John Allan LeVay, Jr., 85, Richmond, Virginia, died peacefully surrounded by loved ones, after a long illness on January 10, 2013 at the Windsor Senior Living Nursing Home. John is survived by his wife, Alice Darhanian LeVay; his brother, James LeVay, and sister-in-law, Caroline LeVay; daughters, Anne Webb and Elizabeth Ashworth; grandsons, Patrick Kane and John Webb; and granddaughters Grace Ashworth and Ting Ashworth; and a host of other relatives and friends. John’s first wife, Joanne Anderson LeVay, preceded John in death in September 1990 and granddaughter Hannah Ashworth preceded John in death in January 1998. John was born on January 13, 1927 in the city of Annapolis, Md to Esther Evelyn LeVay and John Allan LeVay, Sr. He lived in Annapolis with his mother, father and younger brother, surrounded by aunts and uncles, until he entered the U.S. Army in 1944 (just shy of his 18th birthday). John served in the Philippines until the end of the war and returned to the U.S. to attend (more than one) college on the GI Bill. After stints at the University of Denver and University of Texas, he landed at the American University in Washington D.C. During his time at AU, he liked to think of himself as a socialist—taking on professors in class discussions—but also showed a great interest and talent for drama. He worked for the University’s radio station where he met his first wife, Joanne. The two married in 1952 in Philadelphia – and with the encouragement of his father-in-law, Robert “Doc” Anderson, John attended Temple Law School, receiving his degree in 1959. John and Joanne had two children, Anne and Elizabeth, in 1957 and 1962. John began his career with the department of Housing and Urban Development upon graduating from law school. He had a life-long interest in city planning, and one of his first HUD projects involved working on the gentrification of the Society Hill section of Philadelphia.John’s interests were varied. He loved the Boston Red Sox, the Redskins and reading the newspaper cover to cover. He was an actor at heart and performed in local theater productions in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia-including leads in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Waiting for Godot, The Lady is Not for Burning and The Innocents. John became an avid tennis player in the early thirties and served on the board of the Germantown Cricket Club. He was a USTA sanctioned umpire and remained active in the tennis world when he and his family relocated to Richmond, Virginia in 1970. Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, John and Joanne managed or participated in a number of Virginia State, MALTA and USTA tennis tournaments. John was a long-time member of the Westwood Club. After the death of his first wife, John was blessed with meeting and falling in love with Alice Darhanian. Alice and John met at Westwood and immediately clicked. The two shared the same sense of humor, an interest for traveling and a love for tennis. They were beloved grandparents. Throughout their marriage, John suffered several setbacks with his health and Alice was a patient and loving caretaker. In 2009 he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and was in and out of home care, hospitals, rehabilitation centers and ultimately the Windsor. John’s family would like to thank all of the many aides, nurses, social workers and doctors who gave him such good care over these many years. He spent time at St. Mary’s Hospital, Glen Burnie Rehabilitation Center, West Port Nursing Center, and the Windsor, as well as under the loving care of Horizons’ Hospice. We send particular love and gratitude to Jayne A. Christian, who was able to bring the brightest of light into the darkest of places while she cared for dad.

Joann S. Berger (nee Steel), on January 7, 2013 of E. Norriton Township, PA (formerly of Chestnut Hill). Beloved wife of the late Richard S. Berger, aunt and godmother of Meredith S. Marando-Blanck (Stephen), great aunt of Robert L. Blanck, Amanda C. Marando-Blanck and Stephanie M. Marando-Blanck, and her brother-in-law, Robert F. Blanck. Joann, in addition to her late husband, was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Violet Steel, and her sister, Barbara S. Blanck. Funeral services were held January 11, at Christ’s Lutheran Church, 700 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Oreland, PA 19075. Interment was private. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 7300 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119, or to the Red Cross, 2221 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Arrangements by Kirk & Nice, Inc., www.kirkandnicefuneralhomes.com

Ann W. Spaeth

by Walter Fox

Ann Ward Spaeth, 78, of Chestnut Hill, one of the founders and first president of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society and a longtime community activist and volunteer, died Jan. 11 of cancer at Chestnut Hill Hospital.

