Frances Sheppard Dalessio
Mar 24, 2013
Frances Sheppard Dalessio, 80, of Crum Lynne, PA and West Wildwood, NJ died March 24, 2013 at Taylor Hospital. Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Dalessio lived in South Philadelphia prior to moving to her late residence 58 years ago. Frances was a graduate of St. Maria Goretti High School for Girls, Class of 1950. She was a member of St. Rose...
Frank "Frankie" Noce
Mar 23, 2013
Frank G. "Frankie" Noce, 51 a lifelong resident of Folsom, died March 23, 2013 at Crozer Keystone Hospice at Taylor Hospital. Born in Darby, Frankie was the son of the late Frank Noce. He was a Union Electrician, working out of Local 654, I.B.E.W. and a member of the Church of St. Madeline. Frankie was a graduate of Ridley High...
Daniel A. Mclaughlin
Mar 23, 2013
Daniel A. McLaughlin, 78 of Gradyville, Edgemont Township died on March 23, 2013 at Riddle Memorial Hospital. Born in Philadelphia and reared in Aldan, he lived in Collingdale before moving to his late residence 52 years ago. Dan was a Lineman/Foreman at PECO for 39 years. After his retirement in 1995, he drove hay wagons at Linvilla Orchards for ten...
Wilma B. Orio (Nee Harris)
Mar 19, 2013
Wilma B. Harris Orio, 82, of Swarthmore died March 19, 2013 at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. Born in Brownsville, PA, Mrs. Orio lived in Chester prior to moving to her late residence 57 years ago. She was a graduate of South Union High School and was a member of Notre Dame de Lourdes R.C. Church. Wilma had been employed as a...
Dorothy Doris Hart
Mar 18, 2013
Dorothy "Doris" H. Haggerty Hart, 90 of Aston Township, died on March 18, 2013 at her home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she has lived at her late residence for the past 54 years. Doris was a member of the Church of St. Joseph and the Women's Guild; she also formerly served as secretary for the Aston Seniors and delivered Meals...
John "Jack" J. Kane
Mar 16, 2013
John J. "Jack" Kane, 63, of Folsom died March 16, 2013 at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania. Born in Darby, Mr. Kane lived in Glenolden prior to moving to Folsom 30 years ago. Jack was a graduate of Darby High School, Class of 1968, and attended Delaware County Community College. He was a US Marine Corps Veteran serving during...
Mary-Ellen Claire Bradley
Mar 15, 2013
Mary-Ellen Claire Bradley, 80, a longtime resident of Ridley Park, died March 15, 2013 at the Taylor Hospice Residence. Born in Upper Darby, Mrs. Bradley lived in Woodlyn and Collingdale prior to moving to Ridley Park in 1959. Mary-Ellen was a graduate of Notre Dame High School, Class of 1951 and received a B.S. in Chemistry from Penn State University....
Peter Skoutelas
Mar 15, 2013
Peter Skoutelas, 86, of Glen Mills formerly of Holland, PA, died March 15, 2013 at Abington Hospice at Warminster surrounded by his loving family. Born in Kerasevo, Greece, Mr. Skoutelas was reared in Thessaloniki before coming to the USA in 1956, with his wife and two young sons, settling in Chester. Peter and his family lived in Bucks County until...
Robert C. Dunn
Mar 14, 2013
Robert C. Dunn, 69 of Ridley Park, died on March 14, 2013 at Taylor Hospice Residence surrounded by his loving family. Born in Chester, he was the son of the late Elmer M. and Mildred Senf Dunn and lived in the city until moving to his late residence 46 years ago. Bob was a teacher at the Smedley Middle School...
Clare M. Istak (Nee Mclaughlin)
Mar 13, 2013
Clare M. Istak Devoted wife and mother Clare M. Istak, died March 13, 2013 at Brandywine Hospital. She was a longtime Folsom resident and the loving wife of Joseph C. Istak. Clare worked for the Ridley School District for ten years at the high school as a cashier. Born in Philadelphia, Clare graduated from Collingdale High School, Class of 1935,...
