Derith Ann Witkege

Mrs. Witkege was born May 3, 1943, daughter of the late Roland G. Proctor and Marian Genevieve Ball.

Derith was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts where she met the love of her life, Julian Anthony "Tony" Witkege Jr. Derry, as she was commonly called, and husband Julian moved and nurtured their three daughters, Christina Morrow, Anne-Marie Gloster, and Susanna Bennett in several locations in the South East and also Central Connecticut. Derry completed coursework at the New York School of Interior Design which she utilized greatly in many arts and crafts. She was well known in particular for her Tinsmithing at the Old Salem Village Museum in Winston-Salem, NC. Also, Derry was quite active in the Oak Island Quilting Guild for several years where she won several awards. Derry was active with her husband in the ownership and management of Kringles Korner gift shop at The Cotton Exchange in Wilmington for almost ten years. Both Derry and her husband lived in Oak Island and Southport before moving to Cambridge Village in Wilmington, NC in the year 2021.

Survivors include her husband, Julian "Tony" Witkege, Jr.; three daughters, Christina Morrow and husband John of John's Creek, GA, Anne-Marie Gloster and husband Casey of Langley, WA, and Susanna Bennett and husband Rick of Boiling Spring Lakes, NC; six grandchildren; three great-grandboys; and a brother, John D. Proctor and wife Betty of Summerdale, AL.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 4th, 2023 at 10:00 am in the Peacock - Newnam & White Funeral Home Chapel.

Contributions in her honor may be made to the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Hospice. 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington NC 28401.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.peacocknewnamwhite.com for the Witkege family.

Peacock - Newnam & White Funeral and Cremation Service, Southport, North Carolina.