Ann Cross Uhland

Ann Cross Uhland

Ann Cross Uhland, age 88, of Wilmington, Delaware, died peacefully on Aug. 7, 2024, at Christiana Hospital.

Born in 1936 and raised in Parkersburg, Ann cheered, sang in Glee Club, participated in Girls’ State and graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1954. After a few years of study and work in Columbus Ann returned to Parkersburg and joined the DuPont Company. She met and married a DuPont Chemical Engineer from Dodge City, Kansas, Keith Leon Uhland, in 1957. Ann and Keith moved to Charleston and then Wilmington, Delaware, where they raised three children and enjoyed the Brandywine Valley together for 65 years.

Ann applied her gifts of loving people, learning voraciously and being creative to enhance her home and community throughout her lifetime. She served for decades as a Spring Docent at Winterthur Museum, in the Altar Guild at Aldersgate United Methodist Church and the hospital Junior Board. She delighted in the beauty and wonder of family, society, travel, faith, the arts and the natural world.

Ann is survived by her husband, Keith Uhland, their children Susan Uhland Ough (Lawrence), Keith and David (Lori Vollers), her grandchildren Preston Ough, Jules Ough and Katie Uhland, her brothers Tom and Ernest Cross, Preston’s fiancee Rachel Marine and other family members.

A private interment will be held at Lower Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington. In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Wilmington Scholarship & Memorial Fund may be mailed to AAUW 1800 Fairfax Boulevard Wilmington DE 19803.