Obituaries

Constance J. "Connie" Brackin

Constance J. "Connie" Brackin, 70, of Fairmount Homes Retirement Community, Ephrata passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at the Fairmount Health Care center. She was the beloved wife of William H. Brackin with whom she shared 35 years of marriage. Born in Pomeroy, Pa. she was the daughter of the late Malcolm R. and Elizabeth Leike Mulvaney....

Cyndi Taylor

Cyndi L. Taylor, 49, of Coatesville, passed away on Saturday, June 11.

Born in West Chester, she was the beloved daughter of Charles E. and Shirley Evans Barnes of Coatesville. She graduated from CASH in 1979.  Cyndi was employed by the Brandywine Hospital as an Operator at the Switch Board. She is survived, by three daughters, Teresa Phillips...

Daniel Drag

Daniel Drag, 80, of Atglen, passed away at his home on Monday, March 11, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Priscilla Germano Drag, with whom he shared 45 years of marriage. Born in Frackville, PA, he was the son of the late Peter and Sophia Chobey Drag.

Dan proudly served in the US Army during the...

Carol J. Mckim

Carol J. McKim, 66, of Pomeroy, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at the Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia.  She was the beloved wife of Bryan H. McKim, with whom she shared 45 years of marriage.

Born in Clarksville, Ark., Carol was the daughter of the late James F. and Wanda J. (Morelock) Baskin.  An area resident for...

Bettie B. Weaver

Bettie B. Weaver, 82, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, August 12, 2013 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community.  She was the widow of Donald Weaver, who passed away this year after they shared 64 years of marriage together. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Lila and James H. Brown.  She was 1949 graduate...

Ada G. Clark

Ada G. Clark, 92, died on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the Pleasant acres Nursing Home in York, PA. Born in Salisbury Twp, Lancaster Co., she was the daughter of the late John and Agnes London. She was the last of thirteen siblings.

Ada retired from the former Embreeville State Hospital after many years of service. Many...

Adalyne F. Woodward

Adalyne F. Woodward, 97, formerly of Parkesburg, died on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at the Tel-Hai Retirement Community. She was the wife of the late John Y. Woodward who died in 2002. Born in Highland Township, she was the daughter of the late Jefferis W. and Sarah Elizabeth Collins Freeman. An area resident all her life, she was a...

Adele C. Flamminio, "Babci"

Adele C. Flamminio, "Babci", 81, of Coatesville, died on Thursday August 5, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the widow of the late Ralph P. Flamminio who died in 1986. Born on November 29, 1928 in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Henrietta and Joseph Grabowski. Adele was employed at the Coatesville Record as a proof...

Alexander R. Diller

Alexander R. Diller, infant son of Richard J. and Elizabeth T. Ward Diller of Lancaster, died at birth on Friday, February 4, 2011 at the Lancaster General Women and Babies Hospital.

He is survived, in addition to his parents, by one brother Ivan S. Diller, maternal grandparents Mary and Joseph Ward of Atglen and paternal grandparents Richard...

Audra M. Aston

Audra M. Aston, 41, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at the Crozer-Chester Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Eric D. Aston. Born in Bryn Mawr, she was the daughter of The odore B. and Judy M. Hodges Melrath of Millsboro, DE.

An area resident all her life, Audra was a...

Florence H. Scheid

Florence H. Scheid, 84, of Honey Brook, passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Hickory House Nursing Home of Honey Brook. She was the widow of Elwood Scheid who died in 2000. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Fred and Bessie Powell Hamill.

Florence was employed as a seamstress for Penn Dutch of New...

A. "Mim" Wright

A. "Mim" Wright, 89, formerly of Westwood, passed away on Friday, April 26 at the Harrison Senior Living Center of Christiana.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Anna Coffrath Sellers.  An area resident her entire life, she was employed at the former A & P of Downingtown. She is survived by her three beloved...

Evelyn M. Harmon

Evelyn M. Harmon, 101, of Kennett Square, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 1, 2013 at the Pocopson Home, West Chester, PA. She was the widow of the late Arron Harmon. Born in Nottingham, PA on December 23, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Georgiana Thomas Jones.

She is survived by one brother...

Angela C. Schaffer

Angela C. Schaffer, 41, of Chester Springs, passed away on Wednesday August 5, 2009 at the Chester County Hospital. Born in Richardson, Texas, she was the daughter of James and Barbara Darnell Morris of Plano, Texas.

Angela is survived, in addition to her parents, by two sons; Christopher "C.J." Schaffer and William "Liam" Schaffer, both of Chester...

Elizabeth Nyisztor Yeoman

Elizabeth Nyisztor Yeoman, 77, of Atglen, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, June 6, 2009.  She was the beloved wife of Donald George Yeoman, with whom she shared 59 years of marriage.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on December 8, 1931, she was the daughter of Mary Szucs Nyisztor of Bethlehem, PA and the late George...

Alma V. (Scott) Sherman

Alma V. (Scott) Sherman, 74, of Atglen, passed away on January 19th, 2013 at her home.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Clinton W. and Fern (Whitmore) Scott. Alma was a great wife and mother, who devoted her life to taking care of her family. Alma is survived by her husband of 38 years,...

Amos U. Stoltzfus, Jr.

Amos U. Stoltzfus, Jr., 90, formerly of Parkesburg, ascended on January 20, 2012 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. He was the husband of Edna E. Stoltzfus for 59 years, who preceded him in death on December 23, 2007.

Born in Ronks, Amos was the son of the late Amos U. and Fanny Stoltzfus. He and Edna owned and operated...

Amos W. Yoder

Amos W. Yoder, 89, formerly of Gap, PA, entered into eternal rest September 4, 2010 at Landis Homes

He was one of the original church planters of the Parkesburg Mennonite Church where he was ordained deacon in 1950 at the age of 29. He later served as pastor.

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Adonis Rafael Rodriguez

Adonis Rafael Rodriguez, 39, of Parkesburg passed away on Monday, March 10, 2014 at his home. Born in Puerto Rico, he was the son of Jose R. Rodriguez and Margarita Taliercio Mejias. He attended the J&J Institute of Philadelphia. He is also survived by his brother, Nia Rodriguez (Raquel Torres) and sister Adoris Zoe Rodriguez (Juan Lopez); his grandparents, Mercedes...

Arthur J. Donarski, Sr.

Arthur J. Donarski, Sr., 88, of Coatesville, formerly of Florida, passed away on Friday, December 12, 2008 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Catherine Rupp Donarski, with whom he shared sixty-four and a half years of marriage.

Born in Chicago, ILL, he was the son of the late Joseph and Martha Claybor Donarski....