OBITUARIES

Margaret M. Blanco

Margaret M. Blanco

Nov 3, 2022

Margaret M. “Peggy” Blanco passed away on November 3, 2022. She is survived by her husband, Gabriel Blanco, the love of her life to whom she was married for 54 years. She is also survived by her children and their spouses: Christina Blanco and Steven Rickards and Theresa Blanco and Glenn Pritchard. She had five grandchildren along with their...

Margaretha Mcdaid

Margaretha Mcdaid

Nov 2, 2022

Margaretha “Margie” McDaid of Doylestown passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 2 at the age of 78 surrounded by her family.

Margie was born in 1944 in the Netherlands and immigrated with her family to the US in 1957. She is a 1963 graduate of South Philadelphia High School. After marriage, she lived in West Philadelphia and...

Darlene M. Fell

Darlene M. Fell

Oct 31, 2022

Darlene M. Fell of Doylestown passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family on October 31, 2022 at home in Lansdale. She was 79 years old.

Darlene was employed by the Bucks County Senior Center in Doylestown and enjoyed the many friends and co-workers she met while there. She was a longtime member and beloved employee...

Elizabeth F. Westcott

Elizabeth F. Westcott

Oct 27, 2022

Elizabeth “Liz” Ferber Westcott of Doylestown, passed away on October 27, 2022, at the age of 94. She was born to the late Frederick G. and Elizabeth Reese Ferber in 1928 in Scranton, PA. She was raised there, graduated from American University in Washington, DC, married the late Charles J. “Chuck” Westcott, Jr., in 1951 and settled in the...

Raymond E. Raab

Raymond E. Raab

Oct 13, 2022

Raymond E. Raab of Buckingham died peacefully Thursday morning October 13, 2022. He was a caring, giving and loving husband, father, brother, uncle, son and friend.

Born in Doylestown in 1955, Ray was the son of the late Walter and Barbara (Brown) Raab.

He was a graduate of Central Bucks High School East and attended...

Judith E. Allin

Judith E. Allin

Oct 9, 2022

Judith E. Allin of Doylestown passed away on October 9 at her home surrounded by family. Judy was 83 and the wife of William G. Allin.

Born in Doylestown she was the daughter of the late Margaret Braedy and Daniel Tomlinson.

Judy attended Bryn Mawr Nursing School to become a pediatric nurse as an LPN....

Janie R. Vaughan

Janie R. Vaughan

Oct 3, 2022

Janie Ruth Vaughan of Doylestown, PA died on October 3, 2022, peacefully at home after an unbelievable battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was 63 years old.

Born in Gainesville, FL she was the daughter of the late Daniel P. and Marie (Knoell) Vaughan.

Janie was a graduate of Central Bucks East High School and...

Alexandra “Ali” Leigh Tomzack

Alexandra “Ali” Leigh Tomzack

Sep 30, 2022

Alexandra “Ali” Leigh Tomzack of Chalfont, Pa was called to heaven on Friday, September 30, 2022. She was 37 years old and the beloved fiancée of Richard Keczely.

Residing in Bucks County, Pa. Ali is survived by her mother and stepfather, Lynda and Mark Terry, stepmother, Mary Beth Tomzack, older sister and brother-in-law, Jessica and Nick Clark,...

Ideal Thomas Saldi

Ideal Thomas Saldi

Sep 29, 2022

Family means something. For Ideal, family means everything. And his family is large. With his beautiful wife of 67 years, Frances. Ideal enjoyed his three sons, Mark, Tom and Michael and his daughter, Pamela, his grandchildren, Sara, Elena, Senan, Yasha, Michael John, and Ian, his great grandchildren, Emma and Romeo, his many nieces, nephews, cousins and extended Italian family...

Jane G. Malecki

Jane G. Malecki

Sep 24, 2022

Jane G. Malecki of New Britain, Pa. died on September 24th, surrounded by her family. She was 86 years old and the wife for 70 years of Theodore Malecki, Sr.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Jane and Glenn Kellar. They moved to Mechanicsville and she attended Buckingham High School and Central Bucks...

