Obituaries
Edith Louise S. Harris
Nov 28, 2013
Edith Louise S. Harris, 86, of Quarryville, died on Thursday, November 28, 2013 at the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community. She was the widow of Walter G. Harris who died last year. Born in West Grove, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Stella Scott Swayne.Louise was an area resident all her life. She was a member of...
James Kirk Wilde
Nov 27, 2013
James Kirk Wilde, 84, of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, November 27,2013, at Honey Brook, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was the husbandof Betty Stackhouse Wilde and they recently celebrated 61 years of marriage.Born in Coatesville he was the son of the late James W. and Ruth Kirk Wilde.He was a graduate of the former Parkesburg High School,...
Brian A. Potts
Nov 23, 2013
Brian A. Potts, 49, of Coatesville, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, November 23, 2013 at the Lancaster General Hospital.Born in Doylestown, he was the son of the late Mary (Haer) and Thomas Potts. Brian was an area resident most of his life and was a 1982 graduate of Henderson High School.He was self-employed as a general contractor.He is survived by...
Ralph L. Guthrie
Nov 22, 2013
Ralph L. Guthrie, 85, Coatesville, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Neighborhood Hospice Inpatient Unit of West Chester. He was the beloved husband of Ada "Jeanette" (March) Guthrie, with whom he shared 58 years of marriage.Born in Ercildoun, he was the son of the late Laura (Thomas) and H. Mahlon Guthrie. He served honorably in the US...
Margaret E. Wallace
Nov 18, 2013
Margaret E. Wallace, 92, of Westwood, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2013 at the Inpatient Hospice Center in West Chester. She was the wife of the late Harold Wallace who died in 1968. Born in the historical Brinton House near Chadds Ford, she was the daughter of the late James and Caroline Heaps Thompson.Margaret was employed by Keystone Mushroom of...
Erma Marion Gibson
Nov 16, 2013
Erma Marion Gibson, 89, formerly of Atglen, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community.Born in Coatesville, Erma was the daughter of the late Bessie (Schweigert) and Charles McCarraher.She is survived by her beloved children: Carol Yoder, wife of William, of Glenmoore, Ronald Gibson, husband of Marion, of Coatesville, and Cindy Barker, wife of Keith, of...
Charles D. Keinard
Nov 16, 2013
Charles D. Keinard, 79, of Coatesville, passed away at his home on November 16, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Carol B. Keinard with whom he shared 57 years of marriage.
Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late George and Elsie Mann Keinard. Charlie graduated from Scott High School in 1952 and then studied mechanical drawing at...
Warren K. Young
Nov 15, 2013
Warren K. Young, 71, of Parkesburg, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital.Born in Parkesburg, he was the son of Edna (Diem) and Kenneth Young. An area resident his entire life, he was employed at the former Embreeville State Hosptial as a Mechanic.He served honorably in the US Army during the Vietnam War.He is survived by...
Caroline A. Babel DiPietrantonio
Nov 15, 2013
Caroline A "Babel" DiPietrantonio "Tootie" peacefully and happily departed this life on November 15,2013 from the Quarryville Presbyterian Home where she had lived since August. She was 87.Caroline has started her new journey home to be reunited with her beloved husband "Tony" DiPietrantonio. She was preceded in death by her parents William "George" and Helen Babel, her sister Mary Zook,...
Carol "Kay" Svenson Williams Salinger
Nov 15, 2013
Carol “Kay” Svenson Williams Salinger, wife of Rev. David White Salinger, died peacefully on Friday, November 15, 2013. Born in Philadelphia on August 31, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Gustav Conrad Svenson and Janette Jenkins. She was graduated from Haverford High School, where she met her first husband and many life-long friends. Mrs. Salinger met her second husband...
Robert T. Barnett
Nov 9, 2013
Robert T. Barnett, 86, of Cochranville, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Jeanie Gaido Barnett, with whom he shared 23 years of marriage.Born in Parkesburg, Robert was the son of the late Amie and Howard Barnett.Robert was honored to serve in the US Army during W.W.II. He also traveled with...
Wilbert H. "Webb" Gable
Nov 6, 2013
Wilbert H. "Webb" Gable, 86, of Honey Brook, died on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community. He was the husband of the late Evelyn Barker Gable who passed away last year. Born in Glenmoore, he was the son of the late Clarence and Lillian Bussinger Gable.Webb was an area resident all his life. He proudly served...
Frank D. Parent
Nov 6, 2013
Frank D. Parent, 56, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He was the husband of Susan M. Phillips Parent with whom he shared 7 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, DE, he was the son of Marianne Beckett Parent of New Castle, DE and the late William R. Parent, Sr.Frank lived...
Esther May Wettig
Nov 4, 2013
Esther May Wettig, 98, of Glenmoore, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2013 at her home. She was the wife of the late George E. Wettig. Born in Cochranville, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Lena Reynolds Stanley.She is survived by daughter Doris E. Bair of Glenmoore and son George M. Wettig of Willow Street, eight grandchildren,...
Darlene J. McElyea
Nov 4, 2013
Darlene J. McElyea, 59, of West Caln, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2013 at the Paoli Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of Martin L. McElyea with whom she shared 34 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville she was the daughter of the late Frank and JoAnn Laniewski Ellis.Darlene was an area resident all her life and a 1972...
Roger Owen Martin
Nov 3, 2013
Roger Owen Martin, 52, of East Fallowfield, died suddenly at his home on Sunday, November 3, 2013. Born in West Chester, he was the son of Arthur E. Martin, Sr. of West Chester and Loretta Barkman Bingaman and husband Harry of Leola.Roger was an 1980 honor graduate of Avon Grove High School. After graduation, he continued his education at the...
Theodore Harding Fairbanks
Nov 1, 2013
Theodore Harding Fairbanks, 88, of Valley Township, died at home on Friday, November 1st, 2013. Ted, as he was known, was born in Waterville, Maine, and served in the Navy, stationed in China, during WW II. He was a Ph.D. chemist, civil rights advocate in the 1950s, farmer, artist, trumpet player and avid computer user. He studied Mandarin Chinese, enjoyed Chinese...
Shirley A. Knotts
Nov 1, 2013
Shirley A. Knotts, 77, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Friday, November 1st, 2013 at the Chester County Hospital. She was the widow of the late Lewis H. Knotts, with whom she shared 49 years of marriage.Born in Chatham, Shirley was the daughter of the late Bernice H. Brown and Fred W. Piper. She was a 1955 graduate of the...
Earl W. Fiscus
Oct 29, 2013
Earl W. Fiscus, 91, of Christiana, PA died on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at the Coatesville VA Medical Center. He was the beloved husband of Betty L. Claypoole Fiscus, with whom he shared 67 years of marriage. Born in Ford City, PA, he was the son of the late Elmer L. and Frances D. Lasher Fiscus.Earl proudly served in the...
Joseph J. Ciaccia
Oct 24, 2013
Joseph J. Ciaccia, 92, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Harrison Senior Living of Coatesville. He was the beloved husband of Violet A. Laurento Ciaccia with whom he shared 67 years of marriage.Born in Coatesville, he was an area resident all his life. Mr. Ciaccia was a decorated WWII Veteran who proudly served in the US...
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