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Obituaries


Bruce F. Emge

Bruce F. Emge

October 23, 2024

Bruce F. Emge, age 78, of Severna Park, Maryland, passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at Wilmington Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.  Born in 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Wilbur F. “Bud” Emge, Jr. and Aneta B. Clipper Emge.  He was preceded in death by his brothers, Daniel G. […]

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Diane Audrey Fulginiti

Diane Audrey Fulginiti

October 22, 2024

Diane Audrey Fulginiti (Campbell), 82, of Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, passed away October 22, 2024, in Ocean City, NJ surrounded by her husband, Joe, and her sons, Joe, Ken and Ron Fulginiti and her daughter, Jacquie Troiano. Diane was born in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania and met her destined to be husband, Joe, at work in South […]

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Charles P. Brandt

Charles P. Brandt

October 22, 2024

Charles Brandt –- prominent attorney and best-selling author whose true crime classic, I Heard You Paint Houses, was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s 2019 film, The Irishman –- died of natural causes on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at Delaware Hospice in Wilmington. A longtime resident of Wilmington and Lewes, Delaware, as well as Sun Valley, Idaho, […]

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Katherine L. Mell

Katherine L. Mell

October 21, 2024

Katherine L. Mell, 90, passed away on October 21, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. Kay is survived by her son, Donald C. Mell III of Wilmington, Delaware (Jeanne), her daughter, Elizabeth Mell of Charleston, South Carolina, and her sister, Mary L. Laub of Akron, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, […]

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Martin V. Aydelott

Martin V. Aydelott

October 21, 2024

Martin Vaden Aydelott, 79, of Wilmington, Delaware, formerly of Minneapolis, Minnesota, died peacefully in Wilmington on October 21, 2024. Martin was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1944 to Alfred Aydelott and Daisy Nuckols Aydelott. He attended high school at Taft School in Connecticut before earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. After […]

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Raymond M. Abruzzese

Raymond M. Abruzzese

October 18, 2024

Raymond (Ray) M. Abruzzese, Jr, age 81, of Hockessin, DE passed away on Friday, October 18, 2024. Ray grew up in Brooklyn, NY. After completing Catholic elementary school, he attended historic Erasmus High School. After graduation one of his first fulltime positions was in a Wall Street bank. There, he received several promotions and was […]

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Virginia F. Forenski

Virginia F. Forenski

October 18, 2024

Virginia Forenski of Hockessin DE passed away on Friday, October 18, 2024 peacefully in her home. She was the daughter of the late Bertha and Michael Fabiucci. She has been a stay at home mother for about 63 years which she devoted her life. She enjoyed a love for tea pots as she collected many […]

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Gloria O. Beideman

Gloria O. Beideman

October 17, 2024

It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Gloria Ann Orloski Beideman, age 84, of Wilmington, Delaware.  She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, October 17, 2024. Gloria was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1940 to John and Mary Orloski, who emigrated from Poland.  She was the ninth […]

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Eugenie Lewis Mackey

Eugenie Lewis Mackey

October 16, 2024

Eugenie Lewis Mackey peacefully passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at the age of 87. Genie was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Barton L. Mackey, D.M.D. and is survived by her children: Barton Jr. (Jennifer), Eugenie M. McDonald (Mathew), Dwight D., and Scott L. (Betsy); nine grandchildren: Tucker, Tyler, Emily, Matt, Barton […]

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Grace Francis London

Grace Francis London

October 12, 2024

Grace Francis (DeMeis) London, a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away surrounded by love on October 12, 2024. Born in 1933, in Atlantic City, NJ, she was the cherished daughter of Frank DeMeis and Sarah (Magro) DeMeis. Grace was the proud sister of three siblings: Esther Johnson (deceased), Rosemarie Caputo, and Dorothy DeMeis. She also […]

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