Obituaries and Funeral Announcements

Mainly from Delaware and Southern New Jersey a few from other states
 


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Where possible birth and death years are cited from other sources if they can not be determined from the obituary    

Women are listed by their surname at death.
 
 
 


 
 

 

O

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Latasha Sara Odums ~1993-2001
Terrence Anthony Eugene Odums ~1995-2001
Gunvald Olsen ~1911-1998
Minnie Scura Olsen 1912-1999
Basil D. Ordiway Jr. 1944-2003
Dorothy Ada Durham Orme 1920-2002





P

(P surnames had been indexed earlier in a different format. To reduce labor, the earlier format is presented here)

Find a name in the table, then click on either the 'Pierce', 'Pritchett' or 'Other P' page links:

Pierce, A to J
Pierce, K to Z
Pritchett
Other P surnames

Parrish Elizabeth   Miller
1850-1937
Parrish Marion L. Pritchett
~1921-2011

Parrish

William

M.

~1920-2001

Parrish Sr.

William

H.

1942-1992

Parsons  Cheryl L.
1956-2012

Paxton

Harold

T.

1916-2004

Pearce John   Henry
1862-1937

Pearce

Marcella

Pike

~1920-2001

Pearce

Martha

Tkach

~1909-2000

Perkins Eunice E.
~1934-2009

Perkins Jr.

Harold

B.

1918-1988

Perry

Emma

O.

1915-1987

Peterson

Leanna

Dean

~1915-1992

Peyton

Alice

L.

~1939-1999

Pickrem Ileen (Hazel Irene) 
1919-2009

Pierce

Agnes

Alberta

~1922-1999

Pierce

Albert

~1909-1998

Pierce Sr.

Albert

H.

1928-1994

Pierce

Alberta

~1930-2004

Pierce

Alberta

M.

~1934-2007

Pierce Jr.

Albertson

A.

~1954-1987

Pierce

Alexander

1890-1981

Pierce Alexander P.
1945-2011

Pierce

Alvin

~1941-1999

Pierce

Alvin

Russell
1925-2009

Pierce

Alvin

W.

~1938-2004

Pierce Sr.

Alvin

1925-1992

Pierce

Andrew

J.

~1923-2000

Pierce

Anna

M.

Green

Died 1987

Pierce Anna May
1885-1921

Pierce

Anthony

Loshone

~1980-2002

Pierce

Armsted

1888-1967

Pierce

Arnold

J.

1932-1993

Pierce Sr.

Arnold

W.

Bunk”

1919-1989

Pierce

Arthur

M.

1925-1987

Pierce Sr.

Asa

H.

~1933-2000

Pierce

Barbara

Ellen

Morris

1933-1990

Pierce

Belle

1901-1979

Pierce

Bernetta

S.

1923-2006

Pierce

Bessie

E.

1908-1999

Pierce

Blanche

C.

~1927-2001

Pierce

Camilla

Pierce

1922-2001

Pierce Jr.

Carl

~1934-1999

Pierce

Carlton

B.

1913-1994

Pierce

Catherine

1908-1962

Pierce

Charles

E.
1944-2009

Pierce

Charles

V.
~1940-2009

Pierce

Charles

Harold

1928-1993

Pierce  Charleston E.
~1908-1991

Pierce Sr. Chester J.

Pierce

Clayton

G.

~1934-2002

Pierce, Sr  Clifford C.  
1926-1998

Pierce Sr.

Clifford

C.

~1926-1998

Pierce Conchetta Musto
1916-2006

Pierce

Cora

Carney

Durham

1901-1948

Pierce Daniel Burt
1939-2010

Pierce

Della

M.

Jones

~1893-1983

Pierce

Dorothy

Gould

Pierce

Dorothy

B.

Ridgeway

~1919-1989

Pierce

Edward

T.

~1949-2007

Pierce Earl Sherman Rev.
1943-2003

Pierce

Eliza

Dean

~1900-1982

Pierce  Eliza E. Gould  
1856-1924
Pierce  Ella Wilhemina Steward
1863-1941

Pierce

Elsie

L.

