Obituaries

Richard Joseph “Rook” Garafalo, age 65, of Middletown, DE, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2023.

Taze H. Proffitt, Jr., age 79, of Newark, DE, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

Ellen Mary Kein, age 78, of Middletown, DE, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

Merle M. Harrington, age 94, of Newark, DE, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2023.

John E. Stewart, age 73, of Seaford, DE, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2023.

Robert C. “Robbie” Costango, Sr., age 66, of Delaware City, DE, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on Friday, February 3, 2023.

Richard Allen “Rick” Altvater, age 73, of Morehead City, NC, passed away and went home to the Lord on Thursday, February 2, 2023.

Robert L. “Bobby” McGowan II, age 57, of Newark, DE, passed away on Friday, January 27, 2023.

Bernard R. Welch, age 78, of New Castle, DE, passed away on Friday, February 3rd, 2023.

Evelyn A. Streed, age 96, of Haddonfield, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

Bernice M. Wright, age 96, of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, February 2, 2023.

Camillia R. Craig, age 78, of Delaware City, DE, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

Emma Mae Martin, age 97, of New Castle, DE, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, February 2, 2023.

Jean (John) Rene Kerbrat, age 72, most recently of Smyrna, DE, formally from North Plainfield, NJ, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 28, 2023.

Henry Walton, age 92, died peacefully at his home in Delaware City on Thursday, January 26, 2023, after a long and crippling illness.

Larry Louis Smith, lovingly referred to as “The Legend”, age 57, of New Castle, DE, was finally called home by God on Monday, January 30, 2023, following a work accident on September 4, 2022.