William Williams Keen Butcher, 97, CEO of the former Philadelphia brokerage firm Butcher & Singer, died May 13 at his home in Chestnut Hill.

Mr. Butcher, who went by W.W. Keen, also had been a former chair of the Committee of Seventy, a public watchdog group that he had been active with for 60 years.

He was a philanthropist and a prominent member of the Republican Party who entertained U.S. presidents at his home. He was twice a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Born in Ardmore, he was a graduate of the Hill School and Williams College. He entered the investment banking field as a “runner” for what was then the firm of Butcher & Sherrerd, which had been co-founded by his father.

During World War II he served as a 2nd lieutenant in Italy and North Africa with the 34th Infantry Division, which was in action for 517 days – the longest of any American division in all wars.

After the war, Mr. Butcher returned to Butcher & Sherrerd, which would become Butcher & Singer, a firm known for its leading role in municipal bond underwriting. He retired in 1984.

Mr. Butcher had been a trustee of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center for 40 years and had been chairman and trustee of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He and his late wife, the former Madeleine Kilvert, had been active in community affairs in Chestnut Hill in the early 1970s and made major donations to the Morris Arboretum and other organizations.

He is survived by sons Williams Keen Butcher, Garrett Dunn Pagon, Somers Keen Butcher, Marshall Watters Pagon and Nicholas Abbott Pagon; daughters Noel Butcher Hanley, Madeleine Pagon Brownell and Alexandra Kilvert French; 22 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at noon Wednesday, May 22, at St. Thomas Church Whitemarsh, 610 Church Rd., Fort Washington. Memorial donations may be made to the Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1528 Walnut St., Suite 610, Philadelphia, PA 19102. – WF

David Bruce Duncan, 68, of Lafayette Hill and Bryn Athyn, an artist and philanthropist , died May 19 of cancer at Chestnut Hill Hospital.

From 1973 to 1997, Mr. Duncan had been a successful fine artist working out of Manhattan, with exhibitions around the United States and in Europe. Since that time he had been an owner with his wife, Deana Pitcairn Duncan, of the Pitcairn Trust Co. and an ex-officio member of the Beneficia Foundation.

Born in St. Louis, he was raised in California and Hawaii, the son of a naval officer. He graduated from Principia College and attended the U.S. Naval Aviation Flight School. During the Vietnam War he was a Navy pilot.

After his military service, he worked in the media department at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency and for Advanced Management Research.

Since 1989 he has served the Philadelphia Museum of Art as ex-officio trustee, as a member of the Major Gifts Campaign Committee, as co-chair of the Associates Program, and as a member of the Fiske Kimball Society as a donor of major works of art.

He also was was a longtime board member and benefactor of Enchantment Theatre Company and served on the auxiliary board of the Pitcairn Trust Company and on the boards of the Abington Art Center, Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia Theater Company, Gas and Electric Arts and Angel Flight East.

He had lectured on fundraising to major arts organizations, including the Salvador Dali Museum in St.Petersburg, Fla., and the Phoenix Opera Company. He was a facilitator and contributing resource to development offices at the Mary Baker Eddy Library, Principia College, Westminster Choir College and many others.

He was a Knight of Grace and a member of the Sovereign Orthodox Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem, the Order of St. Catherine of Mt. Sinai, and the Order of Salvador.

Mr. Duncan is survived by his wife of 25 years.

A memorial service was held May 23 at the Bryn Athyn Cathedral, Bryn Athyn. – WF

Dr. Barbara Ann Torpie, 71, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who had maintained a practice in Wyndmoor for more than a decade, died April 21 at her home in Chestnut Hill.

Dr. Torpie was an active member of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation. A dedicated clinician, she was a faculty member at the former Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute and Society of Pennsylvania Hospital.

Born Barbara Ann Pilik in Philadelphia, she was a graduate of Temple University and Hahnemann Medical College. At a time when medicine was a male-dominated field, she stood out as one of three women in her graduating class of 91 physicians.

