Obituaries

Nov 22, 2009

Doris C. Diem, 79, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at her home. She was the widow of the late Harold E. Diem, Jr. who passed away in 1982 after they had shared 29 years of marriage together.

Born on September 16, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Clyde J. and Olive...

Nov 22, 2009

Aileen E. Akers Roop, 80, of Towerville, East Fallowfield, passed away at the Brandywine Hospital on Sunday, November 22, 2009.

She was the beloved wife of Everett Roop with whom she shared 58 years of marriage. Born in Pulaski, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Nanny Dalton Akers.

Aileen was an...

Nov 19, 2009

Ralph Donald McNeil, 85, of Pomeroy, died on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of the late Marian Agnes Carlisle McNeil. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Ralph W. McNeil and Dora Townsley McNeil McGowan.

Donald graduated from Scott High School in 1942. After graduation, he entered...

Nov 19, 2009

Bernard Patrick Murtaugh, 78, of Honey Brook, passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the Coatesville VA Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Flora M. Snyder Murtaugh with whom he shared 57 years of marriage.

Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Bernard B. and Margaret Maloney Murtaugh.

Formerly of...

Nov 16, 2009

Barbara Ann Lowrey, 67, of Gap, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the Ephrata Community Hospital. She was the former wife of William H. Lowrey, Jr. Born in Atlantic City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William and Marion Buffington Rowan.

Barbara was employed by Schramms of West Chester as a switch board...

Nov 16, 2009

Ernest G. DiSante, 82, of Thorndale, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was beloved husband of Angelina R. Papaloni DiSante, with whom he would have shared 60 years of marriage in February.

Born on July 27, 1927 in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Gaetano and Mary Bartelmo DiSante....

Nov 15, 2009

Larry E. Smith, Sr., 60, formerly of Coatesville, died on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at the Pocopson Home. He was the husband of Rebecca Johnson Smith with whom he shared 43 years of marriage.

Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late Brinton and Edith Williams Smith. Larry was a Chester County resident all...

Nov 13, 2009

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...

Nov 12, 2009

Norman F. Walton, Jr., 73, of West Bradford, passed away at his home on Thursday, November 12, 2009 surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Kay E. Moore Walton with whom he shared 52 years of marriage.

Born in Parkesburg, he was the son of the late Norman F. Sr. and Kathryn Wolfe Walton. An...

Nov 12, 2009

Joan L. Morefield, 72, of Gap, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Lancaster General Hospital. She was the widow of Bob Rae Morefield, who passed away in 1984, after sharing 29 years of marriage together.

Born on January 31, 1937, she was the daughter of the late William H. Fuller and Edna Mae McCarraher...

Nov 11, 2009

Dorothy E. Wharton, 78, of Narvon, passed away on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at her home. She was the widow of the late George Wharton, Sr..

Born in Chester County, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Bertha Shannon.

She is survived by her eight children: George Jr. of Blue Ball, Gary, husband...

Nov 11, 2009

Ethel F. Neff, 83, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester. She was the widow of the late Melvin F. Neff, Sr., who passed away in 1975.

Born on December 27, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Sanford B. Mowday and Ethel Leslie Mowday.

Nov 10, 2009

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...

Nov 8, 2009

Marie D. Mitchell, 93, of Parkesburg, died on Sunday, November, 8, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the widow of the late John J. Mitchell, Jr. who died in 2006. Born in Woodridge, VA, she was the daughter of the late Brady Lee and Catherine P. Wolfe Davis.

Marie was an area resident all her life...

Nov 5, 2009

Clyde Ferguson, 69, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester.  He was the widower of the late Mildred Redden and Louise M. Ferguson.

Born in Fredericksburg, VA, he was the son of Esther Maude Green Shepherd of Bowling Green, VA, and the late Warren Ferguson.  He was employed by the former...

Oct 31, 2009

Ralph H. "Bud" Wallace, 87, of Westwood, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Elizabeth Nelson Wallace, with whom he shared 61 years of marriage. 

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Roy M. and Alice Crandall Wallace. An area resident his entire life,...

Oct 25, 2009

J. Richard "Dick" Weaver, Sr., 79, of Coatesville, passed away suddenly on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Joan Garrison Weaver, with whom he shared 56 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville on October 9, 1930, he was the son of the late Benjamin J. and Edna Saylor Weaver. He...

Oct 23, 2009

Ronald R. Miller, 71, of Coatesville, passed away at his home on Friday October 23, 2009. He was the husband of Marie I. Blevins Miller with whom he shared 11 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Robert and Florence Mulvaney Miller. An area resident all his life, he proudly served...

Oct 23, 2009

Raymond F. Chesnet, 76, of Christiana, PA. passed away on Friday, October 23, 2009 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He was the widower of the late Rosalie E. Klinger Chesnet who passed away in 2007. They had shared 51 years of marriage together.

Born in E. Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, he was the son...

Oct 22, 2009

Willard "Dutch" Mattson, 65, of Parkesburg, passed away on Thursday October 22, 2009 at the Lancaster County Hospice in Mt. Joy. He was the husband of Jacqueline E. Marshall Mattson with whom he shared 46 years of marriage.

Born at Beaver Dam near Coatesville, he was the son of the late Palmer and Grace Hilton Mattson. Dutch...