Obituaries

Nov 10, 2009

Robert H. Brown Sr., 52, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. He was the son of the late Herbert R. and Lorrene D. McBall Brown.

An area resident his entire life, he was a 1974 graduate of the Coatesville Area High School. He served honorably in the US Army from 1977 to 1980 and...

Nov 10, 2009

Elsie Mae Beam, 80, of Honey Brook, passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. She was the beloved wife of Robert C. Beam, with whom she shared 52 years of marriage.

Born in East Brandywine Twp., Elsie was the daughter of the late Leo Swisher Sr. and Hazel Nuse Swisher. An area resident her entire life, she...

Nov 8, 2009

Marie D. Mitchell, 93, of Parkesburg, died on Sunday, November, 8, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the widow of the late John J. Mitchell, Jr. who died in 2006. Born in Woodridge, VA, she was the daughter of the late Brady Lee and Catherine P. Wolfe Davis.

Marie was an area resident all her life...

Nov 5, 2009

Clyde Ferguson, 69, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester.  He was the widower of the late Mildred Redden and Louise M. Ferguson.

Born in Fredericksburg, VA, he was the son of Esther Maude Green Shepherd of Bowling Green, VA, and the late Warren Ferguson.  He was employed by the former...

Nov 3, 2009

Enos "Skip" W. Coover, Jr., 69, of Coatesville, died at his home on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. He was the husband of MaryAnn Klecha Coover. Born in Coatesville on May 12, 1940 he was the son of the late Enos W. Coover, Sr. and Elizabeth Barnes.

Skip worked for the Coatesville Area School District retiring in 2006...

Oct 31, 2009

Ralph H. "Bud" Wallace, 87, of Westwood, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Elizabeth Nelson Wallace, with whom he shared 61 years of marriage. 

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Roy M. and Alice Crandall Wallace. An area resident his entire life,...

Oct 27, 2009

Howard H. Rogers, Jr., 85, of East Petersburg, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Born July 21, 1924 in Parkesburg, PA. He was married to his first wife Eily for 30 years until her death. Remarried to Joanne for 20 years until her death.

He is survived by two sons, Patrick Rogers, East Petersburg,...

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...