February 22, 2021

June Kemery Pratt, 92, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Feb. 20. She was born at the Chester County Hospital on Sept. 23, 1928.

The daughter of Clarence H. Kemery and Olive McCardle Kemery she lived in East Bradford Township, then at the age of 10 she moved to West Chester. June graduated from West Chester High School in 1946. She married Carroll Howard Pratt on Sept. 29, 1951. They were married for 58 years until his death on Jan. 24. She was preceded by her sister A. Elaine Cook.

June is survived by her son, Kenneth Carroll Pratt and wife Lisa (Hopkins), daughter Darlene Carol Pratt Pratola and husband Ralph, four grandsons Tyler K. and Conner W. Pratt, Matthew A. (Stephanie) and Jeffrey M. Pratola and great-granddaughter Nadia V. Pratola and also several nieces and nephews.

During her teen years, June became a ventriloquist with Herbie her dummy and would perform at many clubs, churches, and grange meetings in West Chester and neighboring counties.

June is a member of New Garden Friends Meeting and Kennett Senior Center. She was a member of London Grove Grange #63 for over 70 years. June met her husband Carroll through grange activities and throughout the years would attend State and National Granges. She was formerly a member of Hockessin Friendship Group, Evergreen Garden Club and the Crafty Ladies Club. She was a volunteer weather observer and a certified Food Handler for Chester County. She loved to cook and bake.  She was particularly known for her coconut cake and Christmas cookies.

She enjoyed feeding birds and traveling throughout the United States, Canada, and several foreign countries with her husband but particularly like to travel to Lakeland, FL to visit friends and take family vacations yearly to Ocean City, N.J. June really enjoyed attending family gatherings and grange activities.

You can visit with the family on Thursday, Feb. 25h from noon to 1 p.m. with a memorial service immediately following at New Garden Friends Meeting  875 Newark Road Toughkenamon. Burial will be at the convenience of the family.

Memorial contributions in June’s name can be made to Willow Tree Hospice 616 East Cypress Street Kennett Square, PA 19348 or Kennett Friends Home 147 W. State Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348.

To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visit www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com

Arrangements by the Kuzo Funeral Home, Kennett Square.

Mary Annette Plumley, 61, of Kennett Square, died Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Chester County Hospital.

Born in Islip, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Samuel McBride and the late Marilyn Bayer McBride.

She was the office manager at Pesce Lab Sales in Kennett Square for the past 22 years.

Mary was a very active member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kennett Square, where she served on the Hospitality Committee, taught as a CCD educator for 20-plus years, and attended countless wedding rehearsals. She was a seasonal volunteer at Kennett Area Community Services and many other organizations.

She actively engaged in various roles for 20-plus years at Boy Scout troop 24.

She enjoyed going camping with her family, hiking, the ocean, and found joy in service and family.

She is survived by two sons, Chris Plumley (grandpuppy Cody) of Kennett Square, and Mark Plumley (Ja’Net and Grandson Tyler) of Kennett Square; two brothers, Andrew McBride (Jennifer) of Landenberg, and Matthew McBride (Beth) of Fredericksburg, Va.; two sisters, Christine Hojnacki (Steve) of Downingtown, and Jean Basilio (Joseph – Deceased) of Oxford; many much-loved nieces and nephews Greg (Angela), Kelly (Mike), Kurt (Lindsay), Lisa (David), Matthew, Ryan, Luke, and Kate, and great-niece Violet and great-nephews Tristan and Weston and countless honorary children

You are invited to visit with her family from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, and again from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 26, at the Kuzo Funeral Home, 250 West State Street, Kennett Square. Her funeral mass will follow at 11 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 212 Meredith Street, Kennett Square, PA. Burial will in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, North Union Street, Kennett Square.

Please wear face masks and practice social distancing.

In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1818 Market Street, Suite 2820, Philadelphia, PA 19103

To view her online tribute and to share a memory with Mary’s family please visit www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com