Robert Jones Peirce, 80, of West Grove, died Saturday, Nov. 14.
Born in Wilmington, he retired to Florida and then moved back to Pennsylvania. He was the son of the late E. Herbert and Gertrude Jones Peirce.
He was a graduate of the University of Delaware, where he received a degree in engineering.
He worked for Lockheed Martin, retiring in 1990. Prior to working a Lockheed Martin he worked at RCA. He worked in the space programs at both companies.
Mr. Peirce enjoyed traveling, robotics and watching the news on TV.
He is survived by one sister, Ruth P. Matteson and her husband Max of Avondale; two nieces and one nephew.
His Memorial Service will be held at 2 p,m, Sunday, Dec. 6, at the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home, 250 West State Street in Kennett Square. Burial will be private.
The Kennett Symphony of Chester County continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the Annual Holiday Concert, Pops Goes the Holiday, under the direction of Music Director, Michael Hall and featuring the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus and First State Ballet Theatre.
The evening will begin at 6:30pm with fun and festive pre-concert entertainment. Take Selfies with Santa while listening to a brass trio and caroling from the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus. The concert will begin at 7:30pm and will be followed by a post-concert Q & A with Michael Hall. This exciting evening full of holiday cheer will take place at Unionville High School Auditorium on Saturday, December 5, 2015.
This year’s Holiday Concert is filled with the joyful sounds of the season. From traditional Christmas carols like Hark the Herald Angels Sing, to the exhilarating Sleigh Ride and selections from the Nutcracker featuring First State Ballet Theatre, Pops Goes the Holiday is the perfect way for your friends and family to ring in the season. This is an evening that is sure to delight!
In celebration of the holidays, the Kennett Symphony will be holding a food drive to benefit the Kennett Food Cupboard. Audience members are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to the concert on December 5. The Kennett Symphony also welcomes non-perishable food items to be dropped off directly to the Symphony office at 106 West State Street in Kennett Square through Friday, December 4.
The Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus has been enriching the lives of children through exceptional repertoire and energizing choral activities since 1990. Founded by Karen L. Markey as an educational outreach of the Kennett Symphony of Chester County, the Children’s Chorus is in residence at West Chester University. Led by Artistic and Executive Director, Eileen Keller, the Children’s Chorus gives qualified singers an opportunity to perform excellent, age-appropriate repertoire that is culturally and musically diverse. Numbering more than 90 singers, the choristers represent public, private, parochial, charter, and home schools in Chester County, Lancaster County, and the Northern Delaware Region.
Program
Anderson A Christmas Festival
Anderson Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Anderson O Come O Come Emmanuel
Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Selections
Stephenson Bassoon It Will Be Christmas
Anderson Sleigh Ride
Vaughan Williams Greensleeves
Richman Hanukkah Festival Overture
Selections performed by Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus
Single ticket prices are $25-$48 in advance, $30-$53 on the day of the concert. Students 18 and under are $10. Group discounts are available and there is free parking on site.
For complete information visit www.kennettsymphony.org or call the Kennett Symphony at 610.444.6363.
About the Kennett Symphony of Chester County:
The KSCC is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Founded in 1940, the Kennett Symphony is Chester County’s only fully professional symphony orchestra, and serves the residents of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey, along with thousands of tourists who attend the Kennett Symphony’s popular summer concerts at Longwood Gardens. The Symphony’s mission is to serve the community by enriching lives through music. In addition to presenting varied and entertaining orchestral concerts, the Kennett Symphony encourages young musicians through annual Young Artist Competitions and its affiliation with the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus. More information can be found at www.kennettsymphony.org
While the developer has no firm dates at this time, the following stores and scheduled to open along Route 202 in Chadds Ford between now and the end of the first quarter of 2016. Some of the shops should begin to open by the end of this month. The shops are part of the Wegmans’ development.
The majority of abused and neglected children do not have an advocate looking out for their best interests, and Delaware County Court-Appointed Youth Advocates (CASA) is working to change that.
Christina Baker Kline, the best-selling author of Orphan Train, will be the guest speaker at Delaware County CASA’s 2015 Gala.
In 2013, more than 1,500 children, more than 80 percent of them under the age of 3, died in the U.S. from abuse and neglect, prompting the need for “champions for the traumatized,” according to the nonprofit’s website. The agency provides a variety of services, including recruiting, training and supporting volunteer advocates, who work to help abused and neglected children find a nurturing home.
According to research conducted through the National CASA Association, children with a court-appointed special advocate are more likely to be adopted, are half as likely to re-enter foster care, receive more services while in the system, and perform better in school. Insuring these improved outcomes for all children in Delaware County’s and Chester County’s dependency courts becomes a matter of resources, providing the impetus for CASA’s fundraisers, the CASA website said.
Its 2015 Gala will be held on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Drexelbrook Corporate Center in Drexel Hill. The guest speaker will be Christina Baker Kline, the best-selling author of Orphan Train, a novel that chronicles a search for family inspired by the so-called orphan trains that ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children, during the late 19th-century.
Orphan Train was inspired by the transport of thousands of abandoned children during the late 19th-century from the East to the Midwest.
