Obituaries
Francis McCormack
August 4, 2017
Francis McCormack, age 95, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on Friday, August 4, 2017. Francis was born in Newburgh, NY and graduated from Newburgh Free Academy High School, where he excelled as a member of the varsity football, basketball and baseball teams. He then served his country from 1941-1945 honorably during WWII in the […]
Dale C. Blomstrom
August 3, 2017
Dale C. Blomstrom, age 89, of Talleyville (Wilmington), DE, died on August 3, 2017, at home. Dale was born in Lincoln, NE, son of the late Andrew and Jeanne Cutts Blomstrom. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a BS in chemical engineering and from the University of Illinois with a PhD in chemistry. […]
John Watson Christie, Jr.
August 3, 2017
John Watson Christie, Jr. died August 3, 2017 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1926 to John W. Christie and Ruth Tracy Bigelow Christie. He was the youngest of six children. The family moved to Wilmington in 1931 when his father became the Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church. John graduated from […]
Susan Frances Mercogliano
August 2, 2017
Susan Frances Mercogliano, age 62, of Salisbury, Maryland died on Wednesday, August 2, 2017, with peace in her heart and her favorite things, her stuffed animal and purse in her arms. Susan was nurtured by a loving and enthusiastic family of caregivers for 39 years at Holly Center where she grew to be as fulfilled […]
Doris Ruth Jimenez
August 1, 2017
Doris Ruth (Ekle) Jimenez, age 96, of Newark, DE, passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Newark Manor nursing home. Doris was born in Ulm, Germany, the daughter of the late Karl and Ruth Hearns Ekle. Doris was a homemaker and loved gardening. In addition to her parents, Doris is predeceased by her late […]
Kenneth Emil Trelenberg
August 1, 2017
Kenneth Emil Trelenberg, age 92, of Wilmington Delaware, formerly of Romulus, Michigan died peacefully at home surrounded by family on August 1, 2017. Ken was born in 1925 in Detroit, the son of Emil and Emma Trelenberg. He had four siblings including a twin sister. Ken grew up on the family farm in Romulus just […]
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 […]