Carmen J. Diprospero, 75, of Wilmington, died Friday, July 25, at Christiana Hospital. He was a loving husband to Marilyn Shupe DiProspero, with whom he shared 57 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late Carmen J. DiProspero, Sr and Josephine Fecondo DiProspero. He attended St. Patrick’s School and Kennett High School. Carmen was a self employed truck driver…
Ronald F. Myers, 84, of Lincoln University, died Thursday July 24, at his home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Mary Fernald Myers, with whom he shared 55 years of marriage. Born in East Haven, Conn., he was a son of the late Hiram and Cynthia Stocker Myers. Ronald earned his doctorate in botany at the University of Maryland in 1964. He was a…
Betty Lightcap Dando, 89, of Chadds Ford, formerly of Oxford, died Sunday, July 27, after a valiant battle with congestive heart failure. Betty was preceded in death by her husband Melvern P. Dando with whom she shared 22 years of marriage and her parents Earl and Kathryne Garner Lightcap. She is also preceded in death by her sister Thelma Ressler (Andy) and her brother Dr.…
A Chadds Ford massage therapist was determined to be a sexually violent predator and ordered to spend 7 to 14 years in state prison. On Monday, July 28, Chester County Court Judge David Bortner imposed the sentence on William Eric Webb, 42, of Pennsbury Township, following testimony during a nearly four-hour hearing. A jury found Webb guilty in March of four counts of aggravated indecent…