Obituaries

Sep 13, 2010

Dorothy M. Anderson, 90, of Tel Hai Retirement Community, formerly of Pomeroy, passed away on Monday, September 13, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the wife of James W. Anderson with whom she just celebrated 69 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Alice Crandell Wallace.

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Sep 12, 2010

James V. Rice, 85, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, September 12, 2010 at the Hickory House Nursing Home. He was the husband of the late Edna Rose Rice who died in 1999. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late John R. and Jane Doreshimer Rice.

Jim was an area resident since 1950. He...

Sep 11, 2010

Ruth V. Boyden, 97, formerly of West Grove, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Pocopson Home where she had resided since 1996. She was the widow of the late Lester Boyden.

Born in London Grove Twp., she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Blanche Lee Alder. Ruth was an area resident all...

Sep 9, 2010

Peter D. Castetter, 78 of Downingtown died on Thursday September 9, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the widower of Shirley Lackward Castetter. Born in Berwick, he was the son of the late LeClair and Laura Castetter. 

Peter served in the US Navy during the Korean War. He was employed at Lukens Steel as a security guard.

He is survived by...

Sep 7, 2010

Matthew D. Kipp, 29, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at the Chester County Hospital of West Chester.

Born on Saturday, March 14, 1981 at the Bryn Mawr Hospital, he was the son of Zedra Ann (Trythall) Kipp and Jeffrey William Kipp of East Fallowfield.  He was a 1999 graduate of the Coatesville High...

Sep 6, 2010

Bertha C. Lawrence Triplett, 88, of Downingtown, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2010 at the Chester Valley Nursing Home in Malvern.  She was the widow Franklin Lawrence and James Triplett.

Born on June 18, 1922 in Ash County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Mary Jane Hamm Taylor and Andrew Taylor.

An area resident most of her life,...

Sep 5, 2010

John Herbert Taylor of Atglen, Pa, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010 at the Neighborhood Hospice, West Chester, Pa. after four years of illness from Renal Failure.  He was the son of Gertrude Talbot Taylor and J. Herbert Taylor of Chester PA.

He is survived by his wife, Velma Thornton Taylor and four daughters: Claudia Simeone...

Sep 4, 2010

Thomas J. Foulk, 85, of Cochranville, passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of Nancy T. Foulk, with whom he shared 63 years of marriage.

Born on Wednesday, March 25, 1925 in Homeville, Chester County, Pa., he was the son of the late...

Sep 4, 2010

Edward L. Adams, 44, of Glenmoore, passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester.

Born in Coatesville, he was the beloved son of Rose Amole Adams of Honey Brook and the late Horace Jacob Adams. He was employed by TriPack of Downingtown in the Shipping and Receiving Department.

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Sep 4, 2010

Amos W. Yoder, 89, formerly of Gap, PA, entered into eternal rest September 4, 2010 at Landis Homes

He was one of the original church planters of the Parkesburg Mennonite Church where he was ordained deacon in 1950 at the age of 29. He later served as pastor.

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Sep 3, 2010

Patricia A. Lyons, 47, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, September 3, 2010 at her home, surrounded by her family, after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Born on Friday, April 26, 1963 in Coatesville, she was the beloved daughter of Geraldine Thomas Cazillo and the late Pasquale A. Cazillo, Jr., who passed away in 2006.

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Sep 3, 2010

John C. Pechin, Jr., 38, of Phoenixville, passed away on Friday, September 3, 2010 at the Phoenixville Hospital. Born in Coatesville, he was the beloved son of Joyce Sammons Pechin and John C. Pechin, Sr.

He was a 1990 graduate of the Coatesville Area High School.

John is survived, in addition to his parents, by...

Aug 29, 2010

Patricia Ann Boyd Launi, 59, of Gap, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at her home. She was the wife of Michael Launi with whom she shared 14 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Ruth Ammon Boyd.

Pat was a 1968 graduate...

Aug 29, 2010

Clifton Allen Jackson, 53, of Hagerstown, MD, passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010, at the Washington County Hospital of Hagerstown.

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of Jacqueline A. White Hallager of Wagontown, Pa. and the late Willie Jackson.  He was a 1976 graduate of the Octorara High School.  He proudly served in the US Army from 1976 to...

Aug 27, 2010

H. Mildred Conover, 91, of Tel-Hai Retirement Community, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Friday, August 27, 2010. She was the widow of the late J. Kenneth Conover who died in 1987.

Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Arnold H. and Helen Craig Scott Harkins. Mitz lived in Parkesburg most of her until...

Aug 25, 2010

Marsha A. Moyer, 63, of Pomeroy, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia.

The Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 7 p.m. from the Hephzibah Baptist Church, 2237 Strasburg Road, E. Fallowfield, Pa. with visitation from 6 until 7 PM.

In lieu of...

Aug 25, 2010

Marsha A. Moyer, 63, of Pomeroy, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. She was the beloved wife of James O. Moyer, Jr. with whom she shared 46 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Marjorie Rettew Smith.Marsha was an area resident all her...

Aug 25, 2010

Lois E. Broschard, 86, of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the Ware Presbyterian Villiage of Oxford.  She was the widow of the late William E. Broschard, who passed away in 1994.

Born on Wednesday, March 12, 1924 in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Ellen LaMar Steen Martin and William Steen....

Aug 25, 2010

George E. Bell, 78, of Downingtown, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester. He was the loving husband of Lois Richardson Bell with whom he shared 55 years of marriage.

Born in Maplewood, PA, he was the son of the late Ivan W. and...

Aug 19, 2010

Donald J. MacKenzie, 56, of East Fallowfield, died on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Science Building, Vitas Hospice Care Unit, Darby, PA. Born in Troy, NY, he was the son of Alexander and Joan Clark MacKenzie of Downingtown. Donald was an area resident most of his life and a 1970 graduate of the Downingtown High...