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Ralph Purvis, Jr., (1934-2026) passed May 3 after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. To describe Ralph as an extrovert is like calling the Himalayas hills. He loved interacting with people and …
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5/26/26
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Laura Rachel Dean Phelan, 88, of Oreland, PA peacefully left this world on May 14th, 2026, and we will think of her in every sunlit room with the curtains flung open, every time our hands smell of …
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5/19/26
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Mark Caldwell Rivinus grew up in Chestnut Hill in a vibrant household. Mark loved people and they loved him. He made new friends and kept old ones. He remembered people’s stories. He was full of …
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5/19/26
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Suzanne Krecker Dure died peacefully at Spring House Estates on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Born in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia PA on July 31, 1933, she was the second daughter of Frederick …
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5/14/26
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Suzanne Hesser Neely of Flourtown, Pennsylvania, died on Monday, April 20; she was 93. Loving wife of the late Richard R. Neely, Jr.; stepmother to Mary Susan Wetherill and Richard R. (Judy) Neely, …
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5/14/26
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Clifford Charles Randolph Hood, recently of Wyndmoor, died on March 30 th , 2026. He was the former president of C.C.R. Hood & Company, Inc., an advertising and public relations firm for 40 …
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5/6/26
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The family of Rebecca Alyn Bixby shares that she died March 27, 2026, after a tenacious four year journey with metastatic colon cancer.
Born in Abington, PA, on August 12, 1981, Rebecca leaves …
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4/30/26
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Victor Santantonio, 86, formerly of Chestnut Hill, PA, passed away suddenly on April 15, 2026, after a brief illness in Chestnut Hill Hospital. He was surrounded by family and friends, both present …
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4/30/26
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Longtime West Mt. Airy resident Sadie Elva Marie Spencer Torrence, an entrepreneur, mentor, loving mother and devout Christian, died April 10 of age-related causes.
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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The only thing more delicious than the food at Suzanne’s Grateful Deli was the personality of the bubbly owner, Suzanne Henkels Leaming Bagwell
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by Len Lear
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4/9/26
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Thomas J. Walsh, a lifelong Chestnut Hill resident who was able to brighten up the day of anyone with whom he came into contact, died peacefully of natural causes on Feb. 21.
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by Len Lear
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3/26/26
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Agatha Heritage Hughes, a former Chestnut Hill resident and onetime marketing director for Morris Arboretum, died unexpectedly from a fall outside her home in Maine on Dec. 22.
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1/15/26
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Corinne Endico Brady, of Chestnut Hill, a community activist involved with many organizations who worked tirelessly to combat injustice and promote public and school libraries, died Jan. 3.
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1/15/26
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Ronald Lee Klinger, 89, of Chestnut Hill and Wyndmoor, passed away peacefully Dec. 29, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.
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1/8/26
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Anne Boyle, (nee McDonald), 90, of Wyndmoor, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at Chestnut Hill Hospital surrounded by her family. Born in New Philadelphia, Schuylkill County, PA to the …
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1/5/26
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A number of well-known area residents died in 2025, leaving deep holes in the community.
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12/25/25
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Jill Phelan, 86, of Chestnut Hill, PA, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2025. Born September 1, 1939, Jill lived a full and vibrant life, rooted in love for her family, her city, and the simple …
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12/17/25
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A former longtime Chestnut Hill resident, Peter N. Walsh, M.D. and Ph.D, with an international reputation as a scientific investigator, mentor and physician whose pioneering research transformed the medical community’s understanding of thrombosis and hemostasis, died peacefully Sept. 25 at the age of 90 of age–related ailments.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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David Edwin Loder, of Flourtown, an advocate of humanitarian (and animal) causes, as well as a successful attorney and supporter of many local educational and cultural institutions, passed away peacefully on Oct. 23 at the age of 71.
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by Len Lear
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11/20/25
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Dr. Eleanor Morris, a prominent architecture professor and city planner in her own right and direct descendant of Henry Howard Houston, died of age-related issues on Aug. 16 at age 89.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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