William Williams Keen Butcher
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...
View ArticleDavid B. Duncan, artist and philanthropist
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...
View ArticleBarbara A. Torpie, psychiatrist
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...
View ArticleRuth Byrd King
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...
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Lloyd P. Wells, community leader, dies
Lloyd P. Wells by Walter Fox 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...
View ArticleRonald C. Lorenzon
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...
View ArticleEugene H. Hill, III
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...
View ArticleAlton T. Lemon, plaintiff in landmark case
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...
View ArticleThomas P. Vesey
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...
View ArticleElizabeth Haig
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...
View ArticleMartin Goldberg, physician and medical school dean
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...
View ArticleEdward B. Lukens
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,...
View ArticleDaniel K. Butler
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...
View ArticleTheodore G. Bahner, Jr.
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...
View ArticleErvinstene Harrell, counselor
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...
View ArticleLouis G. Hill
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,...
View ArticleKenneth David Kopple, Ph.D.
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...
View ArticleBrian E. Coughlan
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....
View ArticleMarcia Kerr Quill, volunteer
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...
View ArticleWarren M. Ballard, lawyer and teacher
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.,...
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