Obituaries

Linda A. Wilson

Linda A. Wilson, 57, of Coatesville died on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 at Brandywine Hospital.

She was the beloved wife of Mark H. Wilson who recently died on Sept. 15th. Born in Bryn Mawr, PA she was the daughter of the late John H. and Margaret E. (McCann) Litchert, and sister to Catherine (Litchert) Minio and John Litchert....

Marie K. Malmberg

Marie K. Malmberg, 90, of Atglen, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at Hospice of Mount Joy. She was the widow of the late Carl W. Malmberg. Born in Abington, PA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Katheryn Gibbons Gilligan.

She was a member of Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church of Parkesburg...

Lois J. Gill Mcguigan

Lois J. Gill McGuigan, 79, of Pomeroy, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester. She was the widow of Edwin H. McGuigan, with whom she shared 48 years of marriage.

Born on May 23, 1930 in Coatesville, Lois was the daughter of the late Caroline Kelley Gill and Everett...

Kathleen W. Mccomsey

Kathleen W. McComsey, 96, of Bradenton, Florida, formerly of Parkesburg, died on Friday, March 18, 2011. She was the widow of W. Lee McComsey who died in 1986. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.  Graveside services will be held on Monday, April 18, at 11 a.m. at Octorara Cemetery, Route 10, Parkesburg. Memorial contributions can be made...

Julia "June" Sharrer

Julia "June" Sharrer, 93, of Modena, passed on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the widow of the late George H. Sharrer who died in 2001. Born in Madera, PA on June 30, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Wasco and Mary Russin Moskel. Julia had lived in Modena since 1941 moving to...

Lettie M. Thompson

Lettie M. Thompson, 86, of West Brandywine, PA died on Tuesday November 25, 2008 at her home. She was the wife of Ira W. Thompson with whom she shared 55 years of marriage. Mrs. Thompson was employed by NASA in Washington D.C. as a payload specialist. Arrangements by the Wilde Funeral Home, Parkesburg, PA.

Lillian Janet Hilton

Lillian Janet Hilton, 74, of Parkesburg, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2011 at her home, surrounded by her loved ones.

Born in Birdsboro, she was the daughter of the late Cleon and Anne Marie Burns Templin. She was a graduate of the Pottstown Senior High School.

Lillian is survived by her three children: Howard...

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...