Obituaries

Elizabeth Ashenfelder

Elizabeth Ashenfelder

Apr 20, 2017

Elizabeth M. "Betty" (Costello) Ashenfelder, 76, of Collegeville, PA, died on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Seasons Hospice, Phoenixville, PA. Born on March 20, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Philip M. and Helen Marie (Cole) Costello. She worked at Smith Kline Pharmaceutical in Philadelphia, PA. She was a member of St. Eleanor Catholic Church...

Robert Motzer

Robert Motzer

Apr 16, 2017

Robert C. Motzer, 64, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Sunday, April 16, 2017 in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was the husband of Kathleen Marie (Sendecki) Motzer, with whom he shared 34 years of marriage. Born on October 10, 1952 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of the late Hans W. and Elsie V. (Hinkle) Motzer. He was a...

Jacqueline Tulish

Jacqueline Tulish

Apr 16, 2017

Jacqueline E. (Taney) Tulish, 60, wife of Robert J. Tulish Sr. of Phoenixville, PA on Sunday, April 16, 2017 in the Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. She was born on September 30, 1956 in Phoenixville, PA to the late Gerald and Shirley (Schaffer) Taney. In addition to her husband, she is survived by: Daughter, Kimberly Tulish and fiancé Jeremy Dunwoody...

Robert Melvin

Robert Melvin

Apr 14, 2017

Robert T. Melvin, Sr., 78, husband of Mary Ann (Perbetsky) Melvin of West Chester, PA, died peacefully at home on Friday, April 14, 2017 surrounded by his family. Born on December 21, 1938 in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Margaret (Cavanaugh) Melvin. He was a graduate of Girard College, Class of 1956 where he...

Scott Miller

Scott Miller

Apr 14, 2017

Scott R. Miller, 58, husband of Diane L. (Pellegrino) Miller, of Spring City, PA, died on Friday, April 14, 2017 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Born on March 28, 1959 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of Joan Mae (Capoferri) Miller of Pottstown and the late Donald R. Miller. He was a graduate of Phoenixville High...

Caroline Varner

Caroline Varner

Apr 14, 2017

Caroline B. (Markus) Varner, 84 , wife of Stanley D. Varner, of Phoenixville and the late William J. Kovach, Sr., died Friday, April 14, 2017 in Phoenixville Hospital. Born on January 29, 1933 in Phoenixville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John E. and Susan B. (Varga) Markus. She was a graduate of Phoenixville High School. She was...

John Lesh

John Lesh

Apr 10, 2017

John F. "Jack" Sparky Lesh, 82, husband of Mary (Cloud) Lesh, of Limerick, PA, died on Monday, April 10, 2017 in Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. Born on March 31, 1935 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of the late Michael F. and Anna (Woods) Lesh. He was a 1952 graduate of Phoenixville High School. John served in the United...

Virginia Groff

Virginia Groff

Apr 8, 2017

Virginia (Cress) "Ginny" Groff, 94, wife of the late Darlington H. Groff, Jr. of West Chester, PA died on Saturday, April 8, 2017. She was born in Phoenixville on June 27, 1922 to the late William and Eva (Tyson) Cress. Ginny graduated from Phoenixville High School in 1940. She owned Groff's Country Store in Phoenixvlle from 1962 to 2010 where...

Harry Powell

Harry Powell

Apr 7, 2017

Harry E. Powell, 71, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Friday, April 7, 2017 in his residence. Born on August 27, 1945 in Pottstown, PA, he was the son of Bessie Evelyn (Paul) Powell and the late Harry Otto Powell. Harry liked trains he loved to go for rides on the Strasburg railroad, he had a train set of his own....

Kathryn Hetzel

Kathryn Hetzel

Apr 7, 2017

Kathryn E. "Kate" (Barnett) Hetzel, 84, companion of Bob Kunsch, of Pottstown, PA, died on Friday, April 7, 2017 in Seasons Hospice. Born on December 7, 1932 in Phoenixville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Marjorie (Burgents) Barnett. Kathryn earned her Bachelor Degree in Nursing from West Chester University, and her Masters Degree in Education from...

