Robert Anthony Colon, 43, of West Grove, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, at his residence. He was the loving husband of Kristin Manley Colon, with whom he shared 17 years of marriage.
Robert Anthony Colon
Born in West Chester, he was the son of Irene Colon of Newark, Lydia Garcia Camacho of West Chester, and his stepfather, Juan Camacho, of West Chester.
He was a production planner for most of his life at Synthes, a division of Johnson & Johnson, in West Chester.
Robert was known as the life of the party. He was a long time coach for the Avon Grove Wildcats football team and the Assumption BVM CYO basketball team. He enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson in motorcycle rallies to benefit various causes. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved the musician, Prince. He was a member of Assumption BVM Church in West Grove.
In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by two sons, Brody Colon and Benjamin Colon, both of West Grove; one daughter, Carrington Colon of West Grove; two brothers, Carlos Camacho of Thorndale, and Bryan Camacho of West Chester; two sisters, Lizabeth Caceres of West Chester, and Lillian Camacho of Sunrise, Fla., his grandfather, Jesus Garcia of Alburndale, Fla., his in-laws, John and Jo Manley and numerous nieces and nephews.
You are invited to visit with his family and friends from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, at Assumption BVM Church, 300 State Road in West Grove. His funeral mass will follow at 11. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to the Avon Grove Lions Club, 600 North Baker Station Road, West Grove, PA 19390
We live in a country that was founded by liberty lovers, with a document called the Constitution. We still are governed under this founding document but, ironically, we often toss liberty to the side in order to achieve some sort of political goals. Each time we do this we sacrifice our freedoms for some sense of security. Benjamin Franklin once said that when a person sacrifices liberty for security, they deserve neither. We allow the NSA to spy on us out of the name of security even though the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects us against such drastic overreaches of government. This, among many travesties such as the war on drugs, takes place on a daily basis.
Violations of the Fourth Amendment and all due process has been going on for decades, in the war on some drugs, in the name of national security and even in the attempt to override the Second Amendment.
Our national debt is about to exceed $20 trillion, which leaves our future generations enslaved. My little daughters, and the young sons and daughters of everyone are the ones who will have to pay that off.
There are so many things to be thankful for this holiday season, but there are many issues that need to be fought. That’s why I now am announcing my candidacy for United Stated Senate. I am running as a third party candidate, a Libertarian, challenging Pennsylvania’s 2018 seat that is currently held by Bob Casey. I will not sit back and concede, the children of the future deserve better.
Dale Kerns Candidate for United States Senate Ridley Township www.DaleKerns.com
'A Longwood Christmas,' which opens on Thanksgiving Day at Longwood Gardens, will spotlight a musical theme. Photo courtesy of Longwood Gardens.
“A Longwood Christmas” will ring in the holiday season this year at Longwood Gardens with special resonance: A musically-inspired display debuts on Thanksgiving Day.
The annual extravaganza of lights and activities will run through Sunday, Jan. 8. Indoors and out, the gardens are offering an array of sights and sounds designed to spotlight seasonal splendor.
Poinsettias always have a starring role in ‘A Longwood Christmas.’
Explore the warm four-acre conservatory, bedecked with more than 50 trees decorated for the holiday season, including an 18-foot revolving tree adorned with musical instruments in the grand Music Room, and a 30-foot tree composed of more than 1,300 poinsettias, ivy, and orchids. Outside, all eyes are on the sky as illuminated stars twinkle above, colorful fountains dance to holiday music, and a half-million lights brighten the night.
Other outdoor favorites will include the illuminated Italian Water Garden, and a 10-foot Concolor fir in the Hourglass Lake Pavilion ornamented with materials found in and around the Meadow Garden. The popular Wildlife Tree will entice furry friends to nibble on edible ornaments made from wheat, apples, and birdseed. The Gardener’s Tree will cleverly showcase Longwood gardeners’ creativity with handcrafted ornaments and garland made with angel vine and burlap draping the 26–foot Concolor Norway.
If temperatures dip, three fire pits created by Longwood craftsmen and local artisans will be placed throughout the gardens, allowing guests to warm up by the fire with loved ones. The fire pits will be available every night throughout the holiday season, weather permitting.
Outdoors, the lights sometimes spill beyond the trees.
