Obituaries

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...

Patricia L. Mowday

Patricia L. Mowday, 65, of Lancaster County, passed away on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Coatesville on March 17, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Sanford B. and Ethel Leslie Mowday.

Pat was an area resident all her life and had been employed by Lukens Steel of Coatesville and...

Patrick Reilly

Patrick Reilly, 58, of Downingtown, passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at his home.  Born in West Chester, he was the son of Dorothy Mae Wright Reilly of Downingtown and the late John Franklin Rielly. An area resident all his life, he proudly served in the US Army.  Patrick was employed by Rilley Brothers Construction.  He was a member...

Patrick T. Williams

Patrick T. Williams, 61, of Valley Township, Coatesville, died on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at the Paoli Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Laurie Timmer Williams with whom he shared 24 years of marriage. Born in Harrisburg, he was the son of the late James H. and Pauline Laudermilch Williams.

Patrick proudly served in the US...

Patricia Ann Boyd Launi

Patricia Ann Boyd Launi, 59, of Gap, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at her home. She was the wife of Michael Launi with whom she shared 14 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Ruth Ammon Boyd.

Pat was a 1968 graduate...

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...

Parke Elwood Morrison

Parke Elwood Morrison, 84, of Honey Brook, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2014 at the Pocopson Home. He was the husband of the late Joanne L. Guiney Morrison who died in 2010 after sharing 60 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, Parke was the son of the late Pearl (Johnson) and Arthur Morrison. He was a graduate of the...

Parke W. Bradford

Parke W. Bradford, 73, of Kinzers, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, March 15, 2014.  He was the beloved widower of the late Nancy V. Bradford who passed away on January 25, 2014 after sharing 26 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, Parke was the son of the late Mary and Parke L. Bradford. He was a...

Parvin W. Smith

Parvin W. Smith, 88, of Parkesburg, died on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of Lorraine Lawrence Smith with whom he shared 65 years of marriage. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Walter P. and Alma Wilson Smith. Parvin was a lifelong resident of Parkesburg and a member of one...

Paige Yoder Stapleton

Paige Yoder Stapleton, 52, of Lancaster, PA passed peacefully this past Thursday 2/6/14. Born in Lancaster, PA she was the daughter of Wanda and William Yoder.

She is survived by two daughters, Katie and Molly Stapleton, both of Lancaster.  She was preceded in death by her husband Matthew G. Stapleton. She was an active member of Hopewell...

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...

Olive B. Taltoan

Olive B. Taltoan, 84, of Coatesville, died on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the widow of the late Sherman Taltoan.  Born in Nine Points, Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Elizabeth Dickinson Miller. Olive was a member of the Benardtown Baptist Church of S. Coatesville. She is survived by...

Olive M. Parker

Olive M. Parker, 99, of Honey Brook, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at the Hickory House Nursing Home. She was the widow of the late Harry A. Parker who died in 1996. Born in Sheltonham, PA, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin C. and Virginia Wood Needham.

Olive was an...

Oscar L. Moore

Oscar L. Moore, 95, of Honey Brook, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2009 at the Hickory House Nursing Home. He was the widow of Jean Marsh Moore, who passed away in 2007 after they had shared 65 years of marriage together.

Born on November 30, 1913, in Christiana, he was the son of...

Owen H. Jones

Owen Howard Jones, 75, of Pomeroy, died on Monday, August 20, 2012 at Harrioson Senior Living in Christiana, PA. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Raymond F. and Janet Townsend Jones.

Owen was an area resident all his life and a 1955 graduate of Scott High School in Coatesville. He was employed, for...

Ralph Evans Grier

Ralph Evans Grier, 76, of New Holland, formerly of Westwood, passed away on Friday, May 18, 2012 under the care of the Garden Spot Village and the Hospice of Lancaster County.  He was the widower of the late Janet Hatfield Grier, who passed away in 2004 after they had shared 49 years of marriage together.

Born in Cochranville,...

Ralph H. "Bud" Wallace

Ralph H. "Bud" Wallace, 87, of Westwood, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Elizabeth Nelson Wallace, with whom he shared 61 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Roy M. and Alice Crandall Wallace. An area resident his...

Randall L. Reynolds

Randall L. Reynolds, 64, of Parkesburg, died at his home on Saturday, March 16, 2013. He was the husband of Barbara Cook Reynolds with whom he shared 41 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late George D. and Jeannette Hatfield Reynolds.

Mr. Reynolds was a 1966 graduate of Coatesville High School. After...

Phyllis Mary Cox Griffiths

Phyllis Mary Cox Griffiths, 48, of Gap, passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Life Care Hospital in West Chester. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Karl R. Cox and Charlotte M. Devine Cox of Gap.

Phyllis was a 1980 graduate of Octorara High School. She attended the Gap Community Church....

R. Elmer Watterson

R. E lmer Watterson, 98, formerly of Cochranville, died on Monday, February 7, 2011 at the Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford where he had resided for the last eight years. He was the husband of the late Athena M. Wicks Watterson who died in 1989. Born in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, he was the son of the late...