While at Hahnemann, she met her future husband, Dr. Richard J. Torpie. The couple graduated together in 1966 and later moved to the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia where they raised three children.

Dr. Torpie is survived by a son, Christopher; daughters Jennifer and Melissa; a sister, Marlene Graham, and two grandchildren.

A private memorial service will be held. Memorial donations may be made to the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation, Rockland-East Fairmount Park, 3810 Mt. Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19121.– WF

Ruth Byrd King, 95, of Willows at Presbyterian Senior Care (formerly of Philadelphia, PA) passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Wife of the late Dr. Horace H. King. Loving Mother of Rebecca King Rosenberg (Seth), David King of Pittsburgh, PA, and Kathleen King (Mark Hawrylak) of Santa Fe, NM. Wonderful Nana to Emmons and Lenya King and Jake and Sam Hawrylak. Dear Sister of Ineze Alexander and the late Ercelle Wilson, John Byrd, and Ullman Byrd. She is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews and cousins across the country. Ruth was a kind, generous, and gracious woman who was loved by many. Her home was always a welcoming retreat for extended family and friends. Food, counsel, or band aids were always available to those in need! Ruth worked together with her husband in his dental practice in Philadelphia for many years. She served in several capacities at Christ Church and St. Michael’s Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, her home away from home. The family would like to thank the staff at PSC for the extraordinary care that Ruth received. Contributions in her memory may be made to Presbyterian Senior Care Foundation, 1215 Hulton Rd, Oakmont, 15139, Christ Church and St. Michael’s, 29 W. Tulpehocken St., Philadelphia, 19144, or The Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave, Floor 17, Chicago, 60601. A memorial service was held on Friday, May 31, 2013, 1 p.m. at Presbyterian Senior Care Chapel at Westminster.

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Lloyd Parker Wells, 92, a key figure in the revitalization of Chestnut Hill during the 1950s and 1960s, died May 25 at his home in the Shell Point retirement community at Ft. Myers, Fla.

Mr. Wells was instrumental in founding the Chestnut Hill Development Group – of which he had served as president – the Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation, the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, the Chestnut Hill Realty Trust and the Chestnut Hill Local newspaper.

He also had served as president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association from 1968 to 1969, and had worked to transform that organization from a typical civic association into what he called a localized “quasi-government.”

A man of wide-ranging interests, Mr. Wells had been involved in underwater archaeology at Bodrum, Turkey, and in studying human development among the Bushmen of the Kalahari in South Africa and the Xingu tribe in the Brazilian Amazon.

He also had been a commercial airline pilot and a licensed commercial operator of power and sailing ships.

Born in St. Louis, where his grandfather was a former mayor, Mr. Wells was introduced to aviation as a 6-year-old by Charles A. Lindbergh, the celebrated aviator. When Lindbergh flew in to visit the grandfather, who was one of the underwriters of Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic, it was suggested that Lindbergh give the boy a ride, which he did.

The flight clearly made an impression. After graduating from Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut, Mr. Wells pursued a career in aviation, becoming a pilot for Pennsylvania Central and Northeast airlines. During World War II, he served as a pilot for the U.S. Air Transport Command and in the Civil Air Patrol’s Antisubmarine Command.

In 1948, he settled in Chestnut Hill with his wife, the former Jean Tod Ballard, and became proprietor of the Hill Hardware Co. It was his experience as a shop owner that convinced him of the need for adequate parking for customers, and he began the process that would culminate in the Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation, which ultimately provided eight parking lots accommodating nearly 300 cars.

Joining with other businessmen to plant trees and upgrade the appearance of buildings along Germantown Avenue, he established the Chestnut Hill Development Group – the forerunner of the Chestnut Hill Business Association – that created an aesthetically pleasing and financially productive shopping district.

Mr. Wells saw the Chestnut Hill Community Association as a means of addressing local concerns and issues that could not be adequately dealt with by City Hall. To enhance this process, he felt it was important to have a community newspaper that would provide a forum for community discussion, and in 1958 he was instrumental in establishing the Chestnut Hill Local.

