Obituary Archive

Ruth E. Alexander, 97, of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Pocopson Home. She was the widow of the late Amos Alexander who died in 1984. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Emma Gregg Sagner. 

Ruth was a County resident all her life. She was employed by the US Postal Service and had worked at the Pomeroy and Wagontown Post Offices...

Ruth Mae Empie Harshbarger, 84, of Mt. Joy, passed away on Sunday, April 5th, 2015 at her home, surrounded by her family.  

Ruth was the eldest of six children born to the late J. Carl and Kathleen T. Empie, May 22, 1930 in Carney's Point, N.J.  She graduated from West Chester State Teachers College in 1952, focusing on music education.  She has spent most of her life in the area of...

Ruth E. Lamborn, 49, of West Grove, PA, passed away on Monday, November 24, 2008 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital.  Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of Barbara Semple Reece of West Grove and the late Scott Lamborn Sr. 

Ruth graduated from Avon Grove High School in 1977.  She was a Methodist by faith. 

She is survived, in addition to her mother, by two children:...

Ruth Elaine Oman Peraria, 80, of Coatesville, formerly of Philadelphia, passed away at Newport Meadows on April 10, 2020.  She was the widow of the late Raymond S. Peraria who passed away in 1998.  Ruth was born in Philadelphia, was the daughter of the late Ereck Henry and Freda (Koehl) Oman.  

Ruth graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Philadelphia in 1957.  She was a secretary...

Ruth Henderson Mowday, 87, of Westwood, wife of Raymond C. Mowday, passed away on July 14, 2014 at the Harrison Senior Living in Christiana.  They celebrated 67 years of marriage in June.

Born in Coatesville, she was the youngest daughter of Eva B. and Robert Henderson and lived in the Coatesville area all her life.  She graduated in 1944 from Scott Senior High School.  She was a member...

Ruth J. Kellum, 78, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at the Brandywine Hall Nursing Home in West Chester, PA. Born in Chatham, PA, she was the daughter of the late James A. Wilkerson and Mary Fountain Wilkerson.

Ruth was a County resident all her life. She was employed at the Coatesville Hospital and later at the Brandywine Hospital for over 50 years as a dietician....

Ruth Janet Miller, 96, a lifelong resident of Parkesburg, arrived home in Heaven on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the Phoenixville Hospital. Born in Parkesburg, she was the daughter of Chester E. Miller, former President of Parkesburg's First Farmer's Bank and Mildred Russell Miller of Stottsville and owners of the Russell Mill. She was also the granddaughter of H.C. Miller, a Parkesburg music...

Ruth K. Wertz, 84, of Coatesville, passed away on Sunday, November 2, 2014 at the Brandywine Hospital.  She was the widow of the late Ernest W. Wertz, Sr., with whom she shared 57 years of marriage.  

Born in East Fallowfield, Ruth was the daughter of the late Bessie (Springer) and Harry A. Patton.  She was an area resident her entire life.   

Ruth was an active, lifelong member...

Ruth M. Hensel, 92, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020, at the Hickory House Nursing Home after her long battle with severe dementia and recent complications from Covid-19. She was the widow of Albert J. Hensel and the daughter of Leroy and Sarah Moffit Kochel.

A Downingtown and Coatesville area resident her entire life, Ruth obtained her cosmetology license after...

Ruth R. Wilson, 98, of West Chester, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022, in west Chester.  Born in Gum Tree, Highland Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late J. Frank and Della Emerson Wilson.

Ruth graduated from Scott High School, Coatesville, in 1941, and a graduated of the Chester County School of Nursing in West Chester.  She retired from the Chester County Hospital as a...

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