Virginia Lee Deale Mitchell

Matriarch of Dewey Avenue

Virginia Lee Deale Mitchell, a true Sussex Countian, slipped away peacefully into a better world on May 16, 2026. Born January 4, 1934 she was 92 years young and is finally joining her beloved George Henry Mitchell, her parents Theodore R. and Pauline C. Deale of Lewes, DE, her sons, Lynn and Gary and her brother Theodore R. Deale, Jr.

Virginia was one of those rare people who had the good fortune to live in one place, Dewey Avenue,  her entire life, bringing a sense of place to all her neighbors. She worked hard all her life beginning in high school. She was a member of Lewes class of 1951. Her first job was working at Clifton's, a newsstand and soda fountain on 2nd Street, then she moved on to work for Consolidated Fish where she met George, a Lewes Beach original. After that she spent 13 years with Hoenan General Contractors and finally 7 years working for Marvin Ingram at Shore Building Supply.

She and George were obsessed gardeners always believing eating fresh was better, long before it was a thing. She was also an accomplished seamstress. The two of them and later just her, always stood ready to help a whole array of neighbors with many projects.

Virginia is survived by her brother-in-law, Alfred Mitchell and his wife Marlyn, sister-in-law, Bessie Walker and nieces and nephews. Most of all she left behind her friends and neighbors who now find Dewey Avenue forever changed.

She will begin her rest beside her George at 11 AM on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 26669 Patriot's Way, Millsboro, DE 19966 if friends would like to call.

If you are moved to remember her, a donation to Meals on Wheels would make her very happy and of course do a good deed for a neighbor.