Obituaries

Julianna H. Swede

Julianna H. Swede, 72, of Parkesburg, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of Edwin M. Swede, Sr. with whom she shared 52 years of marriage. Born in Mramorak, Yugoslavia, she was the daughter of the late Jakob and Eva Filer Harich. Julianna is retired from...

Marcella Applegate

Marcella Applegate, 91, of Honey Brook, previously of Media and Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Home. She was the widow of the late Walter C. Applegate, Jr. who passed away in 2009.

She is survived by three daughters; Danielle Applegate Ebaugh, and husband William, of Tallahassee, Fl., Sandra Applegate, and...

Lisa G. Mullis

Lisa G. Mullis, 50, of Parkesburg, died on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at the Riddle Memorial Hospital. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Bonnie Powers Denlinger of Honey Brook and the late Robert E. Gill. She is survived by two children; David Collins of Royersford and Christina Keaton of Gap, one grandchild and two brothers Robert S. Gill...

Mary Alice (Baer) Faddis

Mary Alice (Baer) Faddis went to be with her Heavenly Father, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.

She was a loving and caring wife and mother. Mary was born on Aug. 18, 1934, to James and Ruby Baer in Reading. Mary and her husband, James V. Faddis, started their lives together on Aug. 31, 1954, in Parkesburg. She moved to...

Marian C. Kouba

Marian C. Kouba, 84, of Valley Township, passed away at her home on Monday March 22, 2010.

Born in East Whiteland Twp., she was the daughter of the late Julius and Hallie F. Kuntz Kouba.

Marian was a 1943 graduate of Tredyffrin / Easttown High School; a graduate of West Chester State College, and also...

Lorraine A. Bair

Lorraine A. Bair, 90, of Coatesville, died on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at the Masonic Villages in Elizabethtown . She was the wife of the late S. Lewis Bair who died in 1987 and her first husband William W. Melrath who died in 1961. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary Smith Beecher....

Marjorie Stern Boyes

Marjorie Stern Boyes, 89, of Gumtree, Highland Twp., passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at the Harrison Senior Living Center of Christiana. She was the beloved wife of Herbert Grant Boyes, with whom she shared 62 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Willard E. and Maude Taylor Stern. She...

Lester A. Herr

Lester A. Herr, 93, passed away on Sunday, October 21st, 2012 at Willow Valley of Willow Street, where he had resided for the past 23 years. He was the husband of Nettie Edelman Chalson Herr and his first wife, the late Marjorie (Gusshee) Herr, who passed away in 1990.

Lester was the first born of a family...

Mae Elizabeth Parmer "Dolly" Godra

Mae Elizabeth Parmer "Dolly" Godra, 91, life long resident of Highland Township, Chester County, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Martin Godra, Jr. who died in 1994 and her first husband the late John W. Peterson who died in 1980. Dolly was born in...

Kevin Ellis Roth

Kevin Ellis Roth, 37, of Glenmoore, died suddenly on Sunday, May 6, 2012 as the result of an auto accident. Born in Coatesville, he was the beloved son of William H. Roth of Coatesville and Edith Stern Roth also of Coatesville and step son to Patricia Sagner Roth and the late Jacqueline A. "Jackie" Roth.

Kevin was...

June T. O'Brien

June T. O’Brien, 86, of East Fallowfield died at her home on Friday, November 20, 2009. Born in Suffern, NY on January 14, 1923, she was the daughter of Russell J. and Cecile G. Holley Taylor.

Mrs. O'Brien graduated from Suffern High School in 1940 and from Hackensack, NJ Hospital School of Nursing in 1944.  Prior to...

Malcolm I. Boyd

Mal colm I. Boyd, 78, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 after a brief illness.  He was the beloved husband of Ursula Boyd of Glenmoore with whom he shared 52 years of marriage. Born on July 27, 1932 at home in Parkesburg, he was the son of William and Velma Hilton Boyd.  He attended...

Linda M. Combs

Linda M. Combs, 65, of Coatesville, died on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the Essa Flory Hospice Center of Lancaster County. Born in Malvern, she was the daughter of the late David Steele, II and Jane Leech Steele Kendrick.

An area resident all her life, she was retired from Kensey Nash of Great Valley. She is survived by...

Joyce E. Miller

Joyce E. Miller, 49, of Lancaster, formerly of Coatesville passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at the Hospice of Lancaster County's Mount Joy Center. She was the beloved wife of Arnold J. Miller Sr., with whom she shared 25 years of marriage.

Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of Ronald C. Twyman Sr. of...

Marian W. Herman

Marian W. Herman, 94, of Elverson, formerly of Pomeroy, passed away on Sunday, October 23 under the care of her family.  She was the widow of the late Ernest E. Herman, Sr. who passed in 1990.

Born in Cochranville, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Anna Randler Warden. An area resident all her life, she...

Lenora M. Michnuk

Lenora (Len) M. Michnuk of Clearwater, Florida, formerly of Downingtown, PA  passed away Saturday, August  25,2012 in Lewes, DE surrounded by her loving family.

Len was born March 26, 1929 in Coatesville, PA .  She was the daughter of the late Emily B. Miller and Cletus F. Miller of Sandy Hill. She was preceded in death by...

Lonnie D. Henson

Lonnie D. Henson, 63, of Quarryville, died on Sunday March 1, 2009 at the Lancaster Regional Hospital. Born in West Grove, PA he was the son of the late Richard Henson and Vail Ward Moyer. He served honorable in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Lonnie was employed by Michael's Bakery of Strasburg retiring in 2007.

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Katie Riehl Coblentz

Katie Riehl Coblentz, 99, of Honey Brook, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community. She was the wife of the late Joseph Coblentz who died in 1984. Born in Gap, she was the daughter of the late Gideon and Nancy Dinner Riehl.Katie was an area resident all her life and a member of the Simmontown...

Joyce J. Cazille

Joyce J. Cazille, 67, of Gap, passed away on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at the Chester County Hospital in West Chester.

Born on Tuesday, March 9, 1943 in Peoria, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Lucile Hawley Ellis and Harry Hensley.

He was employed by Penguin Industries for 25 years as a Production...

Larry E. Sielski

Larry E. Sielski, 58, of Gap, passed away on Sunday, April 8th at his home. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Edward F. and Mary (Christake) Sielski. An area resident his entire life, he was a 1972 graduate of the Coatesville Area High School. Larry managed Sielski's Speed Shop of Thorndale for 20 years; and was...