James Gillis
Mar 27, 2018
James Andrew Gillis, age 63, a resident of Philadelphia, PA, formerly of Newtown Square, PA, passed away on March 27, 2018. James was a graduate of Devon Preparatory School, Class of '72 and Villanova University, Class of '81. He was a licensed plumber and also a trade school educator with Orleans Technical College. James was the beloved son of the...
Glenn Echoff
Mar 27, 2018
Glenn W. Echoff, 92, of Downingtown, PA passed away on March 27, 2018. Born in West Chester, PA in 1925, he was the son of the late Charles and Katherine (nee Burns) Echoff. Glenn was the beloved husband of the late Anna (nee McAllister) Echoff; loving father of Dennis G. Echoff (Michael) and the late Marcella Bones; devoted grandfather of...
Robert Schulz
Mar 27, 2018
SCHULZ - Robert Eugene (Bob) of Media, PA and Seaside Park, NJ passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 27th in Philadelphia, PA. Born June 28th, 1937 in Bay Ridge, NY, to the late Clara and Eugene Schulz, Bob was raised in Bayside, Queens. He graduated with the class of 1959 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was a member and...
Charles Bowers III
Mar 26, 2018
Charles E. Bowers, III, 42, of West Chester, PA passed away in the early hours of Monday, March 26, 2018. Born in Glen Mills, PA in 1975, he was the son of Patricia (nee Ennamorato) and the late Charles E. Bowers, Jr. Chuck is survived by his wife, Adriane A. (nee Mayo) Bowers; daughters, Lauren E. Bowers and Anneliese M....
Raymond Simpson, Jr.
Mar 26, 2018
Raymond J. Simpson, Jr., age 78, of Sharon Hill, PA, passed away on March 26, 2018. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond J. and Mary J. Simpson (nee Kalix). Raymond was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was employed over 30 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer as a printer. Raymond was a...
Alvera Mascia
Mar 25, 2018
Alvera "Vera" Dorothy Mascia, 92, died Sunday, March 25, 2018 at her home in Wellington Hall, West Chester, after a lengthy illness. She was the widow of the late Humbert Mascia who died in 1992. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Filomena Ciocca Moffa and Vitale Moffa. A graduate of South Philadelphia High School for Girls,...
James Bailey
Mar 24, 2018
JAMES J. BAILEY, 76, of West Chester, PA and formerly of Springfield, PA passed away on March 24, 2018. Jim graduated from Monsignor Bonner High School in 1959. He served in the Air Force from 1960-1967. He went to work at Jerrold Electronics in 1964 as a Sales Engineer and was inducted into the Pennsylvania and National Cable Pioneers. He...
James Harris
Mar 23, 2018
James J. Harris, 88, of West Chester, Pa. passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018. Born January 27, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, Jim was the son of the late Samuel Albert and Mary Marguerite (nee Strohminger) Harris. He was the beloved husband of the late Marilyn (nee Canon) Harris; loving father of Elizabeth Helmich (Robert) of West Chester and Nancy...
Kenneth Barnett, Sr.
Mar 22, 2018
Kenneth C. "Ken" Barnett, Sr., of Exton, PA and formerly of West Chester, PA passed away on March 22, 2018. Born in New York, NY in 1931, he was the son of the late Julian "Jay" Lester and Phyllis (nee McKay) Barnett. Ken was raised in West Hartford, CT and attended The Loomis School, a boarding school in Windsor, CT....
Guy Palmer
Mar 21, 2018
Guy A. Palmer, 66, of Elverson, PA passed away on March 21, 2018 in Scottsdale, AZ, while traveling on business with his family, after an extended struggle with cancer. Born in Chester, Delaware County, PA, Guy met and married the love of his life, Joan (Hickman) and they lived in Delaware and Chester counties as they built their family. As...
