Obituaries

Dec 28, 2017

Anna E. Frank, a resident of Doylestown, passed away December 25, 2017. She was 96.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late George and Lucy (Owens) Becker and wife of the late James Frank Sr. Anna is survived by her daughter Arleen Frank and son James Frank Jr. (Faith); grandchildren James Frank III, Timothy...

Dec 22, 2017

Jane Massaro, a longtime resident of Doylestown and Perkasie, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017, at home with family by her side. She was 98.

Born in Philadelphia, Jane was the daughter of the late Martin and Frances (Oukasik) Maleck. She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony Robert Massaro for 66 years until his passing...

Dec 19, 2017

Mildred C. Rava passed away Sunday December 17, 2017 at Doylestown Hospital. She was 92.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late John and Katherine Dema and wife of the late John Rava. She is survived by her daughter Christine Kissig, son Ross Rava and three grandchildren.

Friends and family are...

Dec 14, 2017

Charles D. Strouse, of New Britain, passed away peacefully on December 8, 2017. He was 89.

Born in Furlong, PA he was the son of the late Charles E. and Anna Louisa ‘Lulu' Strouse. He is survived by his children Judith Strelbski, William English Jr. (Janice), Donald (Sindy), Sharon Malseed (Michael) and grandchildren Casey, KellyAnne, Amber and...

Dec 13, 2017

Jennifer M. Heathwood, a resident of Dublin and formerly of New York passed away suddenly Thursday, December 7, 2017. She was 49.

Born in Huntington, NY, she was the daughter of Robert W. Heathwood and the late Dorothy Holmes. In addition to her father, she is also survived by her brother Matthew Heathwood of Doylestown and her...

Dec 8, 2017

Barbara Lee (Jones) Wherry of Chalfont, PA, passed to Eternal Life on December 6, 2017. She was 83 and died peacefully in her sleep due to complications from late onset Alzheimerʼs Disease.

Born Dec. 31, 1933 in Columbus, OH, she was the daughter of the late Urshel and Beatrice (Gardner) Jones, and from the age of eight,...

Dec 7, 2017

Norman Kaplan, a resident of Irvine, CA and formerly from Pennsylvania, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017. He was 87. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late Max and Mary Kaplan. Norm is survived by his wife, Jennie (Carbone) Kaplan and three daughters, Nikki Fuller (Charles), Robin Miller (Brian), and Amy Kaplan. Also...

Dec 5, 2017

May Haymes Clark of Doylestown, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2017, shortly after a Sunday afternoon family visit and just 2 months shy of her 90 th birthday. Although in failing health for some time, she lived the remainder of these past few months the same as she lived her life - with love in her heart, a...

Dec 5, 2017

Carolyn D. Williams, a resident of Lansdale Borough, passed away at Thomas Jefferson Hospital Saturday December 2, 2017. She was 77.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late John and Dorothy Bate and wife of the late Henry F. Williams. She is survived by her sons William H. Smith (Jeanette) and Todd D. Smith...

Dec 1, 2017

James J. Murphy, 88, of New Britain Borough died peacefully on Thursday, November 30, 2017. Jim is survived by his wife of 61 years Mary (Moran), their four children Maryellen McCann (James), Dennis (Bernadette), James (Patricia) and Colleen Pond (James), 15 grandchildren and 8 siblings.

Jim grew up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia he came from...

Nov 28, 2017

Margaret Jane Rowland, a resident of Rockhill Mennonite Community and formerly of Chalfont, passed away November 23, 2017. She was 93.

Born in Norristown, she was the daughter of the late William and Alice (Meeh) Evans and the wife of the late George Rowland. She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

Margaret was a...

Nov 17, 2017

Norbert "Bud" Hysick, a resident of New Britain Borough, passed away suddenly on Thursday, November 16, 2017. He was 83.

Bud was born in Tresckow, PA and was a 1960 graduate of Wilkes College. Prior to that, he served in the United States Army and was stationed in Japan shortly after the Korean Conflict. He was employed...

Nov 10, 2017

Kathleen "Fran" Cardamone died suddenly on Wednesday, November 8 th . She was 72.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Katherine (Hennessy) Jordan, the beloved wife of Ralph L. Cardamone, heroic mom of Kate Cardamone Shouse (Ben) and Elizabeth Sarnacki (Michael), and devoted "Gran Fran" of Nico, Chloe, Tyler, and...

Nov 10, 2017

Jocelyn Anthony passed away suddenly Thursday, November 9, 2017 at her home in Chalfont. She was 60.

Born in Abington, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Flora Coy and is survived by her loving husband Douglas Anthony. Also surviving are her siblings Peter Coy, Andrew Coy, David Coy, Kenneth Coy, Cynthia Dimarco, Glynnis Rodgers...

Nov 6, 2017

Richard P. Keyser, a resident of Lansdale, PA, passed away suddenly on October 31, 2017.

Rick was born in Germantown, PA, and was 73. Rick left this earth with the ones who loved him the most by his side. Rick proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War as a sergeant. A...

Nov 2, 2017

Donald L. Elliott, a resident of Chalfont, passed away Wednesday October 25, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. He was 74.

He had a sense of humor that just made everyone laugh. Don had a love of cars and was a member of the Doylestown Road Angels for 30 years. He served for six years with...

Nov 1, 2017

Joan Marie Gomeringer (Bozzuto), a resident of Avalon, NJ and Fort Myers, FL and formerly of Chalfont, passed away peacefully on October 17,2017. Joan was the beloved wife of the late George Gomeringer Jr.; dear mother of Dennis, Neil, David (Manuela), and Robert (Cindy); grandmother of John, Michael (Nicole) , Carolyne (Justin), Chelsie, Kimberley, Tara (Barry); great grandmother of...

Oct 23, 2017

Dorothy M. Graziano, a resident of Chalfont and formerly of Trenton, NJ, passed away Friday, October 20, 2017 at Abington Memorial Hospital. She was 95.

Born in Trenton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William and Cora (Specht) White and wife of the late Joseph Graziano. She is survived by her granddaughters Kimberly Ann Graziano...

Oct 16, 2017

Olga (Bogatuk ) Verbo passed away Friday, October 13, 2017 at Neshaminy Manor. She was 94.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the beloved wife of 58 years to the late Nicholas Verbo. Olga was the dear mother of Damyon T. Verbo (Tina), Nicholas S. Verbo (Marie) and the late Janet Manzo (Joseph). Also surviving are six grandchildren;...

Oct 16, 2017

Denise A. Matthews, a resident of Pipersville, passed away suddenly Friday, October 13, 2017. She was 65.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late William and Marie (Denning) Why and beloved wife of Gilbert F.C. Matthews, Jr. Denise is also survived by her beloved children Christopher and Jason (Jennifer) and brothers Neil Why and...