Saunders

1926-2007

Pierce Emeline Coombs  
1856-1919

Pierce

Emma

C.

Dean

~1903-1994

Pierce

Enos

Walter

1925

Pierce Sr.

Ernest

~1907-1989

Pierce Jr.

Ernest

F.

1934-1991

Pierce

Essie

Anne

1935-2003

Pierce  Floyd M.
1913-1938
Pierce Rosaline Estella
1922-2012 

Pierce

Evelyn

Louise

~1941-2002

Pierce Fayette
~1845-1912

Pierce

Florence

E.

Bentley

~1945-2000

Pierce Florence Jeannette
1944-2013

Pierce

Florence

M.

~1929-2004

Pierce

Frances

E.

~1922-2004

Pierce

Frank

William

Pierce Sr. Fred E.
1948-2014

Pierce Sr.

Garfield

J.

~1936-2007

Pierce

Gary

E.

~1951-2007

Pierce

Geraldine

E.

Gould

~1926-1986

Pierce

Gladys

Ridgway

~1911-1970

Pierce Glendora I. Cuff
~1917-2010

Pierce

Grace

~1937-2003

Pierce

Haldner

A.

"Bud"

~1933-1999

Pierce  Harriet Bustill/Bishop
1845-1928
Pierce  Harry S.
1868-1931
Pierce Sr  Hartley   Von Ruppert
1902-1928

Pierce

Hazel

C.

~1900-1977

Pierce

Hazel

L.

~1914-1998

Pierce

Herbert

H.

~1927-2007

Pierce

Herbert

O.

~1922-1981

Pierce  Horace O.  
1842-1923

Pierce

Howard

C.

~1936-2000

Pierce

Irving

W.

~1902-1987

Pierce

Isaac

1890-1981

Pierce

Isaac

L.

~1943-2006

Pierce

Israel

1893-1969

Pierce Sr. Jacob E.  
~1927-2014

Pierce

James

H.

~1920-1983

Pierce

Jeanette

~1934-2000

Pierce

Joann

~1942-2004

Pierce

John

B.

~1911-2003

Pierce

Jonathan

E.

died 1936

Pierce

Josephine

C.

~1915-2005

Pierce

Kenneth

G.

“Bub”

~1947-1994

Pierce

Lattie

E.

Morris

~1915-2000

Pierce

Laura

Ennis

Carter

1911-2001

Pierce Jr.

Leo

J.

~1939-2000

Pierce

Leon

1921-2004

Pierce

Leon

John

“Lee Lee”

1949-1997

Pierce

Lewis

V.

~1924-2004

Pierce Lewis A.   
~1865-1941
Pierce  Lucy A.
1842-1917

Pierce

Lillian

1933-1993

Pierce

Lillian

Ridgeway

~1933-1993

Pierce Lillie'Jean Sunrise
2012-2012

Pierce

Linwood

1923-1965

Pierce

Linwood

R.

~1947-2007

Pierce

Lisa

~1970-2004

Pierce

Lovely

C.

"Gigi"

1957-2001

Pierce

Lucy

1914-1990

Pierce

Luther & Frances

(Cuff)

60th Ann

Pierce Sr.

Luther

S.

~1919-2000

Pierce

Lydia

~1900-1990

Pierce

Mabel

Pierce   Mabel E.
1918-1938

Pierce

Margaret

L.

~1942-2001

Pierce

Margaret

Olivia

~1911-2003

Pierce

Marguerite

Wynder

1915-2005

Pierce

Mary

Ridgway

1929-1999

Pierce Mary E. Butler
~1934-2012

Pierce

Mary

L.

Loatman

~1890-1997

Pierce

Mary

N.

Mosley

~1928-1998

Pierce

Mary

V.

Pierce Mary Jane Pierce
1853-1938
Pierce Mattie Pearl
1915-2008

Pierce

Maurice

1918-1970

Pierce Mearldean
~1936-2011

Pierce

Mildred

E.

Seeney

~1911-1992

Pierce

Mildred

K.

