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Runcie Lea Tatnall, Jr.

Runcie Lea Tatnall, Jr. (born 10/6/1928) died peacefully after an extended illness. He was born in Philadelphia to Runcie Lea Tatnall and Corlies Earnshaw Tatnall and lived in the Philadelphia area...

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Barbara R. Bekker

Barbara R. Bekker (nee Richardson) of Cathedral Village (formerly of Flourtown) died with grace and dignity on July 25, 2014. Barbara was a retired school counselor and an avid dog lover and trainer....

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Gloria (Metzger) Gilbert Currie

Gloria (Metzger) Gilbert Currie, 84, of St. David’s, a fashion buyer for more than 20 years for Joseph deV. Keefe’s, in Haverford, PA, died peacefully at Bryn Mawr hospital on August 3, 2014. She was...

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C. Donald Murphy, longtime Mt. Airy barber

by Walter Fox C. Donald “Don” Murphy, 81, a barber in Mt. Airy for 60 years, died Aug. 2 at Einstein Medical Center of injuries sustained in an automobile accident earlier that day. Mr. Murphy, who...

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Jane Danihel, nurse and volunteer

Jane Danihel, 73, of Laverock, a nurse and longtime community volunteer, died Sept. 3 of a lung embolism at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Mrs. Danihel, a graduate of Chestnut Hill Hospital’s School of...

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Robert A. Donato, pathologist

Robert A. Donato, a pathologist and a former medical director at Jeanes Hospital, died Sept. 27 at his home in Mt. Airy after a long illness. After retiring in 1985 from Jeanes, where he was also chief...

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Obituary: Martha M. Smith, Hill shop owner

by Walter Fox Martha Moffett “Marty” Smith, 90, owner of a greeting card and gift shop in Chestnut Hill for 53 years, died Sept. 21 from complications of a stroke at her home on Ardleigh Street where...

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Francoise Wilhelmina Everts Douwes

Francoise Wilhelmina Everts Douwes, “Willy,” died on August 24, 2014. She was a longtime resident of Abington and Cheltenham townships. Willy Douwes was born July 6, 1923 in Java, part of the Dutch...

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Joseph G. Coleman, marketing executive and musician

Joseph G. Coleman, 89, formerly of Wyndmoor, a retired marketing executive and a baritone who sang with several area opera companies, died Sept. 24 of complications of pneumonia at Ann’s Choice, a...

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William J. H. Hough, Jr.

William J. H. Hough, Jr. died at The Hill at Whitemarsh in Lafayette Hill, PA on Monday 13 October 2014, of heart failure after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. He was 88 years old. Bill grew up...

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