Obituaries

Julia Ann Dickinson

Julia Ann Dickinson, 62, of Seaford, DE, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford.

Born on February 8, 1946 in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Alton Little Crothers and Trula Mae Willis-Crothers-Racz. She was a resident of the Coatesville and Pomeroy Area for 57...

Mae Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor

Mae Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor, 89, of Coatesville, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2011, at Hickory House in Honey Brook. She was the wife of John F. Taylor Jr. for over 68 years. Born in Parkesburg she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Lydia Gehring Fox.

She was a 1941 graduate of Scott High School,...

Margaret O. Houston

Margaret O. Houston, 82, formerly of Atglen, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2009, surrounded by her family at the Hickory House Nursing Home of Honey Brook. She was the widow of the late Paul A. F. Houston.

Born on April 12, 1927 in Newhall, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Walter Dillon and...

Margaret M. "Peg" Long

Margaret M. "Peg" Long, 90, of Glenmoore, passed away at her home on Saturday, November 17, 2012. She was the wife of John Long who died in 1997 and her first husband Earl Miller who died in 1963. Born in Madera, PA she was the daughter of the late Wasco and Mary Russian Moskel.

Peg, formerly of...

Linda A. Wolfe

Linda A. Wolfe, 61, of Parkesburg, died on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Brandywine Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Alan M. Wolfe with whom she shared 34 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Frank and JoAnn Laniewski Ellis.

Linda was an area resident all her life and a...

Marjorie Bithell Cardwell

Marjorie Bithell Cardwell, 85, of Tel Hai Retirement Community, formerly of Parkesburg, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 7, 2013.

She was the widow of Gilbert P. Cardwell who died in 1999 with whom she shared 51 years of marriage. Born in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Esther Zipf...

Lester Davidson

Lester Davidson, 71, carpenter, restoration contractor, construction inspector, artist, genealogist, and preservationist, of Glenmoore and Moorhead Manor, Naples, Florida, died on Friday, October 29, 2010, at the Neighborhood Hospice Center, West Chester.

He was the loving husband of Jane L. S. Davidson (Smoker) to whom he was married at the Lancaster Church of the Brethren on April 1,...

Katherine Ann Coleman

Katherine Ann Coleman (Mommy), 29, of Sadsburyville, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Michele M. Everhart Summers of Honey Brook and the late William H. Coleman and step daughter to Garry Summers of Honey Brook.

Katherine was an area resident all her life. She...

Judith Oliver Thompson

Judith Oliver Thompson, 79, of Avondale, passed away on Friday, March 28, 2014 at Ware Presbyterian Village, Oxford, PA. Born in Hopewell, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Frances Oliver and Ernestine Lutz Oliver. Judy attended the University of Delaware for both her BS and graduate studies. She became an avid horsewoman, learning to fox hunt as an...

Laurence W. Miller, Sr.

Laurence W. Miller, Sr., 86, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2009 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was the widower of the late Elizabeth "Bibs" Cunningham Miller, who passed away in 1991.

Born in Sadsburyville on June 25, 1923, he was the son of the late Emily Beam Miller and Cletus F....

Leota Ann Skiles

Leota Ann Skiles, 68, of Westwood, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, PA. She was the beloved wife of William L. Skiles with whom she shared 49 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Wayne A. and Leota G. Root Smith.

Leota was an area...

Maggie L. Stone

Maggie L. Stone, 64, of Paradise, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Lancaster General Hospital after a long, hard fight with cancer.

She was the loving wife of William C. Stone, Sr., with whom she shared 41 years of marriage. Born in Union, West Virginia, Maggie was...

Lewis C. Myers, Sr.

Lewis C. Myers, Sr., 89, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2013 at the home of his son Gary. He was the husband of Esther Robert Myers who died in 2002 and his first wife Dorothy L. Sprecher Myers who died in 1992. Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late George A. and...

Leon C. Wiggins

Leon C. Wiggins, 85, of Parkesburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at the Phoenixville Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Suzanne Williams Wiggins, with whom he shared 58 years of marriage.

Born in Cochranville, he was the son of the late Norman N. Wiggins and Bertha Irene Hart Wiggins. An area resident his entire...

Margaret P. Skillings

Margaret P. Skillings, 97, of Georgetown, ME and Holden, MA, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Exton, PA. She leaves a son, Dr. John C. Skillings of Dansville, NY; daughter Judith Skillings Frawley of Exton, PA; nephew, Randall C. Perkins of Medford, OR; nieces, Pamela Perkins Smith and Sandra Perkins of...

Marilyn E. Stauffer

Marilyn E. Stauffer, 54, of Honey Brook, passed away suddenly at her home on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. She was the beloved wife of Joseph G. Stauffer with whom she shared 27 years together. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Carol Keinard of Coatesville and the late Charles D. Keinard. Marilyn was an area resident all her life...

Lucille S. Hoskins

Lucille S. Hoskins, 80, of Coatesville, passed away at the Coatesville VA Hospice Unit on Saturday, September 10, 2011. Born in Bainbridge Island, Washington, she was the daughter of the late Gunnar and Ingeborg Strand Hanson. She proudly served in the US Navy during the Korean War. Lucille lived in the area for over 57 years. She was employed...

Marian A. Mattson

Marian A. Mattson, 86, of Coatesville, passed away at her home on Thursday, March 8th, 2012.  She was the widow of the late Lawrence Mattson, who died in 1983.

Born in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Marian was the daughter of the late Benjamin Lantz and Mamie K. (Stoltzfus) Lantz. She is survived by her five children, Harvey W....

Joyce A. Craig

Joyce A. Craig, 71, of Parkesburg, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at her home. She was the widow of the late David Craig. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late William and Catherine Dickinson Clayton. Joyce was an area resident all her life and a graduate of the Parkesburg High School. She was employed...

Karl John Trommler, Sr.

Karl John Trommler, Sr., 85, of Millersville, formerly of Paradise, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the VA Medical Center of Coatesville. He was the beloved husband of Anna M. Welsch Trommler, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage.

Born April 19, 1924 in Waterbury, CT., Karl was the...