Obituaries
John Joseph Keegan, Jr.
September 13, 2023
John Joseph Keegan, Jr. passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1956, John was the eldest son of John and Regina Keegan. John will always be remembered for his humor, intellect, boundless curiosity, and friendship. He was a loving brother who always enjoyed family gatherings and his relationships with […]
Joseph Patrick Melloy, Sr.
September 12, 2023
Joe, 89 years old, passed away peacefully on September 12 after visits from his children and grandchildren. Born and raised in Wilmington, Joseph Patrick Melloy was the son of John Patrick Melloy of Philadelphia and Mary Elizabeth Waldron of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Joe was the consummate Irish gentleman, with complementary parts intelligence, creativity, and compassion. A […]
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 […]