Obituaries

Ralph Terry Fairweather

Ralph Terry Fairweather, Jr., 81, of Romansville, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Kathryn McCormick Fairweather with whom he shared 53 years of marriage.

Born in Wilmington, DE, he was the son of the late Ralph and Greta Thompson Fairweather. An area resident all his life,...

Sharon L. Anderson

Sharon L. Anderson,  62, of South Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the wife of Robert Anderson with whom she shared 14 years of marriage.  Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Esther Palmer Hastings. She is also survived by 4 children;  Herbert R. Walton of Little...

Ronald C. Morrison

Ronald C. Morrison, 80, of West Caln, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 21, 2012 with his family by his side. He was the beloved husband of Stella Walton Morrison with whom he shared 54 years of marriage. Born in West Grove, he was the son of the late Milton and Mary Powell Morrison.

Ron...

Thelma I. Peron

Thelma I. Peron, 76, of Sadsburyville, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013, surrounded by her loving family at the Chester County Hospital. Born in Indiana, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Irene Jamison Houser.

Thelma had lived in the area since 1962 and was employed by Pepperridge Farms at the Denver, PA...

Ruth Annebelle Amway Gregor

Ruth Annebelle Amway Gregor, 71, of Coatesville, PA, passed away on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the Abington Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of the late John Amway and Ruth Aumut Styer.  She enjoyed crossword puzzles and crochet.

She is survived by her daughters: "Candy" Middleton and Kathy Ann Marnathal; her longtime companion, Sidney Harris; three...

Sammy W. Mcdowell

Sammy W. McDowell, 65, of Gap, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at his home.  He was the husband of Maureen O'Flaherty McDowell, with whom he shared 25 years of marriage.

Born in Union County, North Carolina, he was the son of Elizabeth Hargitt Benton and the late William McDowell.  Sammy served honorably in the US...

Samuel A. Trego

Samuel A. Trego, 78, of Downingtown, formerly of Coatesville, died on Friday, December 25, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital following a short illness. He was the husband of Joan M. Hoskins Trego with whom he shared 44 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late Clarence and Henrietta Gottier Trego.

He...

Ruthann "Rudy" Smith

Ruthann "Rudy" Smith, 63, of Westwood, died on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the wife of Theodore A. Smith with whom she shared 45 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Margaret Santucci Gehring.

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

Robert L. Ford

Robert L. Ford, 81, of Parkesburg, died on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at Harrison Senior Living in Christiana. He was the husband of the late Viola DeVoe Ford. Born in Parkesburg, he was the son of the late Gurt and Blanche London Ford.

Bob served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was employed by...

Raphael Reyes

Raphael Reyes of Norristown passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the Temple Hospital.  Arrangements by the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg.

S. Averetta Bailey

S. Averetta Bailey, 89, formerly of Atglen, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2010 at the Ephrata Community Hospital.

She was the beloved wife of James H. Bailey, with whom she shared 63 years of marriage.

Born in Brookville, Pa., he she was the daughter of Quay Hetrick and Lula Wineberg Hetrick. She was a resident...

Robert J. Barnett

Robert C. Barnett, 61, of East Fallowfield, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 6, 2014. He was the beloved husband of Deborah A. McClure Barnett with whom he shared 30 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Robert T. and Frances B. Gillespie Barnett. Bob was an area resident all his life...

Robert H. Brown, Sr.

Robert H. Brown Sr., 52, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. He was the son of the late Herbert R. and Lorrene D. McBall Brown.

An area resident his entire life, he was a 1974 graduate of the Coatesville Area High School. He served honorably in the US Army from 1977 to 1980 and...

Robert Hoag

Robert Hoag, 62, of Lincoln University, passed away at his home on Saturday, November 13, 2010. He was the beloved husband of Margo Rosenthal Hoag with whom he shared 39 years of marriage.

Born in Darby, PA he was the son of the late Robert L. and Harriet Jorgensen Hoag. Robert was retired from Wyeth Labs in West...

Rudolph Winchester, Jr.

Rudolph Winchester, Jr., 61, of Van Ormer, PA died Sunday August 5, 2012 at UPMC-Montifiore, Pittsburgh. Born October 14, 1950 in Coatesville, a son of the late Rudolph and Margaret L. (Botkin) Winchester. He was married May 17, 1969, in Elkton, MD., to Kathleen A. Partner who survives along with three children: Rudolph R. (Lori) of Honey Brook, Edward...

Steven C. Nikodemski

Steven C. Nikodemski, 46, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 at his home in Philadelphia. He was the son of Betty Epler Nikodemski of Honey Brook and the late Edward J. Nikodemski. Steven was a graduate of Coatesville High School and a parishioner of St Stanislaus Kostka Parish. A resident of Coatesville most of his life,...

Raymond J. Fulmer

Raymond J. Fulmer, 70, of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at the his home. He was the beloved husband of Gale Fulmer, with whom he would have shared 49 years of marriage on the 30th of April.

Born in Arden, DE, he was the son of the late Edman Fulmer and Madeleine McCann Rylee,...

Sara Virginia Ranck Werntz

Sara Virginia Ranck Werntz, 94, of Dandridge, TN, died at her home August 12, 2013. She was the wife of 66 years of the late Claude Hershey Werntz. Born in West Brandywine Twp., PA on July 13, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Parke Edgar and Alma Bernard Ranck. A 1936 graduate of Scott Senior High School, she...

Robert W. Young

Robert W. Young, 79, of Gap, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester. He was the husband of Helen Shickley Young, with whom he shared 25 years of marriage.

Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Wilson Young and Edith Wheatman Young. He served honorably in...

Sara Jane Smith

Sara Jane Smith, 78, of Quarryville, formerly of the Coatesville area, passed away at her home on Monday, January 24, 2011. She was the widow of the late William F. Smith and her first husband the late Donald K. Matthews. Born in Westwood, she was the daughter of the late Walter C. and Florence Beekley Holbrook. Sara was a...