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Obituaries


Sally Horton Morrow Robinson

Sally Horton Morrow Robinson

July 13, 2023

Born in DuBois, PA, in 1929, to Lydia Jane (Hutton) and Charles Tracy Morrow, Sally Horton Morrow spent her elementary and middle school years in Brookville and Wyomissing, PA, respectively. She completed her first two years of high school in Cape May, NJ—where her father helped build a plant that used seawater and calcium to […]

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Kristine Ruth Lopes

Kristine Ruth Lopes

July 12, 2023

Kristine Ruth Lopes, age 70, of Rehoboth Beach, DE and formerly of Wilmington, DE and Ardmore, PA, passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 in Lewes, DE with her family by her side. Kristine was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1953, daughter of the late Sterling and Corynne Hardgrove Phipps. She graduated from the Haverford […]

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Roy Lee Armstrong, Jr.

Roy Lee Armstrong, Jr.

July 11, 2023

Roy Lee Armstrong, Jr., 84, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on July 11, 2023 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Roy was born in 1938 in Cleburne, TX to the late Roy Lee Armstrong, Sr. and Opal Pearl Bowen Armstrong. He graduated from Cleburne High School in 1957.  Roy attended the United States […]

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Ernest A. Schwab

Ernest A. Schwab

July 11, 2023

Ernest A Schwab, 90, of Wilmington passed away on July 11, 2023. He was born in New York City on July 24, 1932 to German immigrant parents, Ernst Eugene and Louise Marazzi Schwab. Ernie earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Syracuse University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He […]

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Linda Cannon Surmacz

Linda Cannon Surmacz

July 10, 2023

Linda Cannon Surmacz, age 68, of Lincoln, Delaware (formerly of Fair Hill, MD), passed away peacefully at Johns Hopkins Hospital, on Monday, July 10, 2023 surrounded by family following a long illness. She was born in 1955, and originally from North Huntingdon, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert D. and Melvina Ruhama […]

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Tracy Lee Horn

Tracy Lee Horn

July 10, 2023

Tracy L. Horn, 61 of Wilmington and formerly of Chadds Ford, PA passed away with her family by her side at Christiana Hospital on July 10, 2023. Tracy was a graduate of Garnet Valley High School ’79 and worked as an Employment Services Manager for Autism Delaware.  She loved her job and the Autistic adults […]

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Barbara Dashiell Flinn Quillen

Barbara Dashiell Flinn Quillen

July 7, 2023

Barbara Quillen (Barb), a lifelong resident of Delaware, died on Friday, July 7, 2023, at the age of 93. Barb was born the daughter of Dr. Irvine Moore Flinn Jr. and Margaret Dashiell Flinn in Wilmington, DE. Growing up outside Newark, she enjoyed farm adventures with her sister, Fairfax.  She attended Wilmington Friends School graduating […]

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Steven James Christophel

Steven James Christophel

July 7, 2023

Steven James Christophel, 39, of Townsend, DE, formerly of Chestertown, MD, died on July 7th 2023 in a fatal work accident. Steven graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Lancaster Bible College.  Steven has worked in all aspects of the field of construction from a young age giving him invaluable and well-rounded knowledge of his field. Steven […]

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James V. Chiappardi

James V. Chiappardi

July 7, 2023

James V. Chiappardi, 72, of Wilmington, DE passed away on July 7th, 2023 following four years of multiple health challenges. James, better known as “Jimmy” peacefully, and in full Brooklyn style of determination, left this earth with his best friend and beloved Linda Durkin Chiappardi by his side. James was predeceased by his first wife, […]

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Peggy Schlezes

Peggy Schlezes

July 6, 2023

Margaret “Peggy” Schlezes passed away peacefully on July 6 surrounded by loved ones after a hard-fought battle with ALS. Peggy was born in Cambridge, New York in September of 1954, to the late Jack and Barbara Roche. Peggy spent her childhood in the small town of Salem, New York until her family moved to Indiana, […]

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