Obituaries

Florence E. Vandyke

Florence E. VanDyke, 75, of Honey Brook, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Pocopson Home. She was beloved wife of Stanley H. Moody, with whom she shared 30 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Helen May Mullen Reath.

An area resident all her life, Florence...

Freda E. Crawford - London

Freda E. Crawford - London, 85, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, October 4th, 2012 at the Brandywine Hall of West Chester.  She was the widow of the late Chester A. London, with whom she shared 55 years of marriage.

Born in Gum Tree, she was the daughter of the late George and Marie Crawford. She is survived...

Emma M. Scott Tracey

Emma M. Scott Tracey, 86, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Kendal Barclay Friends Nursing Home of West Chester.  She was the widow of the late Edward John Tracey, Sr. who passed away in 2010 after they had shared 67 years of marriage.

Born in Pomeroy, Chester County on Friday, January 1,...

Emily L. "Em" Mcclay

Emily L. "Em" McClay, 90, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 at her home.  She was the widow of the late Joseph McClay, with whom she shared 43 years of marriage.

Born in Chatham, Emily was the daughter of the late Anna and William Strode.  She was a parishioner of the Our Lady of Consolation...

Eugene Pavelik

Eugene Pavelik, 74, of Coatesville, PA passed away October 3, 2012 at the Neighborhood Health Hospice Services, West Chester, PA after a two year battle of esophageal cancer.

Born in Coatesville, Gene was the son of the late Adam Pavelik and the late Gretna Kurtz Pavelik Wartluft.  He was married to Anne Gardiner Pavelik who died February 11,...

Betty Jane (Ash) Pyle

Betty Jane (Ash) Pyle, 87, of Wagontown, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2012 at her home, surrounded by her family.  She was the beloved wife of Clair A. Pyle of Wagontown, with whom she shared 59 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville on March 17, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Mary Ash Franklin and Ira G....

Barbara Ann Lowrey

Barbara Ann Lowrey, 67, of Gap, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the Ephrata Community Hospital. She was the former wife of William H. Lowrey, Jr. Born in Atlantic City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William and Marion Buffington Rowan.

Barbara was employed by Schramms of West Chester as a switch board...

Elmer "Frit" Leamy Jr.

Elmer "Frit" Leamy Jr., 82 of Pomeroy, died on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Frit was the husband of Dorothy McWilliams Leamy, with whom he had celebrated 62 years of marriage.

Born in Pomeroy, he was the son of the late Elmer and Miranda Nunemaker Leamy. He served honorably in...

Fred P. Parcells

Fred P. Parcells, 83 of Wallace Township, Chester County, passed away at his home on Monday, November 30, 2009. He was the husband of Marie E. Campbell Parcells with whom he shared 50 years of marriage. Born in Norwood, PA he was the son of the late Fred P. and Edna A. Vollmer Parcells.

An area resident...

Donald O. Lamar

Donald O. LaMar, 72, of East Earl, formerly of Westwood, passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Norma Jean Collins LaMar, with whom he shared 37 years of marriage.

Born in Westwood, he was the son of the late Mary A. Guersky LaMar and Robert B. LaMar....

Gary Robert "Gutsy" Rutledge, Sr.

Eugene M. Hall, Sr.

Eugene M. Hall, Sr., 83, of Ephrata, died on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at his son's home in Denver. Born in Christiana, PA he was the son of the late William and Laura Harris Hall. Mr. Hall proudly served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was employed by Car Quest as a driver. He is survived by...

Dorothy M. Proudfoot

Dorothy M. Proudfoot, 93, of Columbia, formerly of Gordonville, Strasburg and Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, October 2.

She was the widow of Elwood Proudfoot who passed away in 1999 after they had shared 60 years of marriage. Born in Pomeroy, she was the daughter of the late Amos and Verna Paltnay Ammon. She is survived by her...

Edna M. Thompson

Edna M. Thompson, 78, of Shirleysburg, PA, formerly of Downingtown, passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at the Woodland Retirement Community in Orbisonia, PA. She was the widow of the late Edward I. Thompson, Sr. who died in 2006. Born in Millersville, she was the daughter of the late Elmer H. and Mary Herr Esworthy.

Edna...

Emma H. Thompson

Emma H.  Thompson, (Sagner Foraker), 91, resident of the Harrison Senior Living of Christiana, passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2010.

She was the daughter of the late Ada F. Griffin Carr and George Carr. Emma is survived by her four children: Doris E. Gouge, wife of Vernon, of Gum Tree, James H. Sagner, husband of Gail, of...

Dana W. Holmes

Dana W. Holmes, 54, of East Fallowfield Twp., passed away on Saturday, October 22 at his home. He was the husband and best friend of Rachel Kerchner Holmes, with whom he shared 22 years of marriage.

Born in Albuquerque, NM, he was the son of Wiley T. Holmes of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and stepson of Mary Lou Holmes....

Edward Emory Hammond, Sr.

Edward Emory Hammond Sr., "The Steamer", 69, of Parkesburg, Pa., died Sunday, May 20th at the Brandywine Hospital.  He was the son of the late Rev. Herbert C. Hammond, Sr. and Josephine P. Dickinson Hammond.

Edward was born in the Coatesville Hospital and lived in the Parkesburg area all of his life.  He graduated from Scott High School...

Carol Mae Spencer

Carol Mae Spencer, 72, of Cochranville, passed away on Tuesday, December 25th, 2012 at the Pocopson Home.  She was the wife of Marvin Spencer, with whom she shared 40 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Tobias and Ethel Wanner. She is survived, in addition to her husband, by her daughter, Veronica Spencer of...

Anne L. Pavelik

Anne L. Pavelik, 68, of W. Caln Township, Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester.  She was the beloved wife of Eugene Pavelik, with whom she shared 47 years of marriage.

Born in Lancaster, Anne was the daughter of the late Clifford A. Sr. and Mary McAmbley Gardiner. ...

Gail A. Artus

Gail A. Artus, 71, of West Caln Twp., passed away on Friday, July 6th, 2012 at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia.

Born on Monday, January 6th, 1941 in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Edgar L. Artus and Bernice N. Rensel Hamer.

An area resident all her life, she was...