May 19, 2022 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Lorraine Medon of Landenberg

Lorraine “Boojie” Medon, 82, of Landenberg, died unexpectedly on Saturday, May 14, in Chester County Hospital, surrounded by her immediate family. She was the wife of Donald G. Medon, with whom she shared nearly 37 years of marriage.

Born in 1939 in West Grove, she was the daughter of the late Carl J. Pannell, Jr., and the late Marie E. Pannell.

She was a parishioner of St. Gabriel Church in Avondale Boojie loved her cats, Beans, Ra-Ra, and Fluff.

She was an active member of the Hockessin Athletic Club water aerobics classes.

Boojie is survived by her husband, Don; her daughter Jacqueline C. Dougherty of West Grove, and her son; Donald W. Dougherty of Lake Worth Beach, Fla. and brother Robert T. Pannell of Kennett Square.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sister Carol “Jeeps” Schwartz.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be mailed in Lorraine’s memory to the Brandywine Valley SPCA, 9 Coffman Ave., Malvern, PA 19355. Arrangements by the Kuzo Funeral Home, Kennett Square; please visit Boojie’s online memorial by going to www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com.

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Antoinette Pesce of Kennett Square

Obituaries

Antoinette “Toni” Pesce, 82, of Kennett Square, died Monday, May 16, at the Christiana Hospital. She was the wife of E. Victor Pesce, who died in 2014, and with whom she shared 54 years of marriage.

Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Louis Marson Sr. and the late Mildred Giroso Marson.

Toni was part owner of AT-MAR Glass in Kennett Square, retiring in 2006.

She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kennett Square.

Toni enjoyed cooking, making wine, reading, the beach, and being with her family and friends.

She is survived by two sons, Victor J. Pesce and his wife Karen of Lincoln University, and Steven L. Pesce and his wife Kathleen of Kennett Square; one brother, Louis Marson Jr. of Kennett Square; two sisters, Mary Lou Madron of Kennett Square and Joanne Marson of Newark; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

You are invited to visit with Toni’s family and friends from 6-8 p.m. on Monday evening, May 23, and again from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24, at the Kuzo Funeral Home, 250 West State Street, Kennett Square. Her funeral mass will follow at 11 at St . Patrick Church, 212 Meredith Street, Kennett Square. Burial will be in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Route 82, in Kennett Square.

In memory of Toni, a contribution may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 399 Market Street, Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

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

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Wedding planner opens in Barn Shops

Business

_1JF0422-Shannon — Shannon Wellington, of Shannon Wellington Weddings and Events, says she specializes in designing as well as planning weddings.

Weddings can be an emotional time for a young couple. Lots of decisions need to be made to help make it a special day for all concerned. It’s stressful, and that’s where a wedding planner comes in.

And a wedding planner did come into the Barn Shops in Chadds Ford Township. Shannon Wellington Weddings and Events moved into the building where Barbara Moore Fine Art used to be.

Wellington, a Concord Township resident, said she’s been involved in the business for 20 years, the last 12 running her own shop. Her specialty, she said, is planning and designing home weddings.

“What sets us apart from other wedding planners out there is that we also design weddings. That something that has only happened in the past decade or so,” she said.

She explained that designing weddings came about mostly because of social media sites such as Pinterest and Instagram since “so much visual information being thrown at brides and grooms. So, now they want a certain aesthetic, a certain look. It’s more of a production these days,” she said.

And it’s that aesthetic and look that Wellington produces for her clients by acting as a liaison between all the vendors and the client. She works with a variety of vendors, florists, photographers, musicians, and the like and proceeds to make that inspired vision a reality.

“Not only are we planning it and doing all the logistics and dealing with all the vendors and transportation and all of that, but now we care what it looks like,” she said.

As a rule, her fees range from $4,000 to $18,000, depending on what’s required. That lower-end figure comes into play when the bride and groom have already done most of the work in hiring the vendors but bring in Wellington to coordinate things during the last month before the event. The $18,000 is for full planning, while partial planning costs $12,000.

For more information and to contact Shannon Wellington, go to www.shannonwellington.com on the web, @shannonwellingtonweddings on Instagram, or phone 610-324-3091.

About Rich Schwartzman

Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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Around Town May 19

Along the Ford

Bey_Untiled24 AT LAKE ERIE — Dawoud Bey (b. 1953), Night Coming Tenderly, Black: Untitled #24 (At Lake Erie), 2017, gelatin silver print, 44 x 55 in. Brandywine River Museum of Art. Purchased with Museum funds, 2022. © Dawoud Bey, courtesy of Rena Bransten Gallery.

• Now through Aug. 31, the Brandywine River Museum of Art is showing Dawoud Bey’s Night Coming Tenderly Black. The exhibition features a selection of 10 photographs from Bey’s critically acclaimed series from 2017 that imagines the flight of enslaved African American fugitives in the mid-nineteenth century traveling along the last part of an Underground Railroad network. On view in the Brandywine’s Strawbridge Family Gallery, the exhibition will have particular resonance for the Brandywine region, given the many local sites that were active stations of the Underground Railroad network.

• The zoning hearing for Hank’s Place scheduled for May 18 has been continued. The new date is Wednesday, June 15 at 7 p.m.

Photography history and women’s history come together on Wednesday, May 25 at the Chester County History Center

• The Chester County History Center explores the life and career of daguerreotypist Farah Garrett Hewes. A daguerreotype is an early form of photography dating back to the mid-1800s in which images were produced on a metal plate. This virtual presentation explores the reasons Hewes chose this line of work and illustrates her experiences as being one of the very few women in the field. Dirty Work for a Woman runs from 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. Go here to register for this free event.

• To celebrate its reopening, the Kennett Area Senior Center (“KASC”) will host a multi-generational open house on Saturday, May 21. KASC officially reopened on April 11. The open house celebration includes a piano concert by Wayne Carr, a Rock & Roll Revival by The Act Players, a visit from Ingrid the therapy dog, and balloon artistry for kids of all ages. Mezzaluna Wood Fired Pizza, Michoacana, and Sweet Cakes Supplies round out the food offerings for purchase. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Overflow parking is available across the street at the Red Clay Room.

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