Obituaries

Mar 27, 2024

George F. Siegfried of Milton, De. passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2024, with his loving family by his side. George was born May 23, 1935, in Philadelphia, Pa. He along with his parents moved to Milton, Delaware circa 1945. He graduated from Milton High School which is also where he met the love of his life, Doris Estelle Mills....

Mar 27, 2024

MILTON – Shirley A. (Jones) Coale, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.

Shirley was born in Marion, NC, daughter of the late Robert and Marie (Owens) Jones. Shirley worked for many years with Giant Foods as an accounting associate.

Shirley was a member of the Ellendale VFW Ladies Auxiliary....

Mar 25, 2024

Ronald David Jackson, Sr., went home to be with the Lord on March 25, 2024, after a nine year very hard-fought battle with esophageal cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents Leo Jr. and Doris (Hickman) Jackson, his wife of 46 years, Mildred (Galloway) Jackson, and his sister Linda Sue (Jackson) Edmonds. Ronnie, in true warrior fashion,...

Mar 22, 2024

MILTON- Naomi L. Ingram Betts went home to the Lord on March 22, 2024, at the young age of 100.

Naomi was born in Ellendale, DE on January 30, 1924, to Dorsey and Estella Morgan. Naomi moved to Argo’s Corner where she married her husband and father of her children, Paynter Ingram, who preceded her in death...

Mar 21, 2024

ELLENDALE – Deborah H. Clendaniel passed away Thursday, March 21, 2024, at home surrounded by her loving family after a long fight with Multiple Sclerosis.

Deborah was born on September 5, 1950. She was 73. Deborah was the daughter of the late Raymond and Florence (Carey) McCabe.

In addition...

Mar 16, 2024

John Wesley Rutherford, 88

GEORGETOWN – John Wesley Rutherford passed away peacefully on March 16, 2024, at Tidal Health in Salisbury, MD.

John was born July 5, 1935, in Bristol, VA to parents Thomas and Margaret (Sheffield) Rutherford.

John served in the United States Airforce from 1954 to 1958,...

Mar 15, 2024

GEORGETOWN – Dianne M. (Guyer) Calhoun passed away peacefully at home on Friday, March 15, 2024.

Dianne was born July 7, 1955, in Philadelphia, PA, daughter to the late Jerry S. and Betty M. (Fuller) Guyer, of Milford.

Dianne began her career in social work in May 2006 with the Division...

Mar 14, 2024

Mamie Lee Lankford went home to be with Jesus and two of her sons on Wednesday, March 14th, 2024.

Mamie was born on December 18, 1936. Mamie owned and operated Lankford Signs with her family for more than 30 years, as well as the Tastee Freeze in Seaford, DE. She was also a substitute teacher...

Mar 11, 2024

Martha A. Warren, 82, of Georgetown, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 11, 2024.

Martha was born in Milford, daughter of Merrill Ivens and Eleanor Stayton Ivens. She graduated from Milford High School in 1959, and still enjoyed monthly breakfasts with her classmates. Martha attended Goldy Beacom College in Wilmington and credits those years for...

Mar 10, 2024

Dawn Elaine (Cleaver) Ellingsworth, age 88, of Milford, Delaware, peacefully passed away on her birthday, Sunday, March 10, 2024, surrounded by her husband and two sons at Sussex Bayhealth Hospital in Milford, DE.

Dawn was born in Milford, DE, on March 10, 1936, to the late William H. and Jennie M. (Dodd) Cleaver. In addition to her...

Mar 8, 2024

DORIS BETTS OBITUARY

Doris R. Betts, 92

GEORGETOWN – Doris Reid Betts went home to be with her Lord on Friday, March 8, 2024. She passed away in her home of 72 years, in Georgetown.

Doris was born in Easton, Maryland on April 14, 1931 to Willard...

Mar 2, 2024

Phyllis Ann Clayville, 76, of Lincoln, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation in Maryland.

Phyllis was born in Milford, DE, on March 24, 1947 to the late George and Evelyn (Kemp) Phillips. Phyllis was raised in Ellendale during her childhood. While she will be remembered for many things,...

Mar 2, 2024

Joseph H. Griffith, 95, of Felton, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 2, 2024, surrounded by his loving family.

Joseph was born in Harrington, DE, on May 9, 1928, to the late Charles and Ethel (Ward) Griffith. A true Delaware native, Joseph was a lifetime member of the Felton Fire Company. He enjoyed NASCAR and cheering on...

Mar 1, 2024

Loved Family, Music, Nature

JoAnne Downes Whealton, 89, of Milton, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on Friday, March 1, 2024. JoAnne was born on May 11, 1934, in Brunswick, GA to the late John Schoch and Joan (Woodworth) Downes.

JoAnne’s family moved to...

Feb 27, 2024

William R. Draper, 84, of Milford, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at the Delaware Hospice Center in Milford.

William was born in Milford on February 15, 1940, to the late J. Clyde and Ethel G. (Hollinger) Draper.

William graduated from Milford High School in the Class of 1958....

Feb 27, 2024

GEORGETOWN – Sara Virginia Lyons passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. She was 88.

Mrs. Lyons was born in Frederica, Delaware on September 6, 1935, the first-born child of Willard Isaac Stayton and Sara Virginia (Grant) Stayton of Milford. The cause of her death was congestive heart failure.

Virginia attended Milford...

Feb 26, 2024

COTTON, Bonita May "Bonnie", age 81 died on February 26, 2024 at her home. A 31 year resident of Felton, DE, she was born Jan. 20, 1943 in Dover, DE, and raised in Wyoming, DE, first child to the lateJames Elton Raughley and Anna May Harrington Raughley.

After graduating from Caesar Rodney in 1962 she...

Feb 24, 2024

Mary “Colleen” Waybright, 69, of GEORGETOWN, DE (formerly of Hagerstown, MD). Colleen passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Delaware.

Colleen was born May 2, 1954, in Takoma Park, MD, daughter of the late Charles K. and Florence E. Moran. She graduated from Robert E. Perry High School...

Feb 21, 2024

Corrine Goodman, 81, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at her home in Milford.

Corrine was born in Wilmington, DE, on October 18, 1942, to the late Howard and Margaret (David) Moore. A lifelong resident of Delaware, she and James lived in Saint Georges for 40 years before settling in Milford and staying 20...

Feb 19, 2024

Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Brother

Theodore “Ted” Franklin Hodgson, 77, of Felton, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024 at Christiana Hospital in Newark.

Ted was born in Baltimore, MD, on January 18, 1947, to the late Theodore F., Sr. and Anna Belle (Long) Hodgson. Ted loved God, Family, and Country, and served in...