Obituaries
Diana L.C. Hancock
October 30, 2024
Diana Louise Colatriano Hancock, 76, of Wilmington, Delaware, died at home comforted by family and loved ones on October 30, 2024. A graduate of A.I. DuPont High School in 1966, she went on to receive an art degree from the University of Delaware four years later. Soon after, she discovered her love of flying by becoming a […]
Jane Termine
October 29, 2024
Jane Termine peacefully passed away on October 29, 2024. Jane was born in 1935 to the late Raymond and Margaret Eunice in North Philadelphia. She was the second of their three children. Jane married and moved to the Busleton section of Northeast Philadelphia where she raised her three children Lynn, Darryl, and Dave. Jane worked […]
David P. Schueck
October 28, 2024
David Peter (Tambourino) Schueck Sr. passed away on October 28, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was eighty-one years old. Born in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Henry Schueck and Carrie (Mietzler) Schueck, and was the youngest of seven siblings. David graduated from Emmaus High School and attended the PGA Business School […]
Leo E. Strine
October 28, 2024
Leo E. Strine died a loved and contented man on October 28, 2024. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1945, Leo grew up in a boisterous, row home, Catholic family of seven. His beloved parents George Fredrick Strine and Alice Hobbs Strine both worked to support the family and help Leo attend parochial schools. Leo himself […]
Virginia R. Kehrer
October 28, 2024
Virginia Rudge Kehrer, a beloved mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 28, 2024, in Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Virginia was born in January of 1931, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Her family and friends enjoyed her outgoing personality. She was the pillar of strength, always there to listen and help the […]
Anna M. Figliola
October 27, 2024
Anna M. Figliola (Ventresca), age 98, passed away peacefully on October 27, 2024. Anna was predeceased by her husband Anthony Figliola and her son David. She is survived by her sons Anthony Figliola (Juliann) and Richard Figliola (Suzanne); her grandchildren Nicholas Figliola (Celie), Marisa Altenbaugh (Ryan), and Elizabeth Figliola; and great-grandchildren Sophia, Ella and Vincent […]
Jean M. Bostwick
October 27, 2024
Jean McLean Bostwick, of Lancashire, Brandywine Hundred, age 95, died on October 27. She was born in October of 1929 in Buffalo, NY, to the late Hugh A. McLean and Elizabeth West McLean, and grew up in nearby North Tonawanda, NY. She was a graduate of the Buffalo Seminary, a girls’ high school, and received […]
Promila Suri
October 25, 2024
Promila Suri passed away on October 25, 2024, at the University of Pennsylvania, following a brief and courageous battle with glioblastoma. Born in Delhi, India, Promila had an enduring passion for medicine, graduating from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1972. She married Kulbhushan Suri in 1978 and later emigrated to Ontario, Canada, where she continued […]
Lisa Marie Fakis
October 24, 2024
Lisa Marie Fakis, age 49, of Hockessin, DE, was murdered senselessly on Thursday, October 24, 2024, around 9:00 pm in downtown Wilmington. The police tried to resuscitate her to no avail, and they do have a person in custody for her death. Lisa was born to James S. and Patricia R. Fakis in Wilmington, DE. […]
Gerard J. Ennis
October 23, 2024
Gerard J. “Gerry” Ennis passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, in Hockessin, DE. He was born in November of 1930 in Elizabeth, NJ to William J. and Anna (Schleck) Ennis. He graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Elizabeth, NJ in 1948, and from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1952. During his […]