Mary T. Flannery, community volunteer

Obituaries May 15, 2012 0 Comments

Mary T. Flannery, 75, of Chestnut Hill, a community volunteer who had been a member of the Chestnut Hill Local staff for 25 years, died of congestive heart failure May 1 at Abington Hospital. Mrs. Flannery had started work at the Local as a receptionist and was classified advertising manager when she retired in 2007. [...]
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William J. O’Brien, trial lawyer

Obituaries May 15, 2012 0 Comments

William J. O’Brien, 77, a prominent Philadelphia trial lawyer, died May 7 at his home in Chestnut Hill after a long illness. Mr. O’Brien was a founding member of Conrad O’Brien and chairman emeritus of the firm where he had practiced for more than 30 years. He began his legal career at what is now [...]
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Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Judge

Obituaries May 15, 2012 0 Comments

by Walter Fox Louis Heilprin Pollak, 89, a U.S. District Judge who, as a young lawyer, played a key role in litigation leading to school desegregation, died May 8 of congestive heart failure at his home in Mt. Airy. Judge Pollak, who also had been dean of the law schools at Yale and the University [...]
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Harry D. Fisher

Obituaries April 25, 2012 0 Comments

Harry D. Fisher passed away peacefully on Friday, April 20, 2012 at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He was 69. Mr. Fisher was a resident of Philadelphia PA. He was a bank manager for Continental Bank at Shannondell in Audubon, PA and a former bank manager at Progress Bank in Bridgeport, PA. Harry was [...]
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Joseph H. Shuttleworth, Jr.

Obituaries April 25, 2012 0 Comments

Joseph H. Shuttleworth, Jr., 82, died April 17, 2012, Loving husband of Becky Shuttleworth. Born to Joseph Harry and Anne Shuttleworth on November 29, 1929. He is survived by his beautiful wife Becky Shuttleworth, his children; Joan Grace Shuttleworth Whitley, Joseph Harry Shuttleworth, III, his wife Nancy, their children Theresa, Christopher and Kaitlin Quigley. Amy [...]
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Stuart MacMillan Skinner

Obituaries April 25, 2012 0 Comments

Stuart MacMillan Skinner, 90, of Gwynedd, PA, died peacefully in Lansdale Hospital April 14th 2012 following a serious illness. Beloved husband for 68 years of Margaret (Lionberger), he was the son of the late Walter R Skinner and Celeste MacMillan. Born July 15th 1921 in Webster Groves, MO, Stuart graduated from St. Louis Country Day [...]
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Susan E. Kowert, accountant

Obituaries April 18, 2012 0 Comments

Susan E. Kowert, 66, an accountant who was a former bookkeeper for the Chestnut Hill Local, died April 13 at her home in Erdenheim. Ms. Kowert had worked at the Local from 2006 to 2011, and earlier had  held a variety of accounting positions, including one with Entegris, a manufacturer of critical materials for high [...]
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