Harry McManus
Nov 18, 2015
Harry A. McManus, age 71, of Upper Darby, PA, passed away on November 18, 2015. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Harry A. and Helen M. McManus (nee Hart). Harry was a graduate of West Catholic Boys High Shool and LaSalle University, both in Philadelphia. He served in the U.S. Army. Harry was employed in...
Susan Giacomo
Nov 16, 2015
Susan M. Di Giacomo (nee Lessing ) of Newtown Square, PA, passed away peacefully surrounded by many loving family members after a valiant battle with complications of multiple myeloma on Monday, November 16, 2015. Age 61 years. Formerly of Wynnewood, PA. Sue was a graduate of Haverford High School and Delaware County Community College, and was a medical assistant for...
William Hopkins, Jr.
Nov 16, 2015
William Hopkins, Jr., age 81, of Broomall, PA, passed away on November 16, 2015. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late William Hopkins, Sr. and Anne Hopkins (nee Franey). William was an Army Veteran, 1952 graduate of Girard College and a 1962 graduate of Temple University. He was employed as a Journalist with the Camden Courier...
Mary O'Hare
Nov 16, 2015
Mary B. O'Hare (nee O'Donnell), age 75, of West Chester, PA, formerly of Newtown Square, PA, passed away on November 16, 2015. Born in Donegal, Ireland, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Kathryn O'Donnell (nee McDevitt). Mary shared 55 years of marriage with her husband, John. She was very close with her grandchildren and was a caregiver...
Marie Farnese
Nov 16, 2015
Marie P. Farnese (nee Pimley), age 92, of West Chester, PA, formerly of Broomall, PA, passed away on November 16, 2015. Born in Upper Darby, PA, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Bridgetta Pimley (nee McLaughlin). Marie was a 1939 graduate of Notre Dame deLourdes High School in Moylan, PA. She shared 57 years of marriage with...
Mr. Ben Faulkner
Nov 16, 2015
Fred Boehning "Ben" Faulkner, 80, a 46 year resident of Media, passed away on November 16th, 2015. Born in Cabool, MO, he was the son of the late Evelyn B. (nee Keaggy) and Fred E. Dove, and his stepfather, the late Virgil Faulkner. Ben served honorably in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1957. He was the founding pastor of...
Patrick Curran
Nov 15, 2015
Patrick Colum Curran, of West Chester, passed away suddenly on November 15, 2015. Born in Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland, October 21, 1938, Patrick is the son of the late Edward and Madge Curran (Gallagher) and is survived by five siblings; Tarla, Hugh (Susan), Maura, Eileen (Kevin), and Una. In 1963 he immigrated to Wayne to join his family and soon...
Donnamarie Vennell
Nov 15, 2015
Donnamarie Vennell (nee Chiango), age 55, of Blackwood, NJ, passed away with her family by her side on November 15, 2015 in Somers Point, NJ after a long battle with breast cancer. Born in Philadelphia, PA, and raised in Drexel Hill, PA, she was the daughter of Dominic and Nancy Chiango. She is survived by her beloved husband, Paul Vennell...
G. White
Nov 14, 2015
G. Robert "Bob" White, age 92, of Glen Mills, PA, formerly of Drexel Hill, PA, passed away on November 14, 2015. Born in Philadelphia to the late Thomas I. and Elizabeth (nee Gallagher) White, he was a graduate of Southeast Catholic High School, Class of 1941. Bob proudly served his country in the Army during World War II, stationed at...
Mr. John Burns, Jr.
Nov 13, 2015
John J. Burns Jr., "Bud", of Bryn Mawr, PA, passed away on November 13, 2015. Bud was the beloved husband of the late Suzanne (nee Donahue) and loving father of John J. Burns III, Michael F. Burns (Ellen), W. Craig Burns (Jean), Carol B. Kozak (Michael) and the late Suzanne D. Burns. He is also survived by 8 grandchildren and...
