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Obituaries


Marcella Oberdorfer

Marcella Oberdorfer

October 24, 2023

Marcella Marie Oberdorfer, 98, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina,  She was born in Sugar Grove, Ohio on February 21,  1925 to the late Gretchen and Russell H. Sheets.  She was married in 1947 to the late Paul E Oberdorfer Jr.  Together they lived in Sugar Grove, Metuchen, NJ, Columbus, Oh […]

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Helen Marie Niemkiewicz

Helen Marie Niemkiewicz

October 22, 2023

Helen Marie Niemkiewicz, age 91, of Wilmington Delaware, passed away, late at night, Sunday, October 22, 2023. She died peacefully after a day and evening of being surrounded by love from her family members. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She cared deeply about her family. She is the mother of children, Andrea […]

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Frank Jarvis Blair, III

Frank Jarvis Blair, III

October 21, 2023

Frank passed away on Saturday October 21, 2023 from a short illness.  He had just celebrated his 80th birthday. Frank graduated from Claymont High School and decided to enlist in the U.S. Air Force instead of attending Art School.  He was stationed in Texas during the Vietnam era with the Strategic Air Command. He is […]

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Katherine Mooney Collins

Katherine Mooney Collins

October 20, 2023

Katherine Mooney Collins was an ordinary person.  Yet, although she seemed it, she wasn’t perfect; she made mistakes like each of us have.  The difference is that she was an ordinary person who did extraordinary things with the opportunities and situations in her Life! Kay had to, as she was a true Creative, an Artist […]

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Harvey E. Smith

Harvey E. Smith

October 20, 2023

Harvey E. Smith passed away in Wilmington on October 20, 2023. He was born in June of 1924 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and grew up during the Depression. As an Army Air Corps officer and flight instructor in World War II he piloted B-17s and B-25s. He finally began training as a B-29 pilot at […]

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Robert Richard Reen

October 19, 2023

Robert Richard Reen passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at the age of 79, at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. Born in 1944, Bob grew up in Brighton, Massachusetts, graduating from St. Columbkille High School and Lowell Technological Institute. He later settled in Wilmington, Delaware, where he started a family, traveled the world while […]

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Robert Angeloni

Robert Angeloni

October 18, 2023

Robert Andrew Angeloni, age 61, passed away on October 18, 2023 at his home in Landenberg, PA after a short illness.  He was surrounded by his family. Rob was born in February of 1962, in Scranton, PA to the late Vincent and Joan Lacotta Angeloni.  He worked for many years in the construction industry, which […]

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Patricia Tomasetti Armbruster

Patricia Tomasetti Armbruster

October 17, 2023

Patricia Tomasetti Armbruster of Wilmington, Delaware passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 after a recent pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Born in 1951 in Wilmington, Delaware to the late Raymond E. Tomasetti and Esther B. Tomasetti, Patricia graduated from Claymont High School and the University of Delaware. A lifelong Delawarean, Patricia began her career as […]

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Rosemary Sheehy

Rosemary Sheehy

October 16, 2023

Rosemary Reilly Sheehy, 98, died peacefully surrounded by her family, on October 16, 2023. Devoted wife of the late Lt. Cmdr. Edward Joseph Sheehy USN, Rosemary was the mother of 10 children, with 31 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.  Forever a New Yorker, she lived the life of a Navy spouse, helping to raise her children […]

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Bob Fenimore

Bob Fenimore

October 15, 2023

Bob Fenimore came into this world in May of 1936 in Mt. Holly, NJ, the oldest child of Mary and Allen Fenimore.  He left the world a better place, because of his 87 years in it, on October 15, 2023, in Hockessin, DE.  His wife and partner for 63 adventure-filled years, Edee, was his enthusiastic […]

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