Anna I. Roberts, community volunteer
Obituaries March 20, 2013 0 Comments
Anna Ingersoll Roberts, 90, formerly of Whitemarsh, a longtime community volunteer, died March 10 of complications from a stroke eight days earlier at Beaumont at Bryn Mawr., where she had resided since 1996. Mrs. Roberts was a former president of the Women’s Committee of the College of Physicians and was co-chair for four years during [...]
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Mitchell W. Melton, former state legislator
Obituaries March 20, 2013 0 Comments
Mitchell Wesley “Mitch” Melton, 69, of Chestnut Hill, a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and a co-founder of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, died March 11 of prostate cancer at Nazareth Hospital. Mr. Melton served as a Democratic representative from the 196th District in North Philadelphia from Jan. 7, 1969, to Nov. [...]
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Mary Ellison Hastings
Death Notices March 13, 2013 0 Comments
Mary Ellison Hastings of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, died peacefully in the company of her family on Friday, January 4th at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta after a brief illness. Ellie was the daughter of Dr. Richard T. Ellison and Mary Cunius Ellison of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, where she was born in 1921 and graduated from [...]
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Carol P. McLean
Death Notices March 13, 2013 0 Comments
Carol P. McLean, on March 9, 2013. Wife of Orville “Chris” Robinson. Mother of Kate McLean Robinson and Orville “Michael” Robinson. Grandmother of 4. Sister of James Burke. Member of the City Committee, Green Party of Philadelphia. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Thursday from 6-8PM at the John F. Murray Funeral Home [...]
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Pierre J. Marcolina, masonry contractor
Obituaries March 12, 2013 0 Comments
Pierre Joseph “Pete” Marcolina, 82, of Lafayette Hill, a retired masonry contractor whose work graced many area estates, schools and colleges, died March 9 of cancer at the VNA Hospice in Vero Beach, Fla., where he had a second residence. For more than 50 years until his retirement in 2000, Mr. Marcolina worked at his [...]
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John J. Scanlan, addiction counselor
Obituaries March 12, 2013 1 Comment
John J. “Jack” Scanlan, 77, formerly of Germantown, an addiction counselor and a former diving champion, died March 2 of complications of pneumonia at Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia. Mr. Scanlan had worked as a counselor for 25 years at several rehabilitation centers in the Philadelphia area, including the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, the Fairmount [...]
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Gail B. Simmonds, administrative assistant and community volunteer
Obituaries March 12, 2013 0 Comments
Gail Baldwin Simmonds, 70, formerly of Wyndmoor, a headmaster’s assistant at Chestnut Hill Academy for 14 years and a longtime community volunteer, died of cancer March 7 at Cathedral Village, where she had resided for the past year. For her service to CHA, which included starting a boys’ knitting club, Mrs. Simmonds was presented with [...]
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