That same year, when an 85-acre tract of land at Stenton and Willow Grove avenues became available for development, he and other CHCA members concerned about the form it would take organized a town meeting attended by 200 residents who voted by a show of hands what would be allowed. The resulting development – Chestnut Hill Village – marked the first time the city had cooperated with an entity not under its jurisdiction.

It also demonstrated the political clout that could be wielded by an energized civic group. Looking back later at the event, Mr. Wells declared, “We controlled City Hall.”

In the early 1960s, as a way of facilitating a comprehensive plan for Chestnut Hill, Mr. Wells and other activists established the Greene Party, a group that would endorse candidates for the CHCA board of directors who shared their goals.

During this time, he served as director of marine operations for the University of Pennsylvania’s underwater archaeological expedition to Bodrum, Turkey, to excavate a Byzantine ship that had sunk around 342 AD, and was a staff member at the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Wyndmoor that had sponsored explorations in the Brazilian Amazon and South Africa.

In 1971, he and his second wife, the former Ellen Van Pelt Newbold (a former editor of the Chestnut Hill Local), moved to Crawford, Maine, where he converted a former hunting camp into a year-round dwelling. He served for two years as executive director of the Calais, Maine, Chamber of Commerce, and in 1979 was elected First Selectman of Crawford Township.

The couple later moved to Falmouth, Maine, and retired to Ft. Myers.

While in Maine, Mr. Wells was also active in the Episcopal Church. He was invited in 1981 by Bishop Frederick Wolf to supervise the Maine Episcopal Diocese’s Stewardship Program and was elected by the diocesan convention to the New England Provincial Synod and named by Bishop Wolf to the Provincial Council.

Even in retirement, he continued with church and civic interests. He was one of the founders of the Center for Consensual Democracy and was co-author with Larry Lemmels of the book “Recreating Democracy” published in 2000.

Mr. Wells is survived by his wife; a son, Rolla Wells, of Alfred, Maine; a daughter, Frances Wells Johnson, of Darnestown, Md.; stepsons William Fisher Newbold, of St. Thomas, V.I., and David Dixon Newbold, of Bend, Ore.; a sister, Harriet Bailey, of Essex, Conn.; six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Ronald C. Lorenzon, 64, of Harleysville formerly of Chalfont, PA went home to be with the Lord, on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at his home. Ron was the loving husband of Barbara Ann (Procopio) Lorenzon for 37 years. He was born in Philadelphia, PA to the late Albert (Dels) and Lea (Cantono) Lorenzon. Ron was a graduate of Springfield High School, Montgomery County and attended Drexel University. He was employed as an Estimator for E. Allen Reeves Inc. Ron was a member of Indian Valley Faith Fellowship, where he served as a Trustee, Elder and Children’s Sunday School Teacher. In addition to his wife he is survived by two sons; Phillip Lorenzon and wife Carian of Perkasie, PA and Daniel Lorenzon and wife Rebecca of Watertown, TN; three grandsons, Shane, Seth and Jackson Lorenzon, and a granddaughter, Naomi Lorenzon. He is also survived by his sister, Janet Lorenzon. A viewing will be held on Thursday, June 13th at 9 to 11 AM at Indian Valley Faith Fellowship, 190 Maple Ave, Harleysville, PA funeral service immediately following. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Joan Karnell Cancer Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, 230 W. Washington Square, Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Attn: Marylou Osterman in memory of Ron Lorenzon. OR, Life Choice Hospice, 200 Dryden Road, Suite 3300, Dresher, PA 19025 Attn: Louis Hill in memory of Ron Lorenzon. Arrangements by Anders-Detweiler Funeral Home & Crematory, 130 East Broad Street, Souderton, Pennsylvania 18964. To send online condolences to the family, visit www.andersfh.com.

Eugene H. Hill, III, June 6, 2013 of Haddonfield, NJ and Germantown. Beloved husband of Olivia “Mitzi” (nee Cort). Dear father of Cort and the late Hank. Loving grandfather of Alexander, Colby and Macklin. Services private.

