Obituaries
Greta Gricol
September 8, 2023
Greta Gricol, 66, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away peacefully at home on September 8, 2023 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Greta was a lifelong Delawarean. She attended St. Helena’s Elementary School, Padua Academy and graduated from the University of Delaware. She was a faithful member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. Greta married […]
Elizabeth Dalton
September 8, 2023
Elizabeth Lindsay Dalton, of Newark, DE, passed away peacefully on September 8, 2023. The only child of Mildred Jenness Lindsay and William J. Lindsay, Elizabeth was born in 1925 at the Homeopathic Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. They named their beautiful little girl Elizabeth Anne. Elizabeth was soon shortened to Betty, which she preferred to be […]
Bruce Eliot Linton
September 7, 2023
Bruce Eliot Linton, 73, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away at home of natural causes, Thursday September 7, 2023. Born in Montclair, NJ, Bruce was the second of four sons of W. Henry and Beatrice (Brewster) Linton and the loving husband of Rita Marie Mascelli Olivere, with whom he shared five years of marriage until her […]
Karen J. Bennett
September 7, 2023
Karen Jane Bennett (McLaughlin), age 73, of Newark, Delaware, passed away on Thursday September 7, 2023. Karen was born in Ridley Park, PA., daughter of the late David U. McLaughlin, Jr. and Alexandria Navert McLaughlin. Karen will be deeply missed by her loving family; her daughter, Cherie Pearlman, her son, William “Billy” Bennett, her grandson, […]
Colleen Boone
September 6, 2023
Colleen Boone, age 95, passed away peacefully on September 6, 2023, with family by her side. She is preceded by her husband Rex L. Boone, parents Hobart and Hazel Soules, siblings Vivian Brackett and Patty Sparks, son Danny Boone, and daughter Jacqueline Schilling. She is survived by her children Wayne Ramsey and Patricia Ruszkay (Thomas). […]
Colleen Ide
September 6, 2023
A very special person, Colleen Hayes Ide, 56 years old, of Hockessin, DE passed away peacefully on September 6, 2023, surrounded by a loving group of family and friends. Colleen was born in October of 1966, in Wilmington, DE to Georgene and Walter “Hawk” Hayes, Jr. She happily grew up in Claymont, DE. Colleen graduated […]
George William Watson
September 6, 2023
George, age 97, left us after a long, happy and successful life on September 6, 2023. Born to Paula and Frank Watson in Manhattan, moved to The Bronx, Bay Ridge in Brooklyn and at the age of 10 to a house in Bellerose, Queens, NY. He enjoyed playing in the woods and on the nearby […]
Devesh Batra
September 5, 2023
With profound sadness, we announce the passing of a beloved husband, father, brother, and son, Devesh Batra, who passed on September 5th, 2023. Devesh was a beacon of love, compassion, and strength, and his absence leaves an indelible void in the lives of those who knew and cherished him. Born in July of 1969, Devesh […]
Francisco J. Laborde
September 5, 2023
Our son, brother, uncle, brother-in-law, nephew, cousin and friend Francisco J. Laborde “Paco” of Philadelphia, PA passed away suddenly on Tuesday the 5th of September, 2023 at the young age of 45. Born at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia on Monday, June 12, 1978, Paco grew up in a home filled with love and tradition […]
Aileen M. Saffo
September 3, 2023
Aileen M. Saffo, age 94, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2023 at Foulk Manor North in Wilmington. Aileen is predeceased by her husband, Robert S. Martin, who passed in 1977 and her husband Thomas T. Saffo, who passed in 2001. Aileen is survived by her sons; Ronald C. Martin and his […]