Obituaries
Robert M. Pyle
April 14, 2025
Robert M. Pyle, age 80, of Hockessin, DE, formerly of Kennett Square, PA, died on Monday April 14, 2025, at the Friends Home in Kennett Square. Robert attended Wilmington Friends School in Wilmington, DE for his elementary years, before graduating from St. Andrews School in Middletown, DE. He graduated from Hobart College in Geneva, NY. […]
Robert D. Forrester
April 14, 2025
Robert D. Forrester, age 69, passed away peacefully at his home on April 14, 2025, in Wilmington, DE. Robert attended Alexis I. DuPont High School before building a career as a fiberglass fabricating supervisor for the Spatz Fiberglass Company. He had a deep fondness for hunting, fishing, camping, and traveling. His dog, Ruby, held a […]
Hemlata Naik
April 10, 2025
Hemlata Kishorkumar Naik, aged 69, passed away on April 10, 2025, in Newark, Delaware, where she had lived since moving from Kadodara, Gujarat, India, in 2002. Hemlata was born to the late Mohanlal and Lalitaben Desai and grew up in Tundi village, Surat, India. From a young age, she loved to travel, spend time with family, cook a variety […]
Elaine M. Soutar
April 7, 2025
Elaine Sharp Soutar passed away on April 7, 2025 at Jenner’s Pond, in West Grove, PA, where she has lived since moving from Wilmington in 2011. She was 87 years old. Elaine was born to the late William and Margaret Sharp. She grew up in Wilmington and graduated from PS DuPont High School in 1955. […]
Patricia C. Deverell
April 7, 2025
Patricia (Pat) Deverell age 90, of Greenville, DE. passed away peacefully on Monday April 7, 2025. Pat was born in Baltimore Maryland to Wilmer Joseph Cannon and Mable Disharoon Cannon. Pat graduated from Conrad High School and enjoyed regular lunch outings with classmates long into retirement. She earned her B.S. from James Madison University. Pat […]
Christopher L. Perry
April 7, 2025
Christopher L Perry, 86, passed away peacefully on April 7 at Country House in Greenville, DE, following a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. A beloved husband and father, Chris is survived by Nancy, his wife of 53 years; a son, Jeffery (Marti) of Belen, NM; and a daughter, Kimberly Hoyt (Robert) of Stewartstown, PA. Chris […]
Joseph Rhoads, Jr.
April 6, 2025
Joseph Rhoads, Jr., 89, of Middletown, Delaware died on April 6, 2025, while in hospice care at Christiana Hospital. Joe was born in Philadelphia, PA and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from Earlham College in 1957 and served as an Army Medic from 1958-1960 at the Valley Forge Army Hospital. In 1963, Joe […]
Elizabeth F. Vandenbraak
April 2, 2025
Betty (Elizabeth) Fay Buckwalter Vandenbraak, 97, of Wilmington, Delaware, died peacefully in her residence in Wilmington on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Born in 1927, in Wilmington, Delaware, to Carl and Margaret (Livingood) Buckwalter, Betty Fay loved the home she grew up in, which was built by hand by her father. She attended The Forwood School, […]
Nina Florenz
March 31, 2025
Nina Florenz passed away peacefully on March 31, 2025, in Wilmington, Delaware, with her daughters by her side. Nina was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and immigrated to the United States with her parents at the age of five—an early journey that shaped her resilient, curious spirit and deep appreciation for possibility. At the heart […]
Robert A. Oswald, Jr.
March 30, 2025
Robert A. Oswald, Jr. died peacefully of metastatic melanoma at his home in Wilmington, DE on March 30, 2025. Bob was born in March of 1945, in Cleveland, Ohio, to his parents, Robert and Mary Oswald, both now deceased. He spent his formative years in Salem, Ohio, where he graduated from Salem High School in […]