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Robert Pilnick died May 16, 1985, at the age of 64.
He was a Newark native, and owned Pilnick’s Shoes in city for 45 years. Acquired Carl Cobin Shoes
He was a WWII army veteran, served in North Africa & Italy. Received purple heart after being…

Martin Briefman, a grocer and merchant in Wilmington for many years, died Dec. 20, 1984, at the age of 89.
Mr. Briefman, formerly of 200 W. Second St. and of Miami, served in the Navy prior to World War I. During the 1920s and early 1930s, he was a…

Sarah Francis Goldstein was a native of Delaware, she grew up in Wilmington, attended Wilmington Public Schools, graduated from the University of Delaware in 1930, received a MS in music education from the University of Pennsylvania, and studied at…

Died September 13, 2006, age 100
Pre-U.S. entry into WWII, office manager at YM & YWHA 6th and French Streets
During WWII "Dear Mollye" wrote hundreds of letters and acted as a “clearing house for members of the military seeking information and…

Died September 13, 2006, age 100
Pre-U.S. entry into WWII, office manager at YM & YWHA 6th and French Streets
During WWII "Dear Mollye" wrote hundreds of letters and acted as a “clearing house for members of the military seeking information and…

Died September 13, 2006, age 100
Pre-U.S. entry into WWII, office manager at YM & YWHA 6th and French Streets
During WWII "Dear Mollye" wrote hundreds of letters and acted as a “clearing house for members of the military seeking information and…

Halina Wind Preston (1922-1982) was a Polish immigrant, Holocaust survivor, educator, and activist. Though she had planned to pursue higher education in the U.S., the outbreak of WWII prevented her from leaving her home country until 1947. The Nazis…

Halina Wind Preston (1922-1982) was a Polish immigrant, Holocaust survivor, educator, and activist. Though she had planned to pursue higher education in the U.S., the outbreak of WWII prevented her from leaving her home country until 1947. The Nazis…