Peter John Haggerty was born on May 16, 1954, in Springfield, Mass. to Vincent T. Sr., and Dorothy (nee Masse) Haggerty. Peter died on June 21, from natural causes.
Peter John Haggerty
Peter was a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of Western New England College with a bachelor’s degree in science, business administration. Major: Finance. Peter immediately after graduating, joined First National City Bank of New York, in New York City. Soon thereafter it went through a name change to Citibank. Peter joined the Investment Bank, where he was a trader on Wall Street and rose to the level of head Fed Funds trader for Citibank (also Citigroup). In 1996, Peter accepted a position as Treasurer of the principal subsidiaries under Citicorp, in Delaware including Citicorp Banking Corporation (“CBC”), and Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation, (“COIC”). Peter retired in November 2014, after more than 38 years with Citicorp.
Peter was pre-deceased by his father, Vincent; mother, Dorothy; younger brother, Vincent T. Jr; and younger sister, MaryAnne. Peter leaves one sibling, Timothy of Pompano Beach FL.; and two nephews, Justin of Longmeadow MA, and Patrick of Springfield MA. Peter also leaves Louise (nee Rossi) his wife; and four children, Lisa of Philadelphia, Brian of Chadds Ford, Megan from Philadelphia, and Kelly from New Orleans LA.
All are invited to visit with the Haggerty family and friends from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, June 27, at The Episcopal Church of the Advent, 401 N. Union Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348. A service celebrating his life will follow at noon. Interment will be private. Contributions in his memory may be made to Friends of White Clay Creek Preserve c/o Roland Miller, Treasurer 405 Sharpless Road, Landenberg, PA 19350. Checks should be made payable to Pennsylvania Parks & Forest Foundation with Friends of White Clay Creek in the memo section. https://friendsofpawccp.org/natural-resources/donate/
Arrangements are by Matthew Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-734-8100). To view his online obituary, please visit www. griecofunerals.com
Charles W. Carter, 88, of West Grove, died on June 16, at Twin Pines Nursing Home in West Grove. He was the spouse of the late, Ann (Mullarky) Carter. He was the son of the late Charles Carter and the late Sarah (Finnegan) Carter.
Charles W. Carter
Charles worked as a groundskeeper at Longwood Gardens for much of his life. He enjoyed bowling and sitting in his driveway enjoying the outdoors. He served our country in the National Guard.
Charlie is survived by his daughter, Michelle Peirson; his son, Charles J. Carter; and three grandchildren, Katelynn Marie Pierson, Mea Y. Carter, and Max R. Carter. In addition to his parents and wife, he is predeceased by one daughter, Bernadette Carter, and one brother, Edward Carter.
Arrangements are by Matthew Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. of Kennett Square (484-734-8100) To view his online obituary, please visit www.griecofunerals.com.
Jane Woods Worth, born on May 9, 1931, on the family farm in Unionville, died peacefully on June 15.
Jane Woods Worth
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 67 years Norman J. Worth, her parents Enoch and Alice Woods, and seven siblings. She is survived by daughters, Donna Carroll, of Millsboro, Del., and Kathy Leo, wife of Michael Leo, of Landenberg; grandchildren, Kacie Leo and John Paul Leo; as well as her beloved baby sister, Doris Musser, wife of Richard Musser, of Unionville.
She graduated from Unionville High School and attended Goldey-Beacom College. She was employed by the Dupont Corporation and Kennett School District.
Jane was a devoted lifelong member of the Unionville Presbyterian Church.
Jane enjoyed camping which included trips to Canada, Mexico, and the majority of the United States. Most of all she enjoyed being with family and friends. Her greatest joy in life was helping others. She was a grandmother to Kacie and John Paul, but to many others she was known as Grandmom Worth or Mommy Jane.
In lieu of flowers please make donations to Unionville Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are by Matthew Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. of Kennett Square, PA. (484-734-8100). To view Jane’s online obituary, please visit www.griecofunerals.com
On Wednesday, June 7, Reeta J. Hayes, who lived a vibrant fifty-nine years in the greater Binghamton, NY, area before moving to the Philadelphia area to be near her daughters, died peacefully at the Pocopson Home in West Chester, PA, just a few weeks shy of her 88th birthday. Reeta is the daughter of the previously deceased Edwin Jones and Blanche N. Jones and the sister of the previously deceased Ronald Jones.
