Mary "Connie" Pawling

Mary "Connie" Pawling, 73, of West Grove, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2009 at the Chester County Hospital in West Chester. She was the wife of Edward W. Pawling, with whom she shared 52 years of marriage.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Hogan Richer and Robert N. Richer. She was a 1953 graduate of West Catholic High School and a 1956 graduate of the Misericordia School of Nursing, both of Philadelphia. She was employed by the Brandywine Hospital as a Nurse for 25 years, retiring in 1996. She was a parishioner of the Assumption of the B.V.M. Catholic Church of West Grove.

She is survived, in addition to her husband, by six children: Dorothy McDonnell, wife of Robert, of Weare, N. H., Ann Marie Madden, wife of Michael, of Downingtown, Edward M. Pawling, husband of Tammy, of Parkesburg, Daniel J. Pawling, husband of Patricia, of Honey Brook, Christopher Pawling, husband of Jennifer, of Honey Brook, and Gerald Pawling, husband of Stacey, of Coatesville; 14 grandchildren and one sister, Catherine Redden of Philadelphia. She was preceded in death by three siblings, Robert and Harold Richer and Dorothy Richards.

The Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the Assumption of the B.V.M. Catholic Church, 300 State Rd., West Grove, Pa., followed by interment in the St. Malachi Cemetery of Cochranville. Family and friends are invited to attend the visitation, which will be held at the Church from 10 until 11 AM.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Lung Assoc., 525 Plymouth Rd., Suite 315, Plymouth Meeting, PA, 19462.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg. Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com