Obituaries

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...

Florence H. Osborn Draper

Florence H. "Aunt Baby" Osborn Draper, 69, of Coatesville, entered into rest at the Brandywine Hospital on Saturday, November 5, 2011, after a long illness. Florence was the wife of Donald B. Jordan Sr. with whom she shared 46 years of marriage. She was the daughter of the late Allen B. and Edith Laird Osborn and was born in...

Evelyn E. Weaver

Evelyn E. Weaver, 79, of West Chester, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community, where she had resided since 2007.  She was the widow of the late Joseph Edward Weaver, who passed away in 1984.

Born in Media, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Dorothy Herr Edwards and Harry Edwards....

Evelyn M. Gable

Evelyn Margaret Gable, of Honey Brook, passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of Wilbert H. "Webb" Gable with whom she shared 63 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late William R. and Mary Burkholder Barker. Evelyn was an...

Evan S. Pringle

Evan S. Pringle, 15, of West Caln, died on Sunday, July 3, 2011 as the result of injuries from an auto accident. Born in Coatesville, he was the beloved son of Laura Warren Pringle of Honey Brook and Sean C. Pringle of Coatesville and stepson of Ann Pringle. Evan had just completed his freshmen year at Coatesville Area High...

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...

Eugene P. Brown

Eugene P. Brown, 76, of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2009 at the Coatesville V.A. Hospice Center. He was the beloved husband of Mae Crawford Brown, with whom he shared over 40 years of friendship and marriage.

Born in Coatesville, Eugene was the son of the late Wilbur and Matilda Gray Brown. He was a...

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,...

Ethel "Linda" Zell John

Ethel, "Linda" Zell John, 92, wife of L. Kirk John, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community.  She and her husband had lived in the Coatesville area since their marriage in 1946. Mrs. John was the daughter of George and Rebekah Zell of Kennett Square.  She was a graduate of Kennett Consolidated School, class of...

Felix Ernest South, Jr.

Felix Ernest South, Jr., 78 of Nottingham went to his Heavenly home to be with his loving wife, on August 22, 2012. He was the husband of the late Mary E. South who died in 2009. Born in Tamarack, NC, he was the son of the late Felix E. and Sarah E. Potter South.

Formerly of Toughkenamon,...

Ferree C. Grossman, Jr.

Ferree C. Grossman, Jr., 91, formerly of Christiana, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2010 at the Masonic Villages in Elizabethtown. He was the husband of the late Mary Jane Summers Grossman who died in 1983. Born in Parkesburg, he was the son of the late Ferree C. and Mary Paxon Grossman. An area resident most of his life,...

Florence A. Hammond

Florence A. Hammond, 98, of Harrison Senior Living of Christiana, formally of Parkesburg, went home to be with her Lord on September 8, 2009. Born in Lancaster County she was the daughter of late Harry and Josephine White and was the youngest of 11 children.

She was the wife of the late Herbert Hammond.

Florence...

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...

Ethel F. Neff

Ethel F. Neff, 83, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester. She was the widow of the late Melvin F. Neff, Sr., who passed away in 1975.

Born on December 27, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Sanford B. Mowday and Ethel Leslie Mowday.

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Emmett Joseph Barlow

Emmett Joseph Barlow, infant son of Matthew D. and Valerie A. Wallace Barlow, died on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where he was born on November 4, 2012.

He will be sadly missed also by his maternal grandparents Edward J. and Carol Wallace of Coatesville and paternal grandmother Georgette Barlow of Thorndale, paternal...

Erica Marie London

Erica Marie London, 41, of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, October, 2, 2011 at the Essa Flory Hospice Center in Lancaster.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Sheron Bradley and the late Frances M. London.  A 1987 graduate of Coatesville Area High School, she was employed at the Coatesville VA Medical Center as a CNA. She...

Esther May Wettig

Esther May Wettig, 98, of Glenmoore, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2013 at her home. She was the wife of the late George E. Wettig.  Born in Cochranville, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Lena Reynolds Stanley. She is survived by daughter Doris E. Bair of Glenmoore and son George M. Wettig of Willow Street, eight...

Esther R. Speakman

Esther R. Speakman, 89, formerly of Sadsburyville, died on Wednesday, May 18, at Spang Crest Manor, Lebanon, PA.  She was the widow of the late Linton H. Speakman.

Born in Honey Brook she was the daughter of the late Charles G. and Mae Trumbower Welsh. She was a resident of Chester County for 84 years before moving to...

Esther Rita Smith Yeoman

Esther Rita Smith Yeoman, 87, of Downingtown, passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2012 at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the widow of the late Norman C. Yeoman, Jr., who passed away in 2008.

Born in Parkesburg, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Esther Smith.  She was employed at the Bell Telephone Co. for 31...

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...