Reeta J. Hayes
Reeta is survived by her daughter Lisa Hayes Kane, her husband, Dr. Matthew Kane, and their children Dr. Mica Kane (and her husband, Henry Fuz), Alexander Kane, and Owen Kane; her daughter Polly Hayes, her wife Joy Lesnick, PhD., and their son Anthony; and her three precious cats, Tonka, Mynx, and Princess.
If you were fortunate enough to know Reeta, you probably enjoyed her chocolate chip cookies, half-moon cookies, sourdough bread, hand-dipped chocolate candies, or chocolate sheet cake. Not only could Reeta bake, but she could also cook and was known for her lasagna and infamous Christmas breakfast ring.
Reeta was also an expert seamstress. She made many prom dresses, bridesmaid dresses, and wedding gowns. She often fitted bridal party members who lived across the country—in the age before virtual conferencing existed. She received measurements in the mail, prepared a muslin version of the dress, shipped it out to the bridal party member who tried it on, sent it back pinned where necessary, and then Reeta worked into the early hours of the morning to make the dress. And the dresses always fit perfectly. Reeta once hand-sewed more than 3,000 pearls on a wedding dress for a client. Reeta continued her love of creating and sewing throughout her whole life. While living in Philadelphia, she knit hats and baby blankets and mailed them back to New York to her knitting group for donation through the United Presbyterian Church in Binghamton. For her granddaughter Mica’s wedding, Reeta pulled out a dress she had made when she was a high school senior, altered it, and wore it on Mica’s big day, drawing many compliments. Reeta received her talents from her mother and passed them on to her daughter, Lisa, who, like her mother, is incredibly artistic and talented.
Reeta was also an accomplished athlete. Growing up in the 40s and 50s, Reeta was active in almost every sport offered for girls at her high school. She was captain of the cheerleading team, played basketball, tennis, and bowling, and was also a skilled archer. She passed her love of sports to her daughter Polly, who became a professional tennis instructor before attending graduate school and settling into a desk job. Reeta worked multiple jobs throughout her life—as a bank teller; a secretary; a junior varsity tennis coach at Seton High School and college coach at what is now SUNY Broome; a USTA tennis league coordinator; and a tennis league organizer at the Binghamton Tennis Center.
Reeta would leave notes, always written in pencil, strewn about the counter—at home and at the tennis center—that looked like nothing more than random waves and circles. This was the lost art of shorthand she had learned in her work as a secretary and she continued to write in shorthand well into her 80s. Reeta also volunteered—at the Girls Club (teaching young girls to sew and knit, chaperoning Lisa’s ski trips to Greek Peak, and then serving as the President of the Endicott Girls Club), with Red Cross relief efforts (in Scranton after major flooding and in California after a series of earthquakes); with her church (organizing donations); and with assorted animal rescue efforts (including the aforementioned Tonka, Mynx, and Princess).
Reeta enjoyed many hobbies throughout her life, including playing bridge, canning jams and jellies, making something we referred to as “rotten fruit,” and growing beautiful roses on soil that was little more than a pile of shale.
Reeta was a religious person, through her membership at the Campville United Methodist Church and later attending services with her mother as a member of the Central United Methodist Church in Endicott. During her time at the Pocopson Home, Reeta was known to lead the chorus through their rousing, if slightly off-key, versions of some of her favorite hymns. Although all of this sounds like a lot, there’s more. Reeta enjoyed shopping (whether it was a fabric store in NYC, a small boutique in Melbourne, or the Target on the Parkway); antiquing; going to museums; taking her yearly trips to the U.S. Open from 1984-2015; making her Fan Slam trip to all four grand slams and the Davis Cup in the same year; traveling—anywhere; trans-Atlantic Zooming with friends during the pandemic; doing anything with her grandchildren; and sharing Friday night dinners with the family.
Reeta cared for others and was always willing to help. She cherished the time spent with her grandchildren, of whom she was incredibly proud. Reeta was kindness and generosity personified. She will be greatly missed by family and friends.
