Alice M. Weber (nee Faber), 80, of Lincoln University, formerly of Folcroft, died Dec. 31. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Douglas and Florence Faber. Alice was a graduate of Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. She was employed with Eastern Airlines as their ticket agent and manager. Alice is survived by her children Robert C. Weber Jr. (Linda), Richard A. Weber (Barbara),…
Concord Township supervisors reappointed Hugh Donaghue as township solicitor despite the objection of residents who questioned the solicitor’s ethics. One resident, attorney Jamie Marino, said she’s ready to file a disciplinary petition against Donaghue for his participation in a court filing on behalf of an entity that did not officially exist. “It’s a disciplinary inquiry as to his actions of filing a brief on behalf…
Halfway through his first — and what he promised would have been his only — term in office, Keith Klaver has resigned from the Chadds Ford Township Board of Supervisors. “It’s for health reasons,” Klaver said. “I have to deal with a lot of things in the next three or four months, and I can’t do both.” He said he has a lot of regret…
Dorothy “Dottie” Johnson, 88, died Dec. 12, 2014. Born on June 30, 1926 in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Monroe Johnson and Anna Cubbage Johnson. She worked as a nurse’s aide for many years. Dottie was fun-loving and enjoyed traveling with her sister Mildred. She was preceded in death by a brother Kenneth “Porky” Johnson and a sister, Mildred “Babes” Johnson. She was survived by a sister, Vivian E. Smith of…
Vivian E. Smith, 91, formerly of Avondale, died Saturday, Jan. 3. She was the wife of the late Lewis E. Smith. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Monroe Johnson and Anna Cubbage Johnson. She was preceded in death by a brother, Kenneth “Porky” Johnson, two sisters, Mildred “Babes” Johnson and Dorothy “Dottie” Johnson, and a son, Richard K. “Shorty” Smith Sr. "Miss Viv" was a nursing…
Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell was elected commissioners’ chair during Tuesday morning’s first Board of Commissioners’ Sunshine Meeting of 2015. Farrell previously served as commissioners’ chair in 2009, 2011 and 2012, a county press release said. Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, the lone Democrat on the board, nominated Farrell as chairman, and Commissioner Michelle H. Kichline nominated Cozzone as vice-chair, a position Cozzone has held since 2011. Kichline…
At its annual reorganization meeting on Monday night, the Pocopson Township Board of Supervisors elected Barney Leonard as chair and Georgia F. Brutscher as vice-chair. “I will work very hard to maintain order in the meetings and get the business of the people done,” Leonard promised. Supervisors Leonard, Brutscher and Ricki Stumpo also approved a lengthy list of reappointments and an omnibus fee schedule. The…
Jane “Muzz” (Schrandt) Malone, long-time resident of Drexel Hill, and more recently of West Grove, died Sunday, Jan. 4, at the age of 94. Jane was born in Philadelphia, and raised, along with her two sisters Mary Ford and Dorothea Ballard, by her mother, Jeanne McKeon Schrandt. She attended Villa Maria Academy on a full academic scholarship. Following graduation, Jane embarked on a long and…