Obituaries
Fred J. Anders, Jr.
May 24, 2024
Fred J. Anders, Jr., known to his loved ones as Fred, aged 95, departed this life in the peaceful retirement community of Stonegates on May 24, 2024, in Greenville, Delaware. He was born in 1928, in Lakewood, Ohio. Fred was a man of science who dedicated his career to DuPont, working in various locations including […]
Devyani Shah
May 23, 2024
Devyani “Devy” A. Shah, 81, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother of Hockessin, DE, passed away from complications of a respiratory illness on May 23, 2024, leaving a void her family cannot fill. She was born in Gujarat, India and attended university in Mumbai before emigrating to Philadelphia with her newlywed husband, Ashvin Shah, in 1968. […]
Linda H. O’Connor
May 22, 2024
Linda Hardy O’Connor died peacefully on May 22, 2024, at her home at the Country House in Wilmington, DE. Linda was born in 1940, to Vernal and Zella Hardy of Wilmington, DE, and earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Bucknell University. She met her husband to be, Brian O’Connor, while completing graduate work in […]
Frances B. Taylor
May 21, 2024
Frances Marie Beardsley Taylor, age 92, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Frances was born in 1932 and grew up in Chester, PA. and attended Chester High where she was a drum majorette and participated in Young Life. She spent many happy summers in Nicholson as […]
Ruth Matruder Smythe
May 20, 2024
Ruth Louise Matruder Smythe of Rehoboth Beach, DE died peacefully with her children at her side on May 20, 2024. Most people knew Ruth as a prominent attorney and fierce advocate, both in private practice and as a Public Defender for the State of Delaware. But more importantly, everyone knew Ruth as a loving wife, […]
Laura Baumann
May 20, 2024
Laura Máthé Baumann, aged 94, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on Monday, May 20, 2024 after a short illness. Laura was a caring, loving, and wonderful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was devoted to her husband, family, and extended family. After leaving her home in Kolozsvár, Hungary in 1944, she spent several years in […]
Gail A. Slothour
May 17, 2024
Gail A Slothour, age 85 of Wilmington, Delaware passed away May 17, 2024, after a short illness. Gail was born the only child of Grace Kratz Andrews Hickey and Robert L Andrews in Lancaster County, PA. She graduated from J.P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster in 1956. She then attended Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing and earned her RN license in 1959. She […]
Parry M. Norling
May 17, 2024
Parry McWhinnie Norling, 85, passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 17, 2024, at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, DE. He was the loving father of Christine (Andrew) Jones and Jonathan Norling (Colleen Quinn). He was predeceased by his parents, Oscar Norling and Katherine McWhinnie Norling, and his loving wife, Nancy McDiarmid Norling, who passed […]
Marie R. Hall
May 14, 2024
Family and friends of Marie R. Hall, 92, were profoundly saddened by Marie’s sudden passing on May 14, 2024. She was surrounded by her husband and three children. Marie was born in 1932 in New York City to Ruth Adele and Frederick George Albert Roettger. While attending East Orange, NJ High School, Marie met Lewis […]
Priscilla H. Roberts
May 14, 2024
Priscilla Herget Roberts, aged 88 years, passed peacefully on May 14, 2024 in the company of her husband Richard (Dick) at the Maris Grove retirement community in Glen Mills, PA. Priscilla was born in Peoria, IL in 1935 to parents Roscoe Herget and Lilly Kendall Herget. She graduated from Peoria High School with the class […]