Chandler Funeral Homes & Crematory Logo

302-478-7100 Wilmington & Hockessin, DE

Obituaries


Ann S. Rosen

Ann S. Rosen

March 13, 2023

Ann S. Rosen, born March 14, 1931, died March 13, 2023, one day short of her 92nd birthday. We lost our mom and we’re going to miss her. She was happily married to Stanley Rosen for 68 years – wow! The world is going to miss a camp counselor, teacher, gardener extraordinaire, and collector of […]

Read More

Richard Charles Armstrong

Richard Charles Armstrong

March 13, 2023

Richard Charles Armstrong “Dick”, 87, passed away on March 13, 2023.  He was born July 13 to Robert H. Armstrong and Ruth Ide Armstrong in Wilmington, DE. Dick graduated from P.S. DuPont High School and University of Delaware. He was also a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. After serving in the United States Army […]

Read More

Cynthia Henderson Kuespert

Cynthia Henderson Kuespert

March 13, 2023

Cynthia Henderson Kuespert passed away at the age of 88 on March 13, 2023. Born in Lincoln Nebraska, daughter of Clyde P. and Winifred Henderson, Cynthia was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Nebraska in 1956, majoring in journalism and English.  Nearly 30 years later she earned a Master’s degree in Urban […]

Read More

Battle Malone Hamilton

Battle Malone Hamilton

March 13, 2023

Battle Hamilton slipped peacefully out of his body just as spring was getting ready to pop. Kind, sweet, witty, stubborn, modest, smart, authentic, gentle and gentlemanly, he was above all what many have described as ‘a good man.’ Born in Bronxville, New York, he was educated at The Gunnery, Vanderbilt University, the University of Sussex […]

Read More

Margaret A. David

Margaret A. David

March 10, 2023

Margaret David, age 96, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2023. She was born in 1927 in Kearney, New Jersey. She was the second oldest of 5 children. After graduating from high school, she went to work for TWA in their office. She met her husband Vernon when she was 21 and got married soon […]

Read More

Ann “Colleen” Mulhern

Ann “Colleen” Mulhern

March 10, 2023

Ann “Colleen” Mulhern (Pope), age 70, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away peacefully with friends by her side after a long battle with Dementia on March 10, 2023. Colleen was preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband, Retired Wilmington City Fire Chief, John P. (Sean) Mulhern Jr., her parents, Richard H. Pope […]

Read More

Stanley Rosen

Stanley Rosen

March 9, 2023

Stanley Rosen, born March 1, 1928, died March 9, 2023, in between, he did lots of stuff! What can you say about a life well lived? What can you say about the life of someone who repeatedly said “I don’t believe in reincarnation, but if there is such a thing, I want to come back […]

Read More

William T. Peirson, Jr.

March 9, 2023

William T. “Bill” Peirson, Jr., age 75, of Hockessin, DE, originally of Yorklyn, DE passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was born in Wilmington, DE in 1947 to the late William T. Peirson, Sr. and Grace Byrd Peirson. He attended A. I. Dupont School and Served in the U.S […]

Read More

Rodney F. Boyer

Rodney F. Boyer

March 8, 2023

Rodney Francis Boyer, of Wilmington, Delaware, died on March 8, 2023, just shy of his 98th birthday, at home in the care of his loving children. Rodney was the younger brother of Alec, Nolan, and Harry Boyer, all of whom pre-deceased him. After graduating from P.S. Dupont High School in 1943, he served as a […]

Read More

Amalendu Dasgupta

March 7, 2023

Amalendu Dasgupta, 84, passed away in Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife, Sathi, and son, Sumit, three brothers, one sister, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Mona. Amal immigrated to the U.S. from India in 1968 to pursue […]

Read More