Obituaries
Frances B. Taylor
May 21, 2024
Frances Marie Beardsley Taylor, age 92, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Frances was born in 1932 and grew up in Chester, PA. and attended Chester High where she was a drum majorette and participated in Young Life. She spent many happy summers in Nicholson as […]
Ruth Matruder Smythe
May 20, 2024
Ruth Louise Matruder Smythe of Rehoboth Beach, DE died peacefully with her children at her side on May 20, 2024. Most people knew Ruth as a prominent attorney and fierce advocate, both in private practice and as a Public Defender for the State of Delaware. But more importantly, everyone knew Ruth as a loving wife, […]
Laura Baumann
May 20, 2024
Laura Máthé Baumann, aged 94, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on Monday, May 20, 2024 after a short illness. Laura was a caring, loving, and wonderful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was devoted to her husband, family, and extended family. After leaving her home in Kolozsvár, Hungary in 1944, she spent several years in […]
Gail A. Slothour
May 17, 2024
Gail A Slothour, age 85 of Wilmington, Delaware passed away May 17, 2024, after a short illness. Gail was born the only child of Grace Kratz Andrews Hickey and Robert L Andrews in Lancaster County, PA. She graduated from J.P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster in 1956. She then attended Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing and earned her RN license in 1959. She […]
Parry M. Norling
May 17, 2024
Parry McWhinnie Norling, 85, passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 17, 2024, at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, DE. He was the loving father of Christine (Andrew) Jones and Jonathan Norling (Colleen Quinn). He was predeceased by his parents, Oscar Norling and Katherine McWhinnie Norling, and his loving wife, Nancy McDiarmid Norling, who passed […]
Marie R. Hall
May 14, 2024
Family and friends of Marie R. Hall, 92, were profoundly saddened by Marie’s sudden passing on May 14, 2024. She was surrounded by her husband and three children. Marie was born in 1932 in New York City to Ruth Adele and Frederick George Albert Roettger. While attending East Orange, NJ High School, Marie met Lewis […]
Priscilla H. Roberts
May 14, 2024
Priscilla Herget Roberts, aged 88 years, passed peacefully on May 14, 2024 in the company of her husband Richard (Dick) at the Maris Grove retirement community in Glen Mills, PA. Priscilla was born in Peoria, IL in 1935 to parents Roscoe Herget and Lilly Kendall Herget. She graduated from Peoria High School with the class […]
Ralph E. Marcozzi
May 13, 2024
Ralph E. Marcozzi passed away peacefully on May 13, 2024, at the age of 92. Ralph was born in 1931, in Pottstown, PA, to his parents Gaetano and Felicia “Anna” Pace. He and his family moved to Wilmington when he was 11 years old in 1942. Ralph was fortunate to have a long, healthy, and […]
Mildred L. Francis
May 11, 2024
Mildred L. Francis, age 89, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 11, 2024 after a short illness. Mildred was a devoted wife and caring, loving, and wonderful mother and grandmother. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends. Born February 12, 1935, in Como, Mississippi, she was the daughter of […]
Joseph William Mitchell, Sr.
May 8, 2024
Joseph William (Joe) Mitchell of Wilmington, Delaware and Elkton, Maryland, passed away on Wednesday May 8, 2024. He is survived by his four children, Wendy (Chuck), Joe Jr (Emily), Tom (Elise), and Krissy (Barry) and his sisters; Joan Hicks and Judy Bonislawski. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Raymond and Hannah, his […]