In the Open Air Theatre, fountains will dance day and night to holiday classics. Young and old will delight in Longwood’s outdoor train display located near the Birdhouse Treehouse as it travels past miniature Longwood landmarks lit for the holiday season. In Longwood’s historic Chimes Tower, the 62–bell carillon will play holiday music every half hour.
Throughout the season, Longwood’s grand ballroom will feature free and ticketed holiday-inspired performances as well as daily holiday sing-alongs performed on Longwood’s grand 10,010-pipe organ. Traditional Christmas carols will ring throughout the Silver Garden and Palm House, adding to the holiday charm. A complete listing of performances is available online.
Admission to the Christmas display is only by timed tickets, which are purchased in advance for a specific date and time. Tickets can be purchased online at longwoodgardens.org. Members require tickets during peak viewing times, which are all Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from Nov. 24 to Jan. 1, and every day from Monday, Dec. 26, to Thursday, Dec. 29.
Longwood Gardens dates back to 1906, when industrialist Pierre S. du Pont purchased a small farm near Kennett Square to save a collection of historic trees from being sold for lumber. Today, it is one of the world’s great horticultural displays, encompassing 1,077 acres of gardens, woodlands, meadows, fountains, a 10,010-pipe Aeolian organ and 4.5-acre conservatory. Longwood is located on Route 1 near Kennett Square. For more information, visit longwoodgardens.org or call 610-388-1000.
Painter Andrew Wyeth certainly put his distinctive stamp on American art, and now the U.S. Postal Service is planning to recognize his extraordinary impact.
The U.S. Postal Service will make the centennial of Andrew Wyeth’s birth with a stamp sheet.
The Postal Service announced this week that it would issue a pane of stamps in 2017 inspired by Wyeth’s art to commemorate the centennial of his birth. Wyeth was born and spent his life in Chadds Ford, according to a press release from the Brandywine River Museum of Art.
The museum features an extensive display of American art, including work by three generations of the Wyeth family. It also offers tours of the studios where both Andrew and his father, N.C. Wyeth, worked. The official dedication ceremony for the stamps will take place at the museum on Wednesday, July 12, at 10 a.m., 100 years to the day that Andrew Wyeth was born. This event is free and open to the public.
The pane of Forever® stamps features details of 12 the following Andrew Wyeth paintings: Alvaro and Christina, 1968; Big Room, 1988; The Carry, 2003; Christina’s World, 1948; Frostbitten, 1962; North Light, 1984; Sailor’s Valentine, 1985; Soaring, 1942-50; Spring Fed, 1967; My Studio, 1974; Wind from the Sea, 1947; and Young Bull, 1960. Derry Noyes served as art director and designer for the stamp sheet, the release said.
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) maintained a primary residence in Chadds Ford while typically spending each summer and early fall in Maine. In both places, he was inspired by the lives, houses, and personal belongings of the people around him, finding particular interest in the German immigrants on a nearby Chadds Ford farm, painting portraits of them and views in and around their home, the release said.
By the 1940s, the tendencies that define much of his work were taking shape, among them a focus on death and loss; the uses of places and objects to serve as stand-ins for people, and intense and unsentimental scrutiny of nature, and an often startling austerity and stark lack of color. Rather than depict nature with photographic accuracy, Wyeth used painting to convey emotions that were difficult to put into words. His work often reflected memories, associations, and echoes from his personal life, including his own distinctive sense of the wondrous and the strange.
The exhibition “Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect,” which will be on view from June 24 through Sept. 17 at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, represents the first chronological retrospective of the artist’s career since the 1970s. The exhibition, co-organized by Seattle Art Museum, will include more than100 of his finest paintings and works on papers selected from major museums and private collections. The exhibition will be on view at the Seattle Museum of Art starting in October 2017, according to the release.
Guided tours of Andrew Wyeth’s studio are available seasonally, from April through mid-November. Wyeth painted in the studio from 1940 until 2008. Visitors may also tour the Kuerner Farm, which inspired nearly 1,000 works of art by Andrew Wyeth, as well as the N.C. Wyeth House and Studio. All are National Historic Landmarks.
The Brandywine River Museum of Art is housed in a 19th-century mill building with a dramatic steel and glass addition overlooking the banks of the Brandywine. The museum is open daily (except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day) from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors ages 65 and over, $6 for students and children ages 6 to 12; free for children 5 and younger and members. The museum is located on Route 1 in Chadds Ford. For more information, call 610-388-2700 or visit brandywinemuseum.org.
