Obituaries

Ernest L. Boyes

Ernest L. Boyes, Sr., 57, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, February 27, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Elaine Martin Boyes, with whom he would have shared 38 years of marriage this June.

Born in the former Belgian Congo in Africa, he was the son of Herbert and Marjorie Stern Boyes. An...

C. William "Mac" Mccarty

C. Wi lliam "Mac" McCarty died unexpectedly on May 29, 2009. He was 76 years old. The only child of William M. McCarty and Margaret "Peg" Alexander, he was born and raised in Parkesburg. After graduation, he joined the Navy and served aboard the USS Kearsarge (CVA-33), Port of San Diego where he met Frances Salazar. They were married...

Bonnie Ann Charsha

Bonnie Ann Charsha, 62, of Christiana, passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Joseph G. Charsha, with whom she shared 37 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Paul R. and Ella Elizabeth Conover Sherman. Bonnie was a member of the...

Dorothy E. Wharton

Dorothy E. Wharton, 78, of Narvon, passed away on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at her home. She was the widow of the late George Wharton, Sr..

Born in Chester County, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Bertha Shannon.

She is survived by her eight children: George Jr. of Blue Ball, Gary, husband...

Alisa Ann Thompson Whittington

Alisa Ann Thompson Whittington, 45, of East Norriton, Pa, passed away suddenly Thursday, July 28th, 2011 at the Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. She was the wife of Sheldon D. Whittington with whom she shared 5 years of marriage.  Alisa was born on July 15, 1966 in Coatesville Pa, to Robert W. and Shirley A. Oaks Thompson of Chester Springs,...

Florence E. Vandyke

Florence E. VanDyke, 75, of Honey Brook, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Pocopson Home. She was beloved wife of Stanley H. Moody, with whom she shared 30 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Helen May Mullen Reath.

An area resident all her life, Florence...

Freda E. Crawford - London

Freda E. Crawford - London, 85, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, October 4th, 2012 at the Brandywine Hall of West Chester.  She was the widow of the late Chester A. London, with whom she shared 55 years of marriage.

Born in Gum Tree, she was the daughter of the late George and Marie Crawford. She is survived...

Emma M. Scott Tracey

Emma M. Scott Tracey, 86, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Kendal Barclay Friends Nursing Home of West Chester.  She was the widow of the late Edward John Tracey, Sr. who passed away in 2010 after they had shared 67 years of marriage.

Born in Pomeroy, Chester County on Friday, January 1,...

Emily L. "Em" Mcclay

Emily L. "Em" McClay, 90, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 at her home.  She was the widow of the late Joseph McClay, with whom she shared 43 years of marriage.

Born in Chatham, Emily was the daughter of the late Anna and William Strode.  She was a parishioner of the Our Lady of Consolation...

Eugene Pavelik

Eugene Pavelik, 74, of Coatesville, PA passed away October 3, 2012 at the Neighborhood Health Hospice Services, West Chester, PA after a two year battle of esophageal cancer.

Born in Coatesville, Gene was the son of the late Adam Pavelik and the late Gretna Kurtz Pavelik Wartluft.  He was married to Anne Gardiner Pavelik who died February 11,...

Betty Jane (Ash) Pyle

Betty Jane (Ash) Pyle, 87, of Wagontown, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2012 at her home, surrounded by her family.  She was the beloved wife of Clair A. Pyle of Wagontown, with whom she shared 59 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville on March 17, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Mary Ash Franklin and Ira G....

Barbara Ann Lowrey

Barbara Ann Lowrey, 67, of Gap, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the Ephrata Community Hospital. She was the former wife of William H. Lowrey, Jr. Born in Atlantic City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William and Marion Buffington Rowan.

Barbara was employed by Schramms of West Chester as a switch board...

Elmer "Frit" Leamy Jr.

Elmer "Frit" Leamy Jr., 82 of Pomeroy, died on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Frit was the husband of Dorothy McWilliams Leamy, with whom he had celebrated 62 years of marriage.

Born in Pomeroy, he was the son of the late Elmer and Miranda Nunemaker Leamy. He served honorably in...

Fred P. Parcells

Fred P. Parcells, 83 of Wallace Township, Chester County, passed away at his home on Monday, November 30, 2009. He was the husband of Marie E. Campbell Parcells with whom he shared 50 years of marriage. Born in Norwood, PA he was the son of the late Fred P. and Edna A. Vollmer Parcells.

An area resident...

Donald O. Lamar

Donald O. LaMar, 72, of East Earl, formerly of Westwood, passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Norma Jean Collins LaMar, with whom he shared 37 years of marriage.

Born in Westwood, he was the son of the late Mary A. Guersky LaMar and Robert B. LaMar....

Gary Robert "Gutsy" Rutledge, Sr.

Eugene M. Hall, Sr.

Eugene M. Hall, Sr., 83, of Ephrata, died on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at his son's home in Denver. Born in Christiana, PA he was the son of the late William and Laura Harris Hall. Mr. Hall proudly served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was employed by Car Quest as a driver. He is survived by...

Dorothy M. Proudfoot

Dorothy M. Proudfoot, 93, of Columbia, formerly of Gordonville, Strasburg and Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, October 2.

She was the widow of Elwood Proudfoot who passed away in 1999 after they had shared 60 years of marriage. Born in Pomeroy, she was the daughter of the late Amos and Verna Paltnay Ammon. She is survived by her...

Edna M. Thompson

Edna M. Thompson, 78, of Shirleysburg, PA, formerly of Downingtown, passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at the Woodland Retirement Community in Orbisonia, PA. She was the widow of the late Edward I. Thompson, Sr. who died in 2006. Born in Millersville, she was the daughter of the late Elmer H. and Mary Herr Esworthy.

Edna...

Emma H. Thompson

Emma H.  Thompson, (Sagner Foraker), 91, resident of the Harrison Senior Living of Christiana, passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2010.

She was the daughter of the late Ada F. Griffin Carr and George Carr. Emma is survived by her four children: Doris E. Gouge, wife of Vernon, of Gum Tree, James H. Sagner, husband of Gail, of...