Charles “Charlie” M. Gibb Jr., age 71, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2019. He was born in Wilmington, DE on August 19, 1948 to the late Charles M. Gibb Sr. and Mary E. (Wilson) Gibb. A lifelong Newark residence, Charlie graduated from Newark High School in 1967 and went on to proudly serve 6… Read more »
Neil (Sam) Crather Burris, age 83 of Newark Delaware, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019. Sam was born on June 26, 1936 in Wilmington Delaware to the late Clarence S. Burris and Anna (Crather) Burris. Sam had a sense of humor that could brighten people’s day. He was generous, honorable and had a gentle soul.… Read more »
Marie Barbara Sowa, age 82, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on Good Friday, April 14, 2017 after a brief illness. Marie was born in Freeland, PA on August 15, 1934, daughter of the late Michael and Sophia Klapinsky. Valedictorian of Freeland High School Class of 1952, she married her sweetheart, Thomas Sowa, in 1953 and… Read more »
Iva Jeanette Williams, age 93, of Newark, DE passed away on November 29, 2015. She was born in Seaford, DE on January 7, 1922. Iva resided in Oak Orchard, DE and Sarasota, FL, until her husband’s passing. She was active in the CHEER Center in Long Neck, DE. One of her favorite activities was dressing… Read more »
Omoruyi Aghahowa Obazee, also known as T.J and T.K, age, 36 of Newark, DE passed away on February 18, 2019. He was born on March 13, 1982 in Atlanta, GA to Tunde Aghahowa Obazee and Olubunmi Ajagun. Omoruyi graduated from James Bowie High School in Arlington, TX in 2002. He then attended Delaware Technical Community… Read more »
Daniel Eugene Miller, Sr., 84, a former longtime resident of Cordele Road in Newark, DE, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 8, 2016, at the Kline Hospice House in Mt. Airy, MD. Born on November 2, 1931, in Boothe, WV, he was the son of the late Oscar and Nellie (Blankenship) Miller. Daniel was a… Read more »
James J. Byrne, 85, of Newark, DE, passed away peacefully at Millcroft Senior Living Facility on February 4, 2013. Born in Coal Bloom, WV on February 19, 1927, Jim was the son of the late John T. and Marie Riley Byrne. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He volunteered for service during the… Read more »
Arthur R. Vande Poele, BG (DE Ret.), 83, passed away peacefully at Atlantic Shores Nursing Care in Millsboro on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Born in the Bronx, NY on May 5, 1931, Art was the son of the late Arthur Charles and Lena Monti Vande Poele. A 1949 graduate of Newark High School, Art went… Read more »
Nancy Ruth Brice Weldon, 95 of Newark, DE passed away on March 7, 2017, with family by her side. Daughter of Jack Richardson Scott and Virginia Ruth Elder, Nancy was born on July 24, 1921, in Brookneal, Virginia. As a young woman, Nancy worked in her great aunt’s store on Main Street in Newark, “Peggy… Read more »
Alfred Arthur Gruber, age 95, of Newark, DE, died peacefully on August 9, 2015, in Newark, DE. He was born February 11, 1920, in New York City, to the late Otto Arthur Benedict Gruber and Charlotte Genoveva (Beyer) Gruber. Al and his two younger brothers were full-fledged Bronx kids growing up. He attended New York… Read more »
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