Obituaries

Jonathan Mark Xagas

Jonathan Mark Xagas, 59, of Mt. Laurel, NJ, died at his home on Thursday, October 10, 2013. He was the husband of the late Lori A. Gill Xagas who passed away in 2009. Born in St. Charles, Illinois, he was the son of the late Augustus and Carol Schneider Xagas. Jon was involved as a manager in the restaurant business...

Kevin G. Lawrence (Updated Obituary Information)

Kevin G. Lawrence, 57, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, January 5th 2014 at the Brandywine Hospital. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Janice Gillespie and Harry S. Lawrence.

A life time resident of Parkesburg, Kevin will best be remembered as the owner and operator of Hair Sensations styling salon in Parkesburg. He...

Margaret Downing Lyons

Margaret Downing Lyons, 92, was born in West Chester on March 15, 1921 to the late William C. and Emily C. Downing.  She passed away December 14, 2013 at the Harrison House of Christiana, PA. Margaret married S. Robert Lyons of West Chester on January 25, 1943 who passed away on March 25, 1999. Margaret lived in West Chester for...

Marian S. Kinney

Marian S. Kinney, 65, of Reading, formerly of Atglen, died on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at the Reading Hospital.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Wayne and Marion Killian Shoemaker and was raised, since childhood, by her aunt and uncle the late Greer and Violet Criswell.

Marian was a 1962 graduate...

Marion Helen Toombs

Marion Helen Toombs, 94, of Lancaster, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at the Larkin Chase Nursing and Rehab Center in Bowie, MD. She was the widow of the late Kermit N. Toombs, who passed away in 1981.

Born on September 10, 1915 in Sadsbury Twp., she was the daughter of the late George and Alice...

Kelly L. Waddell

Kelly L. Waddell, 36, of Chester Springs, died on Sunday January 24, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Frederick M. Waddell and step daughter of Deborah P.Waddell.

Kelly had been under the loving care of NHS Human Services for many years. She was employed by Handicrafters of Thorndale. She will...

Lorena B. Harrington

Lorena B. Harrington, 85, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at home.

Born in West Chester on January 21, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Harry H. and Minnie Eaby Brittingham. On August 22, 1948, she married William J. Harrington who preceded her in death in August 2009. Lorena was a 1944 graduate...

Lucy E. Farris Berkeihiser

Lucy E. Farris Berkeihiser, 82, of Gap, died at her home on Sunday, December 15, 2013. She was the widow of H. Kenneth Berkeihiser who passed away in February. They shared 58 years of marriage. Born in Ridley Park, she was the daughter of the late Henry E. and Rosalie McCustion Farris. Lucy was an area resident most of her...

Leroy T. "Punkin" Woods

Leroy T. "Punkin" Woods, 83, of Bryn Mawr, formerly of Downingtown, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at the Haverford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Haverford, PA.

Born in West Grove, PA, he was the son of the late Herbert T. Woods and Lottie E. Walton Woods.  He was employed by the Woodward Brothers Farm of...

Lillian B. Houston

Lillian B. Houston, 99, of Honey Brook, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community.

She was the widow of both William Wannop and Roland Houston.

She was born in Philadelphia to the late John and Catherine Fallon. Lillian was the last of her nine siblings.

She was...

Louise Paxson Morris

Louise Paxson Morris, 97, of Honey Brook, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Hickory House Nursing Home of Honey Brook.  She was the widow of the late J. Kenneth Morris, who passed away in 2006.

Born in Parkesburg, she was the daughter of the Anna Belle Gilfillan Paxon and Joseph W....

Mary C. Jilek

Mary C. Jilek, 100, of Christiana, PA, formerly of Coatesville, died on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at Harrison Senior Living in Christiana. Born in Whiteford, MD, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Ellen R. Weaver Jones.

She is survived by one son Roger P. Jones of Paradise, daughter-in-law R. Jean Jones of Atglen, five...

Margaret A. "Peg" Watterson

Margaret A. "Peg" Watterson, 84, of Cochranville, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester. She was the beloved wife of Francis R. Watterson, with whom she shared 63 years of marriage.

Born in Cochranville, she was the daughter of Leland and Anna Mary Martin Pyle. A resident of Cochranville...

Julia H. Vollmer

Julia H. Vollmer passed away quietly during her afternoon nap this past Thursday, August 2, 2012 at her Freedom Village home in West Brandywine, PA.  She was a resident of Freedom Village since moving there in 2003 shortly after the death of her husband of 55 years, Harden D. Vollmer.

Julia was born March 2,...

Margaret E. Wallace

Margaret E. Wallace, 92, of Westwood, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2013 at the Inpatient Hospice Center in West Chester. She was the wife of the late Harold Wallace who died in 1968. Born in the historical Brinton House near Chadds Ford, she was the daughter of the late James and Caroline Heaps Thompson. Margaret was employed by Keystone...

Lillie L. Jackson

Lillie L. Jackson, 92, of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the Conestoga View Nursing Home in Lancaster. She was the widow of the late Raymond P. Jackson. Born in Spotsylvania, VA she was the daughter of the Joseph and Mattie Cook Woodward. Lillie was an area resident since 1942 and she was a member of...

Mary E. Cleary

Mary E. Cleary, 83, of Conway, S.C., formerly of Caln, died on Saturday September 12, 2009 at her home in Conway, surrounded by her loved ones.

She was the wife of the late Louis E. Cleary who died in 2000. Born in Caln, she was the daughter of the late Charles M. Hughes, Sr. and Viola A....

Marie E. Miller

Marie E. Miller, 81, of Parkesburg, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at the Harrison Senior Living Center of Christiana. She was the widow of the late Raphael Miller Jr., who passed away in 1991. Born in Atglen, she was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Findley Large.

A resident of Parkesburg most of...

Marian E. Steffe Walton

Marian E. Steffe Walton, 76, of Christiana, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at her home.  She was the widow of Albert E. Walton, Jr., who passed away in 2003 after they had shared 49 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Bertha Phillips Steffe and William...

Mabel Banks Stanley

Mabel Banks Stanley, 81, of Christiana, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at the Lancaster General Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Edward "Ned" Stanley, with whom she shared 57 years of marriage.

Born in Meadows of Dan, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Columbia Jessup Banks.

She is...