Obituaries
Joseph J. Lucey, Jr.
September 2, 2024
Joseph J. Lucey, age 86, of Wilmington, DE passed away at Wilmington Hospital surrounded by his loving family on Monday September 2, 2024. Joe was born in the Forty Acres neighborhood of Wilmington, DE in 1938, son of the late Joseph and Dorothy (Carey) Lucey. He attended St. Ann’s grade school, Salesianum High School (class of […]
Elizabeth “Betty” Ellen MacLachlan
August 31, 2024
Elizabeth “Betty” Ellen MacLachlan, nee Pegues, born in 1923 to Nellie Pegues, nee Kavanaugh, and Samuel A. Pegues in Shreveport, Louisiana, passed away on August 31, 2024 of natural causes. She received her early education at St. Vincent’s Academy. She attended Louisiana State University, graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry, and then from the University […]
Jacquelin Pitts
August 30, 2024
Jacquelin (Jackie) Pitts passed away peacefully at home on Friday, August 30th, 2024, surrounded by family and close friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fredric Gardner Pitts and Alice Fox Pitts, her sister, Dorothy Patricia Vellrath, her brothers, Marc Pitts and Bruno Fox Pitts, and her nephew, Marc Vellrath. She is survived […]
Raymond Michael “Mike” Terné
August 30, 2024
Raymond Michael (Mike) Terné, longtime resident of Wilmington, DE and West Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA passed away on August 30, 2024. He was born in 1941 in Philadelphia, PA and was the widower of the late Alice Wagstaff Terné. Mike graduated from Allegheny College and was a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. He worked […]
Richard A. Yates
August 29, 2024
Richard Alan Yates died peacefully at home on August 29, 2024 due to Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He was 94. Born in Piedmont California, Dick was an Eagle Scout and remained involved in scouting through adulthood. He graduated from Piedmont High School in 1948 and University of California in 1956 with a PhD degree in Microbiology. […]
Sushant Subhash Deshmukh
August 28, 2024
Sushant Subhash Deshmukh, age 46, of Dover, DE and previously of Gilbertsville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. He was born in Ahmedabad, India to Subhash and Sujata Deshmukh. Sushant began his engineering education at University of Pune, Pune, India where he received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree. He further pursued this […]
Donald Anthony Kasner Sr.
August 27, 2024
Donald Anthony Kasner Sr. passed away peacefully on August 27, 2024, at the age of 88. He was born in 1936 in McKeesport, PA to the late Virginia Marie Martin Kasner and Edward Allen Kasner. Donald graduated from the University of Pittsburgh where he was also on the gymnastics team. He moved to Delaware in […]
Harry E. Gordon, Jr.
August 27, 2024
Harry died on August 27, surrounded by family. He was born in 1931, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to the late Hannah Morgan Gordon and Harry Everett Gordon. In Marion, CT, Harry attended the area two-room schoolhouse. For college preparation, Harry graduated from Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, CT. Harry graduated from Yale in 1952, earning a B.E. […]
Jeannette Bauernfreund
August 25, 2024
Jeannette Bauernfreund, age 86, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2024 at Christiana Hospital in Newark. Jeannette was born in Wilmington, Delaware daughter of the late Louis Feldman and Reba Luskin Feldman. She graduated from Wilmington High School and worked as a sales representative at Sears in Wilmington. Jeannette was beloved by […]
Margaret “Peggy” Butler
August 24, 2024
Beloved Margaret “Peggy” Mooney Butler, was called home to Eternal Glory with the Lord on Saturday August 24, 2024 surrounded by faith, family, and fortitude. She was 92 years strong. What a glorious moment it must have been for Peggy to receive her crown of grace in heaven, and to also reunite with her valiant […]