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John Allan LeVay, Jr.

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...

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Joann S. Berger

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...

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Ann W. Spaeth, community activist

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...

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Milton Bugay, jeweler and pianist

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...

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Elizabeth Y. Gentieu, teacher and community leader

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...

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Peter Richard Lord Sexton

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)...

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Theodore C. Wright, teacher and financial planner

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...

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Jean M. Curtis, administrative assistant

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...

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Carol Allen

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...

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Warren W. Cunningham, architect

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...

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Lea Lorenzon

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...

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Dennis J. “Dink” McClafferty

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....

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Armin C. Frank, Jr.

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...

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Jennifer H. Barker, real estate agent and business owner

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...

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Robin H. Keisman, author

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...

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Elizabeth (Betty Jane) Slater Webster

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...

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Mark Denny McAuliffe

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...

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Lenore Guest MacLeish

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...

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Peter Marcolina, bank executive

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...

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Virginia McDonald, retired Air Force colonel

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...

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