Mrs. Spaeth’s four-plus decades of community involvement began with a letter to the Chestnut Hill Local. Publication of the letter resulted in the formation of the Committee for the Preservation of Historic Buildings in Chestnut Hill, a group whose efforts saved the VFW Building at 8217 Germantown Ave. from destruction.

She continued her preservation advocacy, becoming a founder of the historical society and its first president.

For her efforts in historic preservation and for her long service in a variety of positions with the Chestnut Hill Community Association, including its Bylaws Committee, she was given the CHCA’s Chestnut Hill Award in 2009.

Mrs. Spaeth also was one of the founders of the Chestnut Hill Residents Association.

Raised in Pontiac, Mich., she attended Brookside and Kingswood Schools in Bloomfield Hills and graduated from Smith College.

After her marriage to George L. Spaeth, who was then a medical student in Boston, the couple lived in a home on the beach in Clifton, near Marblehead, Mass. They moved to Chestnut Hill in 1960 where they raised three children.

Gentle and opposed to violence in every form, she was courageously outspoken and was arrested twice for her insistence on supporting those whom she believed were being treated unjustly.

Shirley Hanson, membership chairman of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, who had been active in the 1966 campaign to save the VFW Building, said Mrs. Spaeth played a critical role in that effort and was instrumental in raising $4,000 in 48 hours to halt demolition.

“She was 1,000 percent committed and was single-minded in getting the result she felt was important,” Hanson said.

Janine Dwyer, of Chestnut Hill, who had worked with Mrs. Spaeth in the community association, said she “always leaned to what was best for people and the environment rather than the corporate nature of things.”

“She always did it quietly and continuously, and she got results,” Dwyer said. ”She once had a vigil for a tree, and the tree is still standing.”

Ron Recko, a former president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association, said that of all Mrs. Spaeth’s qualities “her passion for the community was unparalleled.”

“In any issue relating to the quality of life in the community, you could always count on Ann to support the residents,” he said.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Spaeth is survived by sons George and Eric; a daughter, Kristin Lea Browley; three grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.

A memorial gathering was held Jan. 20 at the Germantown Friends Meeting. Memorial donations may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association of America, 900 19th Street, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006.

Milton Bugay, 92, a jeweler and pianist, who for 45 years, along with his wife, operated a jewelry store in Chestnut Hill founded by his father, died Dec. 31 of congestive heart failure at his home in Chestnut Hill.

Mr. Bugay and his wife, the late Margaret Bugay, managed Bugay’s Jewelers, at 8638 Germantown Ave., from 1958 until 2003, when the Bugay’s children took over the store’s operation. The business was started by Mr. Bugay’s father, Samuel, a watchmaker, in the late 1920s.

In addition to managing the jewelry store, Mr. Bugay had a successful career as a pianist who played at supper and night clubs throughout the Philadelphia and southern New Jersey areas. For a time, he recorded music on his own label.

During the 1970s, he played at clubs and restaurants in Montgomery and Bucks counties and taught a music course at Montgomery County Community College. Even at the age of 86 he continued to perform regularly, and at 90 was taking requests from patients while playing a grand piano in the lobby of a rehabilitation center where he was recuperating from a bout of edema.

According to his daughter Rosalind, Mr. Bugay prided himself on his knowledge of classical and popular music and continued to play Bach every day until a few weeks before his death.

Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from Germantown High School and attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania until enlisting in the Coast Guard during World War II. As a musician, he was kept stateside and performed with bands at military hospitals and bases.

While stationed at Curtis Bay in Maryland he attended the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and stayed on after his discharge to complete his Preparatory Certificate. He then enrolled at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, but returned to Philadelphia after his mother’s death in 1946 and re-enrolled in the Wharton School. With only three years left on his GI Bill, he persuaded the university to allow him to pursue a bachelor’s degree along with a master’s degree in music.

Mr. Bugay met his future wife, Margaret Dalton, while he was performing at a dinner club in Center City Philadelphia. He helped her to start a hair cosmetics business that became successful in the Middle Atlantic States. He wrote marketing commercials for late-night TV shows, and his wife, a model, would demonstrate the products.

