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Thomas J. Myer Jr., stockbroker and decorated veteran

Thomas J. Myer Jr., 92, of Chestnut Hill, a retired stockbroker and a decorated war veteran, died Sept. 9 at Keystone House in Wyndmoor. Mr. Myer retired as an investment advisor in 2000 after working...

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James Gary Ellis Miller

James Gary Ellis Miller, 20, died September 19, 2015 at Keystone House Hospice in Wyndmoor. He was born in Philadelphia and lived in Chestnut Hill and Wyndmoor all his life. Though short, his life was...

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Anna Bush Hart, teacher

Anna Bush “Ann” Hart, of West Mt. Airy, a teacher at Germantown Friends School for more than two decades, died Sept. 23 of heart failure at Arbor Terrace in Chestnut Hill. Mrs. Hart had taught French...

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Charles L. McIlvaine III, insurance broker

Charles Lee McIlvaine III, 71, of Wyndmoor, an insurance broker, died Sept. 1 at his summer home in Harpswell, Maine. Mr. McIlvaine, who retired in 2004, had worked for several insurance and brokerage...

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Fern A. Carrie, bank executive

Fern Alexandra Carrie, 56, of Chestnut Hill, a bank executive, died Sept. 25 of complications of systemic scleroderma at Wyndmoor Hills in Wyndmoor. When she retired in 1997, Mrs. Carrie was vice...

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James E. Buckley, fine arts appraiser

James E. Buckley, 71, of Chestnut Hill, a fine arts appraiser and auctioneer, died Sept 3 of pneumonia at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital following treatment for pancreatic cancer. When he retired...

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Jane C. Ballard, community leader

Jane Catlett Ballard, 88, formerly of Wyndmoor and Fort Washington, a community leader in the areas of music education and interracial relations, died Oct. 6 of heart ailments at Cathedral Village in...

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Jean A. Hefline

Hefline, Jean A. (nee) Adair, Oct 18, 2015. Wife of the late George B. Hefline. Loving Mother of Jean B. (Neil Feinstein) Hefline and Jill H. (the late Robert A.) Greenberg. Grandmother of D. Scott...

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Edwin H. Stulb III, business owner

Edwin Hunter “Ed” Stulb III, 93, formerly of Chestnut Hill, who was president of his family’s paint manufacturing firm, died Oct. 15 of pneumonia at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville. He had been...

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John J. McCooe

Jack passed away peacefully on November 1, 2015 at the age of 85 with his wife Bobbie by his side, surrounded in his final days by his children, grandchildren and brother Bill. Married in 1961, Bobbie...

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S. Lee von Seldeneck – 1968-2015

Steven Lee von Seldeneck passed away on Saturday, November 21, with his family at his side. Lee lived life to its fullest from his earliest days. Though he battled meningitis and lost his hearing as a...

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William J. Hammer

Hammer, William J. M.D. on November 15, 2015 of Kiawah Island, S.C. and formerly of Phila., PA. Beloved husband of Marian E. (nee Hamilton). Loving father of Ethan and Shaun. A funeral mass was held...

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William J. Hammer, physician

William J. Hammer, a cardiologist who was chairman of the Department of Medicine at Chestnut Hill Hospital for more than 25 years, died Nov. 15 of heart failure on Kiawah Island, S.C., where he had...

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Mary E. P. Lewis, artist and volunteer

Mary Elizabeth Pilling “Lizzie” Lewis, 90, an artist and community volunteer, died Nov. 30 at The Hill at Whitemarsh. A longtime Chestnut Hill resident, Mrs. Lewis had served on the board of the...

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Allen Harberg, real estate developer

Allen Harberg, 81, of Chestnut Hill, a real estate developer who pioneered the use of tax-exempt industrial bonds by nonprofit institutions, died Dec. 1 of heart failure at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Mr....

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Elizabeth S. Cary, teacher

Elizabeth Summers “Betty” Carey, 92, of Germantown, who held a variety of positions at Germantown Friends School for more than six decades, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 12 at Wesley Enhanced...

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Pauline “Polly” Stitzinger

Pauline “Polly” (nee Liebert) Stitzinger, on December 16, 2015 of Rydal Park formerly of Wyndmoor. Wife of the late Arthur L. Stitzinger. Polly taught French at Cheltenham High School for 18 years. In...

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Thomas S. Farragher, Jr.

Thomas S. Farragher, Jr. on Dec. 31, 2015, age 81 yrs., born in Phila., of Blue Bell, PA, formerly of Dresher, PA and Chatham, NJ. Beloved husband of Anna Marie (nee Kelso) for 55 yrs. Father of Thomas...

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Vivien McCarthy, paralegal and psychic

Vivien McCarthy Vivien McCarthy, 69, a legal secretary and psychic entertainer, died Dec. 30 of ovarian cancer at her home in Mt. Airy. Mrs. McCarthy, in addition to working as a legal secretary and...

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Robert Edward Coughlin

Robert Edward Coughlin, 88, a city and regional planning consultant, died Jan. 7 at his home in Chestnut Hill. Dr. Coughlin and John C. Keene founded the firm of Coughlin, Keene & Associates in...

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