Obituaries

Oct 20, 2009

Elva R. Clark Townsley, 96, of Parkesburg, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the widow of the late Woodrow W. Townsley, who passed away in 1993, after they had shared 52 years of marriage together.

Born in Cochranville, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Ida Barnett...

Oct 16, 2009

Stella M. Brown, 74, of Avondale, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2009 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital.  She was the widow of the late Robert W. Brown and the companion of Leonard Johnson.

Born in Ash Co., North Carolina, Stella was the daughter of Sherman Greer and Ola Greer.  She was an area resident for the past 35 years.She is...

Oct 15, 2009

Walter L. Thomas, Sr. 86, formerly of Cochranville, passed away on Thursday October 15, 2009 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community in Honey Brook. He was the husband of the late Sara Graybeal Thomas who died on June 9, 2009. They had shared 67 years of marriage.

Born in Upper Oxford Twp., he was the son of...

Oct 11, 2009

Isabel C. Jones, 96, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at the Harrison Senior Living Center of Coatesville, where she had resided for the past four years. She was the widow of the late William Alford Jones.

Born in Parkesburg, she was the daughter of the late Walter Leroy and Viola Jackson States.

An area resident her entire life,...

Oct 1, 2009

Bessie I. McCarraher, 63, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. 

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg.

Sep 19, 2009

Steven Charles Gilmore, II, 23, of Christiana, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital.  Born in West Chester, he was the beloved son of Steven C. Gilmore I and Beverly Chandler Gilmore of Christiana.

He was employed at the McClures Bakery as a Maintenance Technician.  He attended the Parkesburg United Methodist Church.He is survived, in addition to...

Sep 18, 2009

Edna Flanagan Rollinson, 69, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2009 at her son Richard's home in Sadsburyville.  She was the widow of the late Thomas M. Rollinson, Sr. with whom he shared 54 years of marriage.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Dorothy Highlinger Flanagan.She was a catholic by faith.She is survived...

Sep 18, 2009

Doris E. (nee Williams) Heinzman, of Quarryville, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital.

Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Alvin G. Williams, Sr. and Helen May Williams.Doris, also known as "Pete" to many, was a homemaker.  She was a Methodist by faith and was educated at the...

Sep 10, 2009

Edward Wilson Martin, 81, of Ephrata, formerly of Downingtown, passed away at his home on Thursday, September 10, 2009. He was the husband of Patricia Barry Martin with whom he shared 48 years of marriage.Born in Honey Brook, he was the son of the late Edward and Anna Mae Moyer Martin. Ed proudly served in the US Army during the...

Sep 8, 2009

Florence A. Hammond, 98, of Harrison Senior Living of Christiana, formally of Parkesburg, went home to be with her Lord on September 8, 2009. Born in Lancaster County she was the daughter of late Harry and Josephine White and was the youngest of 11 children.

She was the wife of the late Herbert Hammond.

Florence...

Aug 25, 2009

Charles A. Pluck, 81, of Spring, TX, formerly of Westwood and Parkesburg, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Kay Pluck, with whom he shared 38 years of marriage.

Born in Westwood, he was the son of Mary Martz and Elmer Pluck Sr. He served honorably in the...

Aug 23, 2009

James "Arnold" Young, 77, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2009. He was the husband of Linda Young, with whom he would have shared 41 years of marriage today.

Born in Burke's Garden, Va., he was the son of the late Stella and Homer Young. He was a 1952 graduate of the Unionville High...

Aug 15, 2009

Lista M. Smith, 95, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Tel Hai Nursing Home, where she had lived for four years. She was the widow of Clinton L. Smith, who passed away in 1980.

Born in Altoona, PA she was the daughter of the late Maud Amos Miller and Jacob Miller. She was a...

Aug 11, 2009

Mary L. Smith, 93, of Westwood, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was the widow of the late Carl N. Smith, who passed away in 1998.

Born in Ashland, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Byrnes Zealburg and Joseph Zealburg. An area resident for 51...

Aug 11, 2009

Gwendolyn F. Walters Hayes, 96, of the Heatherwood Retirement Community of Honey Brook, formerly of Hindsboro, IL, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the widow of William Walters, who died in 1982 and also of J. C. Hayes, who passed away in 2004.

Born in Hindsboro, IL, she was the...

Aug 8, 2009

Theodore Solly Wilson, 92, of East Fallowfield, Pa., passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of Helen Saponaro Wilson with whom he shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Richboro, PA he was the son of the late Harry and Edna Solly Wilson.

Ted graduated from George School in...

Aug 7, 2009

Rose Marie Shute, 52, of Atglen, died on Friday August 7, 2009 at her home. Born in Coatesville she was the daughter of the late Robert W. Taylor, Sr. and Elizabeth Jane Rubincan Brown and step daughter of Allen Brown of Sadsburyville.

Rose was a 1975 graduate of Henderson High School. She was employed by Harrison Senior...

Aug 5, 2009

Angela C. Schaffer, 41, of Chester Springs, passed away on Wednesday August 5, 2009 at the Chester County Hospital. Born in Richardson, Texas, she was the daughter of James and Barbara Darnell Morris of Plano, Texas.

Angela is survived, in addition to her parents, by two sons; Christopher "C.J." Schaffer and William "Liam" Schaffer, both of Chester...

Aug 5, 2009

Dr. Howard O. Thompson, 74, of Punta Gorda, Florida, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 in Punta Gorda. He was the beloved husband of Patricia S. Thompson with whom he shared 49 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late William K. and Charlotte Thompson. A veteran of the United States Air...

Jul 22, 2009

Walter C. Ferguson, 69, of Middletown, DE, died on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE. He was the beloved husband of the late Helen Marie Fagan Ferguson who passed away in 2005 and whom he longed to be with again.

Born in Ogden, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph...