All Obituaries

Colleen A. Lynch, 48, of Phoenixville passed away on Saturday, September 15, 2018. She was born in Phoenixville on September 28, 1969 to her parents, William and Janice (Bolger) Lynch of Phoenixville. Colleen graduated from Phoenixville High School in 1987 and then worked as a beautician for various salons in the area. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her son, Nolan Martin; brother, Gregory and wife Vicki Lynch; and nieces Megan and Allison Lynch. Relatives and friends are...

John P. Shine, 79, husband of Carol Ann (Obara) Shine, of Spring City, PA, died on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. Born on August 17, 1939 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of the late Francis and Augusta (Benkowski) Shine. John was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Leaves behind a wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter and a sister Rose, along with 2 grandchildren. John attended St. Mary's grade school and graduated from Phoenixville High School. Loved his God, Church and always took...

John G. Trisch, II, 92, husband of the late Pearl A. (Nagy) Trisch, of Phoenixville, PA , passed away September 11, 2018 at Parkhouse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on November 4, 1925 in Lloydell, PA, he was the son of the late Susan E. and John G. Trisch.   He graduated from Beaverdale High School, Beaverdale, PA. He was of "The Greatest Generation," having served in the US Air Force for 2 years.  His overseas service was a gunner on a B-24 Liberator, he...

Alyssa Marie Poinsett, 28, of Bristol, PA, died suddenly on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at her residence. Born on January 2, 1990 in Poughkeepsie, New York, she was the daughter of Eugene F. Poinsett, Jr. and Nancy L. (Fazekas) Lawrence.     She graduated from Owen J. Roberts High School, Class of 2009, and attended Widener University for Nursing.  Alyssa was vibrant and beautiful, loved music, played the piano and violin, and was a great lover of animals of all kind....

John P. McGraw, 76, husband of Geraldine E. (Campbell) McGraw, of Phoenixville, PA died on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at home after a lengthy illness surrounded by his family and cherished dog buster. Born on August 24, 1942 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of the late John F. and Mary (Ball) McGraw. John graduated from Phoenixville High School in 1960. He was a US Marine Corps Reserve and then worked for Synthane Taylor in Oaks, PA and Montgomery County Geriatric Center and...

Eleanor Janet (Freece) Custer November 21, 1927 - September 1, 2018 After a lifetime that included dancing around the kitchen to her own made-up songs, playing thousands of games of cards and bingo, baking thousands of pies, cookies, and treats, collecting 500 decorative thimbles, witnessing two stock market crashes and a world war, and poking around her garden in her brightly-colored flip-flops, Eleanor Janet (Freece) Custer told us goodbye at the age of ninety. Ellie was born at home on...

Anthony E. Lemanski, 95, husband of the late Maryann (Nowak) Lemanski of Phoenixville, formerly of Warren, Michigan,died Saturday, September 1, 2018 at his daughters residence in Phoenixville. Born on November 17, 1922 in Presque Isle, Michigan, he was the son of the late John and Valeria (Sulewska) Lemanski. He was a Tool Press Engineer in the Automobile Industry in Detroit for many years until his retirement. Surviving are, Daughter, Jacalyn, wife of Jamie Leibowitz of Phoenixville,...

Patricia A. (Rowlands) Downs, 71, wife of the late Bruce W. Downs, of Phoenixville, PA, died Friday evening, August 31, 2018 at Parkhouse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center surrounded by her family. Born on September 6, 1946, in Wilkes Barre, PA, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Rowlands, Alice Farrell, and Stepdaughter to Francis Farrell. Her family moved to Davenport, Iowa when she was 10 years old. She graduated from Marion High School, Marion, Iowa and received her Associates degree...

Vito A. Lauritano, 96, husband of Helen M. (Chasnocha) Vito of Phoenixville, PA passed away on Wednesday evening, August 29, 2018 at the Southeast Veterans Center in Spring City surrounded by his loving family, friends, and caring staff of the SEVC. Born on November 10, 1921 in Phoenixville, he was a son of the late Vito A. and Josephine (Leo) Lauritano.  He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and then worked as a union carpenter. Vito was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic...

Stephen Potoczniak, 97, of Phoenixville, PA passed away on Tuesday evening, August 28, 2018 at Park House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on May 15, 1921 in Phoenixville to the late Demetro and Julie (Chopiadlo) Potoczniak. Steve served in the U. S. Army during World War II and then worked at the former Phoenix Steel Corp. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church. He is survived by: sisters, Anna Bednarczyk of Phoenixville and Julie Kilyk of Pittsburgh. Also several...