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Alton Toussaint Lemon, 84, formerly of Mt Airy, a retired social worker and the plaintiff in a 1971 landmark court case that challenged state aid to religious schools, died May 4 of Alzheimer’s disease at his home in Rydal Park in Jenkintown.

Mr. Lemon had filed a lawsuit that questioned the legality of a 1968 Pennsylvania law permitting religious schools to receive reimbursement for certain expenses as long as they were linked to secular subjects taught in public schools.

In his opinion in Lemon v. Kurtzman on June 28, 1971, Chief Justice Warren Burger ruled that the law violated the First Amendment, which prohibits government establishment of religion, and created the “Lemon test,” requiring courts to consider “whether the challenged government practice has a secular purpose, whether the primary effect is to advance or inhibit religion, and whether it fosters excessive government entanglement with religion.”

Burger said the Pennsylvania law failed the entanglement provision of the Lemon test.

A longtime Mt. Airy resident, Mr. Lemon was born in McDonough, Ga., and raised in Atlanta, where he attended public schools through the 10th grade. He graduated from a private high school in Lawrenceville, Va., and earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Morehouse College.

He served in the Army for two years, then worked for a time as a civilian for the Department of Defense at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

After deciding to become a social worker, he completed a master’s degree in social work at the University of Pennsylvania and began a long career of public service and community organizing.

Before retiring in 1987, Mr. Lemon had worked for Bristol Township Community Action, North City Congress, Germantown Settlement, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Energy.

In retirement, he served as president of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Morehouse College Alumni Association and president of the Philadelphia Ethical Society. He was a lifetime member of the ACLU, the NAACP, and West Mt.Airy Neighbors.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, the former Augusta Ramsey; a son, Anthony George, and two grandchildren.

A memorial service was held June 8 at Rydal Park. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090. – WF

Thomas P. Vesey, on June 11, 2013 of Chestnut Hill formerly of Charlestown, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Survived by his 3 sisters, Mary, Josephine, and Teresa; 2 brothers in law, niece, nephew and many cousins and friends. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, June 29th, 11AM at Jacob F. Ruth’s, 8413 Germantown Ave., Chestnut Hill. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Holy Redeemer Hospice, 12265 Townsend Rd., Phila., PA 19154.

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Elizabeth (Libby) was born to Sarah Elizabeth Kolb and Herbert Holmes Roehm in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from the Stevens School in Chestnut Hill, PA and attended National Park College in Washington, DC. Her education was interrupted by the start of World War II. Libby married Thomas C. Jordan of Philadelphia in 1943 and raised two daughters, Elizabeth S. Jordan and Joanne J. Dunn. She married John H. Haig in 1965 after the death of Thomas C. Jordan in 1962. Libby was active in charity events high-lighted by her chairmanship of the Chestnut Hill Main Street Fair. She was one of the founding members of the Lyford Cay Club in the Bahamas and a member of the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Sunnybrook Country Club, the Little Club and the Bath and Tennis Club of Gulfstream, FL. She is survived by her two daughters and a step-daughter, Sandra McConnell, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held at the Chapel of Peace in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 215 Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwyd, PA at 3:15PM on July 11, 2013. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be made to any animal rescue organization of your choosing.

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Martin Goldberg, 82, of Mt. Airy, a physician and a former dean of Temple University’s Medical School, died June 15 at the Artman Lutheran Home in Ambler, where he had been a resident for the past two months.

A specialist in internal medicine, Dr. Goldberg was an authority in the field of kidney disease and had published more than 200 research articles on this topic. In the course of a medical career that spanned five decades, he had served as a scientist, clinician, teacher and administrator.

Before becoming dean of Temple’s Medical School and vice president of the university’s Health Sciences Center in 1986, he was chair of internal medicine at the University of Cincinnati Medical School. Earlier he had been a professor of medicine, chief of the kidney disease section, vice chairman of medicine and acting chair of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine.