In addition to his daughter, Mr. Bugay is survived by sons Samuel and Arthur, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held Jan. 2 at Goldstein’s Rosenberg’s Raphael-Sacks funeral home, with interment in Montefiore Cemetery. – WF

Elizabeth Y. Gentieu, 91, a retired teacher and librarian and a former president of Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion museum, died Nov. 25 of brain cancer at the home of a daughter in Germantown.

Mrs. Gentieu retired in 1986 as librarian at the Conwell Middle School in Kensington after a long career as a high school English teacher in Philadelphia and suburban schools. After starting her teaching career in Lewes, Del., she went on to teach at Yeadon High School and John Bartram High School.

Interrupting her career to raise a family, she returned to teaching English at Cheltenham High School and then at her alma mater, Olney High School. In the 1980s she received a master’s degree in library science from Rutgers University.

As president of Maxwell Mansion, Mrs. Gentieu was instrumental in saving the building from the wrecking ball. Using her organizational skills and gathering a supportive group of friends and neighbors, she helped to make the site the successful house museum it is today.

She started “Dickens Christmas,” a fundraising December open house at the mansion featuring readings from the works of Charles Dickens. For her leadership, she was awarded the museum’s Maxwell Award in l990.

During the 1930s and 1940s she was a member of the Young People’s Interracial Fellowship Project organized by the Society of Friends and was part of a “Tolerance Trio,” consisting of one white Protestant, one black Protestant and one Jewish member, that would address various groups in an attempt to dispel rumors and prejudice rampant at the time in Philadelphia.

Born in what is now the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia to parents who were immigrants from Galicia in Poland, she attended Olney High School and won a full scholarship to Temple University, where she met her future husband, the late Norman Gentieu. The couple in 1951 purchased a 100-year-old Victorian twin in Germantown where Mrs. Gentieu lived until her death.

She also served as president of the Lingelbach Home and School Association while her children were students there.

A music lover and an avid traveler, both with her children and in her later years, she crisscrossed the globe, visiting South America, China, Russia and most of Western Europe.

She is survived by daughters Mary Meloscia, of Germantown, and Eve Gentieu, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; a son, Peter Gentieu, of Alexandria, Va., and seven grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 817 N. 7th St., in Philadelphia. Memorial donations may be made to St. Stephen Cathedral, 8598 Verree Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19119. – WF

Peter Richard Lord Sexton, Hope, ME, died December 8, 2012 at home in Hope after a brief illness. Born in Philadelphia, PA on January 30, 1942, he was the son of Richard H.L. and Joan F.N. (Blake) Sexton. He was a graduate of Chestnut Hill Academy and the University of Pennsylvania where he received a degree in architecture. In 1963, Peter married Esther Emlen Page and they settled in Philadelphia where Peter worked for the architecture firm of Hatfield, Martin and White. He was part of the team that designed the state-of-the-art reptile house at the Philadelphia Zoo. He later worked for Benjamin Martin Associates. In 1973 he moved with his family to Camden, ME where he started Maine Technical Industries, Inc. with his life-long friend Sam Tibbetts. He and his wife later owned Coastal Data, Inc. He was a life-long inventor, uniquely creative thinker, raconteur, serious car enthusiast and a true gentleman. Peter’s memberships included the Megunticook Golf Club, Camden Yacht Club, Rittenhouse Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cricket Club, and Wissahicken Skating Club of Philadelphia. He served on the Planning Board for the Town of Hope; was a trustee of The Community School in Camden and Mid-Coast Mental Health. He was also a member of several non-profit organizations in Philadelphia. Peter is survived by his wife of 49 years, Esther Page Sexton; his sister Felicity Bowditch and her husband, Jim of Camden, ME; daughters Elizabeth Klebe and her husband, Kurt of Falmouth, ME; Catherine Sexton and her husband, Jeffrey Walker of Falmouth, ME; Mary Unruh and her husband, Chuck of Carlisle, PA; eight grandchildren: Ben and Nate Klebe, Sam, Tom and Will Walker, Sarah, Emily and Anna Unruh; sister-in-law Cary Page of Takoma Park, MD; brother-in-law, Shippen Page and his wife Anne St. Goar of Cambridge, MA; AFS son Douglas Graham and his family of New York City; several cousins and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service was held on January 5, 2013 in Camden. The family suggests memorial contributions in Peter’s memory be made to The Community School of Camden, 79 Washington Street, Camden, ME 04843 or Kno-Wal-Lin Home Health Care and Hospice, 169 Pleasant Street, Rockland, ME 04841. Condolences and memories may be shared with the Sexton family at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com.

