Frances F. Hewton, 84, of West Chester, died Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Pocopson Home. Born in Lewiston, Maine, she was the daughter of the late David and Mary Madeline McGrath Frieman. Frances was a homemaker who enjoyed shopping, dining out with her friends, going to art museums, summers at the Jersey Shore, trips back to Maine and especially enjoyed being with her ...
Archive for January 18th, 2016
William “Bill” R. Kuntz of Landenberg
William “Bill” R. Kuntz, 78, of Landenberg, died Friday, Jan. 15, at Seasons Hospice in Newark. He was the husband of the late Lila Rose Conklin Kuntz, who died in 2012 and with whom he shared 50 years of marriage. Born in Lock Haven, he was the son of the late Raymond and Marion Kuntz. Bill was a machine mechanic for Wyeth Laboratories for more than 30 years. He ...
Volunteers warm a cold MLK Day

Single-digit wind chills might have frozen out one event scheduled for Martin Luther King Day, but students and volunteers from several school districts, including Unionville-Chadds Ford, did their parts in warming spirits and bodies. U-CF, Kennett and Avon Grove overlapped on a number of different community service projects during the Jan. 18 remembrance of King. ...
Edith Anne Mills of Chadds Ford
Edith Anne Mills, 87, of Chadds Ford, died Thursday, Jan. 14. She was in the care of Jenner’s Pond in West Grove for 6 weeks prior to passing. She was the loving wife of Arthur Mills and had been happily married for 67 years. Edith was born in Brooklyn, New York to the late Edward P. Barbante, and Reba McDonald. During her time in Pennsylvania, she worked at Kohl’s ...
MLK Day starts on high note in Kennett

The inspiring words of Martin Luther King Jr. reverberated throughout the Red Clay Room in Kennett Square on Monday, Jan. 18, at the 15th Annual MLK Jr. CommUNITY Breakfast. About 350 people gathered to begin a day of service and to celebrate King’s legacy. Carol A. Black, vice-president of the MLK Jr. CommUNITY of the Greater Kennett Area, emceed the two-hour ...
Ingeborg Jack of Kennett Square
Ingeborg Jack, 88, died peacefully in her sleep at Kendal at Longwood, in Kennett Square, on Jan. 17. Inge, as she liked to be called, was born in Stuttgart, Germany, but spent her adult years living in the USA, Belgium, Switzerland, and Thailand. Her early memories are of hikes in the Black Forest, and singing folk songs with her family. Inge had a beautiful voice ...
Chesco bench celebrates jurist’s milestone

A conspiracy against a Chester County jurist unfolded quietly over the course of a couple of months, culminating last week in a celebration. On Monday, Jan. 11, members of the Chester County bench gathered for their monthly judges’ meeting. Most had no inkling that that they would be learning about a judicial achievement, not routine court procedures. Late last ...