Obituaries

Oct 25, 2009

J. Richard "Dick" Weaver, Sr., 79, of Coatesville, passed away suddenly on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Joan Garrison Weaver, with whom he shared 56 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville on October 9, 1930, he was the son of the late Benjamin J. and Edna Saylor Weaver. He...

Oct 23, 2009

Ronald R. Miller, 71, of Coatesville, passed away at his home on Friday October 23, 2009. He was the husband of Marie I. Blevins Miller with whom he shared 11 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Robert and Florence Mulvaney Miller. An area resident all his life, he proudly served...

Oct 23, 2009

Raymond F. Chesnet, 76, of Christiana, PA. passed away on Friday, October 23, 2009 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He was the widower of the late Rosalie E. Klinger Chesnet who passed away in 2007. They had shared 51 years of marriage together.

Born in E. Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, he was the son...

Oct 22, 2009

Willard "Dutch" Mattson, 65, of Parkesburg, passed away on Thursday October 22, 2009 at the Lancaster County Hospice in Mt. Joy. He was the husband of Jacqueline E. Marshall Mattson with whom he shared 46 years of marriage.

Born at Beaver Dam near Coatesville, he was the son of the late Palmer and Grace Hilton Mattson. Dutch...

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 19, 2009

Darlene T. Miller, 51, departed from this life on Monday, October 19, 2009.

She was the beloved wife of Arnold M. Miller with who 23 years of marriage was shared. Born in Coatesville, Pa., on August 13, 1958, the daughter of the late Eleanor Cooper-Dixon and Eugene Dixon.

Darlene attended Octorara Area High School graduating...

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 14, 2009

Charlotte D. Travis Gregor, 55, of Coatesville passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at the Jefferson Hospital of Philadelphia. She was the widow of the late Thomas Gregor, who passed away in May of 2009.

Born in Hastings, she was the daughter of the late Anna May Distin and Benjamin Travis. She was employed by the...

Oct 11, 2009

Laure Anne Zelley, 23, formerly of Atglen, PA died Sunday, October, 11th in a single car accident in Blackstone, VA.

Laure was born in Mt. Holly, NJ on April 19, 1986 to her parents Tom Zelley and Donna Berk.

Laure was raised in Burlington, NJ, and Greenville, SC. She graduated from the Octorara High School...

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 11, 2009

Franklin A. Filler, III, 76, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2009.  

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the Wilde Funeral Home, 434 Main St., Parkesburg, followed by interment in the Mellinger's Mennonite Cemetery of Lancaster. 

 Family and friends are invited to attend the visitation, which will be held at...

Oct 6, 2009

George B. McLaughlin, 82, of Kennett Square, passed away at his home, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, October 6, 2009.

Born in Pomroy, he was the son of the late Rufus I. and Anna McLaughlin. He was a 1945 graduate of the Scott High School. He retired in 1989 from the West Chester Ford, where he...

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 27, 2009

Thomas C. Crawford, 54, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the companion of Pam Toalton, with whom he shared 15 years of his life.

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Raymond Taylor and Bertha Carter Crawford. He was employed by the Paulson Built Co....

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 12, 2009

Mary E. Cleary, 83, of Conway, S.C., formerly of Caln, died on Saturday September 12, 2009 at her home in Conway, surrounded by her loved ones.

She was the wife of the late Louis E. Cleary who died in 2000. Born in Caln, she was the daughter of the late Charles M. Hughes, Sr. and Viola A. Foreman Hughes.Mary was a...

Sep 12, 2009

Anna B. Aerie Hines, 90, of West Chester, and formerly of Parkesburg, died on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 at the Chester Co. Hospital. Born in Parkesburg, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Helen McKim Aerie.

She is survived by two sons; Jackie Hines of Kennett Square and Wesley A. Collier of Parkesburg.

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