John T. Pasko
Mar 12, 2013
John T. Pasko, 70 of Boothwyn, died March 12, 2013 at Fair Acres Geriatric Center. Born in Chester, he was a lifelong resident of Boothwyn, living in Chester and Trainer prior to that. John was a machine operator at Scott Paper Company in their Foam Division for over 30 years, retiring in 1997. He was a member of the former...
Ronald Roma
Mar 10, 2013
Ronald V. Roma 89 of Ridley Park, died on March 10, 2013 at The Wallingford Nursing Home. Born in Crum Lynne, he has lived at his late residence for the past 60 years. Mr. Roma was a parking lot manager for Sovereign Bank in Media for 7 years, retiring in 2010 and prior to that was in partnership with his...
Rita T. Deflorentiis
Mar 8, 2013
Rita T. Olivieri DeFlorentiis 86 of Ridley Township, died peacefully on March 8, 2013 surrounded by her loving family at Crozer-Keystone Hospice at Taylor Hospital. Born in Philadelphia, she lived in Colwyn before moving to her late residence 2 ½ years ago. Rita was a receptionist for Dr. Levin and Dr. Laskin for 33 years, retiring in 2007. She was...
John M. "Bake" Baker
Mar 6, 2013
John M. "Bake" Baker, 93, formerly of Folsom, died March 6, 2013 at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. Born in Philadelphia, he was son of the late Albert and Hilma Petersen Baker. Mr. Baker was formerly a manager for the Philadelphia Gas Works. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during WWII. Mr. Baker loved music, playing the organ and was...
Joan A. Rinkers
Mar 6, 2013
Joan A. Surace Rinkers, 78 of Swarthmore, died on March 6, 2013 at her home. Born in Mayfield, PA, Joan has lived at her late residence for the past 50 years. She was a member of Notre Dame de Lourdes R.C. Church, loved Philadelphia sports, the casinos, gardening; but most important to her was her family. Joan was wife of...
Richard L. Bower
Mar 6, 2013
Richard L. Bower, 76 of Brookhaven, died March 6, 2013 at his home. Born in Williamsport, he has lived at his late residence for the past 46 years. He was a Mechanical Engineer at the Naval Air Propulsion Center in Trenton, NJ before retiring in 1991. Mr. Bower served in the U.S. Air Force and was a member of the...
Mark H. Pavlicek
Mar 4, 2013
Mark H. Pavlicek, 49 of Secane, died suddenly on March 4, 2013 at Taylor Hospital. Born in Passaic, NJ, Mark lived at his late residence for the past 12 years. He was an Agent for L.C. Insurance Group in Broomall and previously worked for Allstate Insurance. Mark was a graduate of Stroudsburg High School and West Chester University where he...
Sharon Dreger Gutsche
Mar 2, 2013
Sharon Dreger Gutsche, 58 of Ridley Township, died March 2, 2013 at her home. Sharon was a second grade teacher at the Highland Park Elementary School in the Upper Darby School District for more than 30 years, retiring last June. She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Russell W. Gutsche; her children Jonathan and Alison Gutsche; her mother...
Theresa M. Tomlinson (Nee States)
Mar 1, 2013
Theresa M. States Tomlinson, 86, of Aston died March 1, 2013 at Crozer-Keystone Hospice at Taylor. Born in Riverside, NJ, Mrs. Tomlinson lived in Collingdale prior to moving to her late residence 30 years ago. Theresa was a member of The Church of St. Joseph and was previously employed as a Technician at Optical Scanning. She enjoyed shopping and talking...
Naydeen J. Simon (Nee Zuber)
Feb 27, 2013
Naydeen J. Zuber Simon, 78, formerly of Woodlyn, died February 27, 2013 at Taylor Hospice Residence. Born in Chinchilla, PA, Mrs. Simon was previously employed as an Assistant Manager at Wawa for 15 years, retiring in 1998. Naydeen was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church. She loved gardening and was a former member of Ridley Manor Garden Club. She...
