Maria G. Cipolletti
Oct 6, 2022
Maria G. Cipolletti, 81, of Woodlyn, died on October 6, 2022, at Little Flower Manor.
Born in Chester, she lived in Monmouth County, NJ before moving to her late residence in 1988.
Maria was a graduate of Notre Dame High School for Girls, class of 1958. She enjoyed crocheting and baking, was...
Alice Higginbotham
Oct 4, 2022
Alice Higginbotham, 92, of Aston Township died on October 4, 2022 at her home. Born in Chester, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Marian Neal Sinex.
Alice was a graduate of Ridley Township High School. She loved animals and cared and nursed many injured animals back to health, she also enjoyed trips to the...
Robert T. White
Oct 2, 2022
Robert T. White, 66, of Upper Chichester died on October 2, 2022 at his home. Born in Ridley Park, the son of the late Theodore and Mary Carr White, he lived in Ridley Park before moving to Upper Chichester five years ago. Bob was employed as a TSA Officer by the Office of Homeland Security for seven years before...
William G. Gieder
Oct 2, 2022
William G. Gieder, 94 of Woodlyn, PA passed peacefully at his home on October 2, 2022, and is on his way to a new journey. Born in Philadelphia, PA he lived in Southwest Philadelphia (The Meadows) before moving to Ridley Township 50 years ago. He was a carpenter for Moran Millwork and an Industrial Mechanic for Linde Air, retiring in...
Mary T. Paul
Sep 28, 2022
Mary T. Paul, 92, of Woodlyn, PA joined her Lord in heaven on September 28, 2022. Born in Philadelphia, the daughter of the late Albert and Catherine McIlmoyle Turkington, she lived in Southwest Philadelphia before moving to Woodlyn in 1954. Mary was a graduate of John Bartram High School and was a member of Wallingford Presbyterian Church. She was formerly...
Mary H. Callahan
Sep 27, 2022
Mary Hupy Callahan 97, of Cape Coral, Florida, died on September 27, 2022 at her home.
Born in Iron Mountain, MI and raised in Power/Spalding, MI, she lived in Ridley Park, then Elkton, MD for 35 years before moving to her late residence in 2007.
Mary was Postal Clerk at the Ridley Park Post Office...
Melvin E. Luce
Sep 22, 2022
Melvin E. Luce 93, a former longtime resident of Collier Circle in Ridley Park, died on September 22, 2022.
Mel was a plant manager for Bell-Horn for over 25 years, and previously worked at the American Viscose Company (FMC) in Marcus Hook.
He was an active member for over 65 years of the Eddystone United...
Timothy J. Shickley
Sep 21, 2022
Timothy J. Shickley died on September 21, as a result from complications from a seizure. He was 74 years old. Tim was born in Elwood, Indiana on March 2, 1948. He was the son of the late Weldon Shickley and Betty Eller Shickley.
Tim received his BS in Psychology in 1971 from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana,...
Edward B. Vicks
Sep 19, 2022
Edward B. "Pop-Pop" Vicks, 57, of Woodlyn passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on September 19, 2022. Born in New Castle, DE he grew up in Chester before moving to Woodlyn 7 years ago. Ed was a graduate of Chester High School, class of 1982. He was a Residential Supervisor at Elwyn for over 20 years and was employed...
Nicholas J. Natale
Sep 18, 2022
Nicholas J. Natale breathed his last breath in the early morning of September 18, 2022 in the loving arms of his angel on earth, highschool sweetheart and beautiful wife of 60 years while surrounded by his 6 devoted children after a long battle with cancer.
"Big Nick" as he was affectionately known, was born on May 2,...
Ruth Dulin Winbourn
Sep 15, 2022
Ruth Dulin Winbourn, 101, of Glen Mills, Pa. passed peacefully in her sleep on the morning of September 15 following a short illness. She was born to parents Omer and Pauline (Councell) Dulin in 1921 on Love Farm in Cordova, Md. The second oldest of five children, Ruth enjoyed a rich and stable family life. A strong work ethic...
Patricia Lachance
Sep 14, 2022
Patricia "Trish" LaChance, 84, of Swarthmore, Pa., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 14 th with her family by her side. Â We will miss her vibrant outlook on life, her loving personality, and the genuine warmth that she extended to everyone she met. Her biggest goal in life was to make everyone she met feel loved, to make their...
Glenn Sobotka
Sep 13, 2022
Glenn Sobotka, 76, of Lester, passed away at his home on September 6, 2022. Born in Camden, NJ to the late Theresa Olesnewicz Sobotka, he grew-up in Norristown and was a resident of Tinicum Township for the last 28 years. Glenn was employed as a mail handler with the US Postal Service for nearly 30 years after several years as...
Constantine S. Miller
Sep 10, 2022
Constantine S. Miller (Moularakis), loving known as Uncle Spot died on September 10, 2022 at Sterling Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Chester, the son of the late Anastasios and Anastasia Kambas Miller, he lived in Media before moving to Glen Mills in 2015.
Constantine was a graduate of Chester High School and proudly served in the...
Susan Gessig
Sep 7, 2022
Susan Gessig 74, wife, mother and Mom Mom and a lifelong resident of Ridley Park, died on September 7, 2022 at her home.
She was born in Philadelphia to the late Norman C. and Dorothy M. Gumpper Evans.
She was a member of the Ridley Park Presbyterian Church, where she formerly taught Sunday School and...
Frank J. Catania
Sep 6, 2022
Francesco "Frank" J. "Max" Catania 90, of Milmont Park, died on September 6, 2022.
Born in Woodlyn, he was a lifelong resident of Ridley Township.
Frank was a graduate of Ridley Township High School, class of 1949 and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1954 to 1956.
He began his career...
Robert Boucher, Sr.
Sep 1, 2022
Robert Boucher, Sr., 88, of Prospect Park died on September 1, 2022. Born in Morton, the son of the late George Stackhouse and Florence Miles Boucher, he has lived in Prospect Park since 1956.
Robert was a graduate of Ridley Township High School, class of 1952 and proudly served in the US Army during the Korean War. He...
Wesley S. Mullen
Aug 29, 2022
Wesley S. Mullen 97 of Chestnut Ridge, died on August 29, 2022. Born in Philadelphia, he lived in Ridley Park before moving to his late residence in 2016. Wesley was a meat inspector for the U.S. Government, retiring in 1978. He also worked at Max Wolf Deli in Darby, GE Switch Gear and Media Real Estate. Wesley was a U.S....
Theresa Koget
Aug 29, 2022
Theresa Koget, of Ridley Park, died on August 29, 2022 at the age of 94. She was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the youngest of six siblings, to Marcel and Anna Roczniak Gruca.
In 1954, Theresa moved to Ridley Park with her husband Walter Koget, who died in 1968. Theresa is survived by her children, John...
Sandra B. Patselas
Aug 29, 2022
Sandra B. Patselas 79, of Chester Heights, died on August 29, 2022. She was born in Ridley Park and has lived at her late residence for the past 22 years. Sandra was last employed in the Commercial Loans Department at Jefferson Bank and was a graduate of Ridley Township High School, class of 1961. She enjoyed quilting, cross stitch, and...
