Obituaries

Larry A. Sellers

Larry A. Sellers, 57, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital.  He was the beloved husband of Cindy Witte Sellers, with whom he shared 20 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, Larry was the son of Doris McCore Sellers of Pomeroy and the late Edwin L. Sellers. An area resident his entire life, he...

Lorraine G. Phillips

Lorraine G. Phillips, 76, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, January, 4, 2011 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the wife of Harvey L. Phillips with whom she shared 55 years of marriage. Born in Birdsboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Ruth Marks. An area resident most her life, she attended the Central Baptist...

Joshua Lee Wilson

Joshua Lee Wilson, 37, of Gum Tree, Cochranville, died on March 12, 2014 in Coatesville. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Cynthia Wilson Heilner and he was raised by grandparents Norris E. Wilson and the late Eva Kay Wilson. Joshua was an area resident all his life and a 1995 graduate of Octorara High School. He was employed...

Lista M. Smith

Lista M. Smith, 95, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Tel Hai Nursing Home, where she had lived for four years. She was the widow of Clinton L. Smith, who passed away in 1980.

Born in Altoona, PA she was the daughter of the late Maud Amos Miller and Jacob Miller. She was a...

Laura H. Brackin

Laura H. Brackin, 92, of Coatesville, died on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Pocopson Home. She was the widow of the late Marvin B. Brackin. Born in West Brandywine, Chester County, she was the daughter of the late D.O. Hitner and Anulette Trumbower Hocker. Laura was a 1939 graduate of the Coatesville High School. She was an active member...

Lori A. Gill Xagas

Lori A. Gill Xagas, 47, of Mt. Laurel, NJ, was called to eternal comfort and perfect peace on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 while at Samaritan Hospice of Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey.

Lori was born July 18, 1962 at Coatesville Hospital, Pennsylvania. She was the beautiful daughter of Theodore L. and Donna G. Acker Gill...

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...

Louise M. Williams

Louise M. Williams, 62, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the wife of Clyde R. Ferguson and her first husband the late Ted Williams.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Moore and Bertha Taylor Moore Campbell. Louise was employed in the Housekeeping Dept....

Joyce I. Becker

Joyce I. Becker, 67, of Cochranville, passed away at her home on Sunday, April 7, 2013. She was the wife of the late Norman L. Becker who died in 1986. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Kathleen Paul Barkley.

Joyce was a life long resident of Cochranville and a 1963...

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...

Marietta M. Bard

Marietta M. Bard, 51, of Honey Brook, passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Geisinger Medical Center of Danville.

She was the daughter of Melvin and Ruth (Hunter) Hinkle. She was the beloved mother of Becky Bard of Coatesville, Angel Fancher, wife of David, of Coatesville, Crystal Bard of Honey Brook, Heather Scott of Honey Brook...

Joseph O. Maxwell

J oseph O. Maxwell, 90, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, June 28, 2010 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community of Honey Brook.  He was the widower of the late Gertrude Maxwell and the late Hazel Maxwell.

Born on Wednesday, June 2, 1920 in Coatesville, Pa., he was the son of the late Florence Stoner Maxwell...

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...

Joseph B. Hawk

Joseph B. Hawk, Jr., 76, of the Brandywine Hall in Caln Twp., Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2010 at his residence.

Born in Parkesburg, he was the son of the late Bessie Russell Hawk and Joseph B. Hawk, Sr. An area resident his entire life, he was a 1953 graduate of the Scott High School....

Lester R. Pugh

Lester R. Pugh, 72, of Coatesville, died on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester. He was the husband of the late Sally Smith Pugh. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Earl and Mary Rhoades Pugh. Lester was employed for 33 years by the Lukens Steel Co. in Coatesville retiring...

Marie E. Burton

Marie E. Burton, 87, formerly of Thorndale, passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at the Hickory House Nursing Home of Honey Brook.  She was the widow of the late William J. Burton, who passed away in 1974.

Born in Honey Brook, she was the daughter of the late Frank R. and Susan Supplee Gibson.  An area...

Joseph J. Ciaccia

Joseph J. Ciaccia, 92, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Harrison Senior Living of Coatesville. He was the beloved husband of Violet A. Laurento Ciaccia with whom he shared 67 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was an area resident all his life. Mr. Ciaccia was a decorated WWII Veteran who proudly served in the...

Karl Killian

Karl Killian, 51, of Honey Brook, died on Sunday, May 19, 2013 as the result of an auto accident. Born in Ephrata, he was the son of the late Harry and Anna P. Lewis Killian.

He is survived by one son Karl Killian, Jr. of Reading, three grandchildren, one brother Rodney Killian of Narvon and girlfriend Sonia Eaches....

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,...

Mary B. Stratton

Mary B. Stratton, 83, of Atglen, passed away at her home on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. She was the widow of the late Joseph P. Stratton, with whom she shared 49 years of marriage.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Mary Walsh Duffy.  Mary graduated from the West Catholic High...