Obituaries

Jul 27, 2022

Richard L. Koziol, age 74, passed away on July 27, 2022 at his home in Brookhaven surrounded by his loving family. Rich was born and raised in Chester, PA. Rich moved to Granite City, IL in 1962, attended Granite City High School and was a fullback for the Warriors football team. Teammates nicknamed him the "Pennsylvania Coal Miner". After...

Jul 27, 2022

Steven Dennis Gitaitis Seymour, age 73, passed away on July 27, 2022 at his home. Raised in Tinicum Twp., Steve was a 1966 graduate of Ridley Park High School and a 1969 graduate of Temple University. Steven has lived in Glen Mills for the past 45 years. Steven worked for Westinghouse and Copy Serv Inc., but his passion was building...

Jul 27, 2022

Joseph John Brooks, age 74 , of Garnet Valley, passed away suddenly on July 27, 2022. Joe was raised in the Gray's Ferry section of Philadelphia and a graduate of St. John Neumann High School. Joe was a Lieutenant with the South Detectives in the Philadelphia Police Department Special Investigation Unit. He retired after 31 years. From there, he...

Jul 26, 2022

Robert J. "Bob" Smith, age 80, passed away July 26, 2022 at Riddle Memorial Hospital in Media. A life long Delaware County resident Bob was raised in Drexel Hill and was a 1960 graduate of Upper Darby High School. He has lived in Media, Concord Township and most recently Upper Chichester. He has been a member of the International...

Jul 23, 2022

Joseph Dwyer, surrounded by his loved ones, was reunited in heaven with his wife Miriam on July 23, 2022. Joe, 83 of Brookhaven, was born and raised in South West Philadelphia and attended West Catholic High School for Boys. Following high school, he entered the United States Marine Corps and proudly served for seven years. Joe was employed by...

Jul 22, 2022

Rosemarie (Paulshock) Warner, age 85 passed away July 22, 2022, at her home in Wilmington, DE. She was born and raised in Ridley Twp. and was a graduate of Ridley High School.

Rosemarie was most proud of being Miss Chester in 1961 and making it all the way to the Pennsylvania state finals, she was also an...

Jul 18, 2022

John Paul "Jack" Kowal Jr., age 69 , died July 18, 2022 at his home in Aston.  Jack was born in Chester and raised in the West End.  He was a 1970 graduate of St. James High School and a member of St. Hedwigs Church.  Jack has lived in Aston for more than 42 years where he was a...

Jul 17, 2022

Thomas Andrew McKeown, age 26, passed away on July 17, 2022, in California. Thomas was raised in Wilmington, Delaware prior to moving to Chadds Ford, PA, and was a graduate of Garnet Valley High School. Before moving to California, Thomas was a resident of Boothwyn, PA. In his free time, Thomas enjoyed Wrestling, spending time at the gym focusing...

Jul 16, 2022

Agnes L. (Gibson) Kennedy, age 94, passed away with her family beside her at her home on July 16, 2022. Agnes was raised and educated in Chester, PA, where she graduated from Chester High School in 1945. After high school, Agnes joined the Cadet Nurse Corp at Chester Hospital. In her earlier years, Agnes enjoyed rollerskating at the Great...

Jul 14, 2022

Norina Ann (Manni) Fittingoff, age 68, passed away July 14, 2022. She was born and raised in Chester and Brookhaven PA. Norina was a graduate of Sun Valley High School before eventually working for the U.S Customs Service in the Office of Investigations. She enjoyed cooking, baking and traveling. Norina loved spending time with her 8 nieces and nephews,...

Jul 13, 2022

Mae DeGrave (Nee Close), age 83, died July 13, 2022 at CCMC. Born and educated in Philadelphia, Mae graduated from South "Southern" High School for Girls, Philadelphia. She lived in Lindenwald, NJ in her younger years, and Eddystone for many years,  before moving to Woodlyn, where she has lived for the past 18 years.  Mae worked for Crozer Chester...

Jul 11, 2022

We mournfully announce the passing of Shawn T Wagner, age 37, of Wilmington, DE.  He passed on July 11, 2022 in Elk River, MD.

Graduate of Hodgson Vo-tech high school, he worked at Goodyear Auto service prior to joining Tommy's automotive of West Chester, PA in 2012 where he further honed his problem-solving skills.  He was a...

Jul 10, 2022

Joan Jaixen Impagliazzo, age 83, passed away, peacefully, on July 10, 2022. She was born and raised in Linwood, PA and was a graduate of Notre Dame High School. Joan raised her family and lived most of her life in Brookhaven, where she was a member of our Lady of Charity Parish, and a volunteer at the school library...

Jul 4, 2022

Thomas Jon Gessler, Sr- hard-working husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at the age of 75 at Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, PA on Monday, July 4, 2022. Tom was born to Rose Marie and Thomas Leo Gessler, Jr. in Media, PA on November 19, 1946. He graduated from Media High...

Jul 3, 2022

Patricia "Trish" Mary Churchill passed away on July 3rd, 2022, at the age of 27 in her parents' home surrounded by her parents; her brother; her boyfriend, Steve; and close family and friends.

Trish was raised in Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, a graduate of St. Thomas the Apostle and Archmere Academy where she excelled in the classroom, as...

Jul 3, 2022

Michael L. Ricevuto, age 76, died on July 3, 2022 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.  Born and raised in Philadelphia, Micheal graduated from Bishop Neumann High School class of 1962. Michael lived in Upper Chichester for 35 years before moving to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware where he has lived for the past 5 years. Michael has worked as a construction...

Jun 28, 2022

Robert A. "Bob" Battista, age 68, a current resident of Boothwyn, PA passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on June 28, 2022. Bob was born and raised in Yeadon, PA and was a graduate of Yeadon High School. He eventually retired from the US Post Office after working for 41 years at the office in Bryn...

Jun 27, 2022

Rodger T. Fitzsimmons, age 63, passed away on June 27, 2022. Rodger was reared and educated in Springfield PA where he was a 1977 graduate of Springfield High School. Rodger was a parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Springfield and was employed by Videon Dodge of Newtown Square, PA. He was the son of the late Lawrence...

Jun 26, 2022

Janet Mae Symonds, age 83, passed away June 26, 2022 in Danbury, CT. She was born May 10, 1939 in Syracuse, NY into the Ostrander family. She married friend and love James Roger Symonds who preceded her in death in 1991. Janet loved unconditionally and her unwavering faith codified the life she shared with us all. She loved to...

Jun 24, 2022

Mary E. Thomas, age 79, passed away on June 24, 2022, in Media, PA. Mary was born in Ridley Park, PA, and was raised in Ridley Township. She was a graduate of Ridley Township High School, class of 1961. Mary earned an academic scholarship to pursue further education at Penn State and she eventually went on to Temple where...