Michael X. Buck, age 43, of Rehoboth Beach died February 2, 2006.

A celebration of his life will be held at the Blue Moon Restaurant, Saturday, March 4, from 1-4 p.m.

Thomas Hughes, age 82 of Millsboro, DE died Wednesday, December 7, 2005, at his residence.

He was the son of the late Thomas Gordon and Mary Florence (McLoone) Hughes. Mr. Hughes enjoyed landscaping and loved playing the piano. He was a member of the Alcoholics Anonymous community for 32 years and a certified counselor for addictions in Delaware. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during WWII, and an active member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware since 1996.

He is survived by his companion of 45 years, Mel James; 3daughters, Nancy Basham and James of Waldoboro, ME, Kay Covington and Chuck of Doylestown, PA, and Joanne Daniels and Mark of Horsham, PA; 5 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at Epworth United Methodist Church on Saturday, December 31, 2005.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor, 185 Salem Church Road, Newark, DE 19713; or Limen House for Men, 600 W. 10th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801; or Delaware Hospice, 600 N. DuPont Highway, Georgetown, DE 19947.

Bruce Uliss of Lewes, DE, formerly of Washington, passed away on January 6, 2006, at the age of 65 after a gallant struggle with lung cancer. He is survived by his life partner, Steve Malcom, and their children (Mathew and Stephanie, Jeffery and Marianne), grandchildren (Justin, Joshua, and Jonah) and a host of long-time, loving friends.

The son of the late Ruth and Arthur Uliss, he was born in the Bronx, New York, on November 8, 1940. He was a graduate of New York University, a veteran (U.S. Army Reserves), and enjoyed a long and successful executive career in retail, including at Design Research, Bonnier"s, and Garfinkle’s.

After Garfinkle’s was sold in 1986, he began a new career in Real Estate, in both Washington and Delaware. In his first year in that business, he was named "rookie of the year," and most recently was associated with Long and Foster.

Urbane and well traveled, he was an outstanding cook and gracious host, a voluminous reader, a board member of the Henlopen Theater Project, and the devoted owner of a French bull dog named Stony.

A memorial service was held on Sunday, January 15, in Lewes, DE.,

Donations may be made to Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 430, Nassau, DE 19969.

Anyda Marchant, 94, a retired attorney, novelist and publisher died January 11, 2006 at home in Rehoboth Beach, DE.

Ms. Marchant was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, moving with her family to Washington, DC at age six. After earning her undergraduate degree, and in 1933, her law degree from what is now George Washington University, she was admitted to practice in DC and Virginia, before the U.S. Court of Claims and the U.S. Supreme Court. As a law student, she served as an assistant to women’s rights pioneer Alice Paul, who was then doing the first research for an Equal Rights Amendment.

In 1940 Marchant was appointed assistant in the Law Library of Congress, Latin American Law section. When the man heading that department was drafted, Marchant was appointed in his place. When he returned in 1945, she relinquished the post, but declined a lesser offered position, on principle.

She returned to Rio to work, then did a brief stint as a translator at the 1948 Pan American Union Conference in Bogota, Columbia. From there she returned to Washington as one of the first female attorneys with the law firm now known as Covington and Burling. She served briefly in private practice and with the U.S. Commerce Dept. before moving to the legal department of the World Bank where she worked for 18 years until her 1972 retirement.

That same year, Marchant and her life partner Muriel Crawford founded the Naiad Press as a vehicle for publishing Marchant’s first novel, The Latecomer, written under the pen name Sarah Aldridge. In 1974, Naiad was formally incorporated in Delaware, proceeding to publish 11 Sarah Aldridge novels, a wide selection of other feminist and lesbian literature and becoming a powerhouse in feminist publishing. Marchant served as Naiad’s president from its inception until the mid 1990s.

In 1995 Marchant and Crawford withdrew from Naiad to found their own publishing company, A&M Books of Rehoboth Beach. A&M published the last three Sarah Aldridge novels (the latest in 2003), along with the book As I Lay Frying—a Rehoboth Beach Memoir by Fay Jacobs.

Passionate about supporting feminist writers, Marchant continued her publishing and mentoring activities until very recently, highlighted by the Oct. 2005 release of the novel Celebrating Hotchclaw by feminist literary icon Ann Allen Shockley.

Marchant and Crawford began coming to Rehoboth Beach in 1955, purchasing a weekend home in 1957. Upon retirement they moved to a home in downtown Rehoboth, which became the site of legendary Saturday evening salons, with cocktails, conversation and an amazingly diverse crowd—neighbors, clergy, writers, musicians, young and old, gay and straight—filling the spacious front porch. In the winter the salon would move to the couple’s Pompano Beach, FL home.

Among her many activities, Marchant recalls proudly organizing the very first National Organization for Women meeting in Delaware when she started a Rehoboth chapter.

Marchant is survived by Crawford, her partner of 57 years, as well as a large circle of loving friends.

A memorial service was held Saturday, Jan. 21 at All Saints Episcopal Church in Rehoboth.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Marchant’s name to CAMP Rehoboth, Compassionate Care Hospice, All Saints Building Fund, or the charity of your choice.