Obituaries
Christiaan Schulte
February 17, 2017
Christiaan Schulte, age 77, of Wilmington, DE passed away surrounded by his family on February 17, 2017. Christiaan was born in Amsterdam Holland in 1939. He attended Saint Francis College then Saint Nicholas Culinary School. He severed at the rank of Sergeant for the food service division in the Netherland’s Army before fulfilling his lifelong […]
George E. Doty III
February 16, 2017
George E. Doty III of Sarasota, FL died on February 16, 2017 at the age of 81. He joins in Heaven his beloved wife, Cynthia H. Doty, who passed from this life in 2000. Mr. Doty was born in Barrington, IL in 1935 and graduated from New Trier High School in nearby Winnetka, IL. He […]
Gerald James Irwin
February 16, 2017
Gerald James Irwin, age 80, of Claymont, DE passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017 in Wilmington, DE. Gerald (Jerry) was raised in Chester, PA, son of the late George and Margaret Irwin. He was an acclaimed freelance photographer whose work appeared in National Geographic, Saturday Evening Post, Life and Sports Illustrated among others. He […]
William Oliver “Ozzie” Kincannon
February 16, 2017
Age 89, Hockessin, DE “Ozzie” Kincannon passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Heartland Hospice with his loving wife, Margaret, at his side. Born in Baltimore, MD, to Florence and W. Oliver Kincannon, Sr., Ozzie started school in Tupelo, MS, where he learned to walk, talk, read and write. The family soon moved to […]
Thomas Withers Putney
February 14, 2017
Thomas Withers Putney, of Wilmington, DE and New Limerick, ME died February 14, 2017 of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Thomas was born in New York City to Marguerite Barber and Ellison Putney. He was a graduate of Wilmington Friends School Class of 1952 and Earlham College. After college, he entered the United States Naval Air and […]
Stella Ray Gehrt
February 13, 2017
Stella Ray Ferguson Gehrt was born in in the northeast corner of Georgia, at home, in the very small town of Livonia, Georgia in 1921. She was the sixth born and last surviving sibling of eight children. In 1926 the family moved to Decatur, just outside Atlanta, GA so her father could secure a more […]
Nancy Burnham Henderer
February 13, 2017
Nancy Burnham Henderer passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017 at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, DE. She was 96 years old. She was born in Summit, NJ, the daughter of Philip W. Burnham and Mary Phillips Burnham, and was a graduate of Summit High School. In 1941, after graduating from Lasell Junior College, Auburndale, MA, […]
Aimee Porter Harrison Parris
February 9, 2017
Aimee Porter Harrison Parris of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, passed away at the Colleton Medical Center in Waterboro, South Carolina, on February 9, 2017 after a short illness. Aimee was born in Richmond, Virginia, daughter of Sarah Schutt Harrison of Greenville, Delaware and the late Herbert Preston Harrison of Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia. Aimee attended […]
Richard L. Recce
February 8, 2017
Richard L. (Dick) Recce, 94, went home to be with the Lord on February 8, 2017 at his residence in Wilmington, DE. Dick was born and raised in Shamokin, PA. He graduated from Lafayette College with a chemical engineering degree and immediately found work in Oak Ridge, TN. There he was a foreman for the […]
Myrna Vest
February 8, 2017
The family of Myrna Vest is saddened to announce her passing from congestive heart failure on February 8, 2017. She was deeply grounded in her Christian faith which guided her unconditional love of family and friends, strong principles and unwavering hope for the future. Myrna and Jim, who met in high school, were married for […]