Chandler Funeral Homes & Crematory Logo

302-478-7100 Wilmington & Hockessin, DE

Obituaries


Bruce Allen Lambly, Sr.

Bruce Allen Lambly, Sr.

March 14, 2023

Bruce Allen Lambly, Sr, 85, of Milton, DE, left this life due to leukemia, kidney, and heart failure on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Bruce was born August 10, 1937 in Perth Amboy, NJ, to John Edward (Jack) Lambly of South Orange, NJ and Elizabeth Elder Lambly of Short Hills, NJ. He grew up in Menlo […]

Read More

Joan Archangelo Yue

Joan Archangelo Yue

March 14, 2023

Joan Archangelo Yue, 76, of Philadelphia, PA (formerly of Wilmington, DE) passed away peacefully on March 14, 2023, surrounded by those who loved her after a valiant 20-year struggle with renal cell carcinoma. Joan died as she lived… on her own terms. Born in Wilmington, DE, Joan was an academic star. Valedictorian of her 1964 […]

Read More

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