Obituaries
Mary Jane Horty Lyons
December 1, 2022
Mary Jane passed away peacefully on December 1, 2022. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware to Margorie Dougherty and Frank Horty on December 28, 1934. Mary Jane was a devoted alumnus of the Ursuline Academy Class of 1952, and a loyal University of Delaware Blue Hen and football fan. She married her high school sweetheart, […]
Dorothy Perryman
December 1, 2022
Dorothy “Scotty” Perryman, age 95, passed away on Dec 1, 2022, surrounded by loving family in her Claymont, DE home. Born in Chester, PA to Lewis and Sophia Roberts (nee Lay) she was the youngest of the Robert’s clan. Growing up in Chester, Dorothy attended Chester High School, graduating in 1945. In 1969, Dorothy married […]
Mary Beth Sheing
November 30, 2022
Mary Beth (Gilmore) Sheing, age 82, of Wilmington, died on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at Christiana Hospital. She was born and raised in Wilmington and was a life-long resident. She was a graduate of Ursuline Academy. Mary Beth worked in the data center at Hercules after graduation and was then a homemaker while her children […]
James Scott Denham, III
November 29, 2022
James Scott Denham, III, age 94, of Wilmington, DE passed away at home on November 29, 2022. Jim was born in Wilmington, Delaware to Susanne Speakman Denham and William Bailey Denham. He attended Tower Hill School and graduated from Westminster School in Simsbury Connecticut in 1947, where he served as Head Prefect his Sixth Form […]
Belinda Shields Young
November 29, 2022
Belinda Shields Young, age 72, of Bensalem, PA, formerly of Oklahoma City, OK, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 from complications from Dementia at Accent Care Wilmington Hospital, Inpatient Hospice Center. Belinda was born in Muskogee, OK, daughter of the late Pat Shields and Deanne Womack Shields. She attended several schools growing up in […]
Jeffrey Lawrence Alford
November 29, 2022
Jeff Alford, age 59, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. He was a longtime resident of New Castle. Jeff lived in the home he purchased as a small 1-story fix-or-upper and transformed it in to a beautiful 2-story, all with his own hands. He was born in 1963 in Wilmington. He lived with his […]
Andrew P. Vattilana Jr.
November 27, 2022
Andrew P. Vattilana Jr. of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on Sunday November 27, 2022 at age 96. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Connie Vattilana, nee DiNapoli, daughters Linda Niebauer, (Brian) and Andrea Davis (Edward). He is further survived by five grandchildren, Brian Jr. (Vitaliya), Sean (Kristen) and Jennifer Niebauer, Matthew […]
William Biordi
November 27, 2022
William Biordi passed away at his home in Rehoboth Beach on Sunday, November 27, 2022 at the age of 74. He was surrounded by his family. Bill was born in July of 1948 to the late Luciano and Rose (Figurelli) Biordi in Chester, PA. Bill attended Chichester High School and graduated from West Chester University. […]
Barbara Hayes
November 27, 2022
After a beautiful earthly journey, Barbara Louise Jastrow Hayes passed away peacefully on Sunday November 27, 2022. She is survived by her devoted children, Shaun Hayes, Evan and Heidi Hayes, Siobhan and John Glover, Erin Hayes, Corey Hayes, and Calum Hayes, her 7 grandchildren, along with her siblings, Kathy Jastrow Davis, John and Christine Jastrow, […]
Dr. Otto Raul Medinilla
November 27, 2022
Dr. Otto Raul Medinilla of Wilmington died peacefully on November 27, 2022, reuniting with his wife, Myriam, who had passed fifty days earlier. This man called Otto liked simplicity. Reserved and serious, he was a man of few words. His mantra about making statements was “ser deciso, preciso, y conciso,” best translated into “keep it […]