Obituaries

Earl James Burnett, Sr., age 72, of Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, at Milford Memorial Hospital in Milford, DE. A…

Velma Vickie Ascione, age 84, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, October 31, 2014. Born on November 2, 1929,…

Archie Lee Strickland, Jr., age 67, of Newark, DE, passed away on October 24, 2014 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark. Lee was born in…

Bob Ford, affectionately known as Rip to his family, age 88 of Newark, DE, passed away at home on Monday, Oct.27, 2014. Bob was born…

William Francis Nutter, Sr., age 96, of New Castle, DE, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 26, 2014. A native Delawarean, Mr. Nutter was born…

Kenneth Elmer Brink, age 97, of Wilmington, DE, passed away at home on October 25, 2014. Mr. Brink is survived by his daughters, Annetta Wallace,…

James R. Haggerty, age 91, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 23, 2014. Born on July 7, 1923 in Wilmington, Delaware, he…

Anna Mae Nitchman, age 87, of New Castle, Delaware passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 19, 2014. Born on April 6, 1927 in Hanover, Pennsylvania,…

Wayne Norman Brumbley, age 70, of Elkton passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014 after a long battle with cancer at Union Hospital in Elkton,…

  Alfred A. Al Antonelli, Sr., age 85, of Newark, Delaware, passed away at his residence on Monday, October 20, 2014 surrounded by his loving…

Donald L. Don Strickland, age 71, of Newark, Delaware and formerly of Pennsville, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 20, 2014. Born on April…

Thomas A. Tom Dorsi, age 71, of Townsend, Delaware passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 19, 2014. Born on June 13, 1943 in Waltham, Massachusetts,…

Miriam H. Overmiller, age 90, of Newark, DE, died peacefully on Friday, October 17, 2014. Born in Calvert, Maryland on January 20, 1924, Mrs. Overmiller…

Marlene L. Donofrio, age 67, of New Castle, DE, passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family and friends on Thursday, October 16, 2014. A…

Carol Ann Jensen, age 55, of New Castle, DE, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Born in Wilmington, Delaware on June 23, 1959, Carol…

Helen Margaret Mills, age 85, departed this life at Seasons Hospice surrounded by her family, on October 16, 2014. Helen was born in Ambler, Pennsylvania…

Margaret B. Hackenberg, age 89, of New Castle, DE, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 17, 2014. Born in Federalsburg, Maryland on September 26, 1925,…

Shane Thatcher Colby, age 21, of Newark, DE, passed away unexpectedly in a car accident on Friday, October 17, 2014. Born in Newark, Delaware on…

October 20, 1934 – October 15, 2014 Samuel S. Brown, Jr., age 79, of Landenberg, PA, passed away peacefully at the Heartland Hospice House on Wednesday,…

Demetra Karapanagiotis Giannaras, 75, of New Castle, DE, and Brigantine, NJ, passed away in her sleep at the family home in New Castle. She was…

David M. Torterotot, age 52, of New Castle, DE, passed away on Friday, October 10, 2014. Born in Wilmington, Delaware on March 4, 1962, David…

Helen Estep, age 77, of New Castle, DE, passed away peacefully following a long illness while surrounded by her loving family and friends on Friday,…

Francis Franny Walker, age 86, of Elkton, MD, passed away peacefully while surrounded by his family on Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Born in Wilmington, Delaware…

Roger F. Hawley, age 65, of Hockessin, DE, passed away on Sunday, October 5, 2014 while surrounded by his loved ones after a brief illness….

Steve McGwynn Phipps, age 60, of Newark, DE, passed away peacefully at home while surrounded by his family on Monday, October 6, 2014. Born in…

Joyce L. Poczynek, age 84, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away on Friday, October 3, 2014. Born on March 11, 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware, she was…