Rebecca Hood Rabenold, 91, of West Grove, died Thursday, July 30, at the Jennersville Regional Hospital. She was the wife of Donald M. Rabenold, who passed away in 2003, and with whom she shared 60 years of marriage. Born in West Grove, she was the daughter of the late Roland P. and Eliza “Annie” Norton Hood. She was a 1935 graduate of Avon Grove High School. She was ...
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Fire wipes out home under construction
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on July 30th, 2009
A lightening strike is one possible cause for a fire that destroyed a home under construction on Magnolia Way in the Estates of Chadds Ford, the Toll Bros. development off of Hillman Drive in Chadds Ford Township. There were no injuries reported. Firefighters from at least five different companies responded to the blaze that broke out during a thunderstorm at ...
Booth School grads remember Chris Sanderson
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on July 30th, 2009
The day was decades in the making for a group of former students forever connected to Chadds Ford through the person of Chris Sanderson. Those former students—now adults—attended the Booth School in Rosemont, Pa., a school that closed down in 1977. But from 1944 to 1966, Sanderson, a musician, amateur historian and longtime Chadds Ford resident, taught square ...
Fun fest, an event for all reasons
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on July 30th, 2009
There was a little of something for everyone at Anson. B. Nixon Park in Kennett Square Saturday. The eighth annual Family Fun Fest featured a dog jumping contest, children’s identification fingerprinting, live music and a chance for kids to make some free-form art and more. Pam Carter, chairman of the Kennett Area Park Authority said the funfest got started when KAPA ...
Health care can’t be a right
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 30th, 2009
Health care can’t be a right. Neither can education or food. But, why? Just what are rights? Most people would likely think of rights as entitlements or privileges. But, rights and privileges are entirely different things. Privileges are those actions stemming from permissions granted by those in authority. Rights come to us by the very nature of our existence as ...
Blogging Along the Brandywine
Posted by Sally Denk Hoey on July 30th, 2009
I just flew back from Louisiana from a visit with very dear friends in the small-town of New Iberia. Just find Lafayette on a map of southern Louisiana, go slightly to the southeast and there it is. From my first visit years ago, I have always felt welcomed and very much at home in their tradition of southern hospitality. New Iberia is situated on a noted waterway, ...
Police log July 30
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 30th, 2009
Two juveniles, one reportedly from Chadds Ford, face a host of charges after they allegedly tried stealing cigars from the Wawa at routes 421 and 202. State police say the 15-yar-old from West Chester and the 14-year-old from Chadds Ford were seen attempting the theft on a store security camera. A check of their bags–in a car in which they had been riding–revealed ...
Marie Hill Tryens of New London
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 29th, 2009
Marie Hill Tryens of New London died July 28 at the age of 87 at the Preston Nursing Home in Jennersville, Pa. She was born in New Castle on Tyne in England on Oct. 17, 1921. With her parents, James and Edith Hill, she emigrated to United States in 1923. She grew up in Oxford with her sisters, Jenny and Lydia, where she graduated from Oxford High School before ...
James Gerald “Jimbo” “Bear” Mahaffey of Toughkenamon
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 28th, 2009
James Gerald “Jimbo” “Bear” Mahaffey, age 58, of Toughkenamon, died Sunday, July 26 at Chester County Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of Rhoda Billings Mahaffey, and with whom he shared 32 years of marriage. Born on March 4, 1951, in West Grove, he was the son of the late Raleigh James and Dorothy Marie Wood Mahaffey. Jimbo was employed by G. ...
Colette J. Holohan of West Grove
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 27th, 2009
Colette J. Holohan, 46, of West Grove died Sunday, July 26 at Chester County Life Care Hospital in West Chester. She was the wife of Anthony Holohan with whom she shared 22 years of marriage. She was member of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in West Grove. Colette was devoted to her two children and family. She enjoyed gardening, reading and most of all, ...
Judith Lee D’Ascenzo of Glen Mills
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 24th, 2009
Judith Lee D’Ascenzo, 66, of Glen Mills died Friday, July 24 at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford. She was the wife of Robert C. D’Ascenzo with whom she shared 45 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Alfonso and Ruth MacElrevey Proscino. A homemaker, she had an endless dedication to her family and especially loved ...
