Obituaries

Donald Hogg Windle, Sr.

Donald Hogg Windle, Sr., 85, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at the Life Care Hospital in West Chester, PA. He is the beloved husband of Margaret Evelyn Boyd Windle, with whom he shared 56 years of marriage.

Born in Wilkes Barre, he was the son of the late Helen Hogg Windle and Edward...

Frederick A. Phillips

Frederick A. Phillips, 70, of Honey Brook, passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. He was the beloved husband of Pauline Suhobrus Phillips with whom he shared 51 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Frederick F. and Mary M. Cazille Phillips. An area resident all his life, he...

Dwayne Andrew Skiles

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...

Charles E. Jones

Charles E. Jones, 77, of Pomeroy, passed away on Monday, November 1, 2010 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester.  He was the beloved husband of Nancy A. Heming Jones, with whom he shared 53 years of marriage.

Born in Robinson, Pa., he was the son of the late Henry D. and Emma L. Nelson Jones.  He...

Donald R. Klunk

Donald R. Klunk, 73, of Honey Brook passed away on Thursday, July 8, 2010 at his home. He was the husband of Joyce Hart Klunk, with whom he shared three years of marriage.

Born on Friday, October 30, 1936 in West Chester, he was the son of the late Mary Woods Klunk and Francis Joseph Klunk. Donald...

Evelyn E. Weaver

Evelyn E. Weaver, 79, of West Chester, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community, where she had resided since 2007.  She was the widow of the late Joseph Edward Weaver, who passed away in 1984.

Born in Media, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Dorothy Herr Edwards and Harry Edwards....

Edward John Tracey, Sr.

Edward John Tracey, Sr., 87 of Ercildoun, East Fallowfield, died on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the Coatesville VA Medical Center Hospice Unit. He was the husband of Emma M. Scott Tracey with whom he shared 67 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late  Edward P. and Gertrude Preston Tracey.

Ed...

Freda Mae Crothers

Freda Mae Crothers, 76, of Christiana, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2009 while under the care of the Hospice of Lancaster County at the Essa Flory Hospice Center.  She was the widow of the late Charles A. Crothers, with whom she shared 27 years of marriage.

Born in Downingtown, Freda was the daughter of the late...

Christopher M. Brown

Christopher M. Brown, 35, of Coatesville, passed away on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at his home.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Linda D. (Wagner) and William H. Brown. Chris was a 1996 graduate of the Coatesville Area and Central County Vo-Tech School.  He was a 1998 Auto Mechanic graduate of UTI. He was currently employed by Morning...

Dana Marie Fregede

Dana Marie Fregede, 34, of East Fallowfield, went home to God on Saturday, March 13, 2010.

Dana is survived by her parents, Patricia A. Fregede of Coatesville and John J. Fregede of Marietta, Pa., paternal grandparent, Helen J. Fregede of Coatesville; godparents Trudy (Markle) Springer and Denis Fregede; aunts and uncles James C. Arnesberger of Parkesburg, Tina...

Ernest L. Boyes

Ernest L. Boyes, Sr., 57, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, February 27, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Elaine Martin Boyes, with whom he would have shared 38 years of marriage this June.

Born in the former Belgian Congo in Africa, he was the son of Herbert and Marjorie Stern Boyes. An...

C. William "Mac" Mccarty

C. Wi lliam "Mac" McCarty died unexpectedly on May 29, 2009. He was 76 years old. The only child of William M. McCarty and Margaret "Peg" Alexander, he was born and raised in Parkesburg. After graduation, he joined the Navy and served aboard the USS Kearsarge (CVA-33), Port of San Diego where he met Frances Salazar. They were married...

Bonnie Ann Charsha

Bonnie Ann Charsha, 62, of Christiana, passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Joseph G. Charsha, with whom she shared 37 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Paul R. and Ella Elizabeth Conover Sherman. Bonnie was a member of the...

Dorothy E. Wharton

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...

Alisa Ann Thompson Whittington

Alisa Ann Thompson Whittington, 45, of East Norriton, Pa, passed away suddenly Thursday, July 28th, 2011 at the Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. She was the wife of Sheldon D. Whittington with whom she shared 5 years of marriage.  Alisa was born on July 15, 1966 in Coatesville Pa, to Robert W. and Shirley A. Oaks Thompson of Chester Springs,...

Florence E. Vandyke

Florence E. VanDyke, 75, of Honey Brook, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Pocopson Home. She was beloved wife of Stanley H. Moody, with whom she shared 30 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Helen May Mullen Reath.

An area resident all her life, Florence...

Freda E. Crawford - London

Freda E. Crawford - London, 85, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, October 4th, 2012 at the Brandywine Hall of West Chester.  She was the widow of the late Chester A. London, with whom she shared 55 years of marriage.

Born in Gum Tree, she was the daughter of the late George and Marie Crawford. She is survived...

Emma M. Scott Tracey

Emma M. Scott Tracey, 86, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Kendal Barclay Friends Nursing Home of West Chester.  She was the widow of the late Edward John Tracey, Sr. who passed away in 2010 after they had shared 67 years of marriage.

Born in Pomeroy, Chester County on Friday, January 1,...

Emily L. "Em" Mcclay

Emily L. "Em" McClay, 90, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 at her home.  She was the widow of the late Joseph McClay, with whom she shared 43 years of marriage.

Born in Chatham, Emily was the daughter of the late Anna and William Strode.  She was a parishioner of the Our Lady of Consolation...

Eugene Pavelik

Eugene Pavelik, 74, of Coatesville, PA passed away October 3, 2012 at the Neighborhood Health Hospice Services, West Chester, PA after a two year battle of esophageal cancer.

Born in Coatesville, Gene was the son of the late Adam Pavelik and the late Gretna Kurtz Pavelik Wartluft.  He was married to Anne Gardiner Pavelik who died February 11,...