In 1989 he returned to a full-time role as a nephrologist and professor of medicine at Temple, where he designed a new diagnostic and teaching computer program on electrolytes.

He received the Lindback Award for distinguished teaching and the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the Medical Alumni of Temple University. He also was awarded a Mastership in the American College of Physicians, an honor received by only 1 percent of all internists in the United States.

Raised in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia, Dr. Goldberg was the youngest child of Yiddish-speaking immigrant parents. He graduated with honors from Central High School, Temple University and Temple University’s School of Medicine, where he was first in his class.

An avid tennis and squash player, he enjoyed dancing to Big Band music and singing folk music.

He is survived by his wife of 35 years, the former Marion Lindblad; daughters Meryl Gibbons, Karen Goldberg and Dara Goldberg; a son, David, and two grandchildren. His first wife, Lynn, died in 1976. Two brothers, Herman and Louis, preceded him in death.

Burial services were private. Memorial donations may be made to Temple University Medical School, Department of Nephrology, 3401 N. Broad St., Fourth Floor Parkinson Pavilion, Suite 410, Philadelphia, PA 19140.

Edward Benjamin ‘Ben” Clark Lukens, 78, a passionate traveler and raconteur and a resident of South Portland, Maine died on May 26, 2013, of heart failure at Sedgewood Commons Nursing Home in Falmouth, Maine. Ben was born July 26, 1934, in Chestnut Hill, PA, the son of Lorraine and Lewis Lukens. After attending Chestnut Hill Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy, N.H., Ben attended Princeton University, where he studied American History and was a member of the Cottage Club, graduating in 1956. He also served as a member of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry and the Pennsylvania National Guard. After graduation, he worked for J. P. Morgan Bank in Paris, where his responsibilities included helping special clients during their European vacations. He got to know the hidden-gems of the city: bistros, theaters, walks–and shared a drink at Harry’s Bar with Ernest Hemingway. (Rather than fawn over the famous writer, Ben mentioned that he’d been a student at Princeton of one of Hemingway’s fiercest critics — upon hearing this, Hemingway invited Ben to pull up a chair.) Later in life, he moved to Portland, Maine, home of Disston and Denton cousins, and worked there for many years as a child protective supervisor. He enjoyed spending his summers in Northeast Harbor, Maine, where he had grown up vacationing, and where he continued to overlap with his extended family. Ben is survived by his two brothers, Lewis, of Middletown, CT and Robert, of Wyndmoor, PA and many cousins, nieces and nephews, with whom he maintained close ties. He is predeceased by his son, Peter, and by his two sisters, Lorraine of Chestnut Hill, PA and Marie, of New York City. A memorial graveside service will be held this summer at the cemetery in Northeast Harbor, Maine, where Ben will be buried next to his son Peter. Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 1139 Main St., Mt. Desert. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.

Daniel Knowles Butler, 84, of Gwynedd, formerly of Philadelphia, passed away on June 28, 2013 after a long illness. Dr. Butler was born in New York, New York, on September 12, 1928, to John Ben Butler and Dorothy Cumpson Butler. Raised in Fieldston, New York, Dan graduated from The Fieldston School and received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University. He worked as a nuclear physicist at The Argonne National Laboratory designing nuclear power reactors. He was an early pioneer of the three-dimensional computer modeling of reactor cores. He later taught computer science at Cleveland State University and Rutgers University. An active volunteer, he served as president of the Naperville, Illinois, Board of Education and as chair of building preservation on the Board of The Wyck Association. His lifelong fascination with everything mechanical led him to acquire an extensive collection of antique clocks. A resident of Foulkeways, he was known for his kind and gentle character. Dan summered for eight decades in Marlboro, Vermont, where he met his wife of sixty years, Marigene Harrington Butler. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children Daniel K. Butler, Jr. (Janice), Paul H. Butler (Christiana), Katherine M. Butler, his five grandsons Daniel K. Butler, III, Andrew R. Butler, Samuel C. Butler, Anand M. Butler and Satya P. Butler, and his sister Mary Butler Williams. He was predeceased by his brothers John Ben Butler, Jr. and Edward R. Butler. Service and interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marlboro Meeting House (Preservation Endowment Fund), P.O. Box 64, Marlboro, VT 05344 and to Wyck Association, 6026 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144.

