Obituaries

Kenneth Hopkins, loved his family

19 hours ago
Kenneth Hopkins, 71, of Ocean View, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in University...

Kelly Carmine Stuchlik, devoted wife, mother

20 hours ago
Kelly Lyn Carmine Stuchlik, 70, passed Tuesday, March 11, 2025, surrounded by her loving family at...

Nancy Cullen Feichtl, retired educator

23 hours ago
Dr. Nancy Feichtl, 79, of Rehoboth Beach, died of heart failure Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. She was born...

Marianne Shaubach, devoted to her family

1 day ago
With grace and quiet strength, Marianne Shaubach of Dagsboro passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct...

Russell Davies, teacher, successful businessman

1 day ago
Russell Davies, 92, peacefully passed away Friday Oct. 31, 2025, at Delaware Hospice Center in...

Nadine Morse Noble, teacher, eucharistic minister

1 day ago
Nadine Morse Noble of Henlopen Acres (formerly of Dover) died suddenly Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. She...

Curtis W. Steen Jr., loved by many

2 days ago
Curtis "Curt" W. Steen Jr. of Dagsboro passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025,...

John A. Anderson, devoted to family, service

2 days ago
John A. Anderson, 83, of Lewes, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Born in Racine, Wis...

Charles Ennis Burton, hardworking family man

2 days ago
Charles “Chuck” Ennis Burton, 65, of Milton, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his...

Donald Charles Mitchell Jr., an original

3 days ago
Donald “Donnie” Charles Mitchell Jr., 74, of Millsboro, peacefully departed this life Friday, Oct...

Kevin A. Conner, veteran, federal retiree

5 days ago
Kevin A. Conner, 75, passed away peacefully at home in Florida Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, surrounded...

Harlow M. Carson, active church member, volunteer

6 days ago
Harlow M. Carson, 94, passed peacefully at his home Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. He was born in Boston,...

Ruth Marie Barnett, devoted church member

1 week ago
Ruth Marie (Eddy) Barnett, 94, passed peacefully with family by her side Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025,...

James Patrick O’Doherty, veteran, cherished family

1 week ago
James Patrick O’Doherty, 80, of Lewes, passed away peacefully Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Born Jan. 15,...

Phyllis Louise Connell, beloved teacher

1 week ago
Phyllis Louise Connell (née Pizzuto), 84, went home to God Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, surrounded by...

Joan Durham, retired nurse

1 week ago
Joan Durham of Milton passed away Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Joan was born Oct. 29, 1947, at Milford...

Greer Noreen Alcorn, compassionate nurse

1 week ago
Greer Noreen Alcorn, 69, of Lewes, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. She was born...

Karen Olivia Strong, loved family, Elks member

1 week ago
Karen Olivia Strong, 80, passed away peacefully at home Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, after a brief...

James A. Walls, loving brother, uncle, friend

1 week ago
James A. Walls of Webster, Texas, formerly of Milford, departed this life Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025...

Teresa B. Weber, volunteer, avid golfer

1 week ago
Teresa B. Weber of Rehoboth Beach passed away peacefully surrounded by family. She was born Oct. 8...

Shirley W. Givens, woman of faith

2 weeks ago
Shirley W. Givens, 84, of Rehoboth Beach, beloved wife of Robert J. Givens, passed away peacefully...

Priscilla Smith, loved gardening, volunteering, family

2 weeks ago
Priscilla Richardson Smith, 92, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her...

Ellen Startt Sanger, loving wife, mother

2 weeks ago
Ellen Startt Sanger, 80, passed away Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, at her home in Rehoboth Beach. Ellen...

William N. Sweet Jr., entrepreneur, golf enthusiast

2 weeks ago
William “Bill” N. Sweet Jr., 83, passed away peacefully surrounded by family Friday, Oct. 17, 2025...

Karin Marie Allnutt, loving daughter

2 weeks ago
Karin Marie Allnutt, 56, a lifelong resident of Howard County, Md., passed away peacefully Sunday,...

Jon W. Newsom, lifelong teacher, arts advocate

2 weeks ago
Jon W. Newsom, 84, of Lewes, passed away Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. After retiring from the Library of...

William Warren Kindl, veteran, retired financial...

2 weeks ago
William Warren Kindl, 78, passed away Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Paoli Hospital, Paoli, Pa. Bill...

Paul J. Dempsey Jr., veteran, devout Catholic

2 weeks ago
Paul J. Dempsey Jr., 84, of Long Neck, passed away Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. Paul was the beloved...

John Wallace Morris, Major League Baseball player

2 weeks ago
John Wallace Morris, 84, of Lewes, passed away peacefully in Scottsdale, Ariz., Oct. 15, 2025. Born...

Mary Estelle Roy, devout Catholic

2 weeks ago
Mary Estelle Roy, 82, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away peacefully at home Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025,...

