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Ellen Van Pelt Wells, newspaper editor, political activist and naturalist, died peacefully on August 14th at age 93 in Philadelphia.
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8/19/21
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In retirement, he worked for several years as articles editor at the Chestnut Hill Local.
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8/19/21
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Calla Knopman, 58, an animal behaviorist and volunteer with Brenda's Cat Rescue (BCR), whose photos of rescued cats have appeared in the Local for two decades, died Aug. 4.
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by Len Lear
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8/19/21
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Lois H. Fischer, a Master Gardener, museum educator, property manager and loving wife and mother, passed away peacefully on July 31, 2021 at the age of 70, surrounded by her family.
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8/12/21
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Marie Rankin, of Chestnut Hill, passed away unexpectedly at home on May 25 at the age of 81. Marie was born in Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland. At age 16, Marie traveled by boat alone to the U.S. in …
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by Kelsea Schagrin
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6/3/21
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Anthony (Tony) Kroch, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, died of cancer at the age of 75 on April 27 in his home in Mt. AIry. He was attended by his wife, family and …
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5/13/21
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“Polly” Myer, 93, of Chestnut Hill, died at home surrounded by family on April 22.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of ‘48, and Mount St. Joseph
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4/29/21
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Harry “Kenny” Milner, a resident of Wyndmoor, died March 6, 2021, two months before his 101st Birthday. Kenny was born May 6, 1920, in Philadelphia, to Caroline and Charles Milner. …
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4/22/21
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It is hard to know what to mention first about Frank Stephens Jr., a Mt. Airy resident for 49 years — his award-winning art, the fact that he was the first Black manager at the …
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by Len Lear
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4/8/21
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James, “Jim” Mark Shea, a former vice president of university relations an emeritus professor of communications at Temple University died at his home at Cathedral Village in Philadelphia …
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3/31/21
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In Gene Bishop's desk is a stack of index cards — the kind doctors would fill out, one for each patient, in the hand-scribed days before electronic medical records. The cards date to the 1970s, …
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by Anndee Hochman
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3/18/21
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Arnold Lee Greenberg, 82, died in Penobscot, Maine, on March 5, after a struggle with prostate cancer. Born April 25, 1938 in Chester, Pennsylvania and raised in Philadelphia, Greenberg had a rich, …
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3/18/21
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Elda Davis, who lived in Mt. Airy for 35 years and then Chestnut Hill for 18 years after her family survived the Nazi destruction of her home town in central Europe during World War II, died Feb. 3 …
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by Len Lear
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3/12/21
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Elizabeth Marvin Cecil (Betty),84, died peacefully on December 4th, 2020 at The Hill at Whitemarsh in Lafayette Hill, PA. The cause of death was multiple myeloma. She is survived by her two daughters …
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3/9/21
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Julia Vieland, pianist and teacher, died peacefully at Cathedral Village in Roxborough on February 3, 2021. Julia devoted more than 75 of her 96 years to sharing the joy of making music through her …
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2/18/21
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Barbara Ann Ruth, a former Chestnut Hill resident, died peacefully at her home in Philadelphia, Jan. 20 at the age of 81.
Barbara blazed her own trail in life. While her family was well known for …
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2/11/21
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On May 29, 2019, Mayor Kenney and the city-sponsored a luncheon in the ballroom at Sugar House Casino to honor the city's centenarians. One of the honorees was Russell A. Harvey, a lifelong Northwest …
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By Len Lear
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2/3/21
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Ruth R. Russell, a longtime Local editor and Chestnut Hill resident, died on Jan 2. She was 87.
Russell was a life-long Philadelphian. She was born in Olney to William and Doris Rummler. William …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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1/14/21
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Carole Sivin, a long-time Hill resident, artist and professor died on Dec. 30 at the age of 84.
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1/14/21
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Nancy Lang Boyer, oil and pastel painter, passed peacefully at the age of 94 on December 17 at home in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, where she lived during the past four years, across the street …
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1/4/21
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