Ridgway

~1929-1985

Pierce  Minerva "Minnie" E. F. Ball
1877-1918

Pierce

Minnie

Ridgway

~1906-1996

Pierce Myrtle E. Coombs
1930-2013

Pierce

Nancy

Rebecca

1920-1999

Pierce Sr.

Nathaniel

Major

1854-1937

Pierce

Nathaniel

M.

~1929-1994

Pierce Oleta
~1926-2009

Pierce

Orwig

Maxwell

Pierce

~1952-1998

Pierce

Orwig

Maxwell

Jr.  
1926-2009

Pierce

Patricia

Ann

~1941-2002

Pierce

Patricia

Marie

~1942-2001

Pierce

Pauline

~1952-2006

Pierce Jr.

Percival

~1927-2004

Pierce Phebe Jane Gould
1833-1914

Pierce

Preston

Hosea

1903-1988

Pierce

Priscilla

Jane

~1921-2002

Pierce

Priscilla

Jane

1930-2003

Pierce

Rachel

~1917-2006

Pierce

Ralph

1899-1965

Pierce

Rebecca

~1925-2004

Pierce

Rebecca

A.

Johnson

~1923-1995

Pierce Richard Carl
1946-2013

Pierce

Richard

Wilbert

1935-2006

Pierce Romona Edith Webb
1933-2009

Pierce

Rose

Loatman

1886-1969

Pierce Rosella P. Murray
1886-1940
Pierce Rudolph H.
1949-2013

Pierce

Ruth

1929-1988

Pierce Sadie Durham
1903-1924

Pierce

Samuel

F.

~1931-1994

Pierce

Sarah

Marie

Carter

1943-2007

Pierce

Selma

~1921-2002

Pierce Sophia A.
~1925-2009

Pierce

Sylvester

L.

"Cookie"

~1941-1999

Pierce Thelma Marie
~1927-2009

Pierce Sr.

Todd

Wayne

~1956-1995

Pierce

Vera

Ellen

1953-1994

Pierce

Verna

1908-1992

Pierce

Vernon

L.

~1917-2002

Pierce

Walter

I.

~1947-2006

Pierce Warner K.
1862-1936

Pierce Sr.

Whildon

C.

1918-2005

Pierce Jr. Whildon C.
~1941-2014

Pierce Sr.

Wilbert

1907-1991

Pierce William E.
1930-2012
Pierce William G.
1916-2014

Pierce

Wilbert

1911-1987

Pierce

William

H.

  1840-1923

Pierce

William

H.

~1922-2004

Pierce

Wilmer

~1926-2001

Pierson Rosa Ellen
1934-1935

Pleasanton

Peggy

Lynn

~1977-1990

Pleasanton

Sarah

R.

Mosley

~1910-2000

Postles

Lucy

Mae

1913-2002

Pritchard

David

~1917-1999

Pritchett

Alberta

~1907-2002

Pritchett

Alberta

~1908-2002

Pritchett Jr.

Austin

M.

~1984-2001

Pritchett Brianna C.
2011-2011

Pritchett

Charles

Rev.

~1899-1981

Pritchett

Charles

F.

1937-2001

Pritchett Edith Mae Hicks
1916-2008

Pritchett

Eldred

~1908-2004

Pritchett

Emma

~1901-2000

Pritchett Jr.

Enoch

~1915-2002

Pritchett Floyd D. "Dawes"
1926-2012
Pritchett Frances Greenage
1927-2010

Pritchett

Goldie

B.

~1924-1996

Pritchett

Grace

Mildred

1926-1996

Pritchett Helen M.
1928-2013

Pritchett

Howard

C.

1928-2007

Pritchett

Isabell

Herrera

~1930-1998

Pritchett

Jacqueline

Renita

~1969-2004

Pritchett Kenneth Paden Jr.
~1963-2011
Pritchett   Minous
1930-2009

Pritchett Sr.

Noble

1934-2007

Pritchett Paul
1919-2001

Pritchett

Priscilla

~1916-1997

Pritchett

Raymond

1918-1994

Pritchett

Rebecca

J.