Arrangements are with the Long Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 9 Mountain Street, Camden, ME

Theodore Craig Wright, 85, a longtime teacher and coach at Chestnut Hill Academy and a financial planner, died Dec. 8 at Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley in Germantown He had suffered a disabling stroke in 2001.

Mr. Wright had worked at Chestnut Hill for 26 years, serving as French teacher, foreign language department chair, college counseling director, and coach of football, varsity baseball, squash and basketball.

At Chestnut Hill he received the Landreth and the Athletic Director’s awards and a trustee fellowship, was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame and named an honorary alumnus.

Earlier he had taught at George School, St. Georges School in Rhode Island and the Peddie School in New Jersey.

In 1983 he changed careers and became a certified financial planner, working for Lincoln Investment Planning in Jenkintown. He received many President’s Club awards and was named to the company hall of fame for his productivity. He retired in 2001 after the stroke.

A native of Trenton, he was a graduate of the George School and received a bachelor’s degree in French from Haverford College and a master’s degree in French from Yale University.

He served in the Army from 1951 to 1953 in Germany, where he was a coordinator of military and civilian educational programs.

For many years Mr. Wright was active onstage at Stagecrafters and Playcrafters community theaters, and was in faculty shows at CHA.

He is survived by a son, Chris; daughters Suzanne, Elizabeth Craig and Stephanie Denson; two grandchildren; a brother; his former wife, Nancy Wright, and his companion of many years, Judith Brndjar.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. April 6 at Haverford Friends Meeting, 855 Buck Lane, Haverford. – WF

Jean M. Curtis, 88, of Chestnut Hill, an administrative assistant for many years in the Philadelphia courts and probation department, died of respiratory failure Jan. 4 at St. Joseph’s Villa in Flourtown, where she had been a patient for three weeks.

A longtime resident of Mt. Airy, Mrs. Curtis, along with her husband, the late William Johnson Curtis, had helped to establish the Mt. Airy Chargers, a 95-pound football team that competed in the Pop Warner League. In 1965 – its first year – the team placed third in the city championships.

She also led a Cub Scout troop in her home.

Mrs. Curtis’ husband, who died in 1975, was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a pioneering group of black Army pilots during World War II.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Mrs. Curtis was an avid swimmer and won several championships in that city. She also was a photographic and runway model as a young woman.

She graduated from Peabody High School in Pittsburgh and attended Temple University.

She is survived sons Curtis and William, and four grandchildren.

A graveside service was held Jan. 12 at Ivy Hill Cemetery. – WF

Carol (Blagden) Allen, 84, a long time resident of Worcester, PA passed away, January 23, 2013. She was the wife of the late R.W.P. Allen III, to whom she was married to for over 44 years. Born March 28 , 1928 in Chestnut Hill, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Douglass Silliman Blagden and Carolyn Valentine Blagden. Mrs. Allen grew up in Blue Bell and lived in Worcester for 56 years. She was a life member of the Center Square Volunteer Fire Company and Mrs. Allen and her mother were the first and second women fire fighters to be members of the fire company. They joined the department during World War II and also served as civil defense ambulance drivers. Mrs. Allen worked at Wings Field in her youth, assisted her husband in several businesses, raised her family and in recent years ran a family gift shop. She is survived by her children, Carol Valentine Allen, R.W.P.(Pete) Allen IV, Richard Stockton Allen, her daughter in law Vicki L. Allen and five grandchildren; all of Worcester. Mrs. Allen requested friends and visitors wear bright and colorful clothing to her celebration of life. Service at 11:00 AM on Friday, February 1, 2013 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Bethlehem Pike and Camp Hill Road, Whitemarsh. Friends and visitors are invited to meet the family from 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM at the church. Interment will be in the adjoining church cemetery. Contributions may be made in her memory to the Center Square Fire Company, 1298 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422 or the Worcester Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 1, Worcester, PA 19490.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.rlwilliamsfuneralhome.com

Warren W. “Barney” Cunningham, 90, an architect and a founding partner of the firm Geddes, Brecher, Qualls and Cunningham, died Jan 24 at his home in Wyndmoor.

