Roxana (Roxanne) Nelson of Rehoboth Beach passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Roxanne was born in Springfield, Ill., to Leslie W. and Gertrude R. Knott. She grew up in Bethesda, Md., and attended University of Delaware, where she met and married.
February 8, 2021
Carolyn “Cookie” Smith, born April 13, 1932, passed away at home in Ocean City, Md., Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, with her family by her side.
Cookie’s family was the most important thing in her life. She enjoyed cooking and baking for her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Ron Smith Sr. Left to cherish her memory are her devoted children, Ron (Butch) Smith Jr., Sharon Orbin, Judith Howard and Eva Hitchens-Stephens. She was blessed with nine grandsons and 12 great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, Feb. 13, at 10 a.m., at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 32112 Vines Creek Road, Dagsboro.
February 3, 2021
Gudrun Gerlinde Lounsbury, 85, a devoted wife and mother, died at 9:20 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in her home in Lewes. She was born July 2, 1935, in Elkins Park, Pa., to George and Bertha Krauss. She married William Bicknell Lounsbury Dec. 19, 1959.
Gudrun “Goody” or “Lynn” grew up in Elkins Park and earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology (with a minor in biology) from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., in 1957. She then worked at the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University. Goody and Bill started their family in Pittsburgh, Pa., before moving to Baltimore, Md., in 1964. In 1997, they built their dream home surrounded by nature on Love Creek in Lewes.