The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Delaware is an educational cooperative that thrives on the talents and gifts of its members. Below are the names of members who studied, taught, sang and laughed together and shared in our extraordinary community. Read about their lives and celebrate their contributions. We will miss them.
Added week of 12/17/2024
November 2024
October 2024
September 2024
August 2024
July 2024
- Thomas R. Keane, Wilmington, DE (July 3)
- Gerald A. (Tod) Baseden, Wilmington, DE (July 10)
- John Anthony “Jack” Regan, Claymont, DE (July 12)
- Cheryl Moore, Felton, DE (July 21)
- Peggy Abbott, Dover, DE (July 22)
June 2024
May 2024
April 2024
March 2024
- Harry Stanley (Stan) Hughes, Jr., West Chester, PA (March 3)
- Janet Fielding, Wilmington, DE (March 10)
- Bruce Turnbull, Wilmington, DE (March 20)
- Mary Helen Little, Greenville, DE (March 24)
- Betty G. Wagner, Greenville, DE (March 29)
- Jan Miller, Smyrna, DE (March 29)
January 2024
December 2023
November 2023
October 2023
September 2023
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023
April 2023
- Robert H. Boyd, Hockessin, DE (April 3)
- Elizabeth L. Carrow, Wilmington, DE (April 4)
- Robert Hays Radnich, Wilmington, DE (April 5)
- Alfred Kenneth (Hank) Plitt, Newark, DE (April 15)
- Gretchen S. Cox, Landenberg, PA (April 20)
- Nancy (Nan) McDiarmid Norling, Hockessin, DE (April 26)
- Louvenia Vogelsberg, Centreville, DE (April 28)
- Marion Stelzer, Wilmington, DE (April 30)
March 2023
- Eleanor Gurdikian, Upper Darby, PA (March 11)
- Edward Augustus Keeling III, Hockessin, DE (March 18)
- Ralph D. Stampone, Wilmington, DE (March 19)
- Howard C. Henn, Lewes, DE (March 24)
- Jay P. James, Wilmington, DE (March 24)
- Sieglinde (Linda) Karoline Simpson, Newark, DE (March 26)
- Michael P. Walsh, Wilmington, DE (March 27)
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
- Robert Duncan, Lewes, DE (November 5)
- Carol Lillard Banz, Newark, DE (November 12)
- John J. Callaghan Jr., Wilmington, DE (November 17)
- Frank S. Fountain, Wilmington, DE (November 25)
- Otto Raul Medinilla, Wilmington, DE (November 27, 2022)
- Jose Rafael Gonzalez, Glen Mills, PA (November 28)
October 2022
- Myriam Schwartz de Medinilla, Wilmington, DE (October 7)
- Reverend John Francis Holden, Wilmington, DE (October 9)
- Rhoda Simon Dombchik, Wilmington, DE (October 14)
- Frances Hern Remington, Kennett Square, PA (October 20)
- Stanley Shih-Tung King, Landenberg, PA (October 27)
- John J. Cotter Jr., Wilmington, DE (October 30)
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
- Vernon Donald Kurz, Wilmington, DE (March 2)
- Pietro A. “Pete” Giorgi, Wilmington, DE (March 10)
- Annette Edith Ginsburg Chason, Wilmington, DE (March 9)
- Reet Kilkson, Wilmington, DE (March 10)
- Nina S. Patchell, Lewes, DE (March 21)
- Mary “Kay” Ryan, Bethany Beach, DE (March 26)
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021
- Mary Ellen Wolzansky, Lewes, DE (November 2)
- Cesare Alexander Protto, Wilmington, DE (November 9)
- Rudolph “Rudy” Foschi, Wilmington, DE (November 21)
- Bert Lee Damron, Wilmington, DE (November 23)
- Ann Aydelotte, Wilmington, DE (November 27)
- Rosemary Louise Cummings, Bethany Beach, DE (November 29)
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
- Joan Dorothea Madeksza, Lewes, DE (July 3)
- Barbara C. Roewe, Hockessin, DE (July 7)
