Obituaries

by Pete Mazzaccaro Caroline Haussermann, a hall-of-fame US International for women’s lacrosse and field hockey and a former Hill resident who was one of the neighborhood’s most prolific volunteers, died of a heart attack at her home in Williamsburg, Virginia on Aug. 20. She was 92. Haussermann was born in the Boston suburb of Milton, […]

Charlotte Stevenson Hood of Wyndmoor, PA., died at Chestnut Hill Hospital on Sunday, August 5. She was 86 years old. The daughter of George Stevenson 2nd and Annette Parke Stevenson of Philadelphia, Mrs. Hood spent 32 years as a top producing real estate salesperson with Emlen Wheeler (now Berkshire Hathaway, Fox & Roach). She was […]

Edward Eddie Haynes Jr., 86, died from congestive heart failure at his home in Dublin Terrace, a retirement community in Dresher. Haines was born and raised in Germantown. He was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Prep and of the University of North Carolina. He enlisted in the Army and was a paratrooper with the 82nd […]

Thomas Paul Durnell, 59, a lifelong artist and Director of Facilities at the Woodmere Art Museum for 34 years, died August 6 at his home in Germantown of cancer. He is mourned by his four sisters, a brother, and their spouses, his nieces and nephews and a close circle of enduring friends in Germantown and […]

Mary Green DiNubile, 79, of Chestnut Hill, a retired principal in the Philadelphia public schools, died July 19, of complications from arthritis from which she suffered and against which she valiantly battled for over 30 years. She was the wife of Hon. Victor J. DiNubile, Jr., a retired Philadelphia, Common Pleas Court Judge. She was […]

William R. Briggs, Jr., of Springhouse Estates, formerly of Chestnut Hill, died on Sunday, July 15, after a prolonged illness. Born March 14, 1940, in Philadelphia, he was the son of William R. Briggs and his wife Francis A. (Eaton). Briggs grew up in Wyndmoor and graduated from Germantown Academy and Ursinus College. He joined […]

Joan “Penny” Colgan-Davis, 72, a noted Philadelphia educator and Quaker leader died June 19 of melanoma at her home in Mt. Airy. Ms. Colgan-Davis was widely known for her progressive and innovative approach to education. She began her teaching career at Miller Elementary School in Philadelphia, but when the city’s public school teachers went on […]

Joseph Reed Ingersoll, 77, of Chestnut Hill, a retail executive, died June 22 at Pennsylvania Hospital after a short admittance. Mr. Ingersoll had a business career in retailing, including department store management that took him to executive positions in Philadelphia, Dallas and San Francisco, as well as Hawaii and Japan, with Federated Stores, Duty-Free Shops […]

Ann Page Platt Allen died peacefully on Saturday, June 16 at The Retreat Gardens, Rio Rancho NM. Her heart and spirit were ever-present, even as her memory diminished. Ann Page was born to Page Randolph Platt and Henry Norris Platt II in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1924. “Pagie” graduated from St Timothy’s School in […]