Obituaries

Theodore Solly Wilson

Theodore Solly Wilson, 92, of East Fallowfield, Pa., passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of Helen Saponaro Wilson with whom he shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Richboro, PA he was the son of the late Harry and Edna Solly Wilson.

Ted graduated from George School in...

Thelma I. Peron

Thelma I. Peron, 76, of Sadsburyville, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013, surrounded by her loving family at the Chester County Hospital. Born in Indiana, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Irene Jamison Houser.

Thelma had lived in the area since 1962 and was employed by Pepperridge Farms at the Denver, PA...

Tempie Lynn Armstrong

Tempie Lynn Armstrong, 41, of Wagontown, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Paul H. and Sara J. Leslie Armstrong.

An area resident her entire life, she was a 1981 graduate of the Coatesville High School. Tempie was employed at...

Susie S. Stoltzfus

Susie S. Stoltzfus, 81, of Honey Brook, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community. She was the beloved wife of John D. Stoltzfus with whom she shared 61 years of marriage. Born in Narvon, she was the daughter of the late Ammon and Emma Stoltzfus.

Susie was...

Steven C. Nikodemski

Steven C. Nikodemski, 46, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 at his home in Philadelphia. He was the son of Betty Epler Nikodemski of Honey Brook and the late Edward J. Nikodemski. Steven was a graduate of Coatesville High School and a parishioner of St Stanislaus Kostka Parish. A resident of Coatesville most of his life,...

Sidney L. Hammond

Sidney L. Hammond, 81, of Gap, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at his home surrounded by his family.

He was born in Atglen, PA, and was the son of the late Herbert and Florence White Hammond. He was the husband of the late Carol A. Hammond.

An area resident most...

Sophia M. Olinick Hembree

Sophia M. Olinick Hembree, 45, of Coatesville, passed away at her home on Saturday, September 12, 2009. She was the wife of Charles E. Hembree, III with whom she shared seven years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Stephen J. Olinick, Jr. and Bernadette E. Middleton Olinick of Coatesville.

Sophia graduated from the...

Stephen J. Harkins

Stephen J. Harkins, formerly of Hatboro and Hellertown, PA, passed away April 9, 2014 at the Abington Hospice of Warminster, due to heart failure.  He was 57. Steve was the son of Frances M. Harkins of Hatboro and the late James J. Harkins, Jr.  Also surviving are brothers, Kevin and Sean, sister, Frances, a niece and a nephew. A 1974...

Shirley L. Collins

S hirley L. Collins, 59, of Parkesburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, surrounded by her family at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Luther G. and J. Gertrude Johnson Smith.

Shirley was a 1968 graduate of Coatesville High School. She was employed by Acme...

Shirley L. Spotts

Shirley L. Spotts, 73 of Gap, passed away at her home on Saturday March 27, 2010 surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of the late John R. Spotts who died in 2006. Born in Gap, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Marie K. Berkey Englerth.

She is survived by one...

Shirley M. Lesoken

Shirley M. Lesoken, 77, of South Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, April 4th at the Chester Valley Rehab and Nursing Center of Malvern.  She was the widow of the late Charles J. Lesoken, Sr., who passed away in 2012 after they had shared 56 years of marriage together.

Born in North Adams, Mass, she was the daughter of...

Shirley H. Brown

Shirley H. Brown, 66, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, March 6, under the care of the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester.  She was the widow of the late Lawrence H. Brown Jr., with whom she shared 22 years of marriage. Born in Gap, she was the daughter of the late William H. Trago and Eva Houck Trago.  ...

Shirley A. Knotts

Shirley A. Knotts, 77, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Friday, November 1st, 2013 at the Chester County Hospital.  She was the widow of the late Lewis H. Knotts, with whom she shared 49 years of marriage. Born in Chatham, Shirley was the daughter of the late Bernice H. Brown and Fred W. Piper.  She was a 1955 graduate of...

Shirley A. Mcdonnell

Shirley A. McDonnell, 75, of Tel Hai Retirement Community, died on Friday, January 14, 2011. She was the wife of James McDonnell also of Tel Hai and her first husband the late Carl W. Geesey, II who died in 1979. Born in Unionville, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Frances Patton Linnenbaugh.

Shirley graduated...

Shirley A. Pfitzenmeyer

Shirley A. Pfitzenmeyer, 67, of West Caln Township, passed away suddenly on Monday, March 24, 2014 at the Pembrooke Health and Rehab Center of West Chester. She was the beloved wife of Charles W. Pfitzenmeyer, Jr., with whom she shared 48 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, Shirley is the daughter of Doris Mentzer Franciscus of Wagontown and the late...

Shirley A. Killinger

Shirley A. Killinger, 64, of Narvon, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Townsend "Tiny" Groce and Mildred Walker Groce.

An area resident her entire life, she was employed by the Little Chef of Coatesville as a waitress, retiring in 1993. Shirley enjoyed...

Shirley May Rigoroso

Shirley May Rigoroso, 78, of Parkesburg, passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014 at the Paoli Hospital. She was the widow of the late Salvatore John Rigoroso who died in 1975. Born in Parkesburg, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Letitia Booth Mullen. Shirley was a lifelong resident of Parkesburg. She was employed for 20...

Shirley Ann Daily Simmons

Shirley Ann Daily Simmons, 74, of Parkesburg, entered into rest with the Lord on Thursday, July 16, 2009.  Shirley was the loving wife of John A. Simmons Sr.  They were married in 1953.

She was the daughter of the late John H. and Pearl Glenn Daily.  She lived in Parkesburg all her life and had worked at...

Shirley Ann Titus

Shirley Ann Titus, 62, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, January 5th, 2014 in Flourtown, PA.  She was the beloved wife of Cortland O. Titus, with whom she shared 38 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, Shirley was the daughter of the late Dorothy and John March Sr. She is survived by her three sons: Robert, James and Michael March;...

Sheryl Camacho Canceled To Saturday January 29

Sheryl Camacho, 66, formerly Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the Chester County Hospital. She was the widow of the late Jaime Camacho who died in 2007. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Amy Mattson Rhoades. An area resident most of her life, she had been employed as a employed...