Kathleen Alfree
Sep 12, 2023
Kathleen "Kathy" Alfree Age 64 of Wilmington Passed away at home on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. Kathy was the oldest of five children born to the late Carl and Dolores (Kane) Bader. She was raised in Wilmington and was a proud 1977 graduate of Conrad High School. While in high school she was a member of the marching band and...
Kathleen Green
Sep 11, 2023
Passed away peacefully on September 11, 2023. Kathy was born to the late Russell and Margaret (Prettyman) Morris. She spent her childhood in Elsmere and was a proud 1968 graduate of Corpus Christi High School. On May 29, 1972, Kathy married the love of her life, Francis Green. Together they shared 51 blessed years together raising their family. After her...
Deborah Francisco
Sep 8, 2023
Deborah Hitchens Francisco, age 70, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on Friday, September 8th , 2023. Debbie graduated from Conrad High School in 1970 and University of Delaware in 1974. While working at Hercules Country Club during college, she met her future husband Bill Francisco. She then began work in the banking industry, pausing her career after the birth of...
Carol Greer
Sep 5, 2023
Carol J. Greer, age 87, of Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully at Shipley Living in the presence of family on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. Born Carol Jeannette Anderson in Somerville, Massachusetts on June 15, 1936 she was the daughter of the late Carl O. and Alice J. (Belyea) Anderson. Carol was raised in Somerville graduating with honors from Somerville High...
Terry Marshall
Sep 4, 2023
Terry W. Marshall Age 83 Born on August 17, 1940, passed away on September 4, 2023. He was retired from Getty & Texaco. He had many interests, but his favorites where motorcycles and canoeing. Terry was preceded in death by his parents Lawrence Marshall of Colorado and Charlotte Necastro of Delaware. He leaves behind to cherish his memory his children,...
Karen Rhoades
Sep 3, 2023
Karen Mae Rhoades Age 71 of New Castle Passed away peacefully on September 3, 2023. Karen was born to the late Harley J. and Nellie (Hickey) Parkes. She was a hard worker for her entire life. She was employed at several restaurant working in many different capacities. But most of all, she loved caring for children. She was not only...
Joseph Gorman
Aug 30, 2023
Went home to be with the Lord in the loving arms of his family on August 30,2023. Joe was a life-long resident of New Castle born to the late, Gertrude V. and Andrew L. Gorman. He was a career National Guardsman retiring at the rank of Command Sergeant Major. In addition to his parents, Joe was preceded in death by...
Rudolph Alvini
Aug 30, 2023
Rudolph F. Alvini Rudy "Tootle" Alvini, 82, passed away peacefully on August 30. He retired from Delmarva Power as a supervisor in the gas department after 35 years of service where he achieved perfect attendance for never missing a single day of work. He was a member of Holy Spirit Parish for more than 40 years, often serving as an...
Peter Cooper
Aug 27, 2023
Peter A. Cooper, 83, passed away August 27, 2023, at his residence in Wilmington, DE. Mr. Cooper, son of the late Edward and Yolanda (Porcellini) was born in New York, NY on March 2, 1940. Mr. Cooper joined the NYC Police Force in 1962 and retired after 20 years as a Detective. He also proudly served his country during the...
John Short
Aug 25, 2023
John R. "Jack" Short Jr. Age 48 of Elsmere Passed away suddenly in his Elsmere home on Friday, August 25, 2023. He was born on March 21, 1975 to Anne Marie and John Short. Jack was preceded in death by his mother, Anne Marie Short. He is survived by his father, John Short Sr, and his half-brother, Randy Evans. All...
Edward Hitchens
Aug 20, 2023
Edward L. Hitchens Age 79 of New Castle. Passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones on Sunday, August 20, 2023. Eddie was the 10 th of 11 children born to the late Harriett Marie (Lee) Hitchens. He attended William Penn High School and joined the United States Army in 1963. When Eddie returned home, he went to...
Elizabeth Myers-Wilson
Aug 19, 2023
Elizabeth Regina "Betty" Myers-Wilson Age 79 of New Castle Passed away peacefully on Augst 19, 2023. Betty was born and raised in Old New Castle. She was a lifetime member of St. Peter the Apostle R.C. Church where she was a member of the Blessed Mother Sodality. She was a Radiology Technician for Christiana Hospital retiring after 48 years of...
Mark Hynson
Aug 18, 2023
Mark "Kelly" Hynson, Sr Age 61 of New Castle, DE passed away on August 18, 2023 after a brief illness. Born on May 21, 1962, Kelly is the son of the late Thomas and Elsie Hynson. Kelly attended Wilmington High School, where he played his favorite sport, football. He worked many years for Laborer's Local 199. Because of his love...
Mary Diggins
Aug 16, 2023
Mary Veronica (Shields) Diggins, 91, died Wednesday, August 16 of complications from a 2022 stroke at the Newark home of her daughter and son-in-law where she had lived for the past 19 years. Mary's husband of 68 years, John N. Diggins, died in 2018. They had lived in Wilmington 52 years before moving to Newark. Mary attended St. Paul's Parochial...
James Madden
Aug 16, 2023
James L. Madden, 94 , passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, surrounded by loving family. Born in Royal Oak Michigan, raised in Rochester, Michigan, in his later years moved to Delaware to live with his daughter Jean and her family. He was born into a family of modest means, the ninth of ten children born to...
Carl Bader
Aug 8, 2023
Carl Francis Bader, Sr. Age 89 of Cleland Heights Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on August 8, 2023. Carl was born to the late Edward and Anges (Snyder) Bader. Carl was a hardworking man all his life, working as a bricklayer out of Local #1 and retiring from Rizzo's and Sons. Carl attended St. Patrick and Salesianum Schools...
Clara Deboto
Aug 7, 2023
Passed away peacefully at home on August 7, 2023. Clara was born and raised in Wilmington. She was a dedicated employee of New Castle County. Clara worked in many capacities for the county before retiring after 42 years of service. She loved to travel and visit casinos with her husband, Lou. Clara was an excellent cook and enjoyed spending her...
Robert Linton
Aug 6, 2023
Robert Lee "Bob" Linton Jr. Age 67, of Wilmington, DE passed away on August 6, 2023. Robert (Bob) was born September 22, 1955. He was the son of the late Mary Louise and Robert Lee Linton. A graduate of Wilmington High School and went on to work for Chrysler as a Welder. Bob enjoyed spending time at the beach and...
Lynda Shipe
Aug 1, 2023
Lynda was born January 27th 1964, passed away August 1st. Lynda was a loving wife to Bill Shipe and an amazing mother to Steven and Bryan Shipe. A loving sister to Mark Sillman and wife Sunde. Caring friend to all who she encountered, especially Scott and Dara Bodofsky, Joe & Geralyn Facciolo, and Howie & Ryan Minner. Loving second mother...
Evelyn Houghton
Aug 1, 2023
Evelyn F. Houghton Age 83 of Wilmington Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on August 1, 2023. Evelyn was born to the late Harry and Florence (Yeatman) Horne. She grew up in Newport with her 7 siblings. Evelyn was a graduate of Conrad High School and worked at Bell Telephone. On July 3, 1959, Evelyn married the love of...
