Obituaries

David A. Crothers

David A. Crothers, 35, of West Caln, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Shannon Crothers with whom he shared 15 wonderful years together. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of Donald D. Dodds and Linda L. Crothers of Modena. Dave was an area resident all his life. He...

Charles J. (Rudy) Rudewick

Charles J. (Rudy) Rudewick, 65, of Parkesburg died on February 18, 2011 at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester of complications from cancer. Born in Freeland, PA, he was the son of the late John R. Rudewick and Evelyn Yankowski Rudewick.  He was the husband to Jane N. Lepp Rudewick, with whom he shared 25 years of marriage. Charles worked...

Charles L. (Derry) Baker

Charles L. (Derry) Baker, 87, of Coatesville, passed away on November 1, 2011.  He was a resident of Harrison Senior Living.  He was born in 1923 in Coatesville to the late John and Marjorie Echoff Baker.

He is survived by his three daughters, Charlotte (Timothy) Mascuilli, Donna (Vince) Gulli, Terry (Edward) Simpson, six grandchildren, Dana (Ed) Trimbur, Melissa...

Claire B. Williams

Claire B. Williams, 82, of Coatesville, passed away at the Pocopson Home on Saturday, August 31, 2013. She was the beloved wife of Kenneth S. Williams with whom she shared 51 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Ruth Bricker Benge. Claire was a 1948 graduate of the former Scott High School....

Barbara Harnish Christie

Barbara Harnish Christie, 83, of Parkersburg WV, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at her residence. She was the wife of the late Samuel Owen Christie Sr. who died in 2001.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late George Maurice and Gladys Burke Detterline Harnish.

She was a...

Bertha C. Triplett

Bertha C. Lawrence Triplett, 88, of Downingtown, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2010 at the Chester Valley Nursing Home in Malvern.  She was the widow Franklin Lawrence and James Triplett.

Born on June 18, 1922 in Ash County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Mary Jane Hamm Taylor and Andrew Taylor.

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Bethene Truman Valente

Bethene Truman Valente, 80, of Coatesville, passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the Heatherwood Retirement Community of Honey Brook. She was the widow of the late Joseph James Valente, who passed away in 2004 after they had shared 57 years of marriage together.

Born in Elk City, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late...

Betty J. Thompson

Betty J. Thompson, 81, formerly of Coatesville, died on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at the Pocopson Home. She was the widow of the late James R. Thompson who died in 2008. Born in Parkesburg, Betty was the daughter of the late Roy Lammey and Kathryn Wolfe.

Betty was an area resident all her life. She was employed...

Bonnie L. Mcwilliams

Bonnie L. McWilliams, 68, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, December 29th, 2013 under the care of the Neighborhood Hospice Center of West Chester. She was the widow of the late Richard McWilliams. Born in Coatesville, Bonnie was the daughter of the late Dorothy Hamer and George Mendenhall. She is survived by her three siblings: Paul G. Mendenhall of Lady...

Albert J. Hensel

Albert J. Hensel, 83, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2010 at the Harrison Senior Living Center. He was the beloved husband of Ruth M. Kochel Hensel, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage.

Born in Thorndale, he was the son of John A. Hensel and Alice Daller Hensel. An area resident his entire...

Anita D. Jones

Anita D. Jones, 50, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the Neighborhood Hospice Unit in West Chester. She was the beloved wife of Arland D. Jones with whom she shared 29 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Leonard Woodward of Coatesville and Louise Miller Smith of Parkesburg and stepdaughter to Ann...

Arnetta C. Flowers

Arnetta C. Flowers, 52, of Parkesburg, passed away on Sunday, October 17, 2010 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the wife of Gilbert E. Flowers, Jr.

Born on Tuesday, March 11, 1958 in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Joann Brown Cooper of Parkesburg and the late Charles Cooper.

She served honorably with the U.S....