […]
James Joseph Barbato
September 3, 2017
James J. (Bart) Barbato, age 59, of Hockessin, Del., passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2017 at Christiana Hospital after a brief illness. Jim was born in Wilmington, son of the late Joseph and Florence Unitowski Barbato. He graduated from St. Hedwig’s Parochial School in 1973 and DelCastle Technical high School in 1977. He had […]
Walter William Brodzinski
September 3, 2017
Walter William Brodzinski, 84, of Wilmington, DE and formerly of Chester, PA died peacefully on September 3, 2017. He was a graduate of St. James High School in Chester, PA. Walt started working immediately at Phoenix Steel in Claymont where he worked for 30 years before becoming Union President for local union 3182. He retired […]