Obituaries

George Martin, Sr.

Mar 24, 2012

George Martin, Sr., 71, of East Fallowfield, passed away at his home on Saturday, March 24, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Tricia Willmott Martin with whom he shared 49 years of marriage. Born in Downingtown, he was the son of the late Edward and Anna Mae Moyer Martin. George was an area resident all his life. He...

Ada G. Clark

Mar 24, 2012

Ada G. Clark, 92, died on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the Pleasant acres Nursing Home in York, PA. Born in Salisbury Twp, Lancaster Co., she was the daughter of the late John and Agnes London. She was the last of thirteen siblings.

Ada retired from the former Embreeville State Hospital after many years of service. Many...

Charles I. "Chick" Dunlap

Mar 22, 2012

Charles I. "Chick" Dunlap, 87, of West Caln Twp., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 22, 2012. He was the widower of Elizabeth A. "Betty" Dunlap with whom he shared 51 years of marriage at the time of her passing on November 8, 1999. Born, May 9, 1924 in Coatesville, he was the son of...

Gertrude M. Rettew

Mar 19, 2012

Gertrude M. Rettew, 90, formerly of Parkesburg, died on Monday, March 19, 2012 at the home of her son, in Christiana, PA. She was the wife of the late Donald G. Rettew who died in 1993. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Zachery and Minnie Hunsicker Hayes.

An area resident all her life...

Dwayne Andrew Skiles

Mar 19, 2012

Dwayne Andrew Skiles, 41, of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2012 surrounded by his family at his home. He was the beloved husband of Patricia Lynne "Tricia" DiPuppo Skiles with whom he shared 12 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of MaeBelle Jones Nuse of Valley Twp. and the late Horace R. Skiles...

Olive B. Taltoan

Mar 18, 2012

Olive B. Taltoan, 84, of Coatesville, died on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the widow of the late Sherman Taltoan.  Born in Nine Points, Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Elizabeth Dickinson Miller. Olive was a member of the Benardtown Baptist Church of S. Coatesville. She is survived by...

Nicklous Jacob Adams, Jr.

Mar 14, 2012

Nicklous Jacob Adams, Jr.,  infant son of Nicklous Jacob Adams, Sr. of Cochranville and Jessica Ann Taylor of Downingtown, died on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. He was born on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Chester County Hospital in West Chester.

He is survived, in addition to his parents, by a brother Jonathan Taylor of...

Charles Scott, III

Mar 13, 2012

Charles Scott, III, 41, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at his home.

He was the beloved son of Joyce London Scott of York and the late Charles Scott, Jr.

He belonged to Judah Ministries Church of God in Christ of Coatesville.

Charlie enjoyed fashion and dressing well.

...

Mae Jones

Mar 12, 2012

Mae Jones, 83, of Valley Township, died on Monday, March 12, 2012 at the Paoli Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Stewart Jones who died in 1972. Born in Green Mountain, NC, she was the daughter of the late Irvin and Delia Bailey Hopson. Mae is survived by six children; Farley Jones and wife Carol of...

Anna Marie Gurskey

Mar 12, 2012

Anna M. Gurskey, 94, formerly of Sadsburyville, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2012 at the Manor Care Nursing Home in Lancaster. She was the widow of Paul Gurskey who died in 1974. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Roudolph K. and Bessie L. Bailey Hess. An area resident all her life she was employed,...

J. Robert "Bob" Hershey

Mar 11, 2012

J. Robert "Bob" Hershey, 81, of Russellville, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 11, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Eva Fisher Hershey with whom he shared 56 years of marriage. Born in Paradise, he was the son of the late Willis E. and Ruth Hershey. An area resident and dairy farmer all his...

Mary S. Mann

Mar 10, 2012

Mary S. Mann, 86, of Highland Township, passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Zerbe Sisters Nursing Home. She was the widow of Paul Mann who died in 1985. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Sagner Gibson. Mary was an area resident all her life and a member of the...

Evelyn M. Gable

Mar 10, 2012

Evelyn Margaret Gable, of Honey Brook, passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of Wilbert H. "Webb" Gable with whom she shared 63 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late William R. and Mary Burkholder Barker. Evelyn was an...

Marian A. Mattson

Mar 8, 2012

Marian A. Mattson, 86, of Coatesville, passed away at her home on Thursday, March 8th, 2012.  She was the widow of the late Lawrence Mattson, who died in 1983.

Born in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Marian was the daughter of the late Benjamin Lantz and Mamie K. (Stoltzfus) Lantz. She is survived by her five children, Harvey W....

Bettie J. Dowlin

Mar 8, 2012

Bettie J. Dowlin, 85, formerly of Downingtown, died on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community. She was the widow of William O. Dowlin who passed away in 2002. Born in Downingtown, she was the daughter of the late Linn and Clara Fisher Gibson.

Bettie was a 1944 graduate of the Downingtown High School. Down through the years,...

Margaret P. Skillings

Mar 5, 2012

Margaret P. Skillings, 97, of Georgetown, ME and Holden, MA, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Exton, PA. She leaves a son, Dr. John C. Skillings of Dansville, NY; daughter Judith Skillings Frawley of Exton, PA; nephew, Randall C. Perkins of Medford, OR; nieces, Pamela Perkins Smith and Sandra Perkins of...

Marian R. Lindquist

Mar 4, 2012

Marian R. Lindquist, 91, of Willow Street, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at the Lancaster County Hospice Center in Mt. Joy. She was the widow of the late Eric A. Lindquist, Jr. who died in 2004.

Born in Lincoln University, PA she was the daughter of the late Wesley A. and Susan Miller Galloway. Marian...

Charles W. Hendricks, Sr.

Mar 3, 2012

Charles W. Hendricks, Sr., 83, of Elverson, passed away on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community.  He was the beloved husband of Janice L. Hatfield Hendricks, with whom he shared 43 years of marriage.

Born in Doe Run, he was the son of the late Walter C. and Alice E. Book Hendricks.  He was a 1948 graduate...

Sandra Lee Irons

Mar 1, 2012

Sandra Lee Irons, 66, of Thorndale, passed away on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at the Brandywine Hall of East Bradford Twp.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Raymond S. and Mildred Williams Moore Irons.  An area resident her entire life, she was a 1963 graduate of Scott High School.Sandra was employed in Housekeeping at the Chester County...

Joyce A. Craig

Mar 1, 2012

Joyce A. Craig, 71, of Parkesburg, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at her home. She was the widow of the late David Craig. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late William and Catherine Dickinson Clayton. Joyce was an area resident all her life and a graduate of the Parkesburg High School. She was employed...