Obituaries

Aug 19, 2018

Delores Mary Furlong, 67, of Gap, passed away on Saturday, August 19th at Brandywine Hospital.  She was the beloved wife of Marvin Thomas Furlong Sr, with whom she shared 48 years and 11 months of marriage.

Born in Lebanon, Pa., Delores was the daughter of the late Ernestine and Richard Kreiser.

Delores was a resident...

Aug 17, 2018

Diane Jean Boozer, 65, of Quarryville, passed away at her home on Friday, August 17, 2018. Born in Paradise, PA, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Ruth Shultz Gaul.

Diane was an area resident all her life. She attended the Pequea Valley High School. She was a wonderful, kindhearted, loving and caring person. She...

Aug 15, 2018

Anna Mae Wingler, 87, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at the home of her daughter in Modena. She was the widow of the late Frank Wingler, Sr. who died in 2006. they shared 56 years of marriage together. Born in Anawalt, West Virgina, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mattie Belle Elmore...

Aug 14, 2018

Elinor K. Pierce, 98, of Atglen, passed away at Harrison Senior Living in Christiana on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. She was the wife of the late Earle Pierce. Born in the village of Embreeville, Chester County, she was the daughter of the late John P. and Mayme Clouse Weaver.

Elinor was an area resident all her life...

Aug 2, 2018

Dorothy B. Robinson, 88, of Coatesville, Pa., passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018, surrounded by her family.  She was the widow of A. Douglas Robinson, with whom she shared 40 years of marriage at the time of his death in 1990.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Sara B. (Gatley) and Horace...

Aug 1, 2018

Dorothy Supplee Shumate, age 89, of Garden Spot Village, New Holland and formerly of Coatesville, PA, passed away peacefully on August 1, 2018.  Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Warren A. and Isabella Supplee.  She was the wife of the late Alvin D. Shumate, with whom she celebrated 48 years of marriage in 1996.

Aug 1, 2018

Arnold L. Alexander, 77, of Cochranville, passed away after a lengthy illness on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 surrounded by family.  He shared 58 years of marriage to Maryalice Hall Alexander, who passed away in June.

Born in West Grove, he was the son of Maurice W. Alexander, Sr. and Reba F. Gill Alexander of Cochranville.  He was...

Jul 28, 2018

Barry Lee Nierhaus, 73, of Pottstown, passed away on Saturday, July 28th at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.  He was the beloved husband of Deborah (Landis) Nierhaus with whom he shared 27 years of marriage.

Born in Allentown, Barry was the son of the late Oliver and Lillian Nierhaus.  He was a 1963 graduate of Emmaus...

Jul 4, 2018

Darlene E. Elrod, 61, of Coatesville, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the daughter of Jacqueline A. Kurtz-Steffe and the late William R. Steffe of Coatesville and the beloved wife of the late Rick Elrod of Ohio.

Darlene was born on December 12, 1956 and raised...

Jul 2, 2018

Bryan Scott Reid Sr. of Honey Brook was born on October 11, 1959 and grew up in Gap, PA. Bryan was a hardworking man and a jack of all trades. He worked at “The General Crushed Stone” (Hanson) in Downingtown for about 20 years. After that he started his own business towing. He did that for several years but...

Jun 24, 2018

Edith W. Armstrong, 93. of West Grove, PA, died on Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the Twin Pines Nursing Home in Chatham, PA after a brief illness.

Born in McDowell, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Clement G. and Mary Emma Wilson Armstrong.  She graduated from West Fallowfield High School in 1942. She was formally...

Jun 20, 2018

Barbara Lynn Pinkerton Berkowitz, 72, of Berwyn, passed away on June 20, 2018 at the Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse in Philadelphia.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Paul E. and Winifred Moore Pinkerton.  She graduated from Pequea Valley High School in 1964 and got her Masters in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College...

Jun 17, 2018

Elizabeth Jean "Betty" George, 84, of Gap, PA, passed away at the Lancaster General Hospital on Sunday, June 17, 2018.  She was the loving wife of Moses John George with whom she shared 64 years of marriage.  Born in Osceola Mills, PA, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Elizabeth Arnold Flick.

She was a...

Jun 16, 2018

Carol A. Walker, 74, of Oxford, passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Robert Walker with whom she shared 37 years of marriage. Born in Mountain City, TN, she was the daughter of the late Edward Gilbert and Marie Arnold Berry.

Carol was a County resident...

Jun 15, 2018

Edgar Duncan, Jr, 50, of Elverson, passed away on Friday, June 15, 2018 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester, PA.  Born in Coatesville, he was the son of Edgar Duncan Sr. of West Chester and the late Zella Irene Burke Duncan.

An area resident all his life, he was employed as a house painter.  He...

Jun 13, 2018

Charles Edward Allen III, 53, of Philadelphia passed away on Wednesday June 13, 2018 at the Aria Torresdale Hospital. He was the son of Christine Carol (Borucki) Allen and the late Charles Edward Allen who passed in 2004.

Charles was a 1982 graduate of North Catholic High School and went on to pursue an Associate’s Degree in...

Jun 7, 2018

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Cynthia Nace Barnes, of Cochranville, PA, passed away in the early hours of June 7, 2018, at her home of 43 years after a short illness.  She was the wife of Elwood Eugene Barnes for almost 54 years.

Born in Baltimore, MD on August 30, 1940, she...

Jun 4, 2018

Ernest “Ed” Mize, 80, of Cochranville passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Deborah Mize with whom he shared 33 years of marriage. Born in Smyth County, Virginia he was the son of the late Milton Mize and Lessie Townsend.

Ed was a graduate of Scott Senior High...

Jun 4, 2018

Gabrielle Wallace, 57, of Honey Brook, passed away on Monday, June 4th at her home.

She was the beloved wife of Charles "Skip" Wallace, with whom she shared six years of marriage.

Born in Abington, Pa., she was the daughter of Donald Mentzer of Southampton, Pa. and the late Trina Koch.

She was...

Jun 2, 2018

Anna Simpson Tyson, 89, of Milton, DE, formerly of Coatesville, died on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Delaware Hospice Center of Milford, DE.  She was the beloved wife of the late Harold L. Tyson, who passed away in 2017 after they shared 66 years of marriage.

Born in Coatesville, she was daughter of the late Anna E....