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Theodore G. Bahner, Jr. age 87, on July 7, 2013 formerly of Chestnut Hill. Survived by his beloved wife of 54 years Patricia (nee Seeger). Father of Theodore (Mary Kay), Michael, Kathleen Petruck (Bud), Christopher (Stacy), Lizanne, and the late John. Also survived by 5 grandchildren, Patrick, Jonathan, Sara, Teddy, and Jake. Relatives and friends may call at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., Friday, July 12th at 10AM. Funeral Mass 11AM. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Holy Redeemer Hospice, 521 Moredon Rd., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006.

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Ervinstene Harrell, 68, a crisis counselor, died June 30 of pancreatic cancer at her home in Mt. Airy.

For the past seven years Mrs. Harrel had worked at SILK, a support group for women with identity issues, and provided crisis counseling and HIV/AIDS counseling and intervention services.

She had been certified as a counselor by Women Organized Against Rape and was active with the group.

Earlier, she had been office manager for Harris Insurance Services in Philadelphia.

Born in Philadelphia, she grauated from Jameson Christian College in Philadelphia with a bachelor’s degree in biblical theology and from Springfield College School of Human Services in Wilmington with a Bachelor of Science degree.

A gay rights avocate and activist, she enjoyed music, dancing, collecting fine art and volunteering with children.

She is survived by her life partner, DeBorah Rucker; daughters Chris Harris, Audrey Jones and Robin Harrell; six grandchildren, and her former husband, George Harrell.

A memorkial service was held July 6 at the Emmanuel Johnson Funeral Home in Mt. Airy. – WF

Louis G. Hill, 89, Philadelphia, Pa, former Common Pleas Court Judge and State Senator passed away on Saturday, July 13th after a lengthy illness with dementia. Born March 10, 1924, in Palm Beach, Florida to Crawford Hill and Ann (Kaufman) Hill. Beloved husband for 36 years to Marilyn (Ashton) Young Hill, married in 1977. Formerly married (1951) to Jane (Cox) Hill, now MacElree for 25 years. Hill is the proud father of seven children, 10 grandchildren, four stepchildren and nine step-grandchildren. He had one sister, four stepsiblings and two half-siblings. Hill graduated from St. George’s School in Newport, RI in 1942 and Harvard College in 1944 (accelerated class of 1946 due to WWII). He was an undefeated heavyweight boxer at Harvard and served with the US Marines as a captain during both WWII and Korea. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1949. In the early 1950s he joined the law firm of Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish and Levy as a trial lawyer where for 27 years he never lost a case decided by a jury. Lou Hill first became active in politics as a volunteer campaigning in the 1940s for his stepfather, Richardson Dilworth, mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962. In 1966 Hill was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate and served three terms. As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a position he held for over 7 years, he was deeply involved in the passage of every law. In the early 1970s Hill was responsible for driving through the legislature the first Crimes and Juvenile Code in Pennsylvania’s history. Hill was also the prime sponsor or co-sponsor of hundreds of bills and over 60 became law. He consistently voted to provide funds for the State Crime Commission and the Special Prosecutor Investigating political corruption in Philadelphia. In 1975 he ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat against incumbent Mayor Frank Rizzo. Hill presided as a Common Pleas judge in Philadelphia for over 20 years. He inspired his children and friends with a love for the wilderness. On one memorable weeklong hike his wife, Marilyn, was initiated to the Appalachian Trail on their honeymoon with Hill’s children. Starting in the 1950s Hill could often be found early in the morning running the bridle path in Philadelphia along the Wissahickon Creek somewhere between Lincoln Drive, Valley Green and Bell’s Mill. After his run he would finish his workout in his basement home gym before going to work at a time when the term home gym was not known. His children are Crawford Hill and his wife, Suzie of Ardmore, PA; Leslie Hill, her husband Dennis Carroll of Chevy Chase, MD; Jessie B. Hill and her husband, Ming Fang of Kauai, Hawaii; Thomas G. Hill and his wife, Nancy Hagens, of Newton, MA; Michael C. Hill and his wife, Susan Bear, of Newton, MA; Charlotte Hill and her husband, Marc Henrich, of San Francisco, CA and Ann Hill of Newtown Square, PA. His stepchildren are Anita Young of Philadelphia, PA; Edwin Germaine (deceased) of Hawaii; Michelle Peretz and her husband Amiel Peretz of Pound Ridge, NY, and Melissa Young of Jenkintown, PA. He is also survived by his half-sister, Deborah (Dilworth) Bishop, of Bryn Mawr, PA and his half-brother, Richardson Dilworth, Jr., and his wife, Leslie Dilworth, of Galisteo, NM. His sister, Marie Townsend, died in 1976. He is also survived by his stepbrother, Warden Dilworth, of Portland, ME and stepsister, Anne Hackett, of Villanova, PA. His stepbrother, Brockie Dilworth of Chicago and stepsister Patricia Lees of Philadelphia predeceased him. The Memorial Service took place on Tuesday, July 23rd at Bringhurst Funeral Home, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 225 Belmont Avenue,
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be sent, in memory of Louis G. Hill to: Friends of the Wissahickon, 8708 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118; Alzheimer’s Association, Delaware Valley Chapter, 399 Market Street, Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

