Obituaries
Bruce Oas
Apr 14, 2014
Bruce Oas, 51, of Parkesburg, died on Monday, April 14, 2014 due to an auto accident. He was the devoted husband of Jane Lesser Oas with whom he shared 29 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was the son of Charles and Ann Morgan Oas of Unionville.Bruce was a 1981 graduate of Unionville High School where he was...
Helen L. Rice
Apr 13, 2014
Helen L. Rice, 91, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester. She was the widow of the late Everett Rice Sr., with whom she shared 48 years of marriage before his death in 1988.Born in Compass, she was the daughter of the late Helen (Thompson) and Fred Schlimme. Helen was...
Georgiann Gustis
Apr 12, 2014
Georgiann Gustis, 70, of Parkesburg, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the Neighborhood Hospice of West Chester. She was the beloved wife of Michael Gustis, with whom she shared 48 years of marriage.Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Irene (Pospiech) and George Paxson. She was a graduate of the Maria Goretti High School of...
Evelyn M. Wallace
Apr 11, 2014
Evelyn M. Wallace, 94, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014 at her home. She was the widow of the late Chester Wallace, who passed away in 2006.Born in Philadelphia, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Bessie E. (Watson) and Chester L. Baxter.She was a graduate of the former Salisbury Township School in White Horse.Evelyn is survived...
Betty Franciscus
Apr 11, 2014
Betty Franciscus, 79, of Christiana, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the widow of the late Walter Franciscus.Born in Lancaster County, Betty was the daughter of the late Bessie (Cummings) and William Price. An area resident her entire life, Betty had been employed by the Anderson Pretzel Factory.She was a member of the...
Stephen J. Harkins
Apr 9, 2014
Stephen J. Harkins, formerly of Hatboro and Hellertown, PA, passed away April 9, 2014 at the Abington Hospice of Warminster, due to heart failure. He was 57.Steve was the son of Frances M. Harkins of Hatboro and the late James J. Harkins, Jr. Also surviving are brothers, Kevin and Sean, sister, Frances, a niece and a nephew.A 1974 graduate of...
Miriam H. Bicking
Apr 9, 2014
Miriam H. Bicking, 103, of Highland Township, passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community of Honey Brook. She was the wife of the late Walter J. Bicking who died in 1970. Born in Quarryville, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Albert B. Herr and Mary Shirk Herr.Miriam was a lifelong area resident. Since...
Benjamin J. Witkowski
Apr 7, 2014
Benjamin J. Witkowski, 71, of Honey Brook, formerly of Coatesville, passed away at his home on Monday, April 7, 2014. He was the beloved husband of Joy Anderson Witkowski with whom he shared 44 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Stella Kalodski Witkowski.Ben was an area resident all his life and...
Robert J. Barnett
Apr 6, 2014
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 and...
Edith S. "Edie" Landis
Apr 6, 2014
Edith S. "Edie" Landis, 71, of Parkesburg, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at her home. She was the beloved wife of James S. Landis Sr. with whom she shared 50 years of marriage.Born in Philadelphia, Edie was the daughter of the late Emily (Caldwell) and Charles Seekamp. An area resident her entire life,...
Ruby K. Maser
Apr 1, 2014
Ruby K. Maser, 84, of Cochranville, surrounded by her family, went home to be with the Lord on April 1, 2014 at Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community. Born near Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Ruth Kepler.She was the loving wife of Arthur L. Maser, sharing 60 years of marriage, and the devoted mother of Sherry...
Florence M. Moskel
Apr 1, 2014
Florence M. (Hoopes) Moskel, 85, of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, April 1st, 2014. She was the widow of the late George Moskel, with whom she shared 39 years of marriage.Born in Modena, Florence was the daughter of the late Louetta (Milligan) and Raymond Hoopes. A resident of Modena most of her life, she was a 1946 graduate of the...
Patricia J. Reeder
Mar 31, 2014
Patricia J. Reeder, 79, of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014 at the Conestoga View Nursing Home in Lancaster. She was the wife of the late Roland K. "Jake" Reeder who died in 2006. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary Jackson Smith.An area resident all her life, she was a...
Samuel B. Morelli, Jr.
Mar 30, 2014
Samuel B. Morelli, Jr., 44, of Coatesville, passed away suddenly at his home on Sunday, March 30, 2014. He was the beloved husband of Cathy A. Torounian Morelli with whom he shared 19 years of marriage. Born in Media, PA, he was the son of Samuel B. Morelli, Sr. of Florida and Sue A. Yarnall Morelli of Ridley Twp., PA.Sam...
Doris Carter
Mar 30, 2014
Doris Carter, 67, of Atglen, passed away on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was the widow of the late George Carter, with whom she shared 10 years of marriage.Born in Coatesville, Doris was the daughter of the late Mary Sara (Gibson) and Paul Mann. She was a 1964 graduate of the Octorara High...
Anna Engle Wiggins
Mar 30, 2014
Anna Engle Wiggins, 70, of Christiana, passed away on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the Lancaster General Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Charles "Merv Engle" Wiggins, with whom she shared 51 years of marriage.Born in Coatesville, Anna was the daughter of the late Dorothy and Clifford Hoover.She was a member of the Maple Grove Mennonite Church of Atglen....
Reginald W. "Reggie" Ball
Mar 29, 2014
Reginald W. "Reggie" Ball, 83, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Karen Day with whom he shared 13 years of marriage. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late Charles and Muriel Mercer Ball.Reggie proudly served in the US Marine Corps from...
Margaret Ann Gomez
Mar 29, 2014
Margaret Ann Gomez, 77, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2014 at Arden Courts in King of Prussia. She was the widow of the late Benjamin R. Gomez.Born in Nanticoke, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Jennie Swida.Margaret was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Rosary of Coatesville.She was the owner and operator of the...
Gary Lee Sensenig
Mar 29, 2014
Gary Lee Sensenig, 53, of Cochranville, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Karen L. Sensenig, with whom he shared 32 years of marriage.Born in Coatesville, Gary was the son of the late Dorothy A. (Graybeal) and Harry K. Sensenig.He was a 1979 graduate of the...
Judith Oliver Thompson
Mar 28, 2014
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 adult...


