OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Morrisville, PA, Bucks County & Surrounding Areas
Helen M. (Rusatsky) Jeronis
Mar 22, 2019
Helen M. Jeronis, age 93, of Langhorne, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 22, 2019 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA. Born in Cumbola, PA, she lived in Philadelphia before moving to Langhorne 38 years ago.
Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a waitress with Aramark Corporation for over 30 years. Helen was...
Barbara J. (Stine) Vesci
Mar 21, 2019
Barbara J. Vesci, age 77, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA. Born in York, PA, she lived in Yardley since 1971.
Barbara earned her BS degree in nursing from Penn State University, and her master’s degree from Villanova. She worked at Mercer Medical Center for...
Ronald Lakatosh, Sr.
Mar 11, 2019
Ronald Lakatosh, Sr., age 82, of Morrisville, PA, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019 at his home. He was born in Trenton, and was a longtime Morrisville resident.
Ronald was predeceased by his mother Augusta Lakatosh and his Aunt Mildred Groh.
Mr. Lakatosh served in the Marines for a short time. He worked over...
May M. Maloof
Mar 11, 2019
May M. Maloof, age 74, of Yardley, PA, died on Monday, March 11, 219 at Arden Court, Yardley, PA. She was born on May 29, 1944 in New York City to the late Abraham and Bashiri Maloof.
May-May, as she was so affectionately known by her family, was a sweet, independent, camera-shy lady. For the past four...
Donna Dobine
Mar 9, 2019
Donna Dobine, age 56, of Philadelphia, PA, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Powerback Rehabilitation in Philadelphia. Born in Mt. Holly, NJ, Donna has lived in Philadelphia for over 30 years.
She was employed as a chef at the Hyatt Hotel in Philadelphia. Donna attended Calvary Full Gospel Church. She...
Theodosia "Doty" Georgette (Bynon) Wilmot
Mar 8, 2019
Theodosia “Doty” Georgette Bynon Wilmot, 93, of Morrisville, PA passed away on March 8th 2019. Born in Kingston, PA, she lived in Morrisville, PA for more than 65 years. She worked as a riveter from 1943 to 1945. She owned and operated “Doty’s Diner” in Fallsington, PA for several years, waitressed at The Midtown Motel in Trenton, NJ and...
David T. Matthews, Sr.
Mar 3, 2019
David Thomas Matthews, Sr., age 82, of Forked River, NJ, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at his home. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Matthews lived in Levittown, PA from 1961-1986, Chesterfield, NJ from 1986 - 1996, and has lived in Forked River since 1996.
Mr. Matthews served his electrical apprenticeship with U.S. Steel in...
Mary Agnes (Hammer) Klabbatz
Feb 28, 2019
Mary Agnes Klabbatz, age 74, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at her home with her family by her side.
Mary was born in Rahway NJ on April 28th, 1944 to the late Alfred A. Hammer and Agnes Kozlik Hammer. She grew up in Trenton NJ and was a 1962 graduate of ...
Joyce Ann (Cobb) Gabriele
Feb 27, 2019
Joyce Ann (Cobb) Gabriele, age 57, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Jefferson Bucks Hospital, Falls Township, PA. Born in Bristol, she lived in Morrisville for over 50 years.
She was a graduate of Morrisville High School, and had been employed as a records clerk in the Bucks County Prothonotary's office...

Maureen Eden
Feb 27, 2019
Maureen Eden, age 62, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Holy Redeemer Hospice, Meadowbrook, PA. She was born in Woodbury, NJ to the late John and Eileen (Dougherty) Eden.
Maureen is survived by her loving sister, Rebecca Crawford of Yardley.
Services will be held privately, entrusted to the care...
William Henry Gutteridge
Feb 26, 2019
William Henry Gutteridge,age 84, of Bensalem, PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at his home. Born in Philadelphia, he had lived in Bensalem for over 35 years.
Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a Stain Technologist and Director of Color Development with Lawrence McFadden Company in Philadelphia for over 50 years. William...
Clarice M. (Burrows) Sheppard
Feb 23, 2019
Clarice M. Sheppard, age 91, of Langhorne, PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 at Chandler Hall Hospice.
Clarice grew up in Pitman, NJ, and moved 31 times, with stays in Wisconsin, Florida, Freehold, NJ, and Georgia, to name a few, before moving in with her daughter in Langhorne. She really enjoyed traveling. Clarice loved...
Rowland Charles Girton
Feb 22, 2019
Rowland Charles Girton, age 74, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 22, 2019 at his home. Born in Morrisville, he had been a lifelong Morrisville resident.
Prior to his retirement in 2018, Mr. Girton was employed as a computer programmer with Media Management Services in Newtown for 18 years. He was a member and...
James L. Biemesderfer
Feb 20, 2019
James L. Biemesderfer, 97, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 under the compassionate care of Chandler Hall staff and hospice in Newtown. Born in Lancaster, PA on April 20, 1921, he was a 52-year resident of Morrisville. He proudly served his country in the US Army Air Corp from July 1942 to February 1946,...
Ronald Elwood McCreary
Feb 18, 2019
Ronald Elwood “Tex” McCreary, age 89, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 18, 2019 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA. Born in Allenport, PA, Mr. McCreary had lived in Morrisville since 1953.
Prior to his retirement, Mr. McCreary was employed as a steel worker with U.S. Steel, Fairless Works, for over 30 years....
Jennifer M. (McHale) Hellmann
Feb 17, 2019
Jennifer Marie Hellmann (nee McHale) passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2019. She was 63 years old. Jennifer was born on April 12, 1955 to James and Beatrice McHale. Jennifer was raised in the Kenwood section of Levittown, PA, with one sister, Jeannette. She graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Marketing and married fellow Temple alumnus William...
John N. Osvai
Feb 17, 2019
John N. Osvai, age 75, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at his home. Born in Trenton, he lived in Hamilton Township, NJ before moving to Morrisville 12 years ago.
Mr. Osvai was a graduate of Trenton Central High School and earned his Associate Degree at Mercer County Community College. He had...
John James Novakoski
Feb 15, 2019
John James Novakoski, age 37, of Fairless Hills, PA, passed away suddenly on Friday, February 15, 2019 at his home. Born in Bristol, John was a lifelong Fairless Hills resident.
He attended Pennsbury High School and Bucks County Technical School prior to becoming an electrician. Mr. Novakoski played for the Bristol Blazers and the Mercer Chiefs ice...
Mary Lou Ossmann
Feb 12, 2019
Mary Lou Ossmann, age 77, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA. Born in Port Chester, NY, she has lived in Morrisville for over 55 years.
Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Ossmann was employed as an executive secretary in the Pathology Department of Mercer Medical Center...
David E. Hargraves
Feb 12, 2019
David E. Hargraves, age 65 of Northfield, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Morrisville, PA, David lived in Northfield for the past 25 years. He had been employed as an EVS Manager with the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City for several years.
Mr. Hargraves was a proud Veteran of...