April 29, 2021

Barbara Batchelder du Pont, 96, of Greenville, died peacefully at home Tuesday, April 27. She was the daughter of Charles Nathaniel Batchelder and Grace French Batchelder of Hanover, N.H. She graduated from Dana Hall School and attended Pine Manor College and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School, Boston.

In 1944 she married Irénée du Pont Jr. At her husband’s various employment sites, she bore six children in five different cities. She served as a Gray Lady at veterans’ hospitals in Huntington, Long Island, N.Y., and Orange, N.J. She was a member of the Junior Leagues in Parkersburg, W.Va., Charleston, W.Va., and was president of the Wilmington Junior League. She served as president of The Children’s Home, Inc., Planned Parenthood, and the Curative Workshop, all of Wilmington. She never gained weight, wore nice clothes, and seldom used make-up. Above all, she loved her family. Her tabletops are crowded with framed family photographs. She also enjoyed sailing on the skipjack, “Barbara Batchelder,” tennis, golf, bridge, puppets, motorcycling, worn-out shoes, and blunt pencils.

Barbara was predeceased by her daughter Suzanne, her son Irénée 3rd, and her brother, Charles Carpenter Batchelder.

She is survived by her husband of 77 years, daughter-in-law Eugenie Collison du Pont of Hockessin, her daughters Irene Light (Tom) of Lime Rock, Conn. Cynthia Tobias (Terry) of Chadds Ford, Sally Quinn (Rob) of Winchester, Mass., and Grace Engbring (Paul) of Telluride, Colo., 13 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.

Instead of flowers, give to your favorite charity. Services will be private.

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Alicia P. “Ace” Cullen, 92, of Kennett Square, died Monday, April 26, at the Chester County Hospital. Born on Aug. 30, 1928, on Staten Island, New York City, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Watson and Alicia (Begg) Elmore.

After graduating from East Dennis high school on the cape, she attended Missouri Valley College. She drove the Grey Ladies for The Red Cross, was active in The Ground Observer Corps, and volunteered at the Princeton Hospital. In 1951 she married Robert E. Cullen who was employed by the DuPont Company. They spent the next few decades living around the world including Princeton, N.J., Geneva, Switzerland, and Cape Town, South Africa returning to Kennett Square in 1974.

She had several passions which included playing golf, raising dogs, and traveling. She belonged to the Kennett Square Golf and Country Club where she served as chairman, captained the women’s golf team, won several club championships, and played golf into her 80s. In addition, she loved to breed and show dogs. Her house was always bustling with their activity.

She is preceded in death by her husband Robert who died in 2002, after 51 years of marriage and survived by her daughter, Tracy Hoyt, and her husband Michael, Barrington, RI and her son Todd and his wife Sharon, Kennett Square, and five granddaughters: Megan Hoyt Ogura, Kelsey Hoyt, Kimberly Hoyt, Morgan Cullen, and Taylor Cullen.

A private graveside service will be held on Saturday, May 1, at 11 a.m. at Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square. Contributions may be made to the Unionville Presbyterian Church, 812 Wollaston Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348.

Arrangements by the Kuzo Funeral Home of Kennett Square; please visit Mrs. Cullen’s online memorial by going to www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com

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