Stephen Lawrence, public relations consultant
Stephen Lawrence, 91, of Chestnut Hill, a retired public relations consultant, died Sept. 26 of cancer at the Springfield Rehabilitation Center in Wyndmoor. Mr. Lawrence had operated his own public...
View ArticleRonald Colston, coach and educator
Ronald H. Colston Sr., 73, a retired coach and physical education teacher at Chestnut Hill Academy, died Oct. 17. Mr. Colston had been a faculty member at the school for more than 25 years before...
View ArticleAnn Stookey, floral designer
Ann Stookey, 60, formerly of Chestnut Hill, an award-winning floral designer, died Nov. 6 in Paris after suffering a brain hemorrhage while vacationing with her husband, Joe Waz. The couple had been...
View ArticleIvan Vassall Sr., auto dealer
Ivan Vassall Sr., 96, who operated the first black-owned auto dealership in Philadelphia and, for a time, owned a Ford dealership in Chestnut Hill, died Nov. 1 of cancer at his home in Roxborough. Mr....
View ArticleLillian Bortnick, community volunteer
Lillian Ulanove “Lily”Bortnick, 93, formerly of Oreland, a longtime community volunteer, died Nov. 18 after a long illness at Cathedral Village in Andorra. Mrs. Bortnick had been a volunteer at many...
View ArticleMary Ann Mannino, author and professor
Mary Ann Vigilante Mannino, 69, a poet, author and English professor at Temple University, died Nov. 20 of breast cancer at her home in Chestnut Hill. Dr. Mannino was an associate professor of English...
View ArticleHelen L. Christy, artist and business owner
Helen L. Christy, 72, an artist and interior designer who for many years operated the Helen L. Jones French Antiques store in Chestnut Hill, died Nov. 16 at the Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham,...
View ArticleEdward A. Schwartz, City Councilman
Edward A. Schwartz, 69, a longtime community activist and a former Philadelphia City Councilman, died Nov. 29 of a possible heart attack at his home in East Mt. Airy. Mr. Schwartz had been an at-large...
View ArticleEleanor M. Davis, educator
Eleanor Matlack Davis, 108, formerly of Mt. Airy and Wyndmoor, a retired teacher and school administrator, died Dec. 1 at Mather House at the Hill at Whitemarsh, Lafayette Hill. Mrs. Davis had been...
View ArticleHope K. Rawls, teacher and sportswoman
Hope Knowles Rawls, 93, formerly of Chestnut Hill, a teacher and a national squash champion, died Dec. 2, at the home of her son John T. Rawls in Virginia Beach, Va. Mrs. Rawls was a member of the...
View ArticleVirginia Smith, hunger relief pioneer
Virginia Alice Meyer Smith, 89, formerly of Chestnut Hill, one of the founders and later executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Food Bank, died Dec. 9 at Cathedral Village in Andorra. Mrs....
View ArticleDiane Carlson, businesswoman and community activist
Diane Carlson, 68, formerly of Mt. Airy, a businesswoman and community activist, died Nov.30 of breast cancer at her home in Phoenixville. While living in Mt. Airy in the 1990s, Ms. Carlson founded and...
View ArticleJoan U. Bretschneider, nursing administrator
Joan Ulmer Bretschneider, 69, a nursing administrator and a longtime advocate for quality patient care, died Dec. 14 at her home in Germantown. Mrs. Bretschneider retired in 2008 as director of...
View ArticleLeonard Szczesniak, magazine executive
Leonard Szczesniak, 76, formerly of Mt. Airy, a retired magazine executive, died Dec. 10 at his home in Wyndmoor after suffering a stroke on Nov. 25. Mr. Szczesniak retired in 2003 as director of brand...
View ArticleRuth A. Robinhold, rowing club founder
Ruth Adams Robinhold, 99, of Lafayette Hill, a founder of the Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club, died Dec. 13 of pneumonia at Chestnut Hill Hospital. In 1938, when rowing was a predominantly male sport,...
View ArticleJames N. Kise II, architect and city planner
by Walter Fox James Nelson Kise II, 75, formerly of Chestnut Hill, an architect and city planner who played a major role in many redevelopment projects in the Philadelphia area, died Dec. 26 of a hear...
View ArticleMarilyn R. Drinker, librarian and community volunteer
Marilyn Rowe “Sandy” Drinker, 89, of Chestnut Hill, a retired school librarian and a longtime community volunteer, died Dec. 29 of a cerebral hematoma at Keystone Hospice in Wyndmoor. Mrs. Drinker...
View ArticleDennis O’Leary, criminal investigator
Dennis O’Leary, 73, of Chestnut Hill, a retired criminal investigator, died Dec. 10 of esophageal cancer at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Until his retirement in 2011, Mr. O’Leary had worked for more than 35...
View ArticleWendell W. Young III, union leader and activist
Wendell W. Young III, 74, the former president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 and a union leader who was a longtime activist for many social justice causes, died Jan. 1 of liver...
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William E. Shepherd, business owner
William E. Shepherd William Edwin “Bill” Shepherd, 79, formerly of Chestnut Hill, a business owner who had founded several firms, both here and in Canada, died Jan. 8 at Sault Area Hospital in Sault...
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