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Orville R. Walls, veterinarian
Orville R. Walls, 76, a much-loved veterinarian who maintained a practice in Germantown for more than four decades, died Sept. 6 of cancer at his home. Over the years, Dr. Walls treated a wide variety...
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Thelma W. Anderson, jazz advocate
Thelma W. Anderson, 89, of Chestnut Hill, a jazz aficionado and founder of the Council of Jazz Advocates, died Oct. 6 at Keystone Hospice. Ms. Anderson founded COJA in 1991 as a way to support young...
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Jane W. Schoeniger, teacher and community volunteer
Jane Williamson Schoeniger, 82, formerly of Chestnut Hill and Erdenheim, a teacher and a longtime community volunteer, died Oct. 30 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, Md., where she had been living for...
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Obituary: Armand Della Porta, judge and civic volunteer
by Walter Fox Armand Della Porta, 95, a retired Philadelphia judge and a longtime civic volunteer, died Nov. 4 of complications from a series of strokes at his home in Chestnut Hill. Judge Della Porta...
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Susan C. Lloyd, teacher and community service coordinator
Susan Campbell Lloyd, 75, a teacher and community service coordinator, died Nov. 12 of an intramuscular disease at her home in Chestnut Hill. Mrs. Lloyd established and directed a community service...
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Charles W. Oliver, Army officer and tennis professional
Charles W. Oliver, 91, formerly of Jeffersonville, a retired Army officer who was the tennis pro at the Philadelphia Cricket Club for 14 years, died Nov. 2 at the Falcon’s Landing Retirement...
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Bonnie B. Livezey, teacher and flower arranger
Bonnie B. Livezey, 77, of Mt. Airy, a teacher and flower arranger, died Nov. 13 of an aortic aneurysm at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Mrs. Livezey retired in 1992 from Northwest Human Services, where she...
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Karen B. MacDonald, teacher and food service director
Karen B. McDonald, 68, formerly of Erdenheim and Worcester, a retired teacher and food service director, died Nov. 20 of early onset Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s related dementia at St. Mary...
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Kenneth W. Greene Sr., firefighter
Lt. Kenneth W. Greene Sr., 60, of Mt. Airy, a Philadelphia firefighter who worked at Engine Co. 37 in Chestnut Hill, died Sept. 14 at Einstein Hospital, where he was taken after becoming ill while on...
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Harry E. Butson, 92, a pediatrician who practiced in Chestnut Hill for four decades, died Nov. 23 at Brittany Pointe Estates in Lansdale. Dr. Butson, who retired in 1995 at the age of 70, was known for...
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Myron Hallock, business owner
Myron Hallock, 82, owner of a company that represented educational publishers, died Dec. 5 at his home in Wyndmoor. Mr. Hallock’s firm, The School Shelf, represented publishers in the areas of...
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Lori Lorenz, realtor and Girl Scout leader
Lori Lorenz, 44, a realtor and a Girl Scout leader, died Nov. 17 of a pulmonary embolism at her home in Germantown. Ms. Lorenz was a certified residential specialist at the Witt-Lippincott Team, a real...
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Mary Y. Hughes, librarian and volunteer
Mary Yergan “Bunny” Hughes, 87, of Mt. Airy, a children’s librarian at the Northwest Regional Library in Germantown, died Dec. 20 of congestive heart failure at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook....
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Daniel S. Levy, career military and community volunteer
Daniel Samter Levy, 68, a career noncommissioned Army officer and a longtime community volunteer, died Dec. 29 at his home in Flourtown of complications following brain tumor surgery. Mr. Levy retired...
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Cheryl D. H. Barber, nonprofit executive and volunteer
Cheryl Diane Hughes Barber, 66, formerly of Germantown, a development executive with nonprofit organizations, died Jan. 5 at Abington Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Barber, who had been living in Jenkintown...
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Mary Disston, community volunteer
Mary Disston, 90, formerly of Chestnut Hill, a community volunteer and gardener, died Dec 25 at the Beaumont Retirement Community in Bryn Mawr. Mrs. Disston volunteered as a reading tutor to...
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Robert J. Osborn, professor
Robert Johnathan Osborn, 87, of Chestnut Hill, a retired professor of political science, died Dec. 11, at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Dr. Osborn was professor and chairman of the Department of Political...
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Joan S. Root, civic volunteer
Joan Schimpf Root, 91, formerly of Chestnut Hill and Blue Bell, a longtime civic volunteer died Jan. 16 of respiratory failure at The Hill at Whitemarsh. Mrs. Root had been an active volunteer at...
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Adele P. Boyd, coach, teacher, athlete and volunteer
Adele Pack Boyd, 85, of Plymouth Meeting, an accomplished coach, teacher, athlete and volunteer, died Jan. 27 of complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma and heart failure at Abington Jefferson...
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Peter L. Buttenwieser, educator and fundraiser
Peter Lehman Buttenwieser, 82, an educational consultant and a major fundraiser for progressive causes, died Feb. 4 of acute myeloid leukemia at his home in Chestnut Hill. Mr. Buttenwieser served for...
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