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Kenneth David Kopple, a retired peptide chemist, passed away at his home on June 30, 2013 from complications of lung cancer. He was 82 years old. Dr. Kopple was an instructor and assistant professor in chemistry at the University of Chicago from 1954 to 1962. He joined the research staff of the organic chemistry department of General Electric in Schenectady, NY in 1962. While at GE he received a Guggenheim Foundation Grant for one year of studies at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1965, he returned to Illinois to the Illinois Institute of Technology, (IIT) where he served until 1985 as research assistant, associate professor and professor in chemistry and chair of the department from 1970-1972. Dr. Kopple returned to private industry in 1985 as Director of BioPhysical and Physical Technologies at SmithKline & French Laboratories, now GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). During these years he received National Institute of Health grants for study in Italy and attended seminars in Japan. Ken retired from GSK on December 31, 2000. Ken was a friend of and founding participant in the American Peptide Symposium and the American Peptide Society having been a perennial councilor, treasurer and president as well as serving as co-chair of the Ninth Symposium. He is the co-author of several books on peptides and amino acids. While working in Chicago, he met his future wife, Frances Hopkins Kopple, who was director of program for the Family Service Bureau of United Charities of Chicago. They were married in 1960. Frances predeceased he husband in 2007. Ken enjoyed the outdoors, hiking in wilderness areas and documenting his travels with photographs. He enjoyed music, especially show tunes of the 20 and 30s and opera. He also enjoyed fine foods and fine wine. After he retired, he became a fine chef, applying his laboratory discipline to cooking, for the pleasure of family and friends. He was an active member of the Friends of the Wissahickon, spending many Saturdays moving rocks and plants. He graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1947 one of the top 40 winners in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. He received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from MIT in 1951. He graduated as a member of Tau Beta Psi, the honorary engineering society. He completed doctoral studies, also at MIT, in chemistry in 1954. His Doctorate thesis concerned the development of a synthesis of penicillin. He is survived by his loving brother and sister-in-law, Dan P. and Janice MacVaugh Kopple and by his dear nieces. Funeral service and interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be sent to Planned Parenthood Federation, On-line Services Dept., 434 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 (www.plannedparenthood.org) or to Pennsylvania Ballet, Development Department, 1819 JFK Blvd., Suite 210, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1728 (www.paballet.org)

