Elliot L. Shelkrot, library director
Elliot L. Shelkrot, 72, of Mt. Airy, the former president and director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, died March 21 from complications of heart disease at Pennsylvania Hospital. Mr. Shelkrot was...
View ArticleSarah S. Wolf, teacher
Sarah S. “Sally” Wolf, 70, of Wyndmoor, a retired elementary school teacher, died Feb.19 of acute renal failure at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Mrs. Wolf had taught first grade at Germantown...
View ArticleRuth Anne Rude
Ruth Anne Rude (nee Schnell), March 26, 2016. Wife of Frederick R. Rude, V.M.D., mother of Dr. Catherine S. (Mark) Rude, M.D., Robert S. (Mary) Rude, P.E. and James C. (Maria) Rude, L.S.W. Grandmother...
View ArticleSamuel Williams Parke, Jr.
Samuel Williams Parke, Jr., age 77 died peacefully at his home in Tiburon, CA on Thursday March 24, 2016 surrounded by loved ones. He is survived by his wife Marilyn Parke, 3 sisters and their spouses,...
View ArticleYale Rabin, urban planner
Yale Rabin, 88, formerly of Mt. Airy, an urban planner who was long involved in civil rights issues, died of heart failure March 22 at his home in Foulkeways, a retirement community in Gwynedd. In...
View ArticleWalter Sullivan, attorney, Democratic committeeman
Walter Sullivan, a long-time Chestnut Hill resident, former Chestnut Hill Community Association president and Democratic committeeman, died on March 14 at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He was 78. Sullivan, a...
View ArticleEdmund B. Spaeth Jr., Superior Court judge
Edmund B. Spaeth Jr., 95, formerly of Mt. Airy, a retired president judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court, died March 31 of congestive heart failure at Cathedral Village, a retirement community in...
View ArticleElizabeth Dunning Baxter
Elizabeth Dunning Baxter of Wyndmoor, PA died on April 8 after a protracted, courageous and gritty battle with brain disease. Born in Philadelphia on December 5, 1979, she was 36 years old. Growing up...
View ArticlePatricia Stewart Walsh
Patricia Stewart Walsh died Thursday morning April 7th, peacefully, at home in Lafayette Hill three days after her 88th birthday. Patsy was born in Chestnut Hill in 1928 and had a typical Chestnut Hill...
View ArticleBailey Smith
Bailey Smith passed away peacefully in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 6, 2016 at the age of 84 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born March 15, 1932 in Glendale, NY, he was the son of Richard...
View ArticlePaul W. McCloskey
Paul McCloskey, 92, died April 8 surrounded by his family. The 60-year resident of Chevy Chase was the third son of Dr. John F. and Pauline G. McCloskey of Chestnut Hill. He is predeceased by his wife,...
View ArticleIrene M. Muehlbronner, ice dancing star and teacher
Irene M. Muehlbronner, 86, formerly of Glenside, a retired figure skating instructor who with her husband, Walter, was an ice dancing star in the 1950s, died April 10 at Normandy Frms Estates in Blue...
View ArticlePaul W. Sabol, Sr.
Paul W. Sabol, Sr. 89, of Blue Bell, PA passed away on Thursday April 21, 2016. He was born in Pottsville, PA on July 5, 1926. Mr. Sabol has lived in Blue Bell, PA since 1988, former longtime resident...
View ArticleW. Jeffrey Culbert, business owner
W. Jeffrey Culbert, 77, of East Mt. Airy, a retired business owner, died April 9 of complications of influenza at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Mr. Culbert had operated Lensco Products, a firm that...
View ArticleMary K. M. Miller, activist and counselor
Mary Katherine McKinney Miller, 69, a longtime activist in the women’s liberation movement, died April 17 of pancreatic cancer at her home in Chestnut Hill. Ms. Miller was a former president of both...
View ArticleFrances Patricia Flynn
Frances Patricia Flynn, 95, died peacefully April 23 at her residence in Solomons Island, Maryland. She was born New Years Day 1921 on Germantown Avenue in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia,...
View ArticleT. Gilbert Perch
T. Gilbert Perch, age 95, died on April 26, 2016. He was a retired realtor who resided in Maple Glen, PA. Husband of the late Shirley (nee Blumenthal); father of Lois (Paul) Villemaire, Bradley Perch,...
View ArticleFrancis Lynch Francis Lynch
Francis Lynch Francis Lynch, 84, of Phila., formerly of Chestnut Hill, died Apr. 28, 2016. He was the husband of the late Lydia (nee Hirst) Lynch who died in 1979. Survivors include his daughters Lydia...
View ArticleLincoln T. Griswold
The Rev. Dr. Lincoln T. Griswold, 85, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016 at Meadowood Retirement Community in Worcester, Pennsylvania. Dr. Griswold was delivered by his grandfather, Dr. Earl H. Mayne, on...
View ArticleBarbara Daniel-Cox, consultant
Barbara Daniel-Cox, 71, of Mt. Airy, a management and communications consultant and events planner for more than 25 years, died April 24 of a heart attack while shopping in Philadelphia. Ms. Daniel-Cox...
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