Mr. Cunningham’s Center City firm had designed many buildings in the area, including the Philadelphia Police Administration Building, best known as “the Roundhouse” because of its circular design, the Franklin Institute’s Futures Center and the Moore Building at the University of Pennsylvania.

The firm also designed the campus of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Mr. Cunningham retired as a partner in 1994 but continued to work for the firm until it closed in 2006.

He received the American Institute of Architect’s John Frederick Harbeson Award in 1996, an award given annually to a member for significant lifetime contributions to the architectural profession.

Born in Philadelphia, he was a graduate of Germantown Academy and earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as a Navy pilot in the Pacific theater during World War II and continued to serve in the Naval Reserve for 20 years.

He is survived by daughters Diana Lynn Berndt, Robin Weir and Darcy Connor; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Mr. Cunningham’s wife, the former Jo Ann Jones, died in 1991.

A memorial service is being planned. – WF

Lea Lorenzon (nee Cantono), age 98, on February 1, 2013 of Spring House Estates formerly of Wyndmoor. Wife of the late Albert “Dels” A. Lorenzon. Survived by her son Ronald C. (Barbara) and her daughter Janet M.; 4 grandchildren, Phillip Lorenzon, Daniel Lorenzon, Jason Brown, Kelly Brown; and 4 great grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at the Wayside Chapel at Whitemarsh Memorial Park, 1169 Limekiln Pike, Ambler, PA 19002, Friday, Feb. 8th at 9:30AM. Funeral Service 10:30AM. Interment Whitemarsh Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 480 Norristown Rd., Suite 150, Blue Bell, PA 19422 or online at www.cancer.org.

Dennis J. “Dink” McClafferty, of Chestnut Hill, passed away on February 17, 2013, beloved son of the late Dennis and Rose (nee. Murrin) McClafferty and dear brother of Daniel P. (Shirley), Charles E. (Teresa) and Barry P. (Mary Beth) and also survived by 5 nieces and nephews and many grandnieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his beloved brother Joseph D. on Nov. 22, 2012. He attended Cardinal Dougherty High School. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Mass on Thursday, February 21st at 11 AM at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 Chestnut Hill Ave., Phila., PA. 19118 where the family will receive friends Thursday morning from 10 to 11 AM before Mass. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cem. For those desiring, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Dennis’ name to St. Genevieve School, 1237 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown, PA. 19031, or Abington Hospice at Warminster, 225 Newtown Rd, Warminster, PA. 18974, would be preferred.

Arrangements are by Simcox-McIlvaine Funeral Home in Lansdale.

Armin C. Frank, Jr. died Saturday, February 16th, 2013. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Armin attended Yale University and Harvard Business School. He served as an officer in the Navy in World War II and the Korean War rising to the rank of Lt. Commander. Over a long and successful business career, Armin was an executive with General Electric Corporation, Heil Corporation, founder and CEO of Anchor Darling Industries, a leading manufacturing company in the Nuclear Power industry, and Chairman of Metal Edge International, a manufacturing company in North Wales, PA in which he remained active. His varied interests – he was an avid skier, sailor, pilot and dog-man, having participated as a Retriever Field Trial judge and owner/handler of a National Field Trial Champion black Labrador. Most recently, he served on the Board of Directors of The Hill at Whitemarsh, where he was a founding member. Armin was most proud of his accomplishments while serving on the Board of Trustees of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and was honored to be a Trustee Emeritus. In a marriage lasting almost 70 years, he is survived by his beloved Susie, 3 children, 8 grandchildren and one great – grandchild. Throughout Armin’s long life he remained a man of honor, for whom freedom came with responsibility, who so loved his family, and gave generously of his intellect, compassion and resources to friends, employees, and those within his communities in Philadelphia, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Florida. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 3 PM at St. Thomas’ Church, Ft. Washington, PA.

