Obituaries

Patsy Sue Abel

Patsy Sue Abel, 69, of Parkesburg, died at her home on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Born in Tazewell, VA, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Molly Tuggle Hall. Patsy was employed, for over 20 years, by James Spring and Wire Company of Malvern. She is survived by two sons; Michael Dean Abel of Parkesburg and David Lee...

Mrytle M. Baynard

Mrytle M. Baynard, 88, of Thorndale, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012, at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the widow of the late Walter Baynard, who passed away in 1997.

Born in Nine Points, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Ethel (Harrison) Thompson. She was a member of the Mt. Zion AME Church of...

Olga Dreyer

Olga Dreyer, 65, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2012 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of Vernon S. Dreyer, with whom she shared 47 years of marriage.

Born in Regensburg, Germany, Olga was the daughter of Helena Glowa of Clifton Heights and the late Michael Glowa.

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Pamela W. Schnader Miles

Pamela W. Schnader Miles, 58, of New Providence, passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Conestoga View in Lancaster. She was the beloved wife of David S. Miles with whom she shared 11 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, DE, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Eugenia Gabel Schnader. Pam grew up in Parkesburg and was...

Mary W. Neal

Mary W. Neal, 79, of Wilmington, DE., passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Christiana Hospital of Newark, DE. She was the widow of Parke B. Neal, who passed away in 1995.

She was a loving mother and will be dearly missed.

She is survived by her two daughters, Deborah E. Ward, wife...

Perma D. Stiteler

Perma D. Stiteler, 85, of Honey Brook, passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2009 at the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. She was the widow of the late Daniel K. Stiteler, Jr. who died in 1999. Born in Harleysville, she was the daughter of the late Noah H. and Martha Delp Tyson. Formerly a resident of Coatesville, Perma was a...

Peggy Wilda Simms

Peggy Wilda Simms, 76, of Downingtown, passed away on Monday, June 6, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of Eugene Simms, Sr. with whom she shared 56 years of marriage. Born in Winchester, VA, she was the daughter of the late Edgar E. and Catherine Golightly Lonas.

An area resident most...

Michael B. Linhard

Michael B. Linhard, 47, of Cochranville, PA, formerly of Baltimore, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at his home. He was the husband of Anne Clement Hutchison Linhard, with whom he had shared three weeks of marriage.

Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Helen Hertzog Linhard of Towson, MD and the late James...

Philip W. Mowrey

Philip W. Mowrey, 67, of Parkesburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital. Philip was the son of the late Lillian Hazel (Mullen) and Norris Levis Mowrey, Sr.  He was a 1964 graduate of the Octorara High School. Philip served his country honorably with the US Marines from 1964 to 1968.  He served in Vietnam during...

Michael H. Lynch, Sr.

Michael H. Lynch, Sr., 72, of Morgantown, died on November 8, 2011 at the Brandywine Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Bronx, NY and moved to PA in 1973. Mr. Lynch served two years of active duty in the US Navy and worked for Entermann's Bakery for 27 years where he was also an active union...

Mary Ellen Peachey Canan

Mary Ellen Peachey Canan, 85, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, August 28 at the Mount Joy Hospice Center. She was the widow of the late Jack Canan, who passed in 1982.

Born in Atglen, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Bertha Keller Peachey. She was a graduate of the Christiana High School.

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Pastor Dorene Janette Mills King

Pastor Dorene Janette Mills King, 56, of Virginia Beach, VA, passed away on January 28, 2012.

Pastor King was the founder and Pastor of New Beginnings Apostolic Faith Ministries, Inc.

Survivors include her parents, James C. Mill, Sr., and Doris V. Mills, her loving husband of thirty-six years, Joseph King, a son, Joseph A. King,...

Paul A. Mullen

Paul A. Mullen, 83, of Ronks, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at the Essa Flory Hospice Center of Lancaster. He was the husband of the late Gladys M. Trago Mullen who died in 2007. Born in Cochranville, he was the son of the late William and Zelva Mae McGinnis Mullen.

Paul was an area resident...

Mildred "Millie" Harvey

Mildred "Millie" Harvey, 77, of Honey Brook Twp., passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. She was the wife of Donald Harvey with whom she shared 56 years of marriage. Born in Huntingdon County, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mildred Fessler Conley.

Millie was a faithful member of the...

Martha M. Geedey

Martha M. Geedey, 75, of Cochranville, passed away on Friday, December 3, 2010 at the Chester County Hospital. She was the wife of Ronald E. Geedey with whom she shared 55 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late John Wilson Moore, Sr. and Deborah Davis Moore.

Martha was an area resident...

Naomi O'Flaherty Catanese

Naomi O'Flaherty Catanese, 79, of Coatesville, died on Friday, February 8, 2013 at LifeCare in West Chester. She was the widow of the late Dominic J. Catanese. Born in Phoenixville, she was the daughter of the late Dennis and Naomi Souder O'Flaherty. Naomi was a resident of Coatesville most of her life. She graduated from the former S. Horace...

Mary Elizabeth Sweigart

Mary Elizabeth Sweigart, 87, of Tel Hai Retirement Community, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on June 3rd, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the widow of Joseph Sweigart Jr., who passed away in 1997 after they had shared 65 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, Mary was the daughter of the late William and Lillian (Whiteman) Swisher. She was...

Miriam H. Bicking

Miriam H. Bicking, 103, of Highland Township, passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community of Honey Brook. She was the wife of the late Walter J. Bicking who died in 1970. Born in Quarryville, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Albert B. Herr and Mary Shirk Herr. Miriam was a lifelong area resident....

Pamela L. Folks

Pamela L. Folks, 58, of Christiana, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2013 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. She was the beloved wife of Robert T. Folks, Jr. with whom she shared 38 years of marriage. Born in Columbia, PA she was the daughter of the late William A. and Esther Waters McCowin Griffin. Pam was a...

Myrtle L. Katz

Myrtle L. Katz, 98, of Parkesburg, formerly of New Jersey and Arizona, passed away on Saturday, May, 21, 2011 at the Brandywine Hospital, Coatsville, PA. She was the widow of Charles W. Katz who died in 1974. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Lillian Orr Griesing. She was employed by Homemakers of America....