Services will be held on June 23, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church, 17 Nanticoke Ave., Endicott, NY.
Donations in memory of Reeta can be made to the SUNY Broome Foundation for the Reeta Hayes Memorial Scholarship. To make a gift, visit the secure online giving site www.sunybroome.edu/gift or send a check to: SUNY Broome Foundation, P.O. Box 1017, Binghamton, NY 13902, with a note designating your gift to the scholarship. Arrangements are by Matthew Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. of Kennett Square (484-734-8100). To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visit www.griecofunerals.com.
Janet Krevenas, a representative of Bird Town Pennsylvania, addresses Kennett Township supervisors and residents during the June 21 meeting.
The new Bird Town signs that residents will see around Kennett Township show the township’s ongoing commitment to birds and environmental sustainability, according to a representative from Bird Town Pennsylvania.
“Coming into your township here, I’ve noticed you have a wealth of really good landscape, good for birds and wildlife,” Janet Krevenas said at Wednesday’s Kennett supervisors’ meeting.
A December 2022 resolution recognized the supervisors’ commitment to having Kennett recognized as a Bird Town Pennsylvania.
“… to engage in new efforts to live lighter on the land and provide a healthier environment for the people and birds of our town, Kennett Township wishes to commit to ecological initiatives and by doing so, we will be recognized as a Bird Town Pennsylvania community,” according to resolution 2022-12.
In December 2019, the supervisors adopted a resolution to become an Audubon Bird Town. Since 2021, Bird Town Pennsylvania, which is part of the Pennsylvania Audubon Council, has been transitioning the Audubon Bird Towns to ones under Bird Town Pennsylvania.
Krevenas presented the supervisors with four new signs and a certificate recognizing Kennett becoming a Bird Town Pennsylvania.
“The signs are really our commitment not just to birds but to our environment and sustainability,” Krevenas said.
Bird Town Pennsylvania’s mission is to work “in partnership with local municipalities and like-minded organizations to promote community-based conservation actions to create a healthier, more sustainable environment for birds, wildlife, and people,” according to its website.
Kennett Township is one of six Bird Town municipalities in Chester County. Others include Malvern Borough and the townships of Charlestown, Schuylkill, Tredyffrin, and West Vincent.
Monica Thompson Fragale is a freelance reporter who spent her life dreaming of being in the newspaper business. That dream came true after college when she started working at The Kennett Paper and, years later The Reporter newspaper in Lansdale and other dailies.
She turned to non-profit work after her first daughter was born and spent the next 13 years in that field.
But while you can take the girl out of journalism, you can’t take journalism out of the girl. Offers to freelance sparked the writing bug again started her fingers happily tapping away on the keyboard.
Monica lives with her husband and two children in Kennett Square.
PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from June 24 through June 30. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change.
•There will be a daytime lane closure on High Street between Yorktown and Stadium roads in West Chester for stormwater work through June 30.
•Water main extensions will cause daytime lane restrictions with flagging on High Street between Nields Street and Rosendale Avenue in West Chester through Aug. 31.
•Motorists should expect a full daytime closure, with a detour, of N. Concord Road between Route 1 and Station Road in Concord Township because of utility installation. The work is expected to last until July 21.
•Gas line installation will cause daytime lane closures on Route 1 between Schoolhouse Road and Ladbroke Lane in East Marlborough Township through June 30.
•Roadway reconstruction will cause daytime lane closures on Route 202 between Smithbridge Road and Watkin Avenue, and on Naamans Creek Road between Route 202 and Graystone Drive through Sept. 1.
•Motorists should expect lane restrictions with a detour for trucks on Route 162 at its intersection with Route 82 in Newlin Township because of bridge repair. There is currently no date for completion.
•Middle Tennessee State University student Samuel Biddle of Chadds Ford was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester. Biddle is majoring in audio production. To qualify for this distinction, an undergraduate student must maintain a current semester grade-point average of 3.5 or above and earn at least 12 semester hours.
•The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that Tim Crane of Chadds Ford has been named to the Spring 2023 Dean’s List. To be included on the list, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades which are GPA applicable during a semester, and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average.
