Avonne “Vonnie” Long, 70, passed away Sunday (Jan. 1, 2012) at Bennington Glen Nursing Facility. Completed arrangements will be announced in a later edition of the Delaware Gazette by Rodman Neeper Funeral Home. To express a condolence or share a memory please visit RodmanNeeper.com.
The reports of the death of the Delaware Arts Castle may not have been greatly exaggerated, though they were a bit premature. The organization nearly closed its doors for good in 2011, but ended up surviving a very difficult year financially after implementing a number of cost-cutting measures.
The Delaware County District Library opened its fourth branch this year. The $8.5-million, 33,000-square-foot Orange Branch Library at 7171 Gooding Blvd. in Delaware was made possible through voter support of a 2009 levy.
Irvin L. Miller, 66, formerly of Radnor, passed away Thursday morning (Nov. 10, 2011) at Select Specialty Hospital in Columbus, after an extended illness. A complete obituary and service arrangements will be announced in a later edition of the Delaware Gazette. Rodman Neeper Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. RodmanNeeper.com.
Nettie Fogle, 85, went to meet the Lord on Saturday (Oct. 29, 2011).
Even as the Nov. 8 election still approaches, the Delaware County Republican Party is looking ahead.
A veteran newspaper executive has been named as The Delaware Gazette’s new publisher. Scott Koon, 59, took the helm of the Gazette this week. Koon has held a variety of senior-level newspaper positions. He was previously the publisher of the Daily American and Southern Illinois Trader as well as regional manager for 18 southern Illinois newspapers. Prior to that, he was a regional manager for American Publishing Co., publisher of the Webster City, Iowa Daily Freeman and publisher of the Emmetsburg Publishing Company in Iowa.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Howard Bryan, an Ohio-born writer who moved to New Mexico to become one of the state’s most well-known journalists and the author of a number of books about his adopted state, died Saturday, publisher and friend Marcia Keegan said. He was 91. Keehan said Bryan died in his Albuquerque home from a cancerous tumor in his nose.