Mary Jacianis

Mary Jacianis

Apr 5, 2017

Mary Louise (Emery) Jacianis, 91, wife of the late Vincent Jacianis, Sr., of Oaks, PA, died on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Born on October 5, 1925 and raised in Chester Springs, PA, she was the daughter of the late S. Charles and Louise (Rutherford) Emery. She worked at Container Corporation in Oaks, PA until her retirement in 1975. She was...

Irene Langan

Irene Langan

Mar 30, 2017

Irene M. (McCloskey) Langan, 89, wife of the late James F. Langan, Sr., of Phoenixville, PA, died on Thursday, March 30, 2017. She is survived by six children, eleven grandchildren and one sister. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Phoenixville, a past president of Phoenixville Womens Club, an avid bridge player and enjoyed water aerobics at...

Frank Roth

Frank Roth

Mar 29, 2017

Frank Peter Roth, 60, husband of Mary Elizabeth (Picarilli) Roth, of Limerick, PA, died on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at home. Born on August 23, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Angela (Jung) Roth. Frank was devoted to God, Family and Country. He was a daily Communicant at St. Mary's in Schwenksville, a...

John Richards

John Richards

Mar 29, 2017

John F. Richards, 53, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Born on July 6, 1963 in Norristown, PA, he was the son of Joan Ann (Fenlon) Richards of Phoenixville, and the late L. Edward Richards. In addition to his mother, John is survived by his daughter, Abigail (David) Paltrow, and a granddaughter, Chloe Paltrow of Port Orange,...

Anthony Fuscaldo

Anthony Fuscaldo

Mar 28, 2017

Anthony A. Fuscaldo, 77, of Manhattan, NY, died on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Born on November 11,1939 in Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Alfred and Elizabeth (Deliso) Fuscaldo. Anthony did his undergraduate studies at St. John's University in NY, and earned his PhD in Microbiology from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. He was a self-employed Environmental...

Barbara Douglas

Barbara Douglas

Mar 27, 2017

Barbara Ann (Tirpak) Douglas, 78, wife of Glen E. Douglas, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Monday, March 27, 2017 in Seasons Hospice. Born on September 9, 1938 in Phoenixville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Ann (Grochowski) Tirpak. Barbara was a graduate of Villa Maria Academy, and attended the Westminster Conservatory of Music in Princeton, NJ....

David Buchanan

David Buchanan

Mar 27, 2017

David P. Buchanan, 64, husband of Jane (Postoluk) Buchanan, of North Coventry, PA, and father of Dawn Greco, husband Christopher, grandfather of Jaxon and Skylar of Sewell, NJ, died on Monday, March 27, 2017 in Seasons Hospice. Born in Conshohocken, PA, he was the son of Wanda (Taraska) Buchanan of Conshohocken, PA, and the late William Buchanan; brothers, William Buchanan...

Martha Viscuso

Martha Viscuso

Mar 24, 2017

Martha M. (Viola) Viscuso, 89, wife of the late Dominic T. Viscuso of Limerick, PA died in her home on Friday evening, March 24, 2017. She was born in Phoenixville, PA on August 4, 1927 to the late Albert and Nancy (Cutillo) Viola. She retired from Wyeth Laboratories in Great Valley and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church...

Wayne Fowler

Wayne Fowler

Mar 21, 2017

Wayne J. Fowler, 81, husband of Alice M. (Welsh) Fowler, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Born on November 6, 1935 in Delano, PA, he was the son of the late John and Emma (Tarn) Fowler. Wayne worked at the Container Corporation of America in Oaks, PA. Surviving in...

Barbara Hein

Barbara Hein

Mar 20, 2017

Barbara Jean Hein, 67, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Monday, March, 20, 2017 in Phoenixville Hospital. Born in Phoenixville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert A. and Geraldine (Bower) Hein. Barbara was a graduate of Phoenixville High School, class of 1968. She worked at Vishay Intertechnology in Malvern, PA. She was an avid reader, Philadelphia Phillies and...

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