All Obituaries

  Mary M. Ellingsworth, 68 left this earth for her heavenly home on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.  She was the daughter of the late Mary E. Summers and Edward E. Ellingsworth.  Mary worked various positions through her life, but her most recent job was as a medical transcriptionist for Child, Inc. She was involved in mobile home sales for K4Management, and sold vehicles and life insurance at one point. She was a creative up-cycler who enjoyed making many things, including...

Leon Charles Donovan passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at the age of 84.  He was the son of the late, Leon E. and Catherine E. Donovan.  He attended Harrington High School and graduated in 1955. Leon began his career in the hardware business by working at Taylor's Hardware.  In April of 1962, he and his wife bought Felton Hardware which they owned and operated for 50 years.  He was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather.  He...

  N. Edgar “Ed” Welch, 90, of Harrington, passed away at home, on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, with his family by his side.  He was the son of the late W. Carroll and Mildred Welch. Ed proudly served in the US Army for a total of six years.  He was a hard-working man, who liked to stay active, and willing to do any job to help support his family as they were growing up.  Ed worked many years for Kirby & Holloway prior to becoming the shop manager for the...

Patricia "Patty" M. Burris, Felton, passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at the Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, she was 59.  She was born in Sacramento, CA to Larry and Patricia Romero. Patty worked as a bus driver for the Lake Forest School District for 33 years, driving special needs students.  She drove with the same bus number 42 for all those years.  She loved her job tremendously and loved interacting with all her students and teachers.  In her...

Robert Anthony Papillo Sr., Hartly, DE, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 9, 2022, at his home surrounded by family, he was 55.  Robert was born in Dover, DE to Michael and Elizabeth Papillo.   Robert was a self employed custom carpenter.  He loved working for Burke Equipment and they treated him like family.  When he was not hard at work, he enjoyed being in nature, fishing and kayaking.  He also loved nothing more then to be at home.  He...

David R. Parrott, 79, Dover, DE, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, at home, surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Phillip and Mildred Parrott.    David was a computer programmer for many years, he worked for Delmarva Data Center for 42 years, and loved all things computer.  In his spare time he enjoyed flying planes, as he had his private pilot license.  He also enjoyed bowling on a league; listening to and performing music; spending time...

Daniel T. Pawlowski, 86, passed through his life on August 11, 2022. Dan was born in Maryland. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict, later in the U.S. Navy then later again in the U.S. Army as a Special Forces Green Beret Staff Sergeant, Como. NCO. After receiving three Honorable Military Discharges, Dan joined the Bendix Field Engineering Corp. which later merged with the Allied Signal Corp. later merging with the Honeywell Corporation. Dan was an Amateur Radio...

Cedric L. Jackson, Harrington, DE, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by friends, and his beloved wife Melva, on Monday, August 8, 2022, he was 72.  Cedric was born in Washington, DC to the late, Anna and Elbert Jackson Sr. Cedric served his country proudly in the United States Navy.  On a football scholarship, Cedric went to the Yankton College in South Dakota, where he obtained a Bachelors in Kinesiology.  His college roommate happened to be Lyle Alzado, an All Pro...

Ronald “JR” L. Elko, Jr., of Harrington, DE, passed away at home, on July 28, 2022, surrounded by loved ones.  He was the son of Roberta Elko.  JR worked for Advanced Power Control in various positions for over 25 years before finishing his years as a sales engineer with Smart Building Technologies. Growing up on the water of Elk River, JR loved to be in or near the water including boating with his family and friends in the Chesapeake Bay.  He loved spending time...

Thomas L Lord, Jr., 56, of Waverly, VA who was in the process of moving back to Harrington, DE passed away on Monday, July 25, 2022 at home surrounded by his family. He was the son of Thomas L. Lord, Sr and the late Patricia R. Lord.   Thomas was raised in Harrington and graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1983.  He joined the US Navy where he spent most of his career in Japan as a radar tech. He later worked as a Captain for the Virginia Department of Corrections for 14...