Obituaries
Howard Wilk, M.D.
April 22, 2017
Howard Wilk, M.D., 92, died peacefully on April 22, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Wilk was born in Carnegie, PA, and after graduating from Chicago Medical School, he moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where he met his wife of 62 years, the late Judith Feinberg Wilk. After serving in a MASH unit in Korea, […]
Beverly Jean Gilardi
April 21, 2017
Beverly would like to let us know that her work here is done. We lost our beloved Beverly Jean Gilardi, peacefully on Friday, April 21, 2017 at the age of 87. Her motherly love encouraged her five children, friends and their families, to enjoy life. Beverly’s extraordinary life encompassed being a mother, devoted wife and […]
R. Harold Jenkins
April 21, 2017
R. Harold Jenkins, age 95 of Wilmington, DE, died April 21, 2017 at home. Mr. Jenkins was born in Knoxville, TN and obtained degrees in chemical engineering and business administration from the University of Tennessee, and served as a Naval Officer in the Pacific Theater in WWII. He joined Hercules at the Research Center in […]
Nicholas George Kledaras
April 21, 2017
Nicholas George Kledaras, age 83 of Wilmington, Delaware died on April 21, 2017, after bravely battling heart and lung disease. Born in Agia Paraskevi, Lesbos, Greece, he came to Wilmington with his mother Mersina and sisters Helen and Anna, and he helped his older brothers Pete, Stavros, and William operate their restaurants. By 1959, he […]
Harry N. Monck III
April 19, 2017
Harry N. Monck, III Age 87 – Wilmington, Del. Harry N. Monck, III passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 surrounded by his family. A lifelong resident of Wilmington, Harry was the son of the late Harry and Gertrude (Garyantes) Monck. He attended St. Paul’s school and Wilmington High School, and was […]
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 […]