Obituaries

Kathryn P. Topper

Kathryn P. Topper, 88, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2013 at the Lancaster General Hospital.  She was the widow of the late John J. Topper, who passed away in 1980. Born in Morgantown, Kathryn was the daughter of the late Anna (Loar) and Anthony Petersheim. She was a member of the Friendship United Methodist Church.  She belonged...

Kenneth Isaac "Bud" Ellingsworth, Jr.

Kenneth Isaac "Bud" Ellingsworth, Jr., 82, of Atglen, passed away on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Ada Jacqueline Ellingsworth, with whom he shared 12 years of marriage and his first wife of 47 years the late Clara Howell Ellingsworth who died in 1996.

Born in Doe...

Julie Guillonneau

Julie Guillonneau, 15, of Sadsburyville, passed away suddenly at her home on Thursday, December 22, 2011.  She was the beloved daughter of Veronique (Brochet) and Francois T. Guillonneau; the beloved sister of Jeremy; and the beloved goddaughter of Bill and Colleen Witmer of Frazer.

Julie was in the 9th grade at Coatesville Area High School. Julie loved everyone...

Lois E. Broschard

Lois E. Broschard, 86, of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the Ware Presbyterian Villiage of Oxford.  She was the widow of the late William E. Broschard, who passed away in 1994.

Born on Wednesday, March 12, 1924 in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Ellen LaMar Steen Martin and William Steen....

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....

Joseph Richard Smith

Joseph Richard Smith, 76, of Sadsbury Township, Coatesville, passed away Friday, November 26, 2010 at his home.  He was the beloved husband of Dorothy R. Warden Smith, with whom he shared 53 years of marriage.

Born on Friday, September 14, 1934 in Westwood, he was the son of the late Earl F. Smith Sr. and Ruth A. Thomas...

Leroy L. Cooper, Sr.

Leroy L. Cooper, Sr., 86, of Caln Township, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Coatesville VAMC Hospice Unit. He was the husband of the late Georgia Marie Thompson Cooper who died in 2008. Born in Delta, PA, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Florence Cooper.

Leroy proudly served in the US...

Julia Ann Dickinson

Julia Ann Dickinson, 62, of Seaford, DE, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford.

Born on February 8, 1946 in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Alton Little Crothers and Trula Mae Willis-Crothers-Racz. She was a resident of the Coatesville and Pomeroy Area for 57...

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,...

Margaret O. Houston

Margaret O. Houston, 82, formerly of Atglen, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2009, surrounded by her family at the Hickory House Nursing Home of Honey Brook. She was the widow of the late Paul A. F. Houston.

Born on April 12, 1927 in Newhall, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Walter Dillon and...

Margaret M. "Peg" Long

Margaret M. "Peg" Long, 90, of Glenmoore, passed away at her home on Saturday, November 17, 2012. She was the wife of John Long who died in 1997 and her first husband Earl Miller who died in 1963. Born in Madera, PA she was the daughter of the late Wasco and Mary Russian Moskel.

Peg, formerly of...

Linda A. Wolfe

Linda A. Wolfe, 61, of Parkesburg, died on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Brandywine Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Alan M. Wolfe with whom she shared 34 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Frank and JoAnn Laniewski Ellis.

Linda was an area resident all her life and a...

Marjorie Bithell Cardwell

Marjorie Bithell Cardwell, 85, of Tel Hai Retirement Community, formerly of Parkesburg, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 7, 2013.

She was the widow of Gilbert P. Cardwell who died in 1999 with whom she shared 51 years of marriage. Born in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Esther Zipf...

Lester Davidson

Lester Davidson, 71, carpenter, restoration contractor, construction inspector, artist, genealogist, and preservationist, of Glenmoore and Moorhead Manor, Naples, Florida, died on Friday, October 29, 2010, at the Neighborhood Hospice Center, West Chester.

He was the loving husband of Jane L. S. Davidson (Smoker) to whom he was married at the Lancaster Church of the Brethren on April 1,...

Katherine Ann Coleman

Katherine Ann Coleman (Mommy), 29, of Sadsburyville, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Michele M. Everhart Summers of Honey Brook and the late William H. Coleman and step daughter to Garry Summers of Honey Brook.

Katherine was an area resident all her life. She...

Judith Oliver Thompson

Judith Oliver Thompson, 79, of Avondale, passed away on Friday, March 28, 2014 at Ware Presbyterian Village, Oxford, PA. Born in Hopewell, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Frances Oliver and Ernestine Lutz Oliver. Judy attended the University of Delaware for both her BS and graduate studies. She became an avid horsewoman, learning to fox hunt as an...

Laurence W. Miller, Sr.

Laurence W. Miller, Sr., 86, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2009 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was the widower of the late Elizabeth "Bibs" Cunningham Miller, who passed away in 1991.

Born in Sadsburyville on June 25, 1923, he was the son of the late Emily Beam Miller and Cletus F....

Leota Ann Skiles

Leota Ann Skiles, 68, of Westwood, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, PA. She was the beloved wife of William L. Skiles with whom she shared 49 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Wayne A. and Leota G. Root Smith.

Leota was an area...

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...

Lewis C. Myers, Sr.

Lewis C. Myers, Sr., 89, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2013 at the home of his son Gary. He was the husband of Esther Robert Myers who died in 2002 and his first wife Dorothy L. Sprecher Myers who died in 1992. Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late George A. and...