Obituaries

Feb 15, 2020

Lillian B. Moore, 99, of Honey Brook, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community of honey Brook where she resided. She was the widow of the late Lewis Moore. Born in Thorndale, PA, she was the daughter of the late John W. Bunker and May Slaughter Bunker Logan.

Lillian was...

Feb 14, 2020

Franklin E. Pratt Jr., 85, of Wallingford passed away at Paoli Memorial Hospital on Friday, February 14, 2020. Born in Coatesville he was the son of the late Franklin E. and Doris (Minker) Pratt. He was the beloved husband of Frances Lewis Pratt.

Franklin was a graduate of Coatesville Area Senior High School. Following his graduation, he...

Feb 14, 2020

John F. Schmidt, 80, of Christiana, PA, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of the late Margaret A. Rodgers Schmidt who died in 2009. Born in Chester, PA he was the son of the late John A. Schmidt and Catherine Taylor Schmidt.

John was an area resident most...

Feb 12, 2020

Samuel G. Schroder, 74, of Parkesburg, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the Brandywine Hospital. He was the husband of the late Carolyn Cundiff Schroder, with whom he shared 46 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Henry F. Schroder and Helen Boyle Schroder.

Sam was an area resident...

Feb 9, 2020

George Richard "Rich" Daniels, III, 52, of Elkton, MD, passed away suddenly on February 9, 2020, at Union Hospital in Elkton.  He was the husband of Nichole Hart Daniels. Born in West Chester he was the son of Virginia Catherine "Kitty" Young Daniels and the late George Richard Daniels Jr.

Rich worked as a press operator for...

Feb 9, 2020

Jim Bradley was a humble man who came from humble beginnings. The youngest of Walter and Mattie Bradley’s three children and the only son meant he would take on many different roles even as the baby of the family. With his best friend from Kindergarten, Danny Davidson, Jim learned to hunt at an early age and it was a...

Feb 7, 2020

Melissa Kaye Henley, 51, of Chester, PA, departed this life on the 7th day of February, in the year of our Lord, two thousand and twenty, following a recent illness.  She was the wife of William C. Henley II for over thirty years.  Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of Samuel R. Kauffman and the late Ruth...

Feb 7, 2020

Martha Ann Schmidt, 80, of Kinzers, PA, passed away at Harrisburg UMPC Pinnacle Hospital on Friday, February 7, 2020. She was the beloved wife of the late Jacob Henry Schmidt with whom she shared over 50 years together.

Born in Caln Township she was the daughter of the late Charles McKinley Hughes and Viola Alice Harkin Hughes....

Feb 3, 2020

Andrew C. Turpin, 69, of West Chester, passed away on Monday, February 3, 2020.  Born and raised in Kennett Square, he was the son of the late Theodore H. and Virginia Morris Turpin.

He had a degree in horticulture and was self employed as a land shaper and landscaper for over forty years.  He enjoyed college football...

Jan 31, 2020

Barbara Ann (Simonds) Radcliff, age 86, of Wyomissing and formerly of Downingtown, PA, died on January 31, 2020, at the Highlands of Wyomissing.

Born August 6, 1933, in Rochester, NY, Mrs. Radcliff was the daughter of Walter W. and Lillian (Northrop) Simonds and the wife of the late Richard L. Radcliff, who died April 16, 2015.  She...

Jan 31, 2020

Shirley Ann Fellenbaum, 78, of Atglen, passed away on Friday, January 31st, 2020 at her home with her husband, Gary, of 56 years by her side.

Born in West Chester, Shirley was the daughter of the late Anna J. (Reifsnyder) and Edward Clark Butler.

An area resident of 45 years, Shirley was retired from High...

Jan 31, 2020

Larry L. Clifford, Sr., 63, of Valley Township, passed away at his home on Friday, January 31st while surrounded by his family.  He was the beloved husband of Tonette Jo "Toni" Clifford.

Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late Ethel Star (Guthrie) and George Edward Clifford.

Larry worked as a trucker...

Jan 30, 2020

Dianne "Susie" Louise Rice, 71, of Pomeroy, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at the Paoli Memorial Hospital. She was the beloved wife of James William Rice with whom she shared 22 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Clifford Reeder and June Warden Reeder.

Dianne was an area...

Jan 28, 2020

June Virginia Treat, 93, of West Chester, formerly of Downingtown, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at the Pocopson Home, West Chester, PA. She was the wife of the late James W. Treat who died in 2017. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Gladys Frey Cox and Thomas Williams.

June was an...

Jan 27, 2020

Albert G. Madonna, 95, of Columbia, KY, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020 at his residence. Born in Parkesburg, PA he was the son of the late Dominic and Carmela Laudadio Madonna. Poppie would like all to know that he has gone on to be with Nanny. He's done all he can do here, so God said it's...

Jan 25, 2020

Richard Allen Schweitzer, Jr., 54, of Lewistown, PA passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Born in Reading, he was the son of Thelma Rhodes Hines of Coatesville and the late Richard Allen Schweitzer, Sr.

Richard was an area resident most of his life. He attended the Coatesville Area...

Jan 25, 2020

Marsha Ann McCarty, 67, of Honey Brook, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2020 while under the care of AristaCare at Meadow Springs in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Charles "Chew" McCarty and Alice Nitzenberger McCarty.

Marsha was an area resident most of her life and a 1970 graduate...

Jan 25, 2020

Carol Ann Romanek, 83, of Gap, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, January 25th, 2020 at her home.  She was the widow of Stephen F. Romanek with whom she shared 38 years of marriage. Born in Hamburg, New York, Carol was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Frances Louise (Timm) and Fredrick Herman Sickau.

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Jan 23, 2020

Bettie L. Morroni, 87, of West Chester, passed away at her son's home on Thursday, January 23rd under the care of Penn Medicine Home Hospice, and her loving family

She was the widow of the late John J. Morroni, Sr. who passed away in 2001.

Born in Chester, Bettie was the daughter of the late...

Jan 21, 2020

James C. "JC" Mason, Sr., 72, of Coatesville, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the Coatesville VA Medical Center. He was the beloved husband of Pamela J. Wingler Mason with whom he shared 48 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late William Arnett Mason, Sr. and Bertha Emma Smith Mason. JC...