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Brian E. Coughlan, 56, son of the late Robert E.Coughlan, III, of Baltimore MD, and Meredith Fuller (Coughlan) Sonderskov, of Chestnut Hill, died suddenly, July 9, at his home in Hyattsville MD. Survivors include his wife, Laura (nee Burrell), their two young sons, James and Andrew; his brother, Stephen, of Baltimore, as well as several nieces and nephews. He graduated from Loyola High School in Baltimore and John Carroll University in Cleveland. A memorial service was held Sunday, July 14, in Maryland. He will be buried at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church cemetery, Warwick (Chester County,) next to his older brother, David, his grandparents’ Fuller and five generations of relatives. The family requests those who wish to do so may make a donation to the Coughlan Family Memorial Fund at New Hope Academy, 7009 Varnum St., Landover Hills, MD 20784, attn: Laurie Toker.

Marcia Kerr Quill, 72, of Wyndmoor, a volunteer and a singer in area choral groups, died July 9 after a sudden illness at Pennsylvania Hospital.

Mrs. Quill was involved in fund-raising for the William Penn Charter School for a number of years and, more recently, was a participant in the school’s Elder and Child program. She also was instrumental in staging art exhibitions at the Springside School and Penn Charter.

She sang in Penn Charter’s Parents Choir and as a second alto in the Academy Chorale in musical presentations Gwynedd Mercy College.

A native of Arlington, Mass., Mrs. Quill graduated from Hood College with a bachelor’s degree in literature. In her early years in Philadelphia she worked as a copywriter for the N.W. Ayer & Son advertising agency.

An avid tennis player at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, she won the Every Players Cup in 1998.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Gerald D. Quill; a son, Kevin Whelan Quill, of Columbia, Md.; a daughter, Shannon Savage Quill, of Washington, D.C., and two grandchildren.

A celebration of Mrs. Quill’s life will be held Friday, Sept. 20, at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, 415 W. Willow Grove Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Visitation will begin at 11 a. m. followed by the celebration at noon and a reception.

Memorial donations may be made to the Academy Community Concerts Association (ACCA), P.O. Box 634, Flourtown, PA 19031-0634. – WF

Warren McElroy Ballard, 102, formerly of Wyndmoor, a lawyer and a professor emeritus at Temple University’s School of Law, died July 18 at the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, Md., where he had been living since 2002.

Mr. Ballard had taught full-time at Temple University from 1940 to 1978 and part-time until 1993. He taught a variety of subjects, both to full-time day students and to those who took evening courses.

Pete Liacouras, the former president of Temple who was dean of Temple’s Law School during Mr. Ballard’s tenure, said he would remember Mr. Ballard “for his honesty, reliability,fidelity to the profession and his abiding social conscience.”

A self-styled “Jeffersonian Democrat,” Mr. Ballard was active in local Democratic politics for more than a decade and ran unsuccessfully for the State Senate in 1958 and for the U.S. Congress in 1960.

During World War II, he took a leave of absence from Temple to serve in the Navy as a lieutenant commander, working in the Naval District Intelligence Office in Philadelphia. During this time he married his first wife, the late Katherine Thorp Ballard.

Born and raised in St. Louis, he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science and a bachelor of law degree from the University of Virginia. He worked for a time with a New York law firm and later for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C.

He was a longtime member of the American Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the American Law Institute (of which he was a lifetime member), the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the St. Andrews Society, the Philadelphia Cricket Club, and the Second Baptist Church of Germantown.

Mr. Ballard is survived by his wife of 37 years, the former Anne Horn; daughters Elizabeth T. Ballard, of Ottawa, Canada, Mary Jenkins, of Huntingtown, Md., and Margaret Ballard, of Alexandria, Va.; stepdaughters Christine Jensen, of Lexington, Mass., Evelyn Bradley, of Towson, Md., and Joan Masover, of Iowa; two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and seven step-grandchildren. A son, James, preceded him in death.

A memorial service will be held at the Charlestown Retirement Community at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the University of Virginia Law Foundation or the Temple University Law Foundation. – WF