In lieu of flowers, his family requests that donations be made to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Jennifer Haviland Barker, 57, of Flourtown, a real estate agent who was the owner of Springfield Abstract, a real estate title company in Flourtown, died of lung cancer Feb. 10, at Keystone House in Wyndmoor.

Ms. Barker had worked for several real estate agencies in the area and a real estate title firm before starting her own company in 2005.

Born in Long Valley, N.J., she was raised by foster parents in Collegeville after her mother died when she was 2 years old. She was a graduate of the Parkway High School in Philadelphia.

Ms. Barker was a talented artist with a flair for decoration, but turned enthusiastically to oils in 2007. She attended numerous art workshops throughout the United States, the Bahamas, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Ms. Barker’s marriage to Henry Friedburger ended in a divorce.

She is survived by brothers David and Michael.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Plymouth Meeting Friends Meetinghouse, 2150 Bethlehem Pike, Plymouth Meeting.

Donations for a bench dedicated in her memory that will be placed along the banks of the Wissahickon Creek, where she liked to walk, can be sent to the Jennifer Barker Bench Fund, c/o David Barker, 3330 Wiehle St., Philadelphia, PA 19099 . – WF

Robin Hathaway Keisman, 79, formerly of Germantown, an award-winning mystery author who began writing novels in her 50s, died Feb. 16 of cancer at the home of a daughter in Reston, Va. She had been living in Brewerytown at the time of her death.

Mrs. Keisman, who used her maiden name as her pen name, began to write in the 1980s – after some prodding by her husband – and turned out three novels in three years. When her work was rejected by publishers, she entered a mystery-writing contest sponsored by St. Martin’s Press. Nine months later she learned that her first novel, “The Doctor Digs a Grave” had won the Malice Domestic Award for best traditional mystery.

Along with the award came an agreement to publish the novel and a $10,000 advance.

One year later, the novel won an “Agatha,” the mystery writer’s equivalent of an Oscar, from Malice Domestic.

Although her novels never made the best-seller lists, they had a steady sale and can be found in libraries around the world. The protagonist of her first series of books was Dr. Andrew Fenimore, a cardiologist modeled on her husband.

The author of eight mystery novels, she was a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.

Born in Germantown, Mrs. Keisman graduated from Germantown Friends School and received a bachelor’s degree in English from Smith College.

She had worked as a volunteer tour guide at Stenton, a historic home in Germantown. She and her husband also lived in New York.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Robert Keisman; daughters Anne K. Cissel and Julie K. Miller; a brother, and three grandchildren.

Services are being planned. – WF

Elizabeth (Betty Jane) Slater Webster, age 84, of The Hill at Whitemarsh, formerly of Ambler, on February 24, 2013. Her husband of 64 years, Henry Coleman Webster, Sr. predeceased her. She is survived by their four children, Elizabeth Webster Purvis of Ruxton, MD. ; Edward Slater Webster of Wyndmoor; Jane Webster Gray of Plymouth Meeting and Henry Coleman Webster, Jr. of Savannah, Georgia; along with 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Her sister, Louise Slater Mann of Memphis, TN also survives her. A private graveside service will be held at a later date at St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh. Contributions in her memory can be made to St. Thomas’ Church Capital Campaign Fund, P.O. Box 247, Ft. Washington, PA 19034.

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Mark Denny McAuliffe, age 44, beloved son of Robert D. and Lydia E., loving brother to Ingrid and Kirsten and brother-in-law George Raleigh, adoring uncle to Carter and Jackson Raleigh, and beloved companion to Dr. (Ms.) Zuhal Ergonul. He died on February 17, 2013, after a long and courageous battle with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, a genetic lung disorder. Mark, born in Philadelphia, lived in Boston and New York City and loved to spend time in Chatham, Cape Cod. He attended Skidmore College and Rutgers University, and was Information Technology Director of Paul Stuart in New York and Chicago. He founded YoMaven.com, an Information Technology service. A Funeral Mass was held on February 23, at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19118. Interment was private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Mark’s memory to the Alpha-1 Foundation (alphaone.org), 2937 SW 27th Ave., Suite 302, Miami, FL 33133.

