Kenneth Asbury Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Kenneth Asbury of Clayton, Delaware (long time resident of Glenolden, PA), passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Ken was 93 years old. Born on July 24, 1928, he was the son of the late William and Ruby Asbury and the husband of the late Catherine Asbury (nee Miller). Kenneth resided in Glenolden, PA for the majority of his life raising five children with his wife Catherine. He moved to Clayton, Delaware to live with his daughter and son-in-law in 2007. In the community of Darby Township, he was affectionally known as Ken or Pop. He was the pillar of the community always helping out neighbors by providing employment assistance, transportation, groceries, and facilitating a positive relationship with local law enforcement. Ken was also a loving family man. He loved his children and worked multiple jobs to ensure they didn’t want for anything. He shared this love with his grandchildren and great grandchildren who called him grandpa, grandpop, and papa great. He attended many school field trips with his grandchildren when they were young. In his eyes, no one could keep his grandchildren safe but him. One of his loves was attending the basketball and football games of his grandchildren. He was their biggest fan/cheerleader. During basketball season, he proudly wore his “Ramseur’s Grandpop” hoodie. Ken loved playing golf and spending time with his golf buddies. He looked forward to their annual golf trip to Ocean City, Maryland. He shared his love of the game with his grandsons and son(s) in law, teaching his son-in-law Jeff how to play the game. During Ken’s lifetime he held many jobs. In his younger years he was a policeman for Darby Township. Ken also worked at H.K. Porter in Ridley Township as a fork lift operator until retirement at the age of fifty-five. After retirement from H. K. Porter, he worked as maintenance personnel at the Secane Arms apartments and security at the MacDade Mall. He wasn’t afraid of “a hard day’s work” and instilled the importance of working and education to his children and grandchildren. Ken had a heart of gold and will loving be remembered for his kindness and willingness to do anything for anyone. Proceeding him in death is his loving wife Catherine and oldest son Kenneth Jr. To rejoice in a life time of wonderful memories, Ken leaves his four children Carol Couch (Calvin) of Ocala, Florida, Frank Asbury of New York, NY, Elizabeth Asbury-Brown (Jeffers) of Clayton, Delaware, and Donna Asbury of Fair Fax, Virginia. Ken is also survived by his brother Harry (Bud) of Darby, six grandchildren: Calvin Jr, Kimberly, Brian, Willard, Kenneth, and Julian, eleven great grandchildren: Malik, Tiffany, Justin, Dominique, Brennan, Brianna, Saniya, Cole, Sophia, Brooke and Kenny, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and friends. He will be deeply missed by all. At Ken’s request there will not be a funeral service. He did not want his grandchildren and their families (who reside on the East and West coasts) traveling during the pandemic. This is who he was. Always thinking about his family first. May God bless you all!

Kenneth Asbury

July 24, 1928 - February 23, 2022