Orphan Train’s two main characters – a Depression-era orphan and a modern-day foster child – seek the kind of safe, nurturing homes that CASA aims to provide for children. Kline’s description of the challenges and discrimination faced by these unwanted, mostly immigrant children is expected to resonate with the event’s guests.
The evening will include open bar, dinner, awards, and both a live and silent auction, featuring items ranging from enticing getaways to gourmet cuisine. All proceeds from the gala will be used for CASA operations for the next calendar year.
For tickets, advertising, and sponsorship information, call 610-565-2208 or visit www.delcoCASA.org.
Kennett Square: Nearby help is available to apply for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace this fall.
La Comunidad Hispana (LCH) in Kennett Square maintains a staff of certified applications counselors and navigators to help with questions and applications from all members of the community, said a press release from the agency.
“LCH is proud to be a part of this nationwide initiative and has gained a wealth of experience and expertise providing this service,” Paul Huberty, board chairman, said in the release.
In fiscal year 2015, LCH provided 10,170 assistance visits, submitted 2,223 health insurance applications, and enrolled 1,755 people, the release said. “We look forward to working with the community this enrollment season to help members better protect themselves and their families,” Huberty added.
Enrollment can range from a quick renewal to a more complex process. “Some consumers are applying for the first time, which requires one to three hours to create an account and identity verification,” Alisa Jones, president and CEO, explained in the release.
Appointments for those who were previously covered in 2015 are typically less than an hour, where LCH staff will review the current information on file, record any changes, calculate a subsidy (if applicable), and select a health insurance plan.
In addition to the Affordable Health Care Act Market Place, LCH assisters can help with Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) applications. Service is available in English and Spanish. To learn more and schedule an appointment, contact Ted Trevorrow, outreach and enrollment coordinator at 610-444–7550, ext. 253 or etrevorrow@lchps.org.
La Comunidad Hispana was established in 1973 as a community-based nonprofit to help low-income residents of southern Chester County to stay healthy, build strong families. and lead productive lives by providing high-quality, culturally welcoming services. For more information, go to www.lacomunidadhispana.org.
Hope Wingate Martin died Friday, Nov. 13. The daughter of F. Camet Wingate and Hannah Kimble Wingate, Hope was born on Oct. 8, 1940, in West Grove, Pennsylvania. She was a member of Chadds Ford Baptist Church and Chatham Methodist Church. Hope graduated with honors from Avon Grove High School in 1958 and Bloomsburg University in 1962 and was a passionate, devoted high school business education teacher at Mt. Pleasant Senior High School, Wilmington; Oakcrest High School, Egg Harbor, N.J.; Naha Air Base, Japan; and A.I. duPont High School in Wilmington. She also served in positions with duPont at Chestnut Run, Larmore & Scarlett in Kennett Square, and as office manager for HRA Services, Inc., in Chadds Ford.
Hope’s hallmarks were her quietness, bright blue eyes, and gentle, radiant smile. She was a much beloved wife, mother and grandmother whose family were her joy and reason for being. Hope loved people and the outdoors, planting garden, flowers, and trees. She eagerly participated in parent and support organizations at Upland Country Day School and Tatnall School and was an avid and regular cheerleader at hockey and lacrosse games and skating events. She is a gentle Christian who loved the Lord and found great friendship and joy in her faith and her brothers and sisters in Christ.
Hope is survived by her husband of fifty-two years David W. Martin, her daughter Jennifer Singer and her husband Rand, her son Jonathan Martin and his wife Rachael, and grandchildren Lain and Teryn Singer and Jonathan Jr. and Alyssa Martin.
Hope leaves the earth and you with these words: “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.”
You are invited to visit with Hope’s family and friends from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, , at Chadds Ford Baptist Church, 415 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, PA, 19317. Her funeral service will follow. Interment will be in London Grove Friends Cemetery. Contributions in her memory may be made to Chadds Ford Baptist Church, P.O. Box 322, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 or American Parkinson Disease Association, 135 Parkinson Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305-1425. Arrangements are being handled by the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home Inc. (610-444-4116) of Kennett Square. To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visit www.griecocares.com
Agnes “Dolly” Helen Korejwo, 97, of Downingtown, died Friday, Nov. 13, at Simpson Meadows Assisted Living, Downingtown. Her first husband Joseph Hamilton died in 1958, and her second husband, Alfred Korejwo deid in 1997.
Born in Chester, she was the daughter of the late Pius and Hedwig Munzer.
Agnes was a salesperson at Wilmington Dry Goods in Wilmington, until her retirement.
She attended Assumption BVM in West Grove.
Agnes enjoyed cooking, gardening, and being with her family and friends.
She is survived by one son, Richard Hamilton and his wife Maggie of Dover; three daughters, Barbara Jones of West Grove, Frances Herbster and her husband Richard of Exton, and Marlene Howley of Mahanoy; seven grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
You are invited to visit with her family and friends from 9 to 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, at Assumption BVM Church, 300 State Road in West Grove. Her Funeral Mass will follow at 10:30. Burial will be at 1:00 at Lawn Croft Cemetery in Linwood.
