Obituaries

Margaret P. Skillings

Margaret P. Skillings, 97, of Georgetown, ME and Holden, MA, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Exton, PA. She leaves a son, Dr. John C. Skillings of Dansville, NY; daughter Judith Skillings Frawley of Exton, PA; nephew, Randall C. Perkins of Medford, OR; nieces, Pamela Perkins Smith and Sandra Perkins of...

Marilyn E. Stauffer

Marilyn E. Stauffer, 54, of Honey Brook, passed away suddenly at her home on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. She was the beloved wife of Joseph G. Stauffer with whom she shared 27 years together. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Carol Keinard of Coatesville and the late Charles D. Keinard. Marilyn was an area resident all her life...

Joyce A. Craig

Joyce A. Craig, 71, of Parkesburg, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at her home. She was the widow of the late David Craig. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late William and Catherine Dickinson Clayton. Joyce was an area resident all her life and a graduate of the Parkesburg High School. She was employed...

Karl John Trommler, Sr.

Karl John Trommler, Sr., 85, of Millersville, formerly of Paradise, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the VA Medical Center of Coatesville. He was the beloved husband of Anna M. Welsch Trommler, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage.

Born April 19, 1924 in Waterbury, CT., Karl was the...

Laure Anne Zelley

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...

Julia "June" Sharrer

Julia "June" Sharrer, 93, of Modena, passed on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the widow of the late George H. Sharrer who died in 2001. Born in Madera, PA on June 30, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Wasco and Mary Russin Moskel. Julia had lived in Modena since 1941 moving to...

Lillian Janet Hilton

Lillian Janet Hilton, 74, of Parkesburg, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2011 at her home, surrounded by her loved ones.

Born in Birdsboro, she was the daughter of the late Cleon and Anne Marie Burns Templin. She was a graduate of the Pottstown Senior High School.

Lillian is survived by her three children: Howard...

Marian S. Kinney

Marian S. Kinney, 65, of Reading, formerly of Atglen, died on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at the Reading Hospital.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Wayne and Marion Killian Shoemaker and was raised, since childhood, by her aunt and uncle the late Greer and Violet Criswell.

Marian was a 1962 graduate...

Marion Helen Toombs

Marion Helen Toombs, 94, of Lancaster, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at the Larkin Chase Nursing and Rehab Center in Bowie, MD. She was the widow of the late Kermit N. Toombs, who passed away in 1981.

Born on September 10, 1915 in Sadsbury Twp., she was the daughter of the late George and Alice...

Lorena B. Harrington

Lorena B. Harrington, 85, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at home.

Born in West Chester on January 21, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Harry H. and Minnie Eaby Brittingham. On August 22, 1948, she married William J. Harrington who preceded her in death in August 2009. Lorena was a 1944 graduate...

Lillian B. Houston

Lillian B. Houston, 99, of Honey Brook, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community.

She was the widow of both William Wannop and Roland Houston.

She was born in Philadelphia to the late John and Catherine Fallon. Lillian was the last of her nine siblings.

She was...

Mary C. Jilek

Mary C. Jilek, 100, of Christiana, PA, formerly of Coatesville, died on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at Harrison Senior Living in Christiana. Born in Whiteford, MD, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Ellen R. Weaver Jones.

She is survived by one son Roger P. Jones of Paradise, daughter-in-law R. Jean Jones of Atglen, five...

Margaret A. "Peg" Watterson

Margaret A. "Peg" Watterson, 84, of Cochranville, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester. She was the beloved wife of Francis R. Watterson, with whom she shared 63 years of marriage.

Born in Cochranville, she was the daughter of Leland and Anna Mary Martin Pyle. A resident of Cochranville...

Julia H. Vollmer

Julia H. Vollmer passed away quietly during her afternoon nap this past Thursday, August 2, 2012 at her Freedom Village home in West Brandywine, PA.  She was a resident of Freedom Village since moving there in 2003 shortly after the death of her husband of 55 years, Harden D. Vollmer.

Julia was born March 2,...

Mary E. Cleary

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....

Mabel Banks Stanley

Mabel Banks Stanley, 81, of Christiana, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at the Lancaster General Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Edward "Ned" Stanley, with whom she shared 57 years of marriage.

Born in Meadows of Dan, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Columbia Jessup Banks.

She is...

Katherine Ann Kenworthy

Katherine Ann Kenworthy, 85, of West Brandywine, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the beloved wife of Fred Winfield Kenworthy, Sr., with whom she shared 62 years of marriage.Born in Sandy Hill, West Caln Twp., she was the daughter of the late Stephen Gregor and Emera (Gaspar) Gregor.  A Coatesville area resident her...

Margaret Ann Gomez

Margaret Ann Gomez, 77, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2014 at Arden Courts in King of Prussia.  She was the widow of the late Benjamin R. Gomez. Born in Nanticoke, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Jennie Swida. Margaret was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Rosary of Coatesville. She was the owner and...

John E. Radcliff

John E. Radcliff, 89, of Atglen, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at Harrison Senior Living in Coatesville. Born in Atglen, he was the son of the late David and Eva Mae Lowe Radcliff.

A life long resident of Atglen, he was employed by Fabricated Metals in Modena for 18 years before his retirement. He also...

John E. Mast

John E. Mast, 64, of Kinzers, passed away on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 at the Lancaster General Hospital.

Born in Lancaster, John was the son of the late Melvin and Anna Mary Mast.  He was a 1966 graduate of the Octorara High School. John was a local businessman in Parkesburg for many years owning and operating the Getty...