Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

In Memory

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 4/15/2024

• Harry Stanley (Stan) Hughes, Jr., West Chester, PA (March 3, 2024)

March 2024

• Harry Stanley (Stan) Hughes, Jr., West Chester, PA (March 3, 2024)
• 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)

January 2024

• Ruth L. Suarez, Thornton, PA  (January 1)

December 2023

• Thomas P. Doherty, Wilmington, DE (December 26)

November 2023

• Kathryne Schulz Mitchell, Hockessin, DE (November 1)

October 2023

• Bob Fenimore, Hockessin, DE (October 15)

September 2023

• James Aten Hoosty, Berwick, PA (September 23)
• Robert J. Klahn Jr., Wilmington, DE (September 27)

August 2023

• William L. Pearson, Wilmington, DE (August 15)
• Carl German, Wilmington, DE (August 23)

July 2023

• Janet M. Janocha, Newark, DE  (July 4)
• Kenneth James “Jim” McLean, Wilmington, DE (July 7)
• Eric Brucker, Hockessin, De  (July 28)

June 2023

• Max Don Dooley, Wilmington, DE (June 9)

May 2023

• Ruth Ann Chisholm, Bear, DE  (May 5)
• Carol Ann Durney, Newark, DE (May 18)
• Susan Cruz Szczarba, Wilmington, DE (May 20)
• Diana Johnstone Lopez, Greenville, DE (May 22)

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

• Bruce Laird, Wilmington, DE (February 14)
• Mara R. Tartack, Wilmington, DE  (February 17)
• Judy Jester, Wilmington, DE  (February 22)
• John M. Clayton Jr., Hockessin, DE (February 23)

January 2023 

• Sheila Gardner, Wilmington, DE  (January 2, 2023)
• Christine Matilda Waisanen, Wilmington, DE  (January 8, 2023)

December 2022

• Daniel J. Hamilton, Wilmington, DE (December 5)
• Richard Hale Warner, Glen Mills, PA  (December 16, 2022)
• Narayan “Anil” Ganesh Patel, Wilmington, DE  (December 31)

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

• Margaret “Peg” Baseden, Wilmington, DE  (September 1)
• John Rowen McClelland, Wilmington, DE (September 20)
• Elsie Craig, Wilmington, DE  (September 21)
• Barbara Golin, Hockessin, DE  (September 22)

August 2022

• Theresa Dupuis, Dover, DE  (August 19)

July 2022

• Nancy F. Marra, Wilmington, DE  (July 8)
• Kenneth E. Farrance, Kennett Square, PA  (July 20)

June 2022

• Eugene Anthony Stecca, Hockessin, DE (June 1)
• Anne Marie Fletcher, Wilmington, DE  (June 14)
• Carroll William Humphrey, Wilmington, DE (June 21)
• Harry D. Buddy Bratton, Wilmington, DE  (June 29)

May 2022

• Albert (Allan) Goodman, Glen Mills, PA (May 1)
• JoAnne Duffy Woodward, Hockessin, DE (May 13)
• Arthur (Art) McLaughlin Jr., Dover, DE (May 15)
• Mary Brockson, Ocean View, DE (May 27)

April 2022

• Margaret V. Consiglio,  Wilmington, DE  (April 1)
• Ruth Benjamin Siegel, Wilmington, DE (April 23)
• Robert “Bob” Shaw Wetherall, Dover, DE (April 27)
• Ann Aherne McManamon, Wilmington, DE (April 30)

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

• Audrey McMeekin, Lewes, DE (February 7)
• Elaine O’Toole, Wilmington, DE (February 9)
• Jacqueline (Rofel) Berger, Wilmington, DE (February 9)

January 2022

• Aimee Wiest, Lewes, DE (January 8)
• Wayne Kirklin, Lewes, DE (January 9)
• John Hurt, Wilmington, DE (January 15)

December 2021

• Marjorie Schindler, Hockessin, DE (December 26)
• Robert W. Wimmer, Lewes, DE (December 31)

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

• Henry Alphonse “Mitch” Mitchler Jr., Dover, DE (October 31)

September 2021

• Bruce Chappelle, Rehoboth Beach, DE (September 15)

August 2021

• August “Gus” Alfonso Cordova, Newark, DE (August 27)

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

• Linda A. Smith, Wilmington, DE (June 14)
• James “Mac” Austin McMahon, Lewes, DE (June 24)

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

• Joan M. Lynch, Greenville, DE (November 2)
• Mario Fornoff, Wilmington, DE (November 7)
• Frederick C. Seyfert Jr.,  Hockessin, DE (November 15)
• Sharon B. Elliott, Wilmington, DE (November 16)

October 2020

• Richard Waltz Harper, Rehoboth Beach, DE (October 2)
• Nancy Vaughan, Wilmington, DE (October 4)
• Ethel Louise Sayre, Wilmington, DE (October 24)

September 2020

• Kenneth Allen Barnaby, Greenville, DE (September 10)
• Joseph Abraham Rosenthal (September 27) and Joan Langer Rosenthal (January 11), Greenville, DE 

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

• Paul A. Haefner Jr., Newark, DE (May 15)

April 2020

• Ira Wexler, Rehoboth, DE (April 1)
• Yetta Zutz Chaiken, Wilmington, DE (April 9)

March 2020

• Nancy Travis Wolfe, Wilmington, DE (March 25)
• Bernard J. Fiegel, Lewes, DE (March 27)
• Patricia Ryan Zolper, Wilmington, DE (March 30)

January 2020

• James Hodges, Wilmington, DE (January 14)
• C. Joseph Stefanowicz IV, Glen Mills, PA (January 20)

2019

October 2019

• Arie Ben-Bassat, Glen Mills, PA (October 15, 2019)

December 2019

• Joan S. Seyfert, Hockessin, DE (December 30, 2019)