Obituaries
Usha Acharya
June 30, 2017
Usha Sumant Acharya, 76, most recently of Hockessin, DE, died June 30, 2017. Usha was born in Mombasa, Kenya in 1941. She graduated from Dutchess of Gloucester School, and completed her medical training at both Grant Medical College in Mumbai and Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. On July 4, 1968, she married Sumant Acharya, moved […]
Peter Noyes Greeley
June 30, 2017
Peter Noyes Greeley, age 85, passed away at home on June 30, 2017 after a long illness from kidney failure. He was the son of Lawrence Hurd Greeley and Anna Noyes Greeley. As a youth he was an Eagle Scout and later served as scout master. He attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA where he […]
Sara “Sally” Wallace
June 27, 2017
Sara Platt Wallace, of Avondale, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on June 27, 2017, at Compassionate Care Hospice in Wilmington, Delaware. While her family is left heartbroken by the loss of such a beautiful soul, they will be forever grateful for the gift of her love. “Sally,” as she was affectionately known to those childhood raised […]
Marvin Frank London
June 25, 2017
Marvin was born Feb 23, 1931 in Atlantic City, NJ to Jack and Alberta London. Raised in Pleasantville, NJ, he loved boating, fishing and hunting. In his youth, he served as a Marine Sgt. during the Korean War. Upon leaving the military, he married Grace Frances DeMeis on April 14, 1953. They raised a family […]
Firman Andrew Nelson
June 24, 2017
Firman Andrew Nelson, age 84, of Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, DE, formerly of Clayton, NJ, passed away on Saturday June 24, 2017. He attended Clayton Schools in New Jersey from 1944-1952 and Rutger University from 1952-1955 graduating with his degree in Engineering. Firman served in the Army from 1956-1958. Before his retirement, he was an […]
Edith Diver Lennox
June 20, 2017
Edith Diver Lennox (Edie) of Wilmington, Delaware died Tuesday evening, June 20, 2017 at the Country House at the age of 98. She was the eldest of the eight children of Frank W. Diver and Carolyn Prickett Diver of Wilmington. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Alan R. Lennox, with whom she shared 65 years of marriage, and by her son, Frank […]
Hildred C. Nason
June 16, 2017
Hildred C. Nason, 87 of Glen Mills, PA died on June 16, 2017 at Maris Grove. Her last employment was with Villanova University where she enjoyed conversations with the students. She retired from Villanova in 1993. Hildred belonged to the Cribbage Club at Maris Grove. She always loved to walk and was a member of […]
Harvey A. Salem
June 15, 2017
Dr. Harvey A. Salem, age 80, of Chadds Ford, PA, passed away on June 15, 2017 at his home. In 1959, Dr. Salem earned his B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1964. He served his internship and residency from 1964 to 1968 at Tri-County Hospital […]
Dionisia A. Fessaras
June 13, 2017
Dionisia A. Fessaras, age 91, of Carneys Point, NJ and formerly of Bear, DE, passed away on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE. Dionisia was born in Greece, the daughter of the late Antonios and Maria Diakopanagiotis. She completed her schooling in Kos Greece in June of 1938. She was married to the […]