Obituaries

Apr 8, 2020

Robert J. Powers, 80, of Denver, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Joseph Powers and Anna Buckler Powers.

Bob graduated from the Bartram High School in Philadelphia. He proudly served in the Air National Guard for three years during the...

Apr 8, 2020

Lawrence Richard Hammond, Sr., 76, of Christiana, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the son of the late Rev. Herbert Charles Hammond and Josephine Dickinson Hammond.

Lawrence was an area resident all his life and a 1962 graduate of the former Scott High School in Coatesville. He proudly served...

Apr 7, 2020

Archie Franklin Shearer, Jr., 76, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of the late Gloria Dee Shearer who died in 2013. They shared 17 years of marriage together. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Archie F. Shearer, Sr. and Clara Isabel Goldie (Johnson)...

Apr 7, 2020

Archie Franklin Shearer, Jr., 76, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of the late Gloria Dee Shearer who died in 2013. They shared 17 years of marriage together. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Archie F. Shearer, Sr. and Clara Isabel Goldie (Johnson)...

Apr 6, 2020

Robert P. O'Connor, 93, of West Chester, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2020 at the Brandywine Hall Nursing Home in West Chester.  He was the husband of the late Gloria Pratt O'Connor who passed away in 2000. They shared 44 years of marriage together.  Born in East Orange, NJ, he was the son of the late James and...

Apr 6, 2020

Sheila Gredzinski, 62, of Gap, PA, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2020 at the Lancaster General Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Christopher James Gredzinski with whom she shared 23 years of marriage. Born in Rural Rush Twp., Centre County, PA, she was the daughter of Moses John George of Gap, PA and the late Betty Jean...

Apr 5, 2020

Doris Ann Townsend, 86, of Parkesburg, Pa., passed away on Sunday, April 5th, 2020 at her home, under the care of her family.  She was the widow of the late Robert R. Townsend, Jr., who passed away in 2003.

Born in West Virginia, Doris was the daughter of the late Willie V. (Presley) and Mike A. Tolley. ...

Apr 5, 2020

Elizabeth A. Hall, 95, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, April 5th, 2020 under the care of Southeastern Veterans Center in Spring City, PA. She was the widow of the late Harold David Hall, who passed away in 2006 after they had shared 60 years of marriage.

Born in Downingtown, Elizabeth was the daughter of the late...

Apr 5, 2020

Sylvester Leon Miller, 66, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020 at the Brandywine Hospital. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Howard Miller and Jeanette Crawford Miller.

Sylvester was an area resident all his life and a 1971 graduate of the Octorara High School.

He is survived by three...

Apr 2, 2020

Robert W. Worrell, Jr., 44, of Downingtown, passed away at his home on 4/2/2020 after a brief illness. Born in Coatesville, he was the beloved son of Robert W. Worrell, Sr. and Deborah Miller Worrell of Gap.

He is survived, in addition to his parents, by two sisters; Deneen L. Keesey and husband John of Coatesville and...

Apr 1, 2020

Elaine Doris Swinehart, 71 of Parkesburg, passed away at Brandywine Hospital on Wednesday April 1, 2020. She was the widow of the late Jerry P. Swinehart who passed away in 1995. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Thelma (Busher) Bernard.

An area resident all of her life Elaine attended Coatesville Area...

Apr 1, 2020

Charlotte Ettien Leslie, 82, of Downingtown, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at Harrison House, Coatesville.  She was the widow of James H. Leslie Jr. who passed away last November.  Born in Thorndale. she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Ettien and Margaret Jean Dunnett Ettien Thomas.

She enjoyed trips to...

Apr 1, 2020

Ann Elizabeth Watterson, 76, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at the Green Meadows Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Malvern, PA. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. Berstler and Edith A. Laird Berstler.

Ann was an area resident all her life.

She is survived by...

Apr 1, 2020

Claude “Buzz” W. Reynolds, age 79 of Honey Brook, formerly of Sadsburyville, passed away on April 1, 2020 at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Coatesville, Buzz was the son of the late Elizabeth (Strausser) and Arthur Reynolds.

He was a 1959 Graduate of Scott High School.

Buzz was a firefighter for...

Mar 29, 2020

Reuben Wenger V born in Coatesville, PA, son of Reuben Wenger IV and Bonnie T. Spitz, both of Coatesville passed away at Medical City Arlington, TX from complications of diabetes on March 29, 2020. He was predeceased in death by his son Christopher L. Wenger.  He is survived by his sister Katherine A. Medina (Joseph) and nieces Anna and...

Mar 29, 2020

Charles N. "Chuck" Pierce, Jr., 63, of Honey Brook, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at the Penn Medicine Hospice Unit in West Chester, PA. He was the beloved husband of Karen Habermann Pierce with whom he shared 25 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late Charles N. Pierce, Sr. and...

Mar 28, 2020

Hudson Beard, 83, of Coatesville, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the Paoli Memorial Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Emma L. Frame Beard with whom he shared 60 years of marriage. Born in Cochranville, he was the son of the late Ralph Barlow and Nellie Mae Beard.

Hudson was an area resident all...

Mar 27, 2020

Helene Marie (Pat) Trout, 92, of East Fallowfield, formerly of Media, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2020 at the Penn Medicine Hospice Center in West Chester, PA. She was the widow of the late Jacob R. Trout who died in 1996. Born in the village of Barnsley, East Nottingham Township, Chester County, she was the daughter of the...

Mar 24, 2020

Bobbie Sue Ashby Miller, 86, resident of Peach Bottom, PA, and formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.  She was the widow of the late Ellsworth "Bill" Miller who died in 1989.  Born on August 19, 1933, she was the daughter of the late, Robert Ashby and Zella Blevins Ashby Roten.

She retired from...

Mar 22, 2020

Peggy Ann Haldeman, 80, of Pomeroy, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020 under the care of Newport Meadows of Christiana.  She was the widow of the late James R. Haldeman, with whom she shared 51 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, Peggy was the daughter of the late Helen (Thorne) Eckman and James Steidler.

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