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Obituaries


D. Jean Meier

D. Jean Meier

July 15, 2023

Jean Meier (nee Furbee), 95, born the luckiest day of the year in 1927 in Moundsville, West Virginia, passed on peacefully at home early Saturday morning, July 15, 2023. After graduating from McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio, Jean began her career at The Canton Repository Newspaper. After marrying the love of her life Robert […]

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Rosemary H. Cardinal

Rosemary H. Cardinal

July 15, 2023

Rosemary H. Cardinal, of Wilmington, DE, age 86, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2023 in Christiana Hospital. Rosemary was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, daughter of the late John Ernest and Vernette (Heinsen) Holderried. She graduated from St. Mary’s High School as Valedictorian in 1955 and earned her BA in Chemistry from Marquette University in […]

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Edward H. Goetz

Edward H. Goetz

July 14, 2023

Edward H. Goetz, age 95, of Greenville, DE, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2023 at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1928, where he lived until he and his wife Barbara relocated to Greenville, Delaware in 2020. He graduated from Rockhurst High School in […]

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Kathleen Stowe Manns

Kathleen Stowe Manns

July 13, 2023

Kathleen Stowe Manns of Selbyville, DE (formerly Wilmington, DE) passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a brief illness on July 13, 2023.  She was born in Darby, PA in 1952 to John and Agnes Stowe (Higgins) and raised in Bethel Township, PA where she attended St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School […]

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Sally Horton Morrow Robinson

Sally Horton Morrow Robinson

July 13, 2023

Born in DuBois, PA, in 1929, to Lydia Jane (Hutton) and Charles Tracy Morrow, Sally Horton Morrow spent her elementary and middle school years in Brookville and Wyomissing, PA, respectively. She completed her first two years of high school in Cape May, NJ—where her father helped build a plant that used seawater and calcium to […]

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Kristine Ruth Lopes

Kristine Ruth Lopes

July 12, 2023

Kristine Ruth Lopes, age 70, of Rehoboth Beach, DE and formerly of Wilmington, DE and Ardmore, PA, passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 in Lewes, DE with her family by her side. Kristine was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1953, daughter of the late Sterling and Corynne Hardgrove Phipps. She graduated from the Haverford […]

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Roy Lee Armstrong, Jr.

Roy Lee Armstrong, Jr.

July 11, 2023

Roy Lee Armstrong, Jr., 84, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on July 11, 2023 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Roy was born in 1938 in Cleburne, TX to the late Roy Lee Armstrong, Sr. and Opal Pearl Bowen Armstrong. He graduated from Cleburne High School in 1957.  Roy attended the United States […]

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Ernest A. Schwab

Ernest A. Schwab

July 11, 2023

Ernest A Schwab, 90, of Wilmington passed away on July 11, 2023. He was born in New York City on July 24, 1932 to German immigrant parents, Ernst Eugene and Louise Marazzi Schwab. Ernie earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Syracuse University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He […]

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Linda Cannon Surmacz

Linda Cannon Surmacz

July 10, 2023

Linda Cannon Surmacz, age 68, of Lincoln, Delaware (formerly of Fair Hill, MD), passed away peacefully at Johns Hopkins Hospital, on Monday, July 10, 2023 surrounded by family following a long illness. She was born in 1955, and originally from North Huntingdon, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert D. and Melvina Ruhama […]

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Tracy Lee Horn

Tracy Lee Horn

July 10, 2023

Tracy L. Horn, 61 of Wilmington and formerly of Chadds Ford, PA passed away with her family by her side at Christiana Hospital on July 10, 2023. Tracy was a graduate of Garnet Valley High School ’79 and worked as an Employment Services Manager for Autism Delaware.  She loved her job and the Autistic adults […]

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