Obituaries

Margaret H. Morgan

Margaret H. Morgan, 91, of Rehoboth Beach, DE, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away in at her home on Saturday January 10, 2009. She was the widow of the late Ralph N. Morgan. Born in Gap, PA she was the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Wise Hendry. "Peg" was employed by the former Lukens Steel Co. of Coatesville....

Marcus F. Fietz, Jr.

Marcus F. Fietz, Jr., 76, of Coatesville, passed away at the Life Care Hospital of West Chester. He was the beloved husband of Emily Stackhouse Fietz.

Born on August 21, 1933 in Memphis, TN, he was the son of the Late Marcus F. Fietz Sr. and Lorainne Bradburn Fietz. He served honorably in the US Army. An...

Margaret A. "Peg" Watterson

Margaret A. "Peg" Watterson, 84, of Cochranville, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester. She was the beloved wife of Francis R. Watterson, with whom she shared 63 years of marriage.

Born in Cochranville, she was the daughter of Leland and Anna Mary Martin Pyle. A resident of Cochranville...

Margaret A. Schmidt

Margaret A. Schmidt, 64, of Christiana, passed away at her home, surrounded by her family on Saturday, June 6, 2009 after a long battle with cancer. She was the wife of John F. Schmidt, Sr. with whom she shared 48 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Matthew and Janet Spickler...

Mae Elizabeth Parmer "Dolly" Godra

Mae Elizabeth Parmer "Dolly" Godra, 91, life long resident of Highland Township, Chester County, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Martin Godra, Jr. who died in 1994 and her first husband the late John W. Peterson who died in 1980. Dolly was born in...

Mae Jones

Mae Jones, 83, of Valley Township, died on Monday, March 12, 2012 at the Paoli Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Stewart Jones who died in 1972. Born in Green Mountain, NC, she was the daughter of the late Irvin and Delia Bailey Hopson. Mae is survived by six children; Farley Jones and wife Carol of...

Maggie L. Stone

Maggie L. Stone, 64, of Paradise, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Lancaster General Hospital after a long, hard fight with cancer.

She was the loving wife of William C. Stone, Sr., with whom she shared 41 years of marriage. Born in Union, West Virginia, Maggie was...

Malcolm I. Boyd

Mal colm I. Boyd, 78, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 after a brief illness.  He was the beloved husband of Ursula Boyd of Glenmoore with whom he shared 52 years of marriage. Born on July 27, 1932 at home in Parkesburg, he was the son of William and Velma Hilton Boyd.  He attended...

Marcelene M. "Honey" Doubts

Marcelene M. "Honey" Doubts, 75, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester.

She was the daughter of the late Theodore and Elaine (Kelly) Doubts.  An area resident her entire life, she was a 1956 graduate of the Coatesville Area High School.  She was employed by the A+P Food...

Marcella Applegate

Marcella Applegate, 91, of Honey Brook, previously of Media and Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Home. She was the widow of the late Walter C. Applegate, Jr. who passed away in 2009.

She is survived by three daughters; Danielle Applegate Ebaugh, and husband William, of Tallahassee, Fl., Sandra Applegate, and...

M. Patricia Myers Hoskins

M. Patricia Myers Hoskins, 79, formerly of Downingtown, died on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at the Pembrooke Health and Rehab Center of West Chester. She was the widow of the late Robert B. Hoskins, Sr. who passed away in 2007. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Robert L. and Edith Withrow Myers.

Pat...

Mabel Banks Stanley

Mabel Banks Stanley, 81, of Christiana, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at the Lancaster General Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Edward "Ned" Stanley, with whom she shared 57 years of marriage.

Born in Meadows of Dan, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Columbia Jessup Banks.

She is...

Mabel S. Jones

Mabel S. Jones, 79, of New Holland, passed away on Monday, August 12, 2013 at the Lancaster General Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Denver "Bill"  Jones with whom she shared 59 years of marriage. Born in Martins Corner, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Ida Rissle Givler. Mabel was an area resident all her...

Mae Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor

Mae Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor, 89, of Coatesville, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2011, at Hickory House in Honey Brook. She was the wife of John F. Taylor Jr. for over 68 years. Born in Parkesburg she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Lydia Gehring Fox.

She was a 1941 graduate of Scott High School,...

Lynne M. Whitely

Lynne M. Whitely, 41, of West Chester, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2010 surrounded by her family and in the embrace of her beloved mother. She passed away at "Brian's House", where she had resided for the past 23 years.

Born in West Chester on Friday, May 24, 1968, she was the beloved daughter of Emily...

Luke Ryan "Rex" Bowden

Luke Ryan "Rex" Bowden, infant son of Richard K. and Rhonda Bernard Bowden of East Fallowfield, passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at the Chester County Hospital of West Chester.

He will be missed by his maternal grandparents, H. Ron and Ellen Bernard of East Fallowfield, his paternal grandmother Helen Bowden, wife of the late Walter,...

Lydia Mccoury Davidson

Lydia McCoury Davidson, of Glenmoore and formerly of Upper Oxford Township, Chester County, died on Friday, April 27, 2012, four days after her 93rd birthday, at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community, Honey Brook, Pennsylvania.  Born on April 23, 1919, in Burnsville, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Raphal Malcom and Annalize Webb McCoury.

Mrs. Davidson attended...

Lyle E. Gillespie, Sr.

Lyle E. Gillespie, Sr., 76, of Parkesburg, died on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community. He was the beloved husband of Thelma Hall Gillespie with whom he shared 54 years of marriage. Born in Christiana, he was the son of the late Lyle G. and Marguerite Thompson Gillespie. Lyle was an area resident all his life...

Lucille S. Hoskins

Lucille S. Hoskins, 80, of Coatesville, passed away at the Coatesville VA Hospice Unit on Saturday, September 10, 2011. Born in Bainbridge Island, Washington, she was the daughter of the late Gunnar and Ingeborg Strand Hanson. She proudly served in the US Navy during the Korean War. Lucille lived in the area for over 57 years. She was employed...

Lucy E. Farris Berkeihiser

Lucy E. Farris Berkeihiser, 82, of Gap, died at her home on Sunday, December 15, 2013. She was the widow of H. Kenneth Berkeihiser who passed away in February. They shared 58 years of marriage. Born in Ridley Park, she was the daughter of the late Henry E. and Rosalie McCustion Farris. Lucy was an area resident most of her...