Obituaries

May 8, 2019

Patrick J. "Pat" McCormick, age 91, passed away on May 8, 2019 at his home in Aston. Born in Birkenhead, England in 1927, he came with his family to the U.S. in 1928 and settled in Philadelphia. Patrick resided in Chester, PA before moving to Aston in the 1970's. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War...

May 7, 2019

Robert W. "Butch" Carpenter, age 80, died on May 7, 2019 at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. Born, raised, and educated in Chester, Butch attended St. Robert's Parochial School and graduated from Chester High School in 1957. Butch has lived in Linwood for the past 17 years. He retired from The Boeing Company after 38 years working in the Sheet Metal...

May 6, 2019

Maureen J. Strazdus (NEE Hughes), age 74, died May 6, 2019 at her home in Upper Chichester.

Maureen was predeceased by her husband Stephen F. Strazdus and her four siblings, Catherine Mulray, Brendan Hughes, Kevin Hughes and Elizabeth Keane.  Maureen is survived by her children Kathleen (David) Stracke and Stephen (Karen) Strazdus and her grandchildren Charlotte (Chad),...

May 2, 2019

Helen (née Desmond) Udovich, formerly of Brookhaven and Chadds Ford, PA, died May 2nd at home. She was born in Chester to Clement F. and Catherine (née Flynn) Desmond. She graduated from Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish School and Notre Dame (Moylan) Catholic High School. After graduation, Helen was employed as an Executive Secretary at American Viscose Corporation in...

May 1, 2019

Arthur "Fred" Smith, a resident of Glen Mills, PA, age 84, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2019. He was a graduate of Eddystone High School, and had attended Widener University in Chester. Fred was a longtime resident of Aston Township where he was a parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Fred worked as a realtor, a home builder,...

May 1, 2019

John P. (Jack) Montgomery, age 77, died on May 1, 2019 surrounded by family after a short battle with lung cancer. Son of the late William R. Montgomery and Margaret Ennis, Jack was raised in Southwest Philadelphia with a crowd of lifelong friends whom he enjoyed seeing regularly.  He was a general foreman at Sun Ship Building and later...

Apr 29, 2019

Gwendolyn "Gwen" R. McCloskey (nee Esner), age 86, of Concord Township, passed away on April 29, 2019 at home surrounded by her family. Born on November 30, 1932 in Ipswich, England, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Esner, who was lost in World War II in 1942, and Ethel M. Esner (nee Read). Gwen was a 1950...

Apr 26, 2019

Francis "Frank" D. Casey, age 67, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2019 at his home in Collingdale with his family by his side. Raised and educated in Chester, he attended St. James High School. He has been a resident of Collingdale for the past 34 years. Frank worked for Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and was a...

Apr 25, 2019

Leonard Joseph Schlack, age 74, of Aston, passed away peacefully on April 25, 2019 surrounded by his family.  He was raised in Media, PA and was a 1962 graduate of Media High School. Leonard graduated with a BS in Business Administration and his MBA from Widener University.

Leonard was employed at ESCO in Aston until his retirement...

Apr 25, 2019

Thomas (Tom) P. McDougal, age 50, a resident of West Chester, PA, passed away Thursday morning after a 3.5 year battle with cancer. Tom was born to Richard McDougal and Jeannine (Webber) McDougal on March 13, 1969. He was raised and educated in Peshtigo, WI and graduated from Peshtigo High School in 1987. He graduated from Marquette University in...

Apr 24, 2019

Miriam M. Ersek (Mimi), of Glen Mills, PA passed away on April 24, 2019 at the age of 77.  The daughter of the late Robert and Dorothy Neidermyer, from Lancaster County, was born on January 12, 1942 in Springfield, PA.  She is survived by her husband, Barry R. Ersek, Ed.D. of almost 60 years; their daughters, Cindee Ersek Battin...

Apr 24, 2019

Lawrence Eugene Moore, age 62, a resident of East Lansdowne, PA passed away April 24, 2019 at Vitas Hospice at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital. Lawrence was raised and educated in Springfield; he graduated from Cardinal O'Hara High School and then St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia. Lawrence was a parishioner of St. Philomena Catholic Church in Lansdowne.

He was the...

Apr 21, 2019

Andrew Joseph Halligan – Wilmington – On Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019 our beloved Andy, age 56, passed away suddenly from a heart attack. We are all struggling for answers as to why such a good, wonderful person was taken from us so soon.

Andy was born in 1962 in Wilmington, Delaware to Donald and Anna Claire ...

Apr 19, 2019

Faye M. (Elliott) Arcomone, age 90, passed away on April 19, 2019 surrounded by her family at her home in Brookhaven, PA. She was a longtime resident of Chester before moving to Brookhaven where she has since lived. Faye was employed by Sacred Heart Hospital in Chester and then worked as a tourist guide for the state of Pennsylvania...

Apr 19, 2019

Tony M. "Blade" Dostellio, age 96, a resident of Brookhaven, passed away on April 19, 2019. He was raised in Chester and was a graduate of Chester High School. Tony was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force where he served as a Medic. He worked for Belmont Iron Steel in Eddystone for more than 20 years as...

Apr 19, 2019

Maureen Lohin (nee Lyons), age 65, of Garnet Valley, PA, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on April 19th, 2019. She was born and raised in Brookhaven, PA, the daughter of the late Harry O. and Mary M. (Roughneen) Lyons, and sister to the late Sandra Pepe, Daniel Lyons, and Harry "Babe" Lyons. Maureen graduated from Sun Valley...

Apr 19, 2019

John H. Tinker, MD, age 76, passed away on April 19, 2019.  John was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA before attending Penn State University (Class of 1964) and then Hahnemann Medical School (Class of 1969). John and his wife, Nancy, lived in Cherry Hill, NJ where he practiced medicine for over 30 years.  John served his Country in...

Apr 19, 2019

Anthony R.  D'Amato, age 75, a longtime resident of Boothwyn, PA passed away on April 19, 2019. Tony owned and operated a jewelry business in Philadelphia for many years before working at Boeing Inc., from where he retired. Anthony was well known for his Italian cooking and for his sales at the Flea Market in New Castle, DE. He...

Apr 17, 2019

Lawrence E. "Larry" Scarpato, age 78, passed away on April 17, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. He was raised and educated in Chester and was a lifelong resident of the city. Larry retired in 1992 from the City of Chester Fire Department, where he fought the Wade Dump Toxic Waste Fire in 1978. He then went to work...

Apr 17, 2019

The Philadelphia Eagles' fan base got a little quieter on April 17, 2019 with the passing of one of their most passionate fans, John Argibay. John was born on January 12, 1952 to Juan and Aurora (Picado) Argibay and spent the majority of his life residing in Delaware County.

After graduating from Springfield High School, he went...