Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wilmington, DE and surrounding areas
Betty Campbell
December 9, 2016
Betty A. Campbell AGE: 82 • New Castle Betty passed away on Friday, December 9, 2016. Betty was the office manager for Megonigal Electronics, Inc. for 20 years and Secretary at Bowlerama for 10 years until 2003. She bowled at Bowlerama and at National Tournments and was a volunteer at Wilmington Medical Center for 17 years during the 1980's and...
Lois Rodeck
December 9, 2016
Lois W. Nichols Rodeck AGE: 94 • Formerly of Newport Lois passed away on Friday, December 9, 2016 in Petersburg, VA, where she had resided the past few years. Lois worked for the DuPont Co Downtown for 35 years in Accounts Payable, retiring in 1987, She was born in Federalsburg, MD the daughter of late Lee and Emma Nichols. Lois...
Freda Dec
December 7, 2016
Freda F. Dec AGE: 90 • Newark Freda went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Freda was a school interventionist for the Brandywine School District for over 20 years before retiring in the mid 1990's. She also worked at Boscov's. Freda is survived by her son, James E. Dec; her daughter, Jonlun H. Pisocki and her...
Diana Mcclure
November 30, 2016
Diana Louise McClure, age 57, of Newark, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, following a three-and-a half-year battle with breast cancer. Diana was one of Jehovah's Witnesses and attended the Iron Hill congregation. She found absolute joy in worshiping her God and teaching others about the Bible. Diana enjoyed gardening, dancing, cooking, and spending time with her friends and...
Wendy Focht
November 30, 2016
Wendy J. Focht (Crossan) Bear, Delaware 01/07/1961-11/30/2016 Wendy, age 55, went home to be with the lord, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with lung disease. Wendy was a loving mother, wife, and friend. She dedicated more than a decade of service to the New Castle County crossing guards. She was a member of Cornerstone United Methodist Church....
Camille Czajkowski
November 27, 2016
Camille E. Czajkowski AGE: 89 • Newport Camille was reunited with her husband Ted on Sunday, November 27, 2016. She was born and raised in Wilmington, the daughter of the late Stanley M Dombrowski and Helen Wasieleska Dombrowski. Camille was a member in St. Matthews Church where she was a former President of the Ladies Sodality. She was married at...
Charles Boyer
November 22, 2016
Charles Boyer 1934-2016 Charles Boyer, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on November 22, 2016. Charles left this world peacefully at the age of 82. His parents, Norman and Francis Boyer, his brothers, Norman, Thomas, James, John, and Richard and sisters, Alice Powell, Ann Laughlin and Helen Ievoli, and brother in laws Gorden Powell and Patrick Naughten...
Marcia Shorts Jenkins
November 19, 2016
Marcia A. Shorts Jenkins AGE: 78 • Wilmington Marcia, a lifelong resident of Wilmington, passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2016. Marcia was the daughter of the late Marian E. and James M. Shorts, Jr. Marcia was an investigator for the State of Delaware Violent Crimes Compensation Board, retiring in 2002 after 27 years of service. She received an award...
John Forrest
November 16, 2016
John E. Forrest AGE: 89 • Wilmington John passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. John retired in 1988 as a Locomotive Foreman from CSX Rail Road after 45 years of service. He was a Navy Veteran and a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Newark. John was a member of the Brunswick #191 Masonic Lodge, Cumberland Scottish Rite...
Juan Prado-Colon
November 15, 2016
En la partida de nuestro amado Juan M. Prado-Colón a morar a la Presencia del Altísimo, nuestra amada familia Prado-Dalmau, Curet-Alvarez, Borges; desea agradecer a todos cuantos han tenido a bien bendecirnos en éste dificil momento. En el consuelo de saber que le veremos en la eternidad...
Bertha Davidson
November 14, 2016
Bertha J. Davidson AGE: 90 • Wilmington Bertha passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016. Bertha was a Homemaker and a Hairdresser. She was a very active member of the New Castle Moose Lodge. Bertha's passions included her family, friends, the beach, dancing, knitting, sewing and yard sales. Bertha was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Edgar...
Rebecca Essick
November 13, 2016
Rebecca Matthews Essick, 74, went home to her Lord on November 13, 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on December 17, 1941 to Van and Marie Matthews. She attended Northwest Forsyth High School where she was proudly a majorette. She then attended High Point Nursing School. She went on to raise three surviving daughters-Melany Earnhardt (husband-Fred),...
Michael Haumesser
November 12, 2016
Michael C. Haumesser, Sr, age 55 of Newark, formerly of Massachusetts, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Michael served in the Navy where he pursued his electronics training. He then worked as an electrician. He enjoyed gardening, reading, biking, camping and fishing. He especially loved walking his dogs. Michael was a brilliant mathematician and liked solving problems in his...
Crayshaun Fitts
November 12, 2016
Crayshaun T. Fitts, age 29, of Elkton sunset on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Cray graduated from Elkton High School in 2005. She loved music and was a talented artist. She was preceded in death by her grandmom, Shirley Fitts; grandfathers, Ronald Booker and Joseph Roberts, Sr.; and brother, Tony Price, Jr. Cray is survived by her parents, Ronald Fitts and...
Roben Fawra
November 11, 2016
Roben K. Fawra, 22, passed away on the 11th of November, 2016 at home in Wilmington, DE. Roben was born in Wilmington, DE on March 22, 1994 to Rhonda Fawra and Damon Jackson. Roben is survived by her mother, father, grandparents, brothers, sisters, Sherelle and Marissa, her nieces KaMya and Cali and a host of family members and friends. Funeral...
John Wright
November 5, 2016
John passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2016. John was a graduate of Delcastle High School. He worked at Cress Collision Service for nearly 40 years. He enjoyed fishing, crabbing, bowling, watching Eagles football and most of all spending time with his family and friends. John was preceded in death by his daughter, Erin Wright-Wyckoff; his father, Philip Wright, Sr....
Shirley Thomas
October 31, 2016
The Lord called Shirley on Monday, October 31, 2016. Shirley was 62 and of New Castle, Delaware. She worked at the Kaumagraph Company for over 20 years. She loved spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Russell and Patricia Womer, and her brothers, Mike, Russell and Timmy Womer. Shirley is survived by her husband...
James Wood
October 20, 2016
James E. Wood AGE: 68 • Wilmington Woody passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016. Woody was a graduate of Howard High School. He then served in the Army as well as the Army Reserves. Woody worked in the Steel Industry at Marcus Hook.He enjoyed sitting in with area bands playing conga drum and singing Temptations songs. Woody was preceded...
Liv Glover
October 10, 2016
Liv passed away peacefully on Monday, October 10, 2016. Liv worked at NVF for many years and was also a homemaker. She was a very active long time member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Newark. Liv was born and raised in Norway, coming to the US in the early 1950's. She enjoyed knitting and belonged to the Son's of...
Janet Chand
October 9, 2016
Janet E. Chand, age 70, of Smyrna, formerly of Wilmington went to be with The Lord on Sunday, October 9, 2016. Janet worked at Chrysler for over 15 years and retired in the late 1980's. She loved animals especially cats and enjoyed traveling. She is preceded in death by her parents, Katherine and Carl Spencer. Janet is survived by her...
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