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Lenore Guest MacLeish, February 24, 2013 (b. Dec 1 1929), peacefully at her beloved retirement community of Cathedral Village, Andorra, after a long illness that she fought with courage, humor and remarkable grace. Survived by four loving children, Henry, Nell, Martha and Caroline Platt; their spouses (Claire Lehrman, Richard Neff, Marlis Kraft, Peter Gelpi); and twelve wonderful grandchildren and step-grandchildren. Religious service and celebration of Lenore MacLeish’s life at Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church of Cathedral Road, Andorra (Ridge Ave.), Friday March 22, at 2 p.m. Ashes will be interred privately at Saint Mary’s Andorra, and in summer 2013, at her beloved childhood island of Jamestown RI. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Houston Fund, Cathedral Village, 600 E. Cathedral Road, Philadelphia 19128. Mom, we love you more than we can say, and will be proud of you forever.

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Peter Marcolina, 83, formerly of Laverock, a retired vice president of First Pennsylvania Bank, died Feb. 27 at his home, Fox Hill Farm, in Glen Mills.

Mr. Marcolina retired in 1990 after 43 years of service to the bank. During his time at First Pennsylvania, he had served in many areas of the bank, including 10 years as a branch manager and the last 14 years as head of the Commercial Loan Recover Division.

He was born in Poffabro, Italy, and came to the United States with his parents at the age of 7 months. Raised in Chestnut Hill, he graduated from Germantown High School, where he won awards in football. He received a bachelor’s degree from Drexel University and completed graduate studies at Temple University.

Mr. Macolina served in the Army’s 3rd Armored Division during the Korean War and attended Officers Candidate School at Fort Bliss, Texas. He also had served as a member of the National Honor Guard, 3rd Infantry Regiment, in Washington, D.C., in 1951.

He was elected treasurer of the Chestnut Hill Development Group in 1973 and also served as president of the Venetian Corporation.

He was a member of the American Institute of Banking, Robert Morris Associates, Cross Keys National Fraternity, American Legion and Knights of Columbus.

He is survived by a daughter, Debra Cerruti; a son, Robert; a sister, Lillian Collini, and five grandchildren. Mr. Marcolina’s wife, the former Mary Jane Savage, died in December.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 8, at Seven Dolors Church, 1200 E. Willow Grove Ave., in Wyndmoor. Relatives and friends may call from 8 to 10 a.m.at Jacob F. Ruth Funeral Directors, 8413 Germantown Ave., In Chestnut Hill. Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Wyncote. – WF

Virginia Louise “Ginny” McDonald, 68, of Chestnut Hill, one of the first two Air Force women selected as White House social aides, died of cancer Feb. 6 at the Falls Center Hospice in East Falls.

While stationed at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland in the 1970s, Ms. McDonald served at the White House during the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

She entered the Air Force a year after graduating from Cabrini College in 1966 and served for 11 years on active duty and nine years in the Air Force Reserve, retiring in 1987 as a lieutenant colonel.

She retired in 2004 from the Philadelphia Division of Aviation at Philadelphia International Airport, where she had worked for 25 years.

She was a member of Skål, an international association of travel and tourism professionals.

Ms. McDonald was a graduate of St. Athanasius Parish School and Cardinal Dougherty High School.

She was a member of the Daughters of the British Empire and had volunteered at Monkey Business, a consignment shop formerly operated by Chestnut Hill Hospital.

She is survived by a twin sister, Nancy Mason; a sister, Denise Oliphant, and a brother Patrick McDonald, of Chestnut Hill.

Funeral services were held Feb. 11 at Our Mother of Consolation Church in Chestnut Hill with interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Joseph’s Villa, 110 Wissahickon Ave., Flourtown, PA 19031, or the Women’s (Military) Memorial Foundation, Dept. 560, Washington, DC 20042. – WF