Obituaries
Robert D. Fedele
March 1, 2017
Robert D. Fedele, age 63, passed away on March 1, 2017 at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1971, Robert graduated from Concord High School and was employed by PNC Bank as a Manager, retiring in August 2013. He had a passion for cooking and electronics. Robert was predeceased by his father Carlo and brother […]
C. Madelyn Mills
March 1, 2017
C. Madelyn Mills of Millsboro, Delaware, age 81, passed peacefully with family surrounding her on the 1st of March under the exceptional care of the nurses at Wilmington Hospital. Madelyn was born in Wilmington, DE. During her life she worked many hospitality jobs but her claim to fame is sharing her beautiful voice as a […]
Jane V. McKenna
February 27, 2017
Jane Lee Vannerson McKenna of Greenville, DE passed away peacefully at home on February 27, 2017. Jane was born in Wilmington to Walter Leroy Vannerson and Margery Robinson Vannerson McKinstry on June 4, 1930. She graduated from P.S. duPont High School in 1948 and from the University of Delaware in 1952. Jane taught 1st and […]
Joseph Michael O’Neill, Sr.
February 25, 2017
Joseph Michael O’Neill Sr. (Mike), 74 of Hockessin DE, formerly of Yorklyn, DE, died February 25, 2017 peacefully surrounded by his loving family. He attended Yorklyn Elementary school and graduated from Salesianum in 1960. He retired from the VA hospital in Elsmere in 1997, after 30 years as a maintenance supervisor. He was predeceased by […]
Evelyn Loraine Walrod Lubrano
February 24, 2017
Evelyn Loraine Walrod Lubrano died peacefully in her home on February 24th 2017 due to complications from congestive heart failure and aortic stenosis. She was 89 years old. Evelyn was born at home on her parent’s farm in Linn County, Kansas on March 28th 1927, the seventh in a family of eight children. Her parents, […]
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 […]