Obituary of Thelma S. DelBaugh

Thelma S. DelBaugh, 93, of Millville and formerly of Bridgeton passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at Maurice House in Millville. The wife of the late William H. DelBaugh, she was born in Shiloh and was the daughter of the late Willard D. Smith, Sr. and Hermina W. Smith. She had been a resident at the Maurice House for the past two and a half years and had lived in Bridgeton prior to that. A Registered Nurse by profession, Thelma had been employed with Bridgeton Hospital for 17 years where she had served as a Head Nurse on one of the hospital’s Medical/Surgical floors. Previous to that she had worked as a private duty nurse. She is survived by her two children, Charles A. DelBaugh (JoAnn Cantoni) of Pittsgrove and Jane DelBaugh-Williams of KS; three grandchildren, Doug DelBaugh (Anne) of Galloway, Daniel Williams (Mindy) of KS and Katelyn Kadzerski (Simon) of KS; four great-grandchildren, Brady of Galloway, Tenley of KS, Alice of KS and Oliver of KS; two brothers, Kenneth Smith of SC and J. Myron Smith of Richland; six sisters, Alice Peterson of Millville, Laura Davis of Millville, Barbara Weber of Hopewell, Patricia Johnson of Hopewell, Pricilla Lawrence of Hopewell and Darlene Shimp of Hopewell and a sister in law, Betsy Smith of Hopewell. She was predeceased by a brother, Willard “Bud” Smith, Jr., two sisters, Elsie Loveland and Jean Ware, and daughter-in-law Darlene Delbaugh. Graveside funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 15th at 2:00 PM at Fernwood Memorial Park in Hopewell Township where the interment will follow the services. Arrangements are under the direction of the PADGETT FUNERAL HOME, Upper Deerfield Township. Written condolences can be sent to the family at www.padgettfuneralhomes.com.