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The Rt. Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold, III, of Chestnut Hill, the 25th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church who came under fire after supporting the ordination of women and gay Christians, died on March 5.
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by Len Lear
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3/16/23
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Harold Bershady, 93, a respected author, professor, intellectual and beloved family man who lived in Chestnut Hill for the past 31 years and in Mt. Airy before that, died Feb. 18.
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by Len Lear
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3/9/23
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Alice Davenport, a beloved former teacher at Germantown Friends School as well as the first African American teacher in Norristown in 1952, died at age 103 on Feb. 1.
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by Len Lear
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3/9/23
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Michael Alan Savar, of Wyndmoor, died peacefully at his home on Jan. 14 at age 81.
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by Len Lear
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2/24/23
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Kathy Shaifer, a longtime Chestnut Hill resident who served as executive director of the Chestnut Hill Conservancy (formerly the Chestnut Hill Historical Society), died Jan. 19.
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by Len Lear
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2/19/23
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Growing up during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Robyn Buseman was deeply affected by the assassinations of public figures .
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by Len Lear
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2/9/23
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Longtime Chestnut Hill resident Sharon Church McNabb, an acclaimed metalsmith and studio jeweler, died on Christmas Day.
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by Len Lear
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2/2/23
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Jean Cálves Hemphill, who raised eight children in Chestnut Hill as the wife of the late city controller Alexander Hemphill, died Jan. 23 outside Oxford, MD.
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1/27/23
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Peter DePaul, Sr., was a true rags-to-riches story.
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by Len Lear
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1/27/23
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Donald Rackin, 89, a professor of Victorian literature who taught at Temple University for 33 years, died at home on Nov. 23, the day before Thanksgiving.
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by Len Lear
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1/5/23
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Associate Professor Emeritus Richard N. Stewart died in his Mt. Airy home of 33 years on Nov. 13 after a long illness. He was 78.
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by Len Lear
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12/8/22
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In the Philadelphia theater community, lifelong Germantown resident Joilet Harris-Lawton was regarded as a superstar.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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Rujean Inglis Mitinger, 87, of Chestnut Hill, former director of The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Preschool, died on Nov. 6.
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by Cathy Brzozowski
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11/24/22
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“Len, please write an obituary about me. I trust you to say the right things. I just want my book to be legendary!”
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by Len Lear
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11/17/22
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It is difficult for most of us to appreciate the towering intellect of someone like Dr. Nathan Sivin, who lived in Chestnut Hill for more than 40 years. He died June 24.
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by Len Lear
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11/3/22
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Mt. Airy native William “Bill” Markloff was a kind, gentle soul who hired and mentored countless young students at the Top of the Hill Market and Cafe on East Evergreen Ave.
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by Len Lear
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10/27/22
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Elizabeth Holmes Webb, a longtime resident of Chestnut Hill and Huntingdon Valley, died peacefully at her home on Sept. 28. She was 96.
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10/6/22
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“I have received so many letters since Martha died about how she affected people's lives."
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by Len Lear
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9/22/22
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Northwest Philadelphia has recently lost one of our beloved longtime neighbors, John Rauch.
To the world at large, John was one of the 20th century’s most important architects. He had a long …
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by George McNeely
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9/14/22
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When Flo Messier became the supervisor of the mental health unit for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office in 2018, she told me it was her “dream job.”
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by Len Lear
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9/8/22
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