Joseph A. DiStefano Jr., 88, of Kennett Square, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 22. Joe was the beloved husband of Emily Mote DiStefano, with whom he shared 66 years of marriage. He was a graduate of Kennett High School and proudly served in the U.S. Army. Born in West Chester, in 1930, he was the son of the late Joseph, Sr. and Mary DiStefano. In…
Anna M. Marrongelli, 86, of West Grove, died Saturday, May 26, at her residence. She was the wife of Dominic Marrongelli, who died in 2013, and with whom she shared 60 years of marriage. Born in Mountain City, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Stacy Proffitt and the late Emma Pearl South Proffitt. Anna had worked at various area greenhouses. She enjoyed playing…
H. John “Jack” Michel Jr., 71, died Saturday, May 26, at his farm in Concord Township. Jack was a leading securities, mergers and acquisitions lawyer in the Philadelphia office of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP for 33 years. Throughout his long career at Drinker, Jack also had a number of management positions, including head of its Business and Finance Department, head of its Intellectual Property…
The Star gazer’s Stone, along Stargazer Road in Newlin Township, marks the site of the observatory where Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began their observations of the night sky in the attempt to discern the actual boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland in 1764, now known as the Mason-Dixon Line.