Obituaries
Irene Petruska
May 1, 2017
Irene (Serenshock) Petruska, 88, wife of the late Emil Petruska, longtime resident of King of Prussia, PA, died on Monday, May 1, 2017 in Paoli Hospital. Born on May 19, 1928 in Sandy Run, PA, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Helen (Petruska) Serenshock. She was a faithful member of St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church...
John Gear
Apr 27, 2017
John Robert "Bob" Gear, age 76, of Orlando, FL, and formerly of Grand Junction, CO, passed away on April 27, 2017 with his loving wife Connie at his side. Born in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of the late John and Elizabeth (Sudzina) Gear. Bob was a graduate of Phoenixville High School where he played baseball and football. He...
Joseph Anastacio
Apr 25, 2017
Joseph W. "Duke" Anastacio, 76, husband of Catherine M. (O'Donnell) Anastacio, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Phoenixville Hospital. Born on May 1, 1940 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of the late William J. and Rose V. (Baldassare) Anastasio. He worked at Lee Tire in Conshohocken, PA, was Past President of U.R.W. Local 785,...
Nancy Sherman
Apr 25, 2017
Nancy C. (Shaffer) Sherman, 73, wife of the late Leonard J. Sherman, Sr. of Birdsboro, PA, died on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Born on April 28, 1943 in Phoenixville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elida (Supplee) Shaffer. Nancy worked as an Secretary and Event Coordinator for Allstate Insurance, and most recently as a teachers aide...
Charles McGray
Apr 25, 2017
Charles W. "Snooks" McGray, Jr., 84, husband of Jane E. (Wetherhold) McGray, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Born on April 24, 1933, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Jennie (Zabicki) McGray. Charles served in the United States Army during the Korean War....
Elizabeth Ashenfelder
Apr 20, 2017
Elizabeth M. "Betty" (Costello) Ashenfelder, 76, of Collegeville, PA, died on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Seasons Hospice, Phoenixville, PA. Born on March 20, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Philip M. and Helen Marie (Cole) Costello. She worked at Smith Kline Pharmaceutical in Philadelphia, PA. She was a member of St. Eleanor Catholic Church...
Robert Motzer
Apr 16, 2017
Robert C. Motzer, 64, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Sunday, April 16, 2017 in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was the husband of Kathleen Marie (Sendecki) Motzer, with whom he shared 34 years of marriage. Born on October 10, 1952 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of the late Hans W. and Elsie V. (Hinkle) Motzer. He was a...
Jacqueline Tulish
Apr 16, 2017
Jacqueline E. (Taney) Tulish, 60, wife of Robert J. Tulish Sr. of Phoenixville, PA on Sunday, April 16, 2017 in the Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. She was born on September 30, 1956 in Phoenixville, PA to the late Gerald and Shirley (Schaffer) Taney. In addition to her husband, she is survived by: Daughter, Kimberly Tulish and fiancé Jeremy Dunwoody...
Caroline Varner
Apr 14, 2017
Caroline B. (Markus) Varner, 84 , wife of Stanley D. Varner, of Phoenixville and the late William J. Kovach, Sr., died Friday, April 14, 2017 in Phoenixville Hospital. Born on January 29, 1933 in Phoenixville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John E. and Susan B. (Varga) Markus. She was a graduate of Phoenixville High School. She was...
Scott Miller
Apr 14, 2017
Scott R. Miller, 58, husband of Diane L. (Pellegrino) Miller, of Spring City, PA, died on Friday, April 14, 2017 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Born on March 28, 1959 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of Joan Mae (Capoferri) Miller of Pottstown and the late Donald R. Miller. He was a graduate of Phoenixville High...
Robert Melvin
Apr 14, 2017
Robert T. Melvin, Sr., 78, husband of Mary Ann (Perbetsky) Melvin of West Chester, PA, died peacefully at home on Friday, April 14, 2017 surrounded by his family. Born on December 21, 1938 in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Margaret (Cavanaugh) Melvin. He was a graduate of Girard College, Class of 1956 where he...
John Lesh
Apr 10, 2017
John F. "Jack" Sparky Lesh, 82, husband of Mary (Cloud) Lesh, of Limerick, PA, died on Monday, April 10, 2017 in Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. Born on March 31, 1935 in Phoenixville, PA, he was the son of the late Michael F. and Anna (Woods) Lesh. He was a 1952 graduate of Phoenixville High School. John served in the United...
Virginia Groff
Apr 8, 2017
Virginia (Cress) "Ginny" Groff, 94, wife of the late Darlington H. Groff, Jr. of West Chester, PA died on Saturday, April 8, 2017. She was born in Phoenixville on June 27, 1922 to the late William and Eva (Tyson) Cress. Ginny graduated from Phoenixville High School in 1940. She owned Groff's Country Store in Phoenixvlle from 1962 to 2010 where...
Harry Powell
Apr 7, 2017
Harry E. Powell, 71, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Friday, April 7, 2017 in his residence. Born on August 27, 1945 in Pottstown, PA, he was the son of Bessie Evelyn (Paul) Powell and the late Harry Otto Powell. Harry liked trains he loved to go for rides on the Strasburg railroad, he had a train set of his own....
Kathryn Hetzel
Apr 7, 2017
Kathryn E. "Kate" (Barnett) Hetzel, 84, companion of Bob Kunsch, of Pottstown, PA, died on Friday, April 7, 2017 in Seasons Hospice. Born on December 7, 1932 in Phoenixville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Marjorie (Burgents) Barnett. Kathryn earned her Bachelor Degree in Nursing from West Chester University, and her Masters Degree in Education from...
Mary Jacianis
Apr 5, 2017
Mary Louise (Emery) Jacianis, 91, wife of the late Vincent Jacianis, Sr., of Oaks, PA, died on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Born on October 5, 1925 and raised in Chester Springs, PA, she was the daughter of the late S. Charles and Louise (Rutherford) Emery. She worked at Container Corporation in Oaks, PA until her retirement in 1975. She was...
Irene Langan
Mar 30, 2017
Irene M. (McCloskey) Langan, 89, wife of the late James F. Langan, Sr., of Phoenixville, PA, died on Thursday, March 30, 2017. She is survived by six children, eleven grandchildren and one sister. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Phoenixville, a past president of Phoenixville Womens Club, an avid bridge player and enjoyed water aerobics at...
John Richards
Mar 29, 2017
John F. Richards, 53, of Phoenixville, PA, died on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Born on July 6, 1963 in Norristown, PA, he was the son of Joan Ann (Fenlon) Richards of Phoenixville, and the late L. Edward Richards. In addition to his mother, John is survived by his daughter, Abigail (David) Paltrow, and a granddaughter, Chloe Paltrow of Port Orange,...
Frank Roth
Mar 29, 2017
Frank Peter Roth, 60, husband of Mary Elizabeth (Picarilli) Roth, of Limerick, PA, died on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at home. Born on August 23, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Angela (Jung) Roth. Frank was devoted to God, Family and Country. He was a daily Communicant at St. Mary's in Schwenksville, a...
Anthony Fuscaldo
Mar 28, 2017
Anthony A. Fuscaldo, 77, of Manhattan, NY, died on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Born on November 11,1939 in Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Alfred and Elizabeth (Deliso) Fuscaldo. Anthony did his undergraduate studies at St. John's University in NY, and earned his PhD in Microbiology from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. He was a self-employed Environmental...

