Rosalia Wanner, 41

MIDDLETOWN - Ms. Rosalia Wanner, of Middletown, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, in Christiana Hospital. She was 41. She was born in Chester and reared and educated in Wilmington. She has lived in Middletown for the last 10 years. Rosalia was a woman devoted to her home and family and was always willing to help other people. She is predeceased by her father, Samuel F. Wanner III who died in 2007; her sister, Christine M. Wanner who died in 2006; and her life partner, Donald F. Cordray Jr. who died in July of 2008. She is survived by three sons, Donald F. Cordray III, Andrew Cordray and Samuel Cordray; one daughter, Rosalia Jesse Cordray all of Middletown; one sister, MaryAnn Marte of Richboro, Pa.; her mother, Mary Ann Deery of North Wilmington. She is also survived by her mother and father-in-law, Paul and Mary Cain; and loving aunts, Rosalia Sheftz of Lester, Pa., Jennifer Ward of New London, Pa., and Margaret Walsh of King of Prussia, Pa. Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Holy Child, Naamans Rd., Wilmington, where there will be a calling from 10 to 11 a.m. Burial will be private. Arrangements by Ward Funeral Home.