Obituaries
Daniel W. Jefferis IV
April 20, 2023
With great sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of Daniel W. Jefferis IV on April 20, 2023. Dan was born on January 29, 1944 in Chester, PA to Daniel W. Jefferis III and Alice Wheatly Jefferis. Dan graduated from Chester High School in 1962 and then attended Moravian College. After leaving Moravian, Dan joined the […]
Lawrence A. Ramunno
April 19, 2023
Lawrence A. Ramunno, 71, of Chadds Ford, PA, passed away at his home in the early morning of April 19, 2023 after a seven month battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He was known by his family and friends as Larry. As a young boy Larry grew up on New Castle Avenue with his two brothers, L. […]
William Thomas Shaw
April 19, 2023
William Thomas Shaw (Tom) died on April 19th at the age of 89. He fought valiantly against Alzheimer’s disease, maintaining his wonderful and loving personality. He taught us how to persevere with dignity, determination, grace and to be thankful and kind. Tom was born in November of 1933 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania to Owen DuWayne […]
Jeffrey Boardman Lund
April 18, 2023
Jeffrey Boardman Lund, age 63 passed away at home on April 18, 2023 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jeff was born on February 6, 1959 to Janet and John Lund in Waynesboro, Virginia and graduated from AI DuPont HS and Delaware Technical and Community College. Jeff retired from Farmers Insurance in 2020 after he was diagnosed, in […]
Ethel Rossiter Vandegrift
April 17, 2023
Ethel Rossiter Vandegrift of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania passed away on April 17, 2023 at the age of 96. Born in 1926 to the late Mahlon and Ethel Rossiter in Radnor, Pennsylvania, where she resided for her first 20 years. She attended Drexel University and received her B.S. in Home Economics in 1948. She began teaching […]
Thomas Stanley Vernon
April 17, 2023
Thomas Stanley Vernon slipped quietly from this world on the morning of Monday, April 17, 2023. He was born in Wilmington and spent his very early years growing up in a home his father had built for the family. He moved, along with his father, to Chadds Ford where he attended Unionville schools and graduated from […]
Bharati Seth
April 14, 2023
Bharati Subodh Seth, age 82, passed away on Friday, 14 April 2023, at home with her beloved family by her side. Bharati was born in Ahmedabad, India and moved to Mumbai, India with her family at a young age. She attended school and University in Mumbai and focused on creative and culinary endeavors. In early […]
Joan McLaughlin
April 14, 2023
Joan C. McLaughlin, our beloved “Aunt Joan” passed away on April 14, 2023 after a brief illness. Born in 1941 in Wilmington, DE, one of seven children to Katherine and William McLaughlin. A graduate of St. Elizabeth High School, she enjoyed a successful career with Diamond State Telephone, Bell Atlantic and Verizon. Retiring early, she […]
The Reverend David Sheehan, Jr.
April 13, 2023
The Reverend David Sheehan, Jr., age 92, passed away Thursday April 13, 2023. He was born in January 1936 to David and Mary Sheehan. David was well respected in the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware and was a Minister at Christ Church in Delaware City, St. Andrews in Wilmington, St. Nicholas in Newark, Calvery Episcopal Church […]
Laureen Vatty
April 13, 2023
Laureen (Pleshinger) Vatty of Chadds Ford, PA, passed away on Thursday April 13th, 2023 in the loving arms of her husband, at the age of 71. She is preceded in death by her parents Irene (Boross) Pleshinger; and Joseph Pleshinger. She is survived by her husband of 49 years Roger Vatty; daughter Stephanie (Vatty) Hubbard, […]