Gretchen Davis
Mar 21, 2018
Gretchen L. Davis (nee Leutheuser), 79, of Devon, PA, passed away on March 21, 2018. Born in Columbus, OH in 1939, she was the daughter of the late Robert W. and Dorothy E. (nee Krepps) Leutheuser. Gretchen was a 1956 graduate of The Columbus School for Girls and a 1960 graduate of Smith College, Northampton, MA. She was a Librarian...
Marie McVeigh
Mar 21, 2018
Marie Elizabeth McVeigh (nee Monteverde) of Drexel Hill, PA, was born in Brooklyn, NY to Paul and Amelia Monteverde (nee Devoto). Marie was predeceased by her husband Thomas A. McVeigh, and is survived by her children, Thomas Paul McVeigh and his wife Laurie, Joseph Aloysis McVeigh and his wife Gaye, Marie Emily McVeigh and her husband Bruce Kiesel, and Anne...
Marshall Learn
Mar 21, 2018
Marshall L. Learn, 88, West Chester, PA passed away on March 21, 2018. Born on November 10, 1929 in Hamburg, NY. He is survived by his wife Dolores E. Learn (Kolin), his children, Brian Learn, Halle Ruane (Learn) and John Ruane, Kevin Learn and Karen Learn (Ciancia) and his six grandchildren, Jake Ruane, Abby Ruane, Nicole Learn, Natalee Learn, Max...
Elizabeth Sammond
Mar 21, 2018
Elizabeth E. Sammond, 98, of West Chester, PA and formerly of Whiting, NJ, passed away on March 21, 2018. Born in New London, CT in 1920, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Rosemary (nee Sylvie) Saunders. Elizabeth enjoyed gardening, bowling, and going to the casino. She was a Cub Scout Leader and volunteered at a hospital. Elizabeth...
George Webster
Mar 21, 2018
George Armstrong Webster, 90, of Newtown Square, PA, and formerly of Glen Ridge, NJ, died on March 21, 2018 at his residence at White Horse Village, PA. George was born in 1927 in Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in Greenwich, CT, and graduated from the Taft school in Watertown, CT. He then was a student at Yale University (Calhoun College),...
Christina Gariano
Mar 20, 2018
Christina M. Gariano (nee Aprile), age 96, a 60 year resident of Newtown Square, PA, passed away on March 20, 2018. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Assunta (nee Passinallo) Aprile. During WW II, Christina worked for the Defense Department. She was also affiliated with the Knights of Columbus - Women's Council....
Dolores Muldoon
Mar 20, 2018
Dolores A. "Doll" Muldoon (nee Dougherty), age 87, of Broomall, PA, passed away on March 20, 2018. Born in Margate, NJ, she was the daughter of the late John and Nellie Dougherty (nee McCarthy. Dolores was a graduate of St. Leonard's Academy in Philadelphia, PA. She had strong Catholic beliefs and raised her seven children by sending them to Catholic...
Edward Miller
Mar 20, 2018
Edward Dennis Miller ("Big Ed"), 77, of Islamorada, Florida, died peacefully on March 20, 2018, surrounded by his family. Big Ed was a prince and a fighter. He knew pain and he knew great joy. Big Ed also knew that the ocean was one step closer to the divine; once he found the water, that is where he spent his...
Vivian Bianco
Mar 20, 2018
Vivian M. Bianco (née Morello), 93, of Downingtown, PA and formerly of Honeybrook, PA and Huntington Station, NY passed away on March 20, 2018. Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1924, Vivian was the daughter of the late Anthony C. and Vita (Colandra) Morello. She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony Bianco for 61 years; loving mother of Andrew...
Mary Kurka
Mar 19, 2018
Mary G. Kurka (nee Mitchener), age 71, passed away on March 19, 2018. Born in Coronado, CA, she was the daughter of the late Harold J. and Mary Mitchener (nee Weyler). Mary served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War era. She received her Associate Degree from the Tracey Warner School of Fashion Design in Philadelphia, PA...
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