Obituaries
Yeates Conwell
February 23, 2017
Yeates Conwell of Wilmington, Delaware died quietly on February 23, 2017 with his children at his side. He was 94. Yeates was born in Albany, NY, the only child of Edith and George Conwell. He attended St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH then Princeton University, from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1944. Following […]
Barbara S. Marvin
February 23, 2017
Barbara Ann Schulz Marvin, age 76, of Wilmington and formerly of Hockessin, Delaware passed away on Thursday February 23, 2017 at Christiana Hospital. Born in 1940 in Wilmington, Barbara was the daughter of the late James A. and Marion (Iszard) Schulz. Barbara graduated from Conrad High School, received her Bachelors from Bowling Green University in Ohio, and her masters in […]
Mary Jane Thomas
February 23, 2017
Mary Jane Thomas, 86, died peacefully with family by her side on February 23, 2017, at Heartland Hospice in Wilmington, DE. She was raised on a farm in Somerset County, PA, graduated from Boswell High School, and worked for the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh PA. In 1950 she married Lee W. Thomas and they moved […]
Gloria Marie Gambol
February 22, 2017
Mrs. Gambol passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Born in Newark, New Jersey, the sixth of nine children raised by her late mother Beatrice (Kendall) Purdue, Gloria went to work at the Prudential Insurance Company at age 16 to help her family during World War II. She graduated from Barringer High School, attending classes […]
Juliet Ann Wright
February 22, 2017
Juliet Ann Wright, age 80, of Old New Castle, DE formerly of Clayton, DE and Whitehall, MD, died on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. She completed a three year course of instruction and practice in the School of Nursing of the Church Home and Hospital, Baltimore MD. This is where she obtained her R.N. license. Juliet […]
Jayne Keene
February 20, 2017
Jayne E. Keene passed away peacefully in her home at age 51 on Monday, February 20, 2017. She was a loving mother, grandmother, fiance, and sister, and was always ready to help anyone who needed it. Jayne was born in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, where she worked at Barclays Bank […]
Helen E. Mahaffy
February 20, 2017
Helen E. Mahaffy passed away peacefully in the Healthcare Center in Stonegates, Greenville, DE, on Monday, February 20, 2017, one month after her 103rd birthday. Helen was born on January 20, 1914, in Wilmington, DE, to Mary P. McAdams and Raymond N. McAdams. She attended and graduated from Tower Hill School in 1932 (where she […]
Rebecca Dixon Meyers
February 20, 2017
Age 78 of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on February 20, 2017. Becky was born in Kewanee, IL and at age 14 she moved with her family to Boulder, CO. She earned a B.A. degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a M.A. degree in Library Science at Indiana […]
Ardis Rasmus Guy
February 19, 2017
Ardis Rasmus Guy, age 84, of Wilmington, DE and formerly of Eau Claire, WI passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Arden Courts with her family by her side. Ardis was born in Eau Claire, WI, daughter of the late Hjalmer and Anna Rasmus. She graduated from Alexis I. duPont High School in 1950 […]
John J. Monaghan, Jr.
February 19, 2017
John J. Monaghan, Jr., age 68, a lifelong resident of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday February 19, 2017. John was the son of Helen T. and John Sr., also longtime residents of Wilmington. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He attended St. Joseph on the Brandywine […]