Erica B. Colegrove

Erica Beth Colegrove, 39, of Seaford, passed away on Friday, August 30th, 2024, after a courageous two-year cancer battle. Erica was born in Bryan, TX on November 23, 1984, to Kelly Adams.
Erica loved all things Christmas and "Peanuts". She had an incredible memory that everyone relied on to recall details of past events, people, places and random trivia – and that she relied on to regularly quote TV shows, movies and song lyrics in daily conversation. She had an eclectic and colorful sense of style and a love for thrifting and collecting. She met and fell in love with Ben Colegrove over a series of Team Trivia nights in 2009, and they were married on November 1, 2010. Erica graduated from Seaford High School in 2002 and was proud to become a Penn State Nittany Lion. She cherished her days in Happy Valley but chose to honor her love of being "home", returning to Seaford in 2003, where she ultimately graduated with an Associates from Del Tech and a bachelor's from Wilmington University in Accounting. She was a dedicated employee at the City of Seaford for 16 years. Aside from her family and friends, Erica's greatest loves were her pets: dogs Chibs, Puddy, Jada and Toast, and cat Gus.
Erica had a beautiful smile and amazing sense of humor. Her positivity, kindness, strength and courage were noted by every caregiver she encountered during her treatment.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Ben Colegrove; her beloved dogs Chibs and Puddy, and cat Gus; her mother Kelly Adams and step-father Landy Adams; sister Jill Day (Danny); mother and father-in-law Rick and Nina Colegrove; sister-in-law Evelyne Adams (Matt); grandmother Jean Howarth; aunt Cindy Bennett (Alan); aunt Debbie Hazzard; cousins Amy Bonkowski (Brian), Keith Hazzard (Tim), Brandy Nauman (Mark), Brooke Silver (Jonathan); "nieces" Katie and Kendall; lifelong Seaford friends Jennifer Abrams (Allison), Ashley Bowman, Meghan Hill (Brian), Marcy Pentoney (Ben), Alison Travers (Marion).
She was preceded in death by her dogs Jada and Toast, cat Shroeder, grandmother Lois Lord, grandfather Clifford Howarth, Uncle Cliff Howarth Jr., Uncle Terry Hazzard.
A Celebration of Life will be held on September 14, 2024, from 10:00 AM -12:00 PM. At Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium Hardesty Chapel, 202 Laws St. Bridgeville, Delaware 19933
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