~1947-2001

Pritchett

Susan

1902-1990

Pritchett Jr.

Warren

G. H.

1947-2002

Pritchett Sr.

Warren

G. H.

~1921-2003

Puckham Hattie Bernetta Cooper
1941-2010
Puckham Wayne J.
1938-2009

 

Q

 

Margaret Pierce Quillen  1908-1992
Notes:
Birth: Apr. 22, 1908 Death: Aug. 10, 1992
Contributed by Debbie Pierce via John C. Carter

Margaret P. Quillen was born in Bridgeton, NJ on April 22, 1908. She was the 7th of 8 children born to Rebecca Gould Pierce and Belford Pierce.

Margaret graduated from Gouldtown School and Bridgeton High School. She attended Cheney State and received a Bachelors degree from Hampton Institute and a masters degree from New York University. Margaret began her career as a teacher in Berlin, MD in 1930. After her marriage to Calvin Quillen in 1938, she lived in Philadelphia, Boys Village in Cheltenham, MD, Washington, DC and Berlin, MD. In 1972 she retired from Charles County School system where she had been a teacher and principal for many years. After her retirement, she returned to Bridgeton to be close to long time friends and family.

Margaret was an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She was a trustee of Trinity AME Church in Gouldtown and in recent years had been very involved in the restoration of the old Gouldtown Cemetery. She was a founding member of the Gouldtown Historical Society and was a member of the Alice Felts Federation. She had been very involved in the promotion of the 200th Anniversary of the Trinity AME Church in Gouldtown.

In 1987, Margaret Quillen was inducted into the Greater Bridgeton Women's Sports Association for her outstanding participation in high school sports.

Margaret is survived by her sister, Annabelle Lively, her companion and friend of many years, William Craig and many nieces, nephews, cousins and loving friends.


 

R

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All RIDGEWAY & RIDGWAY surname spellings are in one list alphabetically by first name                       
  


Bonnie L. Raines ~1941-2008
Charles William Reed 1920-1995

Donald W. Reed 1927-1979
Dorcas Ann Ridgway Reed ~1934-2008
Floyd J. Reed Sr. ~1939-1995
Francis Casper Reed 1914-2003
Freida Greenage Reed 1928-1984
Gary L. Reed 1947-2010
Homer A. Reed

