OBITUARIES

Jun 14, 2016

DeGroat, Richard Lee of Ambler, PA, born November 12, 1932 in Albany, NY and died on June 14, 2016 at the age of 84. Son of Thomas J. and Ethyl L. (Nee Snook), brother of Mary Louise Hogan (John) of Rockport, MA, grandson of Charles E. and Margaret M. (Nee Leahy), father of Thomas S. (Susanne) Bradenton, FL, Carroll...

Jun 12, 2016

Thomas Holmes of Brigantine NJ, formerly of Philadelphia PA passed on June 12, 2016 at his home at the age of 79. He was born in Philadelphia on October 17, 1936 son of the late Alonzo Holmes and Late Anna (nee Anderson) Holmes. He was a 1954 graduate of Bartram High School and was employed by the Philadelphia Police...

Jun 2, 2016

Hans G. Peckmann, a long time resident of Ambler, passed away on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Spring House Estates in Lower Gwynedd. He was 83. Mr. Peckmann was born in Glen Cove, NY, and lived in Mill Neck during his childhood. He was the son of the late Karl and Adelhied (Behrje) Peckmann. He graduated from Glen Cove...

Jun 1, 2016

Vincent John Crusco, 73, of Dresher, passed away on June 1, 2016, following a lengthy illness. Vince was born in South Philadelphia to the late Rita (Triolio) Bolich and Pasquale Crusco. Vince graduated from Hatboro-Horsham High School in 1961. He was a gifted athlete and excelled as a lineman on the football team for both his school, and the...

May 17, 2016

Charles Merrill Corwin, Jr., of Hatboro, Pa., formerly of Doylestown and Maple Glen, a retired paving company treasurer, died May 17, 2016. He was 93. He was happily married for 60 years to Jean Hice Corwin and had two children, Jan Corwin Enger (Ray) of Horsham, Pa., and David M. Corwin (Elaine) of Collegeville, Pa., and one grandson, Eric...

Apr 24, 2016

William "Skip" Enzlo Pepper III of Horsham passed away on April 24, 2016 at the age of 81. He was born January 26, 1935 in Conshohocken, PA son of the late Albert & Emma Check. He attended Ambler High School and was self employed. He is survived by Dorothee Pepper (Nee Sift), who was his wife of 52 years....

Apr 3, 2016

Fern McCullough Field of Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania passed away on April 3, 2016 in Abington, PA at the age of 73. Born in Philadelphia, PA on June 16, 1943 she was the daughter of Violet and Hugh McCullough. She was a 1961 graduate of Upper Dublin High School and a member of the Bloomsburg University Class of 1965. She...

Mar 20, 2016

Philip Collice, 73, of Horsham Township died Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Moss Rehabilitation Hospital in Elkins Park. He was born in Drifton, Pennsylvania, to the late Helen and Anthony Collice. He was the brother of the late Carol Collice. Philip is survived by his wife of 44 years, Lois Eggleton Collice, his son and daughter-in-law Julian and...

Feb 23, 2016

Louis R. Fisher died at home on February 23, 2016; he was 93 years old. Born on March 9, 1922, to Samuel and Celia Fisher of Philadelphia, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II before finishing his high school equivalency diploma in 1947. He continued his education by earning a bachelor's degree in education...

Feb 18, 2016

Anne Marie (Johnson) Spears passed away of natural causes at age 87 in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She was a resident of Ambler, PA. Anne grew up on farms in Bucks County PA, the youngest child and only daughter of Raymond Johnson and his wife Helen (Hauler) Johnson. She spent her adolescent years in Newtown, PA,...

Feb 12, 2016

Betty Louise Sims, of Horsham, PA, died February 12, 2016 at the age of 84. She was born in Western Springs, IL June 22, 1931 daughter of Victor C Mills and Bertha A (Nee Partridge). Betty was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers Jay, Richard and Ronald. She attended the University of IL where she met...

Feb 7, 2016

Richard A. Landis, 87, of Lower Gwynedd, passed away Sunday, Febraury 7, 2016 at Abington Memorial. He was the husband of Grace (Montemayor) Landis to whom he was married for over 23 years. Born in Dover, New Jersey on August 27, 1928, he was the son of late Leslie and Margaret Landis. He attended Muhlenberg College, and later served...

Jan 27, 2016

Charles A Plyter died on January 27, 2016. Charles was a resident of Ambler, PA, and formerly of Rydal, PA, and was husband of Marie C "Mary Kay" (nee Cespuglio) Plyter and father of Pascal Carver and Elijah Thomas. Relatives and friends are invited to his Memorial Mass on Monday, February 1, 2016 at 10:30am at St Anthony of...

Jan 21, 2016

Cary J. Fox, 53, of Ambler, PA, formerly of New Britain, PA, has gone safely home to be with the Lord on January 21, 2016. Cary was the son of Rose Marie and Ernest J. Fox, also of Ambler. Cary was a graduate of Queen of Peace School, Upper Dublin High School and earned his B.S. in Marketing from...

Jan 12, 2016

Ludwik (Lou) B. Kowalkowski died on January 12, 2016 at the Delaware Valley Veterans Home, Philadelphia, PA. He was born in Roxborough, PA on 01/17/38 son of Thomas A. and Isabelle Kowalkowski of Conshohocken, PA. He attended The Mastbaum School in Philadelphia, graduating in 1956 and went on to serve in the Navy as an electrical engineer for 20...

Jan 10, 2016

***WEATHER UPDATE: Because of the expected snow, the service for Barbara has been moved back on week to Saturday January 30th, at the same time***

Barbara A Ganderton (Nee Richards) of Maple Glen died January 10, 2016 at home. She was born in Abington on March 28, 1968 daughter of Walter (Bud) and Elaine Richards...

Jan 9, 2016

Lee DeGroot, of Springhouse Estates, died on January 9, 2016 at the age of 93. He was born in Shippensburg, PA on March 13, 1922 and was husband to Patricia DeGroot (Nee Sourbier). Lee attended Franklin & Marshall college and Columbia University, NY and was an Illustrator and Artist. His works were featured in publications including; Jack & Jill,...

Jan 8, 2016

Beatrice Wylie Detwiler (nee Engle) of Jarrettown and Horsham died on January 8, 2016 at Normandy Farms at the age of 99. She was born in Abington on September 8, 1916 and was spouse to the late Thomas Detwiler and William G Wylie (deceased in 1964). Beatrice was a housewife, farmer and was also employed by Honeywell until her...

Dec 24, 2015

Suzanne Finch Hunter passed away on December 24 th at the age of 89. Her last day was a reflection of her life, filled with family, grandkids, smiles, and chocolate ice cream. "Suzie" was born in Cincinnati, OH to Brent and Frances Finch. She grew up in the Cincinnati area and then attended Purdue University. At a time when...

Nov 18, 2015

Thalia America Higgins (nee Saavedra) passed away on November 18, 2015 peacefully at her daughters home surrounded by family at the age of 91. She was born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador by the Rio Verde the daughter of Don Daniel and Dona Hilda Saavedra-Abad. She came to the United States in 1951 with her loving husband of 20+ years, Joseph...