Obituaries
Dorothy F. Tincher
Dec 10, 2015
Dorothy F. (Hookway) Tincher, age 92, passed peacefully on Thursday morning, December 10, 2015 in the Seasons Hospice at Phoenixville Hospital. Born in Royersford, PA to Reuben and Mary Hookway. Dottie worked as a nurse at Pennhurst Center for 31 years and retired in 1984. She belonged to Parker Ford Church of the Brethren. She was a Life member of...
Gayle K. Spiegel
Dec 9, 2015
Gayle K. (Goode) Spiegel, 65, of Spring City, PA passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 in Parkhouse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Royersford. Born on May 15, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Cleo (Philpot) and Thomas Goode. Gayle was a member of Grace Assembly of God in Spring City. She loved to garden and...
Karen L. (Trinley) Kanu
Dec 8, 2015
Karen L. (Trinley) Kanu, of Gilbertsville, PA, age 49, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Born on March 10, 1966 in Passaic, New Jersey, she was a daughter of J. Ronald and Louise (Crothers) Trinley, of Gilbertsville, PA. She was a 1984 graduate of Spring-Ford High School. Karen worked as a Department...
Beverly A. Barbera
Dec 6, 2015
Beverly A. (Reale) Barbera, age 83, wife of the late Clement M. Barbera, of Phoenixville, PA, formerly of Broomall, PA died Sunday, December 6, 2015 in Phoenixville Hospital. Born on September 15, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Stella (Stefano) Reale. She was a graduate of Philadelphia High School for Girls and the...
Bruce R. Ottey
Dec 5, 2015
Bruce Raymond Ottey, age 61, of Groveland, Florida passed away suddenly at his residence on December 5, 2015. Born November 20, 1954 in Camden, NJ, he was the son of the late Raymond Ottey and Barbara Fuller Spangler. Mr. Ottey had a passion for helping his community and a unique way of always finding the humor in everything. His laugh...
Samuel Milton Thompson
Dec 1, 2015
Samuel M. Thompson, age 100, husband of the late Gladys V. (Hedrick) Thompson, of Royersford, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 in Parkhouse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on December 8, 1914 in Phoenixville, PA, he was a son of the late Leslie and Sarah (Wadsworth) Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Royersford Baptist Church. He...
Arthur Lee Shephard
Nov 30, 2015
Arthur Lee Shephard, age 91, husband of the late Eva M. (Cook) Shephard, of East Coventry, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2015 in the Manatawny Manor. Born on September 23, 1924 in Whitetop, Virginia, he was a son of the late Isaac and Georgia (Jones) Shephard. Mr. Shephard served in the Army during World War II. He was a...
Mark Allen Eisenhard
Nov 29, 2015
Mark A. Eisenhard, age 44, of Pottstown, PA, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at home. Born on August 27, 1971 in Pottstown, PA, he was a son of Anna M. (Frey) Eisenhard of Pottstown and the late Rodney Eisenhard. Mark worked for Dallas French Fries in Pottstown and as a truck driver. He was a firefighter at the...
Dewitt T. Dabback
Nov 27, 2015
Dr. DeWitt Talmage Dabback, who spent 44 years as a beloved family physician caring for the Spring-Ford community, died on Friday in Phoenixville. He was 90. Dr. Dabback lived an extraordinary life. He was born in 1925 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to David G. and Ruth (Haws) Dabback. His father was a minister who immigrated to the United States in...
Joan R. Quay
Nov 26, 2015
Joan (Rowan) Quay, wife of the late William M. Quay Sr., of Phoenixville, passed away on Thursday morning, November 26, 2015 in the Seasons Hospice, Phoenixville. Born on September 19, 1932 in Phoenixville, she was a daughter of the late Dorothy (Heistand) and John Rowan. Mrs. Quay had been employed as a rater for Allstate Insurance Company and later for...
Charles Eselby
Nov 24, 2015
Charles Eselby Jr., age 50, of Royersford, PA, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Born on February 16, 1965 in Royersford, PA, he was a son of Charles Eselby Sr. of Dushore, PA and Alice (Megay) Eselby of Royersford, PA. Mr. Eselby was a graduate of Spring-Ford High School. He enjoyed woodworking, working on cars, and building model cars....
Claire M. Piersol
Nov 24, 2015
Claire M. Piersol, 90, wife of the late Mervyn H. Piersol, Sr. of West Brandywine, formerly Warwick, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 in Freedom Village at Brandywine. Born on May 15, 1925 in Media, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Katherine (Knight) and Charles W. Powell. A loving mother and grandmother, Mrs. Piersol was a homemaker....
Elaine C. "Toddy" Fitton
Nov 21, 2015
Elaine C. “Toddy” Fitton, 71, of Royersford, PA passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at her home. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Clara (Ellis) Fitton. She was a graduate of Kensington High School in 1962. Toddy was employed for many years as a customer service representative with Merion Publications. She was an...
Pearl E. Hrivnak
Nov 20, 2015
Pearl E. (Plumley) Hrivnak, 91, formerly of East Vincent, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015 at Columbia Cottage, Collegeville, PA. She was the wife of the late John G. Hrivnak, to whom she was married for sixty-three years. She was born in Reading, PA to the late William and Bertha (Trout) Plumley. Pearl was a 1942 graduate of Spring...
Carl W. Sierzega
Nov 20, 2015
Carl W. Sierzega, 84, husband of Ida (DePietropaolo) Sierzega, of Royersford, PA, passed away on Friday morning, November 20, 2015 in the Phoenixville Hospital. Born on February 22, 1931 in Phoenixville, he was a son of the late Antoinette (Joyuska) and Joseph Sierzega. Carl served in the United States Marines Corps. during the Korean War, where he was a rifle...
Barbara M. Vance
Nov 19, 2015
Barbara M. (Haines) Vance, wife of the late James A. Vance, died Thursday, November 19, 2015 in Parkhouse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by her loving family and her best friend Ruthie. Born on December 1, 1941 in Coatesville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Inez (Quinn) Haines. She was a 1959 graduate of St. Pius X High...
Nancy Joan Peoples
Nov 17, 2015
Nancy Joan Peoples, late wife of Ray Wayne Peoples, of Valley Forge, PA, died Tuesday, November 17, 2015 in Bellingham Retirement Community. Born on September 21, 1931 in Philadelphia, PA, she was a daughter of Moses and Nannie (Briscoe) Weinbach. She was a graduate of Haverford High School. Mrs. Peoples was a homemaker. Nancy graduated from Haverford High School. She...
Elizabeth H. Martin
Nov 17, 2015
Elizabeth "B.J." (Hoffman) Martin, of Charlestown Township, died peacefully in her home on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, while surrounded and embraced by family and friends. Born on May 22, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late I. Leo and Mabel (Daniel) Hoffman, both of whom she reported seeing leading up to her passing, an experience she...
Joseph E. Burns
Nov 16, 2015
Joseph E. Burns, Jr. Age 77, husband of Janet R. (Petaccio) Burns, of Drums, PA, formerly of New Hanover Township, PA died Monday, November 16, 2015 in Mountaintop Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Born on November 2, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA, he was a son of Joseph E. Burns, Sr. and Agnes...
Paul R. Stofko
Nov 15, 2015
Paul R. Stofko, 79, husband of the late Carol Ann (Reardon) Stofko, of Fountain Hills AZ, formerly Phoenixville PA, passed away on November 15, 2015 in Scottsdale, AZ. Born on December 9, 1935 in Pottstown, PA, he was a son of the late Ella B. Churach and Michael Stofko. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Along with...
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