Obituaries

Frances Irwin Cowgill, devoted church member,...

8 hours ago
Frances Irwin Cowgill, 91, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away Monday, Nov. 3 , 2025. Frances was born...

Tucker G. Johns, loved family, friends, sports

9 hours ago
A huge void can be felt on and off the football field, basketball courts, and track and fields at...

Kenneth Hopkins, loved his family

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

Kelly Carmine Stuchlik, devoted wife, mother

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

Nancy Cullen Feichtl, retired educator

1 day 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

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

Russell Davies, teacher, successful businessman

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

Nadine Morse Noble, teacher, eucharistic minister

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

Curtis W. Steen Jr., loved by many

3 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

3 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

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

Donald Charles Mitchell Jr., an original

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

Kevin A. Conner, veteran, federal retiree

6 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

1 week 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

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

James A. Walls, loving brother, uncle, friend

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

Teresa B. Weber, volunteer, avid golfer

2 weeks 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

3 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

4 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

4 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

4 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

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

Joseph H. Donovan, dedicated farmer

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

Joyce Beauchamp Smith, woman of faith

1 month 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

1 month 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...