Obituaries

Terri S. Persch

Terri S. Persch, 50, of Coatesville, PA, passed away at the Brandywine Hospital on Wednesday, August 7, 2013.  She was the wife of Thomas E.  Persch. Born in Lancaster she was the daughter of  Ann Kepler Boice of West Chester and the late Paul Boice. She was a graduate of Octorara High School and was employed as an office manager...

Robert Lewis Erb

Robe rt Lewis Erb, 65, of Parkesburg, died on Monday, June 21, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late Horace B. and Beulah Hunsberger Erb. Robert graduated from Henderson High School class of 1963 and he also attended Temple Bible College in Chattanoga, TN. He served in the US Army...

Shirley A. Pfitzenmeyer

Shirley A. Pfitzenmeyer, 67, of West Caln Township, passed away suddenly on Monday, March 24, 2014 at the Pembrooke Health and Rehab Center of West Chester. She was the beloved wife of Charles W. Pfitzenmeyer, Jr., with whom she shared 48 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, Shirley is the daughter of Doris Mentzer Franciscus of Wagontown and the late...

Robert H. Webster

Robert H. Webster, 58, of Kinzer, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at the Mt. Joy Hospice Center.  He was the husband of Patricia (Moyer) Webster, with whom he shared 23 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Robert B. and Mildred (Wanner) Webster.  He was a 1973 graduate of the...

Ralph Terry Fairweather

Ralph Terry Fairweather, Jr., 81, of Romansville, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Kathryn McCormick Fairweather with whom he shared 53 years of marriage.

Born in Wilmington, DE, he was the son of the late Ralph and Greta Thompson Fairweather. An area resident all his life,...

Sharon L. Anderson

Sharon L. Anderson,  62, of South Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the wife of Robert Anderson with whom she shared 14 years of marriage.  Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Esther Palmer Hastings.She is also survived by 4 children;  Herbert R. Walton of Little Britain,...

Thelma I. Peron

Thelma I. Peron, 76, of Sadsburyville, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013, surrounded by her loving family at the Chester County Hospital. Born in Indiana, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Irene Jamison Houser.

Thelma had lived in the area since 1962 and was employed by Pepperridge Farms at the Denver, PA...

Robert L. Ford

Robert L. Ford, 81, of Parkesburg, died on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at Harrison Senior Living in Christiana. He was the husband of the late Viola DeVoe Ford. Born in Parkesburg, he was the son of the late Gurt and Blanche London Ford.

Bob served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was employed by...

Raphael Reyes

Raphael Reyes of Norristown passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the Temple Hospital.  Arrangements by the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg.

S. Averetta Bailey

S. Averetta Bailey, 89, formerly of Atglen, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2010 at the Ephrata Community Hospital.

She was the beloved wife of James H. Bailey, with whom she shared 63 years of marriage.

Born in Brookville, Pa., he she was the daughter of Quay Hetrick and Lula Wineberg Hetrick. She was a resident...

Robert J. Barnett

Robert C. Barnett, 61, of East Fallowfield, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 6, 2014. He was the beloved husband of Deborah A. McClure Barnett with whom he shared 30 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Robert T. and Frances B. Gillespie Barnett. Bob was an area resident all his life...

Robert Hoag

Robert Hoag, 62, of Lincoln University, passed away at his home on Saturday, November 13, 2010. He was the beloved husband of Margo Rosenthal Hoag with whom he shared 39 years of marriage.

Born in Darby, PA he was the son of the late Robert L. and Harriet Jorgensen Hoag. Robert was retired from Wyeth Labs in West...

Rudolph Winchester, Jr.

Rudolph Winchester, Jr., 61, of Van Ormer, PA died Sunday August 5, 2012 at UPMC-Montifiore, Pittsburgh. Born October 14, 1950 in Coatesville, a son of the late Rudolph and Margaret L. (Botkin) Winchester. He was married May 17, 1969, in Elkton, MD., to Kathleen A. Partner who survives along with three children: Rudolph R. (Lori) of Honey Brook, Edward...

Steven C. Nikodemski

Steven C. Nikodemski, 46, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 at his home in Philadelphia. He was the son of Betty Epler Nikodemski of Honey Brook and the late Edward J. Nikodemski. Steven was a graduate of Coatesville High School and a parishioner of St Stanislaus Kostka Parish. A resident of Coatesville most of his life,...

Raymond J. Fulmer

Raymond J. Fulmer, 70, of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at the his home. He was the beloved husband of Gale Fulmer, with whom he would have shared 49 years of marriage on the 30th of April.

Born in Arden, DE, he was the son of the late Edman Fulmer and Madeleine McCann Rylee,...

Sharon Elizabeth Mcgibbon Law

Sharon Elizabeth McGibbon Law, 64, of East Fallowfield, died on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Edwin A. Law, Jr. with whom she shared 42 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Elizabeth W. Walker McGibbon of Coatesville and the late Waldron S. McGibbon.

Sharon was a...

Sara Elizabeth Freeman

Sara Elizabeth Freeman, 89, of Unionville, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Heatherwood Retirement Community where she had resided for three years. She was the wife of Earl Freeman with whom she shared 65 years of marriage. Born in Lyndell, PA she was the daughter of the late Wayne P. and Elsie Cook Gray. Sara graduated from Downingtown...

Rick B. Barber

Rick B. Barber, 59, of Atglen, passed away on Thursday, October 10th, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Ashe County, North Carolina, he was the beloved son of Willie A. Barber of Cochranville and the late Mary L. (Coldiron) Barber.  An area resident his entire life, he was a member of the Atglen Missionary Baptist Church....

Sara K. Miller

Sar a K. Miller, 96, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Harrison Senior Living in Christiana, PA. She was the widow of the late Charles H. Miller who died in 1966. Born in West Caln, she was the daughter of the late William and Matilda Bilger Killinger.

An area resident all her...

Robert G. Rissell

Robert G. Rissell was born on August 31st 1943 in Washington, DC and passed from this life surrounded by his loving wife, devoted daugh ters and sisters on October 19, 2010 at home. he was the son of the late Robert T. Rissell and Dolly Darhanian Rissell Moradian.

Bob proudly served his country in the United States Air...