Obituaries

Martin Skiles

Martin Skiles, 86, of West Caln, passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Barbara J. Wagner Skiles with whom he shared 15 years of marriage and his first wife the late Doris M. Skiles who died in 1998. Born on the family farm in West Caln, he was the son...

Peggy Wilda Simms

Peggy Wilda Simms, 76, of Downingtown, passed away on Monday, June 6, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of Eugene Simms, Sr. with whom she shared 56 years of marriage. Born in Winchester, VA, she was the daughter of the late Edgar E. and Catherine Golightly Lonas.

An area resident most...

Matthew D. Kipp

Matthew D. Kipp, 29, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at the Chester County Hospital of West Chester.

Born on Saturday, March 14, 1981 at the Bryn Mawr Hospital, he was the son of Zedra Ann (Trythall) Kipp and Jeffrey William Kipp of East Fallowfield.  He was a 1999 graduate of the Coatesville High...

Michael B. Linhard

Michael B. Linhard, 47, of Cochranville, PA, formerly of Baltimore, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at his home. He was the husband of Anne Clement Hutchison Linhard, with whom he had shared three weeks of marriage.

Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Helen Hertzog Linhard of Towson, MD and the late James...

Parke W. Bradford

Parke W. Bradford, 73, of Kinzers, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, March 15, 2014.  He was the beloved widower of the late Nancy V. Bradford who passed away on January 25, 2014 after sharing 26 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, Parke was the son of the late Mary and Parke L. Bradford. He was a...

Patricia A. Broomell

Patricia A. Broomell, 65, of West Chester, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at the Pocopson Home, where she had resided for the past eight years. She was the widow of the late Patrick C. Broomell, who passed away in 1989.

Born on Tuesday, December 12, 1944 in Coatesville, she was the daughter...

Peter D. Castetter

Peter D. Castetter, 78 of Downingtown died on Thursday September 9, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the widower of Shirley Lackward Castetter. Born in Berwick, he was the son of the late LeClair and Laura Castetter. Peter served in the US Navy during the Korean War. He was employed at Lukens Steel as a security guard.

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Philip W. Mowrey

Philip W. Mowrey, 67, of Parkesburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital. Philip was the son of the late Lillian Hazel (Mullen) and Norris Levis Mowrey, Sr.  He was a 1964 graduate of the Octorara High School. Philip served his country honorably with the US Marines from 1964 to 1968.  He served in Vietnam during...

Paul J. Fillman

Paul J. Fillman, 88, of Glenmoore, died on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the Coatesville VA Hospice Unit. He was the husband of the late Alice S. Fillman who died last June. Born in Downingtown, he was the son of the late Samuel and Ethel Lewis Fillman.

Paul was an area resident all his life and proudly...

Mary L. Doss Forrester

Mary L. Doss Forrester, 91, of Atglen, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Landis Homes of Lititz where she resided for the past 21 months. She was the wife of the late Clinton A. Forrester. Born in Virginia on October 15, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Hugh Matt Doss and Lena Mink Doss. She was...

Michael H. Lynch, Sr.

Michael H. Lynch, Sr., 72, of Morgantown, died on November 8, 2011 at the Brandywine Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Bronx, NY and moved to PA in 1973. Mr. Lynch served two years of active duty in the US Navy and worked for Entermann's Bakery for 27 years where he was also an active union...

Parvin W. Smith

Parvin W. Smith, 88, of Parkesburg, died on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of Lorraine Lawrence Smith with whom he shared 65 years of marriage. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Walter P. and Alma Wilson Smith. Parvin was a lifelong resident of Parkesburg and a member of one...

Pearl Emma Hardy Hagan

Pea rl Emma Hardy Hagan, 83, of Lancaster, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at home, surrounded by her family.  She was the widow of the late John P. Hagan Sr., who passed away in 1995 after they had shared 48 years of marriage.

Born in East Fallowfield on January 29, 1927, she...

Nancy Macneal Mccomsey Hicklen

Nancy MacNeal McComsey Hicklen, 77, of Sadsburyville, PA passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Neighborhood Hospice of West Chester.

For the past nine years she has resided in Sadsburyville with her daughter and son-in-law.  Prior to that Nancy lived in Oxford and Coatesville. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late William H....

Michael Todd Pitch

Michael Todd Pitch, 44, of Honey Brook, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2013 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Lancaster on Sept. 7, 1969, he was the son of Harry E. Pitch of Coatesville and the late Beverly Keylor Pitch. Michael was a 1988 graduate of the Coatesville Senior High School. He loved old cars, motorcycles, working...

Mary Ellen Peachey Canan

Mary Ellen Peachey Canan, 85, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, August 28 at the Mount Joy Hospice Center. She was the widow of the late Jack Canan, who passed in 1982.

Born in Atglen, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Bertha Keller Peachey. She was a graduate of the Christiana High School.

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Noah L. Hershey

Noah L. Hershey, 89, of Honey Brook, formerly of Parkesburg, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community.  He was the beloved husband of Alta Leaman Hershey, with whom he shared 68 years of marriage.

Born on July 8, 1920 in Parkesburg, Noah was the son of...

Richard J. Damiani

Richard J. Damiani, 48, of Coatesville, formerly of Ardmore, passed away on November 13, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Mary Stewart Damiani with whom he shared 20 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of Joseph and Janet Roan Damiani of Caln.

Rick was a...

Pastor Dorene Janette Mills King

Pastor Dorene Janette Mills King, 56, of Virginia Beach, VA, passed away on January 28, 2012.

Pastor King was the founder and Pastor of New Beginnings Apostolic Faith Ministries, Inc.

Survivors include her parents, James C. Mill, Sr., and Doris V. Mills, her loving husband of thirty-six years, Joseph King, a son, Joseph A. King,...

Patricia G. Montgomery

Patricia G. Montgomery, 76, of Gumtree, passed away on Thursday, August 30 at the LifeCare Hospital in West Chester.  She was the widow of the late Jay D. Montgomery, who passed away in 1988.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late George M. and Muriel (Saunders) Gillen. An area resident her entire life, she was...