Obituaries

Jul 10, 2018

Joan L. Petroskie, 67, of Parkesburg, passed away at her home on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 surrounded by her family. Born in Shamokin, PA she was the daughter of the late John and Edna Gilligbauer Petroskie.

Joan was an area resident most of her life and a 1969 graduate of the Coatesville Area High School. She was...

Jul 5, 2018

Joyce Olson Leike, 85, of Parkesburg, passed away on Thursday, July 5th, 2018 at Neighborhood Health Hospice.  She was the widow of the late Albert T. Leike, Jr.

Born in Kane, Pa., Joyce was the daughter of the late Edith (Simpkins) and Charles Olson.  An area resident from 1964 to 1998, she returned in 2018 after living...

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 3, 2018

William H. Roth, Jr., 70, of Coatesville, died on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at the Lancaster General Hospital. He was the husband of Patricia Sagner Roth and his late wife, Jacqueline A. Roth who died in 2003. Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late William H. and Betty Charsha Roth.

Bill was a...

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...

Jul 2, 2018

Helen Jeanne Wolfe, 89, of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, July 2, 2018 at her home. She was the widow of Leon S. Wolfe who died in 2015. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Elizabeth Borden Miller.

Helen was a life long resident of Coatesville and a 1946 graduate of the...

Jun 30, 2018

Rose Marie Wertz, 80, of West Caln, passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2018 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester. She was the widow of Jacob E. Wertz who died in 1997. Born in White Hall, MD she was the daughter of the late William and Esther May Laird Slaymaker.

She is survived by two...

Jun 28, 2018

Phyllis D. Gordon, 84, passed away on June 28, 2018 at the LifeCare Hospital in West Chester, PA.  She was the wife of the late Nelson Gordon, who passed away after they had shared 10 years of marriage.

Phyllis was an area resident most of her life.  She was born in Coatesville, PA,  the daughter of the...

Jun 27, 2018

James E. Rice, 70, of Pomeroy, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Ellen Leamy Rice with whom he shared 45 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Charles and Norma J. Millard Rice. Jim was an area resident all his life. He...

Jun 27, 2018

Maryalice Hall Alexander, 76, of Cochranville passed away after a lengthy illness on Wednesday June, 27, 2018 surrounded by family.  She shared 58 years of marriage to Arnold L. Alexander, who now resides at Twin Pines Health Care Center in West Grove.  Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Harry S. and Gladys G, Schroder Hall of Parkesburg....

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 21, 2018

Thomas L. Sagner, Sr., 91, of West Chester, passed away on June 21, 2018 at the Neighborhood Hospice of West Chester.  He joined his late wife, Ruth V. Sagner who passed away in 2014, after 66 years of marriage.

Born in West Natmeal Township in Chester County, he was the son of Rebecca Leslie and Chester Sagner. ...

Jun 20, 2018

Thomas J. "Tom" Savage, Sr., 65, of Christiana, PA, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester. He was the beloved husband of Ann Gaizauskas Savage with whom he shared 44 years of marriage. Born in Ridley Park, PA, he was the son of Wilbur H. and...

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 18, 2018

John R. Ford, 77, of Parkesburg, passed away on June 18, 2018, at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester.  He was the loving husband of Gloria Spengler Ford with whom he was married for 57 years.

Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Henrietta Ella Reynolds and Ralph Ford.  An area resident, he...

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 15, 2018

Hazel Willmott Propst, 100 years old, of East Fallowfield, passed away on Friday, June 15th at her granddaughter's home.  She was the widow of the late Howard L. Willmott Sr, with whom she shared 41 years of marriage, and the late Forrest Propst, with whom she shared 13 years of marriage.

Born in Chester County, Hazel was...

Jun 13, 2018

Sarah Anna Jurasinski, 22, of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, June 13th in Atglen.  She was the beloved daughter of Mimi Jurasinski of Parkesburg and David Jurasinski of Norwich, NY.

Born in West Chester, Sarah was a 2015 Octorara High School graduate and she was currently enrolled at West Chester University.

Sarah was active with...