The News Journal obituaries for May 24

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Debra J. Aldie, 56, West Berlin 

Debra Lynn Aulisa, 60, Wilmington 

Eleanor Charlotte Ayrault, 97, Wilmington

Edward W. Benson Sr., 86, Chesapeake City

Betty E. Bowens, 89, Easton, Maryland 

James R. Casper, 90, Hockessin 

Frank M. Dougherty, 92, Wilmington

Joanna Dycio, 92, Wilmington

Raymond Eliott, 83, Wilmington 

Ethan Bernard Gibbs, 15, Wilmington

Brooks Gibson, 55, Hockessin

Michael Gitaitis, 72, Middletown 

Nancy Ann Goland, 87, Wilmington

Herschel Ira Gordon, 56, San Diego, Califronia 

Ronald L. Helm, 69, Wilmington

Karol Lynn L. Hitchens, 85, Bel Air, Maryland 

Thurman T. Johnson, 91, Wilmington 

Florida Mae Mathis, 80, Townsend, Maryland 

Anne J. O'Connor, 87, New Castle 

Jean Pairo, 75, Wilmington 

Margaret Lane Roberts, 86, Newark 

Patrick Stanley Joseph Ruffin, 71, New Castle

Robert W. S. Seeds, 84 Hockessin

Leon R. Sokola, 62, Wilmington 

Anthony M. Sturgis Jr., 34, Wilmington

Leon H. Wilson, 81, Dover

Thomas Young III, 59, Philadelphia