Fanny Cox Worrall Dale
Fanny Cox Worrall Dale, 85, died February 7, 2013 in Boston. She was born in Philadelphia and attended Springside School. Fanny was a great listener and a giving and genuinely caring person. She was...
View ArticleObituary: Hugh J. McNally, owner of McNally’s Tavern
by Walter Fox Hugh J. McNally, 81, the proprietor of his family’s tavern in Chestnut Hill for three decades who played an active role in the community, died Sept 11 of heart failure at his home in...
View ArticleAudrey D. Van Riper
Audrey D. Van Riper (September 15, 2013). Beloved wife of the late Walter “Russ”. Loving mother to Cheryl (Bruce) Allen, and Deborah V.R. (Al) Harper. Grandmother to Jonathan, Patrick, Audrey, Janice,...
View ArticleNancy Hare Koltes
Nancy Hare Koltes, born June 29, 1922, died peacefully on September 6, 2013 surrounded by her loving children and family members. Born at home in Trevose, PA, she attended school in Somerton where she...
View ArticleRobert J. Macbeth, VA official
Robert J. Macbeth, 95, a former data-processing director at the Veterans Administration in Philadelphia, died Sept. 16 at Stapeley in Germantown. A longtime resident of Germantown and Mt. Airy, Mr....
View ArticleObituary: Ruth Patrick, pioneering ecologist
by Walter Fox Dr. Ruth Patrick, 105, a freshwater ecologist whose pioneering research on water pollution set the stage for the modern environmental movement, died Sept. 23 at The Hill at Whitemarsh in...
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Robert S. Ross, Jr.
Robert S. Ross, Jr., 69, a former resident of Chestnut Hill, died of heart failure on September 30, 2013 at his home in Washington, DC. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on March 27, 1944, Robin was the...
View ArticleJ. Stephen Kurtz, physician
Dr. J. Stephen Kurtz, formerly of Mt. Airy, an obstetrician and gynecologist who had practiced in the northwest Philadelphia area for more than five decades, died Sept. 30 of dementia at his home in...
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Frances L. Accetta, banking executive
Frances Lucy Accetta, 75, a widely known Chestnut Hill banking executive, died Oct. 3 of a stroke at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. A longtime Chestnut Hill resident, Mrs. Accetta had retired...
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John E. Kennedy Jr., engineer
John E. Kennedy Jr., 79, formerly of Chestnut Hill, a project engineer, died Sept. 30 of multiple myeloma at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla. Until his retirement, Mr. Kennedy was a senior project...
View ArticleHenry F. Parry, physician
Henry Frazer Parry, 99, formerly of Chestnut Hill, a physician who was the founding director of what is now Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, died Oct. 4 at Foulkeways Retirement Community in Gwynedd. Dr....
View ArticleAnn Duncan Haffner
The Honorable Ann Duncan Haffner, 96, formerly of Princess Anne, MD and Alexandria, VA, died on October 29, 2013 at the Philadelphia home of her daughter. Born in lola, Kansas in 1917, she was the...
View ArticleAlexander Vincent Guerrina
Alexander Vincent Guerrina, age 96, died peacefully on Monday, October 28, 2013 at his home. He was born on October 21, 1917 in Philadelphia, PA to Alessandro and Isabella (Baratta) Guerrina, the...
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Ronald Tompkins, area soccer pioneer
Ronald Tompkins, 80, formerly of Flourtown, a onetime PennDOT supervisor who was a leading figure in the Philadelphia area soccer community, died Oct. 25 at Phoenixville Hospital. Mr. Tompkins left...
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Shirley M. Bansen, teacher
Shirley Mutch Bansen, 86, formerly of Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, a teacher at Green Street Friends School for two decades, died Nov. 10 at Abington Hospital’s Lansdale Branch. Mrs. Bansen taught...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins Jr., financial analyst
Johns Hopkins Jr., 82, a financial analyst and an advocate for social justice, died Nov. 8 at his home in Chestnut Hill. Mr. Hopkins retired in 1988 after serving as a financial analyst with the...
View ArticleGary Miller, artist and teacher
Gary Miller, 61, of Wyndmoor, a teacher and an artist in wood whose large installations can be seen at several area venues, died Oct. 5 in a two-vehicle collision near his home. For the past seven...
View ArticleHarrison Gill Wehner, Jr.
Harrison Gill Wehner, Jr., died on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at his home, Chatham Farm, in Bridgetown, Virginia. He was born on August 26, 1935, in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, to Jane Griffith Wehner...
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Mary Ellen Campbell, tavern owner
Mary Ellen Poleri Campbell, 87, the former owner with her late husband, James, of Campbell’s Place, a popular local tavern at 8337 Germantown Ave., died Nov. 24 at her home in Chestnut Hill. The...
View ArticleSandy Thomas
Sandy Thomas, 67, beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend passed away November 27, 2013. She was born in Bethlehem, PA, to Clarence and Arlene Barthold. Resident of Chestnut Hill for more than...
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