Howard Lee Holston, loved his family, community

3 weeks ago
Howard Lee Holston, 74, passed away Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Dover. Born Nov. 30, 1950, in Milford...

John Futcher Jr., RBVFC life member

3 weeks ago
John “Jay” Futcher Jr., 84, of Rehoboth, passed away Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, surrounded by the love...

Lewis Floyd Fargo, loving husband, father

3 weeks ago
Lewis “Lew” Floyd Fargo passed away Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. He was born April 19, 1933, in Denver,...

Sorin Dragos Greer-Pinzaru, bright, vibrant young man

3 weeks ago
Sorin Dragos Greer-Pinzaru, 16, of Lewes, passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Born March 26, 2009, in...

Geraldine Cannon, loving mother

3 weeks ago
Geraldine ‘Gerry’ Theresa Cannon, 99, of Greenwood, died at Country Rest Home in Greenwood Thursday...

Paul Chester Boyer, state retiree

3 weeks ago
Paul Chester Boyer, aka Chet, Goob, and Papa, of Lewes, passed away peacefully at Excelcare in...

Joan Kreich Stranix, beloved mother

3 weeks ago
Joan Kreich Stranix, widow of Ronald Stranix Sr., left this earth Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, for the big...

Evelyn Ann Jones, devoted to family

3 weeks ago
Evelyn Ann Jones, 88, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Rehoboth Beach. Born March...

Peter Ernest Loewenstein, veteran, helped others

3 weeks ago
Peter Ernest Loewenstein, 83, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2025, at home in Millsboro. His wife and two...

Lois W. Shelley, devoted church member

3 weeks ago
Lois W. Shelley, 82, passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. She was born March 30, 1943, in Wilmington,...

Brenda Carroll Abell, loved by many

3 weeks ago
As was her wish, Brenda Carroll Abell passed away at home, held in the loving affection of her...

Jack Allyson Daggett, beloved man of character

4 weeks ago
Jack Allyson Daggett, 78, passed quietly into the night Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. It was one of the few...

Alfred Frithjof Johnson Jr., devoted to aviation,...

4 weeks ago
Alfred Frithjof Johnson Jr., 91, departed this life Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Born Nov. 16, 1933, in...

Edmund Lee Runge Jr., gifted, charismatic salesperson

4 weeks ago
Edmund Lee Runge Jr., 70, passed away peacefully Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in hospice care in...

Phyllis D. Collins, loving wife, mother

4 weeks ago
Phyllis D. Collins, 83, peacefully passed away Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, while at home with her husband...

Elizabeth Jane Romig, retired pediatric nurse

4 weeks ago
Elizabeth Jane Romig, affectionately known as Betty, BJ, and Betts by her loved ones, was born Feb...

Joseph H. Donovan, dedicated farmer

4 weeks ago
Joseph H. Donovan, a dedicated laborer and proud farmer, passed away Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, at...

Joyce Beauchamp Smith, woman of faith

4 weeks ago
Following a decade-long battle with cancer, Joyce Beauchamp Smith, 71, of Harbeson, went home to be...

Catherine Ann Batchelor, City of Rehoboth retiree

4 weeks ago
Catherine “Kaye” Ann Batchelor, 78, of Millsboro, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving...

William F. Miller, veteran, federal retiree

1 month ago
William “Bill” F. Miller, 82, of Rehoboth Beach and Arlington, Va., passed away Thursday, Oct. 2,...

Benjamin Franklin Hemphill, devoted husband, father,...

1 month ago
Benjamin “Frank” Franklin Hemphill, 89, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025,...

Wendy Camille McQuaide, had a zest for life

1 month ago
Wendy Camille Clineff McQuaide, 62, of Georgetown, passed away peacefully at her residence Saturday...

James Carroll McDaniel, retired Air Force sergeant

1 month ago
James Carroll McDaniel, 83, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at Beebe...

Ina Ola Martin, cared for others

1 month ago
Ina Ola (Brewer) Martin, 78, of Lewes, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Monday, Sept...

Laurence B. Knapp Jr., retired pilot, family man

1 month ago
Laurence “Larry” B. Knapp Jr., 90, passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. He is survived by his...

Rod Elliott, loved family, beach life

1 month ago
Rodney John Elliott passed away unexpectedly Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Arlington, Va. Born Sept...

Michael J. Quinn, kind, generous soul

1 month ago
Michael J. Quinn, 66, passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer...

John Nick Niemczuk Jr., proud veteran, sailor

1 month ago
With full hearts, we honor the life of John Nick Niemczuk Jr., student, soldier, sailor, and proud...

Constance L. Dick, administrative assistant

1 month ago
Constance “Connie” L. Dick of Georgetown passed away peacefully at home Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025,...

Judy Sands, income tax preparer

1 month ago
Judy (Ellner) Sands of Milton passed peacefully Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, following a long illness...