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Estella Frankel (1902-2001), a second-generation Russian-American, was a Wilmington based violinist who began learning violin at the age of seven. She was heavily involved in Wilmington’s music scene throughout her life and taught music both as a…

Alice Epstein (1931-2006) was an educator and reading specialist who worked as a teacher in Wilmington public schools. Her husband, Bennett Epstein (1929-2008) was an accomplished chemical engineer with DuPont and an active participant in the civil…

Harry David Zutz (1917-2008) was a second-generation Russian American insurance executive. Though he initially struggled to find work in the middle of the Great Depression, Zutz entered the insurance business as an office agent for U.S. Fidelity and…

William Penn “Bill” Frank was born on October 16, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York. Following the death of his father, his mother remarried and the family moved to Wilmington, Delaware in 1911. He adopted the middle name “Penn” to cement his identity as a…

"Sonny" was born in Wilmington on July 20, 1920 to Isador and Ida Schutzman. He graduated the University of Delaware in 1941 and then joined the US Army where he served as an officer in Bora Bora and Europe. In 1948, he volunteered to serve in the…

Rosa Keil (1890-1980) was an Austrian immigrant who arrived in the U.S. at the age of 3, a homemaker, and an author of pose and poems. She wrote her 1952 novel, “A Woman Called Chaye”, while raising nine children. Keil was heavily involved in her…