All Obituaries

Felton – On November 15, 2018, Ross A. Penney went home to be with the Lord. Ross was born on April 7, 1990 in Milford, DE to David and Karen Penney. Ross’s favorite hobbies included fishing, hunting and anything that involved getting muddy. Even though he hated the cold, waiting on a frosty morning for the right flock to fly over was the perfect day for him.  His truck was his most prized possession, but the minute he was done muddin’ he could be found detailing it...

Frederica – On November 13, 2018, Betty Ann Clendaniel Cooper peacefully passed away at Bayhealth - Kent General from complications from pneumonia. She was the third daughter of the late Walter S. and Annie Canon Clendaniel. Betty Ann was a native and longtime resident of Harrington, DE and a member since early childhood of Asbury U.M.C., its choir and United Methodist Women. She attended Fannie Farmers Cooking College in Boston, MA. After graduating she went to work at Wellesley...

Mary Virginia Spiegel Hall, age 77, of Lincoln, Delaware, went home to be with the Lord on November 6, 2018 with her loving family by her side.  Mary was born on March 30, 1941 in Mount Vernon Hospital in Westchester County, New York. She was a graduate of The Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel in 1959 and Dunbarton College of Holy Cross in 1963.  She married James Joseph Hall in September of 1964.  They lived in Silver Spring, Maryland and had four children.  Mary was a...

Milford – On November 1, 2018, Rev. Kevin R. Bowers, died peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. Kevin was born on June 5, 1950 in Galveston, TX to Joe and Dorothy Bowers. He spent his formative years in Stamford, CT (where he graduated from Stamford High School). Kevin moved to Kalamazoo, MI after graduating from Juniata College. He met his wife Donna while in Kalamazoo. Kevin received his Master of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. Rev. Bowers recently...

Chester T. Dickerson, Jr. passed away in Dover, DE on October 20, 2018.  Chet was born in Lewes, DE to the late Chester T. Dickerson Sr. and Virginia Graves Dickerson.  He was married to Sally D. Dickerson in 1960.  Together they raised two sons Chester T. (Bert) Dickerson III and James Dickerson. Chet graduated from Milford High School in 1957 where he was President of his graduating class.  He was Captain of his High School Football Team and played in the Delaware Blue...

Milford – On Sunday, October 14, 2018, Donald C. Adams passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at Milford Memorial Hospital. He was born at Lewes Hospital on July 29, 1949, to the late Calvin and Jane (Bailey) Adams.  He lived in Milton until the age of ten, when his family moved to Georgetown. Don graduated from Georgetown High School in 1967.  That year, he enlisted in the United States Navy, and was Honorably Discharged as a Boilerman Second Class in...

Hugh Martin V, beloved husband of Margaret Strecker Martin and father of Ann Martin Rolke (Bob) and Crista Martin (Lora), sailed into the horizon on October 5. Hugh was the only son of Lillian Isaacs Martin and Hugh Martin IV, and a proud member of the Isaacs clan, multi-generational farmers in Sussex County who raised chickens and planted hundreds of acres of pole beans, corn and peppers, among other crops.   Hugh was born in an apple orchard on October 20, 1932, and grew up largely...

Milford - Vincent John O’Donnell, well into his 96th year, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 5, 2018, while at the Delaware Hospice. Vince was born and raised in the Germantown area of Philadelphia, PA. He received his primary and secondary education at the local Catholic schools. A strong desire to answer the call of the sea directed him to enter the Pennsylvania Maritime Academy in Philadelphia where he graduated eighth in his class in 1944, having earned a Third Mate...

Milford – On September 19, 2018, Jeanette M. Carey, peacefully passed away at the Country Rest Home in Greenwood. She was born on August 24, 1930 in Greenwood, DE to the late Elmer and Mildred Messick. Mrs. Carey worked hard as a mother raising her children, and helping her husband, George Carey, run as Representative of the 36th District. She was a member of the Century Club, Women’s Republican Club, and Slaughter Neck U.M.C. Jeanette enjoyed playing bridge, going to the...

Houston – On September 16, 2018, Robert E. Southard, Jr. went home to be with his wife and our Lord and Savior. Mr. Southard was born on December 2, 1929 in Milford, DE to Robert, Sr. and Elizabeth Southard. In his younger years Robert worked as a Brick Mason for Oscar Taylor and tilled the Dickerson and Donavan Farms. He was a member of the Milford V.F.W. Mr. Southard tended to Purple Martins, making sure that every year they had their nests at his farm. He loved to fly and got...