Obituaries
Sandra Rowland
October 31, 2023
Sandra Rowland, age 87, passed away on October 31, 2023. Sandra was born and raised in Lewes, Delaware. She grew up on 2nd Street and Lewes Beach alongside her brother, H. Hickman Rowland, cousins Jay Hukill and Margaret Webb and dear friends Clara Wilson Davis, Adelaide Atkins Green and Diane Janny Melott. Sandra attended Lewes High School and went on […]
David C. Boyer
October 29, 2023
David C. Boyer David Creighton Boyer, 93, died in Greenville, Delaware on October 29, 2023, after a long illness. He was born in Wilmington and grew up in Wawaset Park, the son of J. Walter Boyer and Eva Mae Hammond Boyer. He attended Wilmington Friends School from kindergarten through grade 12, graduating in 1948. He […]
Virginia H. Flaherty
October 29, 2023
Virginia H. Flaherty passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 29, 2023 in her home in Wilmington, DE at the age of 102. She was born in 1921 in a farmhouse in rural Kansas as the first child of Harry and Eva Hougland. After graduating as valedictorian of her Prescott High School class, she attended Ft […]
S. Page Nelson, Jr.
October 29, 2023
Spotswood Page Nelson Jr. died on October 29, 2023 in Wilmington, DE. He was born in 1925 in Baltimore, MD, the son of Spotswood Page Nelson and Julie Forrest Nelson. His sister, Julie Nelson Williams, predeceased him.Never one to sit still, even in his last days, Page insisted that he had to get up because […]
Michele Socorso Tyndall
October 28, 2023
Michele Socorso Tyndall, age 57, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at Christiana Care Wilmington Hospital. Michele was born in Wilmington, DE., daughter of Marie Socorso and the late Anthony J. Socorso, Sr. She graduated from Padua Academy in 1984 and the University of Delaware in 1988. Michele received her Master’s […]
John William Hogan III
October 28, 2023
John William Hogan, III, age 78, of Wilmington, DE passed away on October 28, 2023. John was a 1963 graduate of Mount Pleasant High School and attended Memphis State University. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy – Construction Battalion (CB’s) and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal. He was employed by the […]
Jo Ann Lundgren
October 27, 2023
Jo Ann Lundgren, aged 90, of Newtown, PA, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on Oct. 27, 2023 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Langhorne, PA after a brief illness. Jo Ann was a strong and determined woman who knew her own mind. She made friends wherever she went and had a full social calendar right up until […]
Rita C. Layton
October 26, 2023
Rita C. Layton, 94, gracefully transitioned to be with the Lord on October 26, 2023 at her home of 75 years in Seaford, DE. Rita was born in 1929 to Julius and Hilda Craft of Bridgeville DE, one of six children. Rita graduated from Bridgeville High School in 1947. She was married to Paul E. […]
Thomas N. Thornley
October 25, 2023
Thomas N. Thornley passed away peacefully in his sleep on the evening of Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at the age of 91 Tom was born in August of 1932 to Thomas and Angela Thornley. He grew up in Danielson, CT and graduated from Killingly High School. He was a standout football player gaining local notoriety […]
P. S. Parameswaran
October 24, 2023
P.S. Parameswaran (Param) passed away peacefully in his sleep Tuesday October 24, 2023 at the age of 85. P.S. was one of six children born to Subramanium and Anamma on September 14, 1938 in Mumbai, India. Smart and hard-working, he achieved a Bachelors of Commerce & MS from R A Podar College of Commerce & Economics. […]