Nancy B. Kilgore Gelley of Middletown passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 after a long illness. She was 87.

  Michael Joe Jester of Townsend went home to be with the Lord Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.  He was 44.

John W. “Jack” Bingham of Townsend passed away Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. He was 72.

    W. Gail Smith of Middletown passed away with her loving family by her side on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Christiana Hospital, Newark. She was 85.

Richard H. “Dick” Fox of Townsend passed away Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at Union Hospital in Elkton, Md. He was 82.

Walter Lawrence Kabis of Odessa passed away peacefully Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, at his home. He was 95.

    David S. “Dave” Lawson Sr. of Middletown died after a courageous battle with cancer Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, surrounded by his loving family, at Christiana Hospital, Newark. He was 52.

   Joseph F. Cahill Jr. of Middletown passed away Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at his home. He was 83.

    Franklin Havens of Delaware City died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, at his home. He was 73.

    Dorothy V. “Dot” Neff of Townsend went home to be with the Lord Friday, July 31, 2009. She was 76.

    Marvin L Skip Evans of Middletown, formerly of Frederick, Md., died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at his home, under the care of Season’s Hospice.

  Eleanor D. (Schlink) Bachmura of Newark passed away Monday, July 27, 2009. She was 86.

Donald K. “Don” Hultberg of Warwick, Md., died suddenly July 12, 2009. He was 67.

Littleton “Lit” Mitchell of Delaware City, a champion for civil rights, died July 6 from injuries sustained in a head-on vehicle collision. He was 90.

Myron Lebischak of Warwick, Md., passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at home in the care of his family. He was 86.