Elsie G. Kummer

Elsie G. Kummer

Sep 17, 2022

Elsie G. Kummer of Doylestown, PA went to be with her Lord on September 17, 2022. She was 103 years old and lived at Neshaminy Manor in Warrington. She was the wife of the late John P. Kummer who died in 1977 in Newville, PA.

Born in 1918 in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late...

Walter Norman Holkey

Walter Norman Holkey

Sep 16, 2022

Walter Norman Holkey, a lifelong resident of Doylestown, died on Friday, September 16 at 89 years of age.

He was the oldest son of the late Walter Elwood Holkey and Hannah Naylor Holkey.

He is survived by his three children: Sharon Holkey, Dawn Slade, her husband, Bill and Mark Holkey, his wife, Darla and his...

Helen A. Battiste

Helen A. Battiste

Sep 15, 2022

Helen A. Battiste, mother, grandmother and sister passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at her home in Doylestown. She was 92.

Helen was predeceased by her husband, two sisters and one brother.

Helen was dedicated to her faith, cherished her family and enjoyed the company of many good friends throughout her lifetime.

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Michael L. Ditore

Michael L. Ditore

Sep 13, 2022

Michael L. DiTore of Hatboro, PA died on September 13, 2022 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was 30 years old and high school sweetheart of his wife, Rebecca (Michetti) DiTore.

Born in Meadowbrook, PA he was the son of Louis and Deborah (Edmond) DiTore.

Mike was a graduate of Hatboro-Horsham High School...

Stephanie Jones

Stephanie Jones

Sep 11, 2022

Stephanie (Puffy Lojeski) Jones of Stroudsburg passed on Sunday, September 11 with her loving family by her side after a long battle with cancer. She was 71 and the wife of Richard A. Jones.

Born in Doylestown, Stephanie was the daughter of the late Alfred and Stephanie (Stryjeski) Lojeski.

She was formally a marketing director...

Johnston P. “Jack” Boon

Johnston P. “Jack” Boon

Sep 8, 2022

Johnston P. “Jack” Boon, 87, of Warminster, PA, passed away peacefully on September 8, 2022. He was the husband for 34 years Isabella (Figelstahler) Boon. Jack is also survived by his children: Lenora, Jane, John, Denise, Mark, Christopher, his stepdaughters: Lisa and Brenda, as well as his 17 grandchildren.

Jack joined the United States Marines in 1953,...

Mary H. Vanluvanee

Mary H. Vanluvanee

Sep 7, 2022

Mary Hart VanLuvanee a life long resident of Doylestown for 90 years passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at home with family by her side.

Mary enjoyed her cat, Kitzie, who spent many loving hours with her, needle work of all types, gardening and vacations at the shore with her family.

She is survived...

Katherine “Kathy” Bogle

Katherine “Kathy” Bogle

Sep 4, 2022

Katherine “Kathy” Bogle, 80, of Doylestown, PA died gently in her sleep on September 4, 2022 at Doylestown Hospital. For nearly 58 years, she was the beloved spouse of Charles Thomas Bogle, who predeceased her on August 28, 2022.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kathy was the daughter of the late Edward and Ida Mae (Edelman) Oschman.

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Allen James Hulshizer

Allen James Hulshizer

Sep 2, 2022

Allen James “Jim” Hulshizer, of Chalfont, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, September 2, 2022, at the age of 88.

The oldest of five boys, he was born to the late Allen C. and Mary Ellen (Stark) Hulshizer in Philadelphia.

Jim was a graduate of Olney High School...

Charles T. Bogle

Charles T. Bogle

Aug 28, 2022

Charles Thomas “Charlie” Bogle, 83, of Doylestown, died peacefully on August 28, 2022 at Abington Hospital. For nearly 58 years, he was the beloved spouse of Katherine (Oschman) Bogle.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charlie was the son of the late Charles Robert Bogle and Ethel Mae (Street) Bogle. Charlie resided in Philadelphia before moving to Doylestown in...