Isaac Reed Sr.   1921-2000
James L. Reed  1887-1967
John A. Reed Sr.   ~1878-1961
John A. Reed Jr. 1901-1973
Joseph L. Reed ~1909-1996
Lillian Robinson Reed ~1921-1993
Mamie E. Morgan Reed 1880-1965
Mary Mosley Reed ~1899-1978
Mary V. Sammons Reed 1933-1999
Phebe Carney Reed 1889-1966
Rebecca Reed 1871-
Robert L. Reed 1945-2008
William Henry Reed 1875-1967
William Thomas Reed 1898-1989
Stephanie Street-Rexroad 1971-2004
Lillian M. Rhoades ~1915-2000
Joyce M Pierce-Richardson 1947-2014
Martha L. Richardson ~1929-1999
James Lester Rickards ~1926-1996
Eva Pierce Ricketts  1862-1936
Albert N. Ridgeway Sr.  1944-2002
Aliya Rose Ridgeway 2004-2005
Andrew David Ridgway  1929-2012 
Anna E. Ridgway
~1910-1978
Anna F. Johnson Ridgeway ~1926-2004
Annaetta  Ridgeway ~1936-2004
Barbara Mae Ridgeway 1927-2004
Beatrice Ridgway ~1920-2004
Benjamin F. Ridgeway Jr. ~1932-1983
Bessie E. Mosley Ridgeway 1912-1995
Christine "Pat"Ridgway ~1937-2008
David M. Ridgway ~1937-1999
David W. Ridgeway 1957-2001
Dorothy Anna Ridgway ~1932-2003
Dorothy Morgan Ridgeway 1910-1987
Earl J. Lovie Ridgeway 1929-2010
Earl Jeremiah Ridgeway 1911-1991 
Edna May Ridgway ~1915-1998 
Elizabeth Brown Ridgway 1903-1989
Elizabeth Pierce Ridgeway 1946-1989
Felix T. Ridgway 1908-1990
Floyd C. Ridgway 1926-1986 
Francis Finlay Ridgway   ~1925-2013
Georgianna Ridgeway 1906-1968
Henry E. Ridgeway Sr. ~1926-1996
Hester Ann Cuff Ridgway 1921-2013
James H. Ridgeway Jr. 1942-2011 
Jeremiah Ridgeway 1895/1905-1969
Kenneth W. Ridgway 1936-2007
Larry Ridgeway   1942-2007
Larry V. Ridgeway 1948-2010
Lawrence M. Ridgway 1929-1987
Lester R. Ridgway ~1945-2002
Lewis N. Ridgway 1891-1967
Lucinda A. Ridgway ~1930-2007  
Mabel Ella Pierce Ridgway ~1924-2011
Manford N. Ridgeway
Martha L. Ridgaway  ~1926-1999
Mary E. Mosley Ridgeway ~1901-1992
Marvin L. 'Rainwater' Ridgway 1954-2004
Mary A. Robinson Ridgeway ~1919-2007
Michael A. Ridgway 1958-1980
Michael Tobias Ridgeway
Mike Lanier "Bird" Ridgway 1961-2011
Morris “Mike” C. Ridgeway 1895-1960 
Naomi A. Ridgway  ~1924-2000
Norman F. Ridgeway Sr.   1927-2011
Ola V. Ridgeway ~1907-2002
Paul J. Ridgeway Sr. 1916-1993
Paul J. Ridgeway Jr.  ~1943-2013
Paul Thomas Ridgaway ~1946-2000
Phyllis Ridgeway (Brown) 1945-2001
Presley “Babe” Ridgway 1936-1980
Raymond 'Flicker' Ridgeway 1938-2010
Rhoda E. Ridgway 1875-1953
Richard W. Ridgway ~1927-2000
Robert J. Ridgeway Sr.  ~1936-2000
Robert V. Ridgway 1930-2004
Roland Roosevelt Ridgeway 1948-2012 
Ruth G. Wilson Ridgeway 1904-2002
Ruth Shirley Ridgway1927-2005
Sara L. Ridgway
~1943-2008
Sharon Elizabeth Ridgeway  1958-2012
Thelma I. Sammons Ridgeway ~1933-1998
Tilghman D. Ridgway Sr. ~1915-1992
Vella Lang Cuff Ridgeway 1922-2002
Urie Herbert Ridgeway Sr. ~1948-2002
Vincent H. Ridgway ~1901-1968
Viola Pierce Ridgeway ~1892-1979
Vivian Viola Mosley Ridgway 1914-1985
Wallace A. 'Rich' Ridgway 1943-2001
Walter Ridgway        died 1966
William (Buck) Ridgway
~1921-1990
The Rev. Dr. William H. Ridgway ~1920-2003
William R. Ridgway
  ~1926-2001
Winfield Ridgway Sr. 1901-1976
Winfield Ridgway Jr. 1927-1994
Conrad F. Riley died 1948
(Rev.) Conrad F. Riley Jr. 1934-1999 
Estella Riley ~1910-2002
Laura Mae Clark Counceller Ripperger 1911-2007
Bertha Loatman Rivera  ~1921-2007
Gladys Ingram Rivera  ~1933-2012
Vickie Lynn Rivera 1960-2007
William Rivera 1945-1994
Sarah Emily Pierce Harmon Roberts  1866-1936
Albert B. Robinson 1913-1997
Edna B (or J) Robinson   1922-1943
Evelyn Pierce Robinson ~1912-1990
George E. Robinson Jr. 1925-1999
Hattie M. Robinson
1935-2003
Hunter Lee Robinson 1998-1999
Isabella H. Robinson 1889-1970
Jane H. Robinson ~1922-1998 
Marcella B. Robinson
Thomas Robinson died 1965 
Charles M. Rochford Sr. ~1923-1977
Cordelia Marie Carney Rochford 1931- 2011
Claud Russell 1898-1987

 


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