Vera Estelle Mahon Duff died at the age of 99 on January 14 at the Country House in Greenville, Delaware, where she had lived for 22 years. She was born in Kearny, New Jersey, on November 11, 1915, to Caroline Jorgenson Mahon and Fred Mahon. As a child, she lived in Haskell, New Jersey, and she graduated from high school in Butler, New Jersey. She was married to Alan Dallas Duff, Jr., on March 18, 1939, in Manassas, Virginia. Alan served as a Captain in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan.

After the War, Vera and Alan lived in Wilmington, Delaware, where Alan worked for the DuPont Company. In 1951, they moved to Newark, Delaware, where Alan worked at the Louviers Building, and Vera became a Welcome Wagon Hostess. In 1953, Vera and Alan and their two school-aged daughters moved to Aiken, South Carolina, where Alan worked for the Atomic Energy Commission at the Savannah River Plant, near Aiken. Vera took up golf in Aiken, and it became a lifetime passion. She played until her 90th year at the Newark Country Club, where an annual golf tournament has been named for her. She had two holes-in-one during her golfing years.

Vera was predeceased by her husband, Alan Duff, and is survived by her two daughters, Diana Duff, of Captain Cook, Hawaii, and Susan Duff Bresnick, of East Hampton, New York, as well as her granddaughter, Polly Duff Kertis, and great-grandson, Peter Burns Kertis, of Brooklyn, New York. Her closest friend and frequent companion Margit Boer-Toy, of Newark, her son-in-law, Paul Bresnick and grandson-in-law, Gary Kertis, also survive her.

A celebration of Vera’s life will be held on the afternoon of Sunday, January 25, at 3 PM, in the Delaware Lounge at the Methodist Country House, 4830 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807. For further information call (302)654-5101.