Obituaries

Jan 13, 2022

Jacqueline Nguyen, 84, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at her home.  She was the beloved wife of Lieng V. Nguyen, with whom she shared 64 years of marriage.

Born in Yen Bai, Vietnam, Jacqueline was the daughter of the late Ti Thi Tran and An Xuan Bui.  She completed her education in Hanoi,...

Jan 12, 2022

Blanche E. Young, 83, of East Fallowfield, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. She was the wife of the late Morey T. Young who passed in 2010. Born in Downingtown, she was the daughter of the late Harry R. and Sara E. Butler Perkins.

Blanche worked as an executive secretary for Chemical...

Jan 12, 2022

William Cochran Townsend, 93, of Parkesburg, formerly of Cochranville, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at the Chester County Hospital in West Chester, PA. He was the beloved husband of Hazel Mellinger Townsend with whom he shared 68 years of marriage. Born in West Grove, PA, he was the son of the late Willis Townsend and Bertha Hershour...

Jan 11, 2022

Milton Jones Searles, 78, of East Fallowfield, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, in Paoli, PA.

Milton was born February 5, 1943 in Ercildoun, Pennsylvania to parents Hubert Searles and Lucy Jones Searles and raised alongside older brother Hubert (Bradley).

Milton was above all else a loving family man and loyal friend. During...

Jan 11, 2022

Jonathan K. Moore, 38, of East Fallowfield, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at the Chester County Hospital in West Chester, PA.  He was the beloved husband of Branda L. Roney Moore with whom he shared 10 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of Keith and Patricia K. Somma Moore of Oxford.

Jan 9, 2022

Kenneth Gary Wetzel, 83, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at the Chester County Hospital in West Chester, PA. He was the beloved husband of Diane Riddell Wetzel with whom he shared 61 years of marriage. Born in Shippensburg, PA, he was the son of the late Kenneth G. Wetzel and N. Mildred Newcomer Wetzel.

Jan 5, 2022

John N. Thompson, Jr., 53 of Cochranville, passed away on January 5, 2022 under the care of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.  He was the beloved husband of Rhonda L. (Thomas) Thompson, with whom he shared nearly 30 years of marriage.

Born in Jennersville, PA, John was the son of the late John N. Thompson, Sr and Lois...

Jan 5, 2022

Regina Susan “Sue” Pugh 66 of New Holland and previously of Gap passed away at her home peacefully on Wednesday January 5, 2022. She was the wife of Ron Pugh with whom she shared over 48 years of marriage. Born September 14, 1955 she was the daughter of the late George O. and Doris E. Seal Taylor.

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Jan 5, 2022

Norman Westley Semple, 65, of Coatesville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, in West Chester.  Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Foster Leroy and Mary Cox Semple.

Norman worked for over thirty years as a driver for Entenmann's Baking Company, retiring about ten years ago. Norman was a huge Philly...

Jan 5, 2022

Harry David McNally, Jr, 90, formerly of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at the Hickory House Nursing Home in Honey Brook. He was the husband of the late Dorothy Ramsay McNally who died in 2007. They shared 51 years of marriage together. Born in Parkesburg, PA, he was the son of the late Harry David McNally,...

Jan 4, 2022

Thomas Joseph Wardell “Tommy” “Shuggs” “Wadd” November 8th, 1966 -- January 4th, 2022

Thomas Joseph Wardell, 55, of West Grove, passed away on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 under the care of Chester County Hospital.  He was the beloved husband of Sharon “Sherry” Wardell, with whom he shared 40 years of life together and 33...

Jan 4, 2022

Fred Wilson Ham, 95, of West Grove, PA went to be with the Lord on January 4, 2022 surrounded by his loving family at home. He was the husband of Norma Jean “Sue” Ham with whom he shared 68 years of marriage. Born to the late Forester “Foster” Ham and Virginia “Jenny” Miller in Lansing, Ashe County, North Carolina,...

Jan 3, 2022

William Scott Benekam, Sr., 93, of Atglen, PA, passed away at his home on Monday, January 3, 2022. He was the husband of the late Emma "Peg" Griest Benekam who died in 2015. They shared 66 years of marriage together. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late William Benekam and Emma Taggart Scott Benekam.

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Jan 3, 2022

John Martin Good, 88, entered into eternal life on January 3, 2022, in Athens, Georgia. Born on January 18, 1933, in Coatesville, PA he was the middle son to the late Elwood Martin and Mary Margaret (Beyer) Good. He served in the US Army Drum and Bugle Corp in the Korean War for two years with an honorable discharge....

Jan 2, 2022

Joseph Michael Klejnowski, 69, of Christiana, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at his home. Born in Taylor, PA, he was the son of the late Edward Klejnowski and Margaret Romanko Klejnowski.

He was employed as a Senior Technician in Wiring and Maintenance.

Joe was a private, quiet man, loving his family with...

Jan 1, 2022

Morgan C. "Jake" Reed, 83, of Birdsboro, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 1, 2022 at the Reading Hospital. Born in Altoona, PA, he was the son of the late Sherman E. Fredericks and Myra Meals Fredericks.

Jake was employed for 25 years by the Transwall Corporation of West Chester, PA as a steel fabricator retiring in...

Jan 1, 2022

Edward George Elvin, Sr., 79, of Cross Fork, PA, formerly of Mortonville, PA, passed away at his home on Saturday, January 1, 2022. He was the husband of the late Judy Mae Foster Elvin who died in 2014. They shared 54 years of marriage together. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late E. Howard Elvin and...

Dec 31, 2021

Sgt. David G. Bicking ("Bick") of Gap passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021. He was the husband of the late, Nguyen Thi Kien "Kim" Bicking who passed in 2019. They shared 55 years of marriage and he is now reunited with the love of his life in Heaven.

Born in Coatesville, David was the son of...

Dec 30, 2021

Gloria Jean (Baxter) Kulinich, 78, of East Caln, passed away on Thursday, December 30th, 2021 at her son's home, surrounded by her loved ones.

Born at her childhood home in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Alice (Haines) and Jacob Baxter.  Gloria was a graduate of Scott High School in Coatesville.  She worked at Pactiv...

Dec 29, 2021

Joan L. (Ferron) Scheetz, 76, of Parkesburg, PA and Ocean City, NJ passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. She was surrounded by all of her family.

She was the wife of Carroll W. Scheetz Jr. with whom she shared 57+ years of marriage.

Born in Valley...