OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Morrisville, PA, Bucks County & Surrounding Areas
Lucille Morgan
May 18, 2015
Arrangements under the direction of J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel, Morrisville, PA. Private Services Services will be held privately at the convenience of the family
Franklin Louis Hopper
May 13, 2015
Franklin Louis Hopper, age 72, of Yardley, PA, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Born in Camden, NJ, he was a longtime Yardley resident.Prior to his retirement, he was employed as an auditor for the State of New Jersey. He was a proud Army Veteran, serving during the Vietnam War.He is survived by his son, Andrew Yearsley of Yardley.Services...
Elisabeth M. Castrodale
May 12, 2015
Elisabeth Mary (Fitzgerald) Castrodale, 78, of Yardley, PA, passed away on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015, peacefully attended by members of her family. She was the loving wife of Phillip Castrodale for 31 years and the former wife of the late John ("Jack" ) Shields. Born in Newton, MA, she was the daughter of William and Elsie (Dunleavy) Fitzgerald. Elisabeth was...
Marion B,. Armes (benson)
May 7, 2015
Marion B. (Benson) Armes, age 97, of Newtown, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Pennswood Village, Newtown, PA. Born in Chicago, IL, Marion lived in Fairless Hills and Yardley, PA for over 50 years prior to moving to Pennswood Village 13 years ago.Marion was Congressman Edward G. Biester's secretary for 10 years prior to her retirement....
Donner
May 7, 2015
Arrangements under the direction of J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel, Morrisville, PA. Private Services
Ruth Anna Graves
May 5, 2015
Ruth Anna Graves, age 82, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at Brunswick at Attleboro, Langhorne, PA. Born in Bethlehem, PA, Ruth had lived in Morrisville for over 60 years. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a home economics teacher with the Morrisville School District for over 30 years. Ruth was a graduate...
Donald L. Cowell
May 2, 2015
Donald L. Cowell, age 66, of Morrisville, PA, passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at hishome in Morrisville. Born in Trenton, Donald was a lifelong Morrisville resident.Prior to his retirement, Mr. Cowell was employed with U.S. Steel in the accounting department forover 30 years. He was a member of the Fairless Hills Elks Lodge # 2023, the Trenton...
Carlos A. Salkeld
Apr 30, 2015
Carlos A. Salkeld, age 62, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Born in Lima, Peru, he was lived and was raised in Peru before moving to Lower Bucks County over 24 years ago.Mr. Salkeld spent many years working as a department manager of collections in...
Memorial L. Schooley Jr.
Apr 25, 2015
Memorial services for Harold L. Schooley, Jr. and his wife, Charlene (Visnyiczke) Schooley will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 11 AM at the J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel, 41 W. Trenton Ave., Morrisville, PA.Harold passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at his home, while Charlene preceded him in death, passing away on Nov. 25, 2012,...
Frank A. Westall
Apr 24, 2015
Frank A. Westall, age 76, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully at the home of his son in Valley Forge, PA on Friday, April 24, 2015. Mr. Westall was born and raised in Trenton before moving to Yardley fifty years ago.Frank was a graduate of Trenton Catholic High School, Class of 1956. He then entered the banking profession, working for...
Gustav Eisenburger
Apr 23, 2015
Gustav Eisenburger, age 87, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Attleboro Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Langhorne, PA. Born in Transylvania, Romania, he resided in Morrisville for over 45 years.Prior to his retirement, Mr. Eisenburger was employed at Thiokol for 28 years. He was a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Yardley,...
Clare J. Hume
Apr 23, 2015
Clare J. (McLeish) Hume, age 78, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA. Born in Avoca, PA, Clare has been a lifelong Morrisville resident. Mrs. Hume was a parishioner of Holy Trinity Church in Morrisville. She loved needlepoint, knitting and crocheting. An avid gardener, she especially enjoyed growing her...
Maryann Vaccaro (gillespie)
Apr 21, 2015
MaryAnn (Gillespie) Vaccaro, age 70, of Holland, PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at her home. Born in Trenton, MaryAnn lived in Hamilton Township, NJ for many years before moving to Holland 9 years ago.Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a Bookkeeper with Mancraft Box Co of Tullytown, PA for over 20 years. MaryAnn was...
Jane M. Kelker
Apr 20, 2015
Jane M. Kelker, age 93, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 20, 2015 at Arden Court in Yardley. Born in Morrisville, she was a lifelong Morrisville resident.Prior to her retirement, Jane was employed in the Maintenance Department of Bucks County Community College for over 10 years. She loved to sew and was an avid collector.Daughter of the...
Margaret M. Potashnick
Apr 20, 2015
Margaret A "Peg" Potashnik, age 86, of Yardley, Pa passed away peacefully on Monday, April 20,2015 at Chandler Hall in Newtown. Born in Philadelphia Mrs. Potashnik was a longtime resident of the area.Prior to her retirement, Margaret had a variety of positions including accounting, receptionists, and even worked in a nursery. Peg was the daughter of the late Thomas L...
Joan L. Bambach (shull)
Apr 17, 2015
Joan L. Bambach, age 81, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, April 17, 2015. Daughter of the late Maurice A. and Gloria V. (Hoffman) Shull, she is survived by her loving husband, Roger J. Bambach, as well as other extended family.Services at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Yardley), and burial of cremated remains in Newtown Cemetery...
Mary Nora Wolfram (elder)
Apr 16, 2015
Mary Lou (Elder) Wolfram, age 81, of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at the Morrisville Presbyterian Towers, Morrisville, PA, her residence for the past seven months. Born in Pittsburgh, Mary Lou was a lifelong Pittsburgh before her recent move to Morrisville, PA. Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Wolfram was employed as an account clerk with...
Edward T. Esslinger
Apr 10, 2015
Edward T. Esslinger, age 68, of Philadelphia, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 10, 2015 at the hospice of Aria Hospital in Frankford. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Esslinger was raised in Bensalem, PA and lived in Warminster, PA before settling back in Philadelphia 40 years ago.In Philadelphia, he was a parishioner of St. Bartholomew's Roman Catholic Church. Prior to...
Victoria T. Stiles-mains (stiles)
Apr 7, 2015
Victoria T. Stiles-Mains, age 61, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully at Aria Bucks County Hospital on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Vicki was raised in the Fells Point neighborhood. After moving around the country for work, Vicki settled back in the Baltimore area for many years before relocating to Morrisville, PA in 2010.Vicki had a long...
George Slifko Jr.
Mar 30, 2015
George Slifko, Jr., age 98, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2015 at Brunswick of Attleboro, Langhorne, PA. He was born on April 5, 1916 in Morrisville, PA.George was a hard-working, self-made man. Prior to his retirement, while working as a tool and die maker for the Budd Company on Red Lion Road in Philadelphia, he built and maintained one...