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Gail B. Poch, professor of music

Gail B. Poch, 80, formerly of Mt. Airy, an emeritus professor of music at Temple University and a longtime choir director, died Aug. 21 at the Concord Health Care Center in Concord, Mass. Until...

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Elizabeth Crumbie Griffiths

Elizabeth “Bobbi” Crumbie Griffiths , a resident of Fort Myers, Florida formerly of Oreland, PA beloved mother to James Crumbie III (Helen), Carol Wilson (Thomas), Lyn Atkinson, and Thomas Crumbie...

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Elio J. Colussi

Elio J. Colussi went peacefully to God at his home in Ambler, on Friday September 9, 2016, at the age of 90. Born in Poffabro, Italy, he was the Son of the late Dante and Lucia (nee Roman) Colussi....

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Lee-Ann Forsdick

Lee-Ann Forsdick, 59 of Manchester, CT, devoted wife of Arthur Forsdick passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Daughter of Donald and Mimi French,...

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William R. Hodson

William R. Hodson, age 72, of Franconia Township, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. He was the beloved husband of Donna (Seip) Hodson with whom he shared 47 years of marriage. Born May 1,...

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Julie Baranauskas, teacher and activist

Julie Baranauskas, 72, a teacher and community activist, died Sept. 12 of heart failure at her home in the Penn-Knox section of Germantown. Before retiring in 2010, Mrs. Baranauskas had taught high...

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Cynthia Mitchell Cheston

Cynthia Mitchell Cheston, a resident of Ambler and Spring House for more than 50 years and a former nursery school teacher, philanthropist, and community volunteer, died at her home on Friday, July 8,...

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Robert Denny McAuliffe

Robert Denny, age 78, of Chestnut Hill and Chatham, MA, on September 21, from leukemia. Predeceased by his son Mark, survived by his wife, the love of his life for 52 years, Lydia of the Netherlands,...

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Edward N. Lawless

Edward N. Lawless, USMC Retired, age 78, formerly of Tuckerton NJ died September 3, 2016 at Patriots Colony, Williamsburg, VA. His wife Margaret, daughter Maureen, parents George and Margaret Lawless,...

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Katherine W. Pollak, vice dean at Penn

Katherine Weiss Pollak, 89, a former vice dean at the University of Pennsylvania, died Sept. 18 of a stroke at her home in West Mt. Airy. She was the widow of Judge Louis H. Pollack of the U.S. Eastern...

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Louis C. Martini, building contractor

Louis C. Martini, 81 a building contractor who fought in the Hungarian Revolution, died Sept. 18 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Chestnut Hill. Mr. Martini had specialized in kitchen remodeling,...

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Samuel Hatfield Gilbert, Jr.

Samuel Hatfield Gilbert, Jr. passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2016. He was predeceased by his wife Frances Snowden Gilbert. He is survived by three daughters, Sandra Evans, Joan Bolton and Suzie...

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Robert D. McAuliffe, engineer and developer

Robert Denny “Bob” McAuliffe, 78, , a structural engineer, real estate developer and project manager, died Sept. 21 of acute myeloid leukemia at his home in Chestnut Hill. In his long career, Mr....

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James S. Bishop, business owner

James S. Bishop, 73, of Germantown, retired owner of the former Main Line furniture store O’Neill & Bishop, died Sept. 18 off Long Beach Township, N.J., in what authorities reported as a drowning....

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Maureen B. Rissi

Maureen B. “Moe”(nee Schell) Rissi on October 6, 2016. Beloved wife of Thomas S. Rissi. The family will receive friends Thursday, Oct. 13th, 6-9PM and Friday, Oct. 14th 9-10AM at St. Genevieve Church,...

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Carmen Salemno

Carmen Salemno, age 88, on Oct. 7, 2016 of Flourtown. Survived by his sisters, Mary Capece and Rose DiPinto, numerous nieces & nephews. Carmen was a proud Army Veteran of the Korean War. Other...

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Patricia A. P. Reifsnyder, teacher and 9th Ward leader

Patricia Ann Pugh Reifsnyder, 87, formerly of Mt Airy, a retired high school teacher and former Democratic leader of the 9th Ward, died Sept. 24 of Lewy body dementia at Foulkeways in Gwynedd, where...

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Donna Waldeck Lorenz

Donna Waldeck Lorenz, October 13, 2016, of Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy, age 69, mother of Francesca Centone (Joseph), John Lorenz and Luke Lorenz; grandmother of Nicholas; sister of Lorrie McKinney...

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Donna Waldeck Lorenz

Donna Waldeck Lorenz, October 13, 2016, of Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy, age 69, mother of Francesca Centone (Joseph), John Lorenz and Luke Lorenz; grandmother of Nicholas; sister of Lorrie McKinney...

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Thomas Gray Reynolds

Thomas Gray Reynolds, age 27, September 17, 2016 of Chestnut Hill and Erdenheim. Beloved son of Annie and Bob Reynolds of Flourtown. Devoted brother of Molly Reynolds of Washington, DC. Also deeply...

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