- John David “Jack” Little, Warwick, MD (July 20)
- Edward F. Barlow, Wilmington, DE (July 20)
- Frances Atlas Stein, Wilmington, DE (July 26)
June 2021
May 2021
- Elaine D. Masterson, Ocean View (May 1)
- Judith L. Hendricks, South Bethany, DE (May 9)
- Coke L. Westbrook, Newark, DE (May 20)
- Elena Bingham, Chadds Ford, PA (May 24)
- Peggy-Lynne “Lynne” Cardwell, Lewes, DE (May 28)
- Carl Schnee, Wilmington, DE (May 30)
April 2021
- Harriet Valerie Maynard-Graves, Lewes, DE (April 6)
- Thomas A. Baxter, Hartly, DE (April 21)
- Rafik Joseph Eid, Wilmington, DE (April 22)
- Louis H. Rombach, Wilmington, DE (April 28)
- James Michael Foster, Newark, DE (April 29)
March 2021
- Madelyn Kay Wright, Camden, DE (March 1)
- Patricia Coleman Gehron, Lewes, DE (March 6)
- Andrew “Drew” Montano III, Lewes, DE (March 8)
- Lloyd Leopold Falk, Wilmington, DE (March 8)
- Robert Henry Richards III, Greenville, DE (March 11)
- Howard Sands, Wilmington, DE (March 19)
- William H. Felty Jr., Dover, DE (March 22)
- Geraldine F. Burke, Wilmington, DE (March 26)
February 2021
- Carl Edward “Ed” Lorenz, Glen Mills, PA (February 5)
- Robert Haggett, Lewes, DE (February 6)
- Thomas M. Church, Clayton, DE (February 11)
- Leonard Henry Beck, Wilmington, DE (February 15)
- Paul “Leigh” Johnstone Jr., Wilmington, DE (February 19)
- Richard Joseph (Dick) Kirk Sr., Kennett Square, PA (February 21)
January 2021
- Leonore “Libby” (Smith) Plafker, Wilmington, DE (January 14)
- George Mifflin Fisher, Dover, DE (January 17)
- Asa Franklin Robinson III, Millsboro, DE (January 18)
- Nancy Stuart Edwards, Hockessin, DE (January 20)
- David Carl Klaristenfeld, Landenberg, PA (January 21)
- Charles Brodigan, Wilmington DE (January 27)
- Agnes Efstation Dignam, Hockessin, DE (January 30)
December 2020
- Theodore A. Barnett, Lewes, DE (December 3)
- Stephen DeVeber, Wilmington, DE (December 13)
- Jack G. Locke, Newark, DE (December 14)
- William R. Landmesser, Kennett Square, PA (December 16)
- Gloria Martin Powell Coe, West Chester, PA (December 16)
- Steven Norwitz, Wilmington, DE (December 23)
- James Emmanuel Brown, Dover, DE (December 31)
- Amelie “Amie” Sloan, Harbeson, DE (December 31)
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
- Kristie Moore, Wilmington, DE (August 2)
- Rosalie Popper, Wilmington, DE (August 6)
- Robert Krajeski, Wilmington, DE (August 7)
- Linda Miller, Wilmington, DE (August 8)
- Pierrette Gauthier Walsh, Glen Mills, PA (August 8)
- Phyllis Frick, Lewes, DE (August 19)
- Anne Hutton Miller, Rehoboth Beach, DE (August 30)
July 2020
- Dawn McCord, Wilmington, DE (July 3)
- Patricia A. Hoffmeir, Glen Mills, PA (July 3)
- Leroy M. Jones Jr., Wilmington, DE (July 7)
- Jack T.F. Ling, Wilmington, DE (July 9)
- Patricia Gysling, Media, PA (July 18)
- Fay Hoh Yin, Brooklyn, NY (July 20)
- Joanne Snyder, Glen Mills, PA (July 24)
- Margaret Hodges, Wilmington, DE (July 26)
- Loretta Burnett Weisburg, Wilmington, DE (July 27)
- Robert Wilson, Rehoboth Beach, DE (July 28)
- Alan Ritter, Wilmington, DE (July 29)
June 2020
- Zelda Wasserman, Wilmington, DE (June 11)
- Frances Kalmbach Bazzoli, Lewes, DE (June 13)
- Earlene E. Gillan-Smith, Lewes, DE (June 24)
- John H. Taylor, Wilmington, DE (June 26)
- Jo Donnelly, Wilmington, DE (June 28)
- Leighton “Lee” Wright Jones, M.D., Wilmington, DE (June 30, 2020)
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
January 2020
2019
October 2019
December 2019