Karl Ryan
Nov 12, 2015
RYAN, Karl F. "Bud" of West Chester, PA on November 12, 2015. Loving husband of Gloria (nee Iatesta); loving father of Craig F. Ryan of West Chester; step-father of Joseph F. Spatola of Binghamton, NY and Donald C. Spatola (Diane) of Gilbertsville, PA; grandfather of Devin and Derek Spatola and Sean O'Connell; dear brother of Leonard Ryan (Sally); uncle of...
David Hill
Nov 12, 2015
David A. Hill, age 49, of King of Prussia, PA, passed away on November 12, 2015. David A. Hill was born to John and Janice Hill and was raised on Walnut Avenue in Wayne PA. He graduated from Radnor High School in 1983 and attended the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State University, graduating with an Engineering degree. He was...
Lizabeth Dee
Nov 11, 2015
Lizabeth S. Dee (nee Poach), age 66, of Upper Darby, PA, passed away on November 11, 2015. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Liz was the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Bernardine E. Poach (nee Lihota). She was employed as a legal secretary with the Urtz Law Firm in Upper Darby, PA. Liz is survived by her husband, William T....
Loretta Shanahan
Nov 11, 2015
Loretta C. Shanahan, 66, of Honeybrook, PA passed away on November 11, 2015. Born in Darby, PA in 1949, Loretta was the daughter of the late James T. and Mary Ellen (Cantlin) McCullough. She worked as a market researcher for JRP Services. Loretta was the beloved wife of James T. Shanahan; loving sister of James M. McCullough (Patricia) of Apex,...
Ilse Laping
Nov 11, 2015
Ilse Laping, age 83, of West Chester, PA passed away on November 11, 2015. Born in 1932 in Heufeld Banat, which was then part of Yugoslavia, she was the daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Beck. Her parents relocated her and her younger brother Eric Beck to Chicago, IL. There she married Karl Laping in 1958. Isle was a devoted mother...
Irene Plower
Nov 10, 2015
Irene T. Plower (nee Chialastri), 81, of Downingtown, formerly of Upper Darby and Exton, passed away on November 10, 2015. Born in Atlantic City, NJ in 1934, she was the daughter of the late Maria (nee Scipioni) and Alexander Chialastri. She was the beloved wife of the late James M. Plower; the loving mother of James Plower (Patricia) and Maria...
Michael Donohue
Nov 10, 2015
Michael R. Donohue, Sr., age 51, of Upper Darby, passed away on November 10, 2015. Born in Darby, PA, he was the son of Margaret Mary Donohue (nee Callaghan) and the late Robert T. Donohue, Sr. Michael was a 1982 graduate of Monsignor Bonner High School and received his B.S. degree in 1986 from Villanova University. He was an avid...
Audrey Garlington
Nov 10, 2015
Audrey J. Garlington, 73, of Coatesville, passed away on November 10, 2015. Born in 1942 in Little Rock, AR, she was the daughter of the late Lillian (nee Clifton) and Bruce Garlington. Loving mother of Audrey L. Franklin (Rick) and Jillian Z. Acchione (John); and the grandmother of Kate and Nick Franklin. Relatives and friends are invited to her Visitation...
Gilda Henry
Nov 9, 2015
Gilda A. Henry (nee Amaroso), age 90, of Broomall, PA, passed away on November 9, 2015. Born in Wayne, PA, she was the daughter of the late Justino and Maria Amaroso (nee Porecca). She was a graduate of Radnor High School. She was employed as a Buyer for Weinberg's Department Store in Havertown, PA. Gilda was the beloved wife of...
Edward Kennedy
Nov 9, 2015
Edward J. Kennedy, 81, of Hampden Township and formerly of Yeadon, PA and State College, PA, passed away at his home on November 9, 2015. He was born in Philadelphia on Christmas Day in 1933, and was the youngest of eight children of the late John and Mary (Corr) Kennedy. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann (Burns) of...
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