Obituaries
John Negrepont
April 19, 2017
John Negrepont, 92, of Wilmington Delaware passed on April 19, 2017. He attended High School in Chelsea New York and when he completed high school, World War II had begun and he was drafted in to the Army Air Corp having been unable to even attend his own graduation ceremony. He was stationed overseas and […]
Virginia A. “Ginny” Yeager
April 18, 2017
Virginia A. (Ginny) Yeager, age 75, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away on April 18, 2017 at her home peacefully surrounded by her children. Ginny was a member of the first graduating class of Mt. Pleasant High School in 1959. She worked for INA, then CIGNA Insurance Company, and retired from A.I. duPont Hospital for Children. […]
Evelyn Crompton Holland
April 15, 2017
Evelyn Crompton Holland, age 96, of Wilmington, DE died on April 15, 2017, with her loving daughter at her side. Evelyn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She moved to Wilmington, Delaware in 1940 when she married her childhood sweetheart, Earl William Crompton. They lived in Deerhurst for many years and moved to Shipley Manor in […]
J. Nelson Fornwald
April 14, 2017
Nelson Fornwald, 94, passed away peacefully at home in his sleep in the early morning hours of Good Friday. He was born in Harrisburg, PA, in 1923 to the late Charles and Agnes Fornwald. Nelson joined the Army Air Corp in 1941 and served in the Pacific theater, including on Guam and Iwo Jima, during […]
Thomas E. Parmenter
April 14, 2017
Thomas E. Parmenter, age 95, of Hockessin, Delaware, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017 at Season’s Hospice. Thomas was born in Portland, Maine in 1922, the son of the late Leclare and Esther Parmenter. He enrolled at the University of Maine in 1940 to study Chemical Engineering and joined Army ROTC. He was called […]
Ethel Ferguson Saddler
April 12, 2017
Ethel Ferguson Saddler, 91 of Wilmington, DE died in Columbus, NC on April 12, 2017 which would also have been her 68th wedding anniversary. Ethel was a long time interior designer and owner of the Designer’s Showcase. Many of the finest homes in Wilmington were decorated by Ethel. She is survived by her daughter Adrienne […]
Richard Leon Vanderloo
April 12, 2017
Richard Leon (Dick) Vanderloo passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 12, at home, surrounded by family. Born in Trenton, NJ, in 1936, and raised in Wilmington, DE, Dick was a graduate of Archmere Academy and LaSalle College. For 30 years, Dick taught social studies for the Red Clay Consolidated School District, at Oak Grove Junior […]
John Mark Collins
April 11, 2017
Mark Collins passed away peacefully on April 11, 2017 at Union Hospital in Elkton in the company of his family, after bravely and stubbornly (a trait of which he was proud) resisting a long series of medical complications. Mark, the son of Katherine M. and James P. Collins, Sr., was born in 1946 in New Jersey. He enjoyed […]
Katherine M. Glazier
April 11, 2017
Katherine “Cass” Graney Glazier, age 87, passed away on April 11, 2017 at her home in Wilmington. Cass was a native Wilmingtonian. She attended St. Paul Elementary School and then St. Elizabeth High School where she met a group of girls who remained her closest friends throughout her life. After high school, Cass completed the […]
Ronald Charles Wahl, Sr.
April 10, 2017
Ronald Charles Wahl, Sr., of Newark, DE passed away peacefully on Monday April 10, 2017 surrounded by his family. Ron was born in Wilmington, DE, the son of the late Horace A. Wahl, Sr. and Theresa N. Wahl of Centerville, DE. Ron was a devoted father who was self-employed in the HVAC industry in the Delaware area for over 40 years. He […]