OBITUARIES

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...

Jeffery W. Simmers, Sr.

Feb 11, 2019

Jeffery W. Simmers, Sr., age 59, of Morrisville, PA, passed away on Feb. 11, 2019 in Philadelphia.  Born in Colver, PA, he was a lifelong Morrisville resident.

He attended Morrisville High School, and worked at Jerry and Son's Auto Body in Tullytown, PA for over 15 years.  Jeffery enjoyed working on cars and spending time with his...

Mario Joseph Verrico

Feb 10, 2019

Mario Joseph Verrico, age 38, of Langhorne, PA, died suddenly on Monday, Feb. 10, 2019.  He was born in Philadelphia, and is the son of Drs. Enrico and Agatha (Skarulis) Verrico of Langhorne.

Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate his Funeral Mass at 11 AM on Friday, February 15, 2019 at St. John the Evangelist Roman...

Dorothy (Nolan) Robinson

Feb 3, 2019

Dorothy Robinson, age 75, of Philadelphia, PA, passed away peacefully at her home after a long battle with cancer on Sunday, February 3, 2019.  Born in Trenton, NJ September 6, 1943, Dorothy was a long-time resident of Morrisville, PA. She graduated from Morrisville High School in 1961, and continued living in the borough until the early 90s. She spent a...

James S. Gancarz, Sr.

Feb 3, 2019

James S. Gancarz, Sr.  was born in Bristol, PA, and was a lifelong resident of Bucks County.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Julian and Sarah Gancarz, his younger brother George, and his younger sister Alice Gancarz/Loch.  He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years Eileen and five children, Kathleen (Dan) Schulman, James Jr. (Christine)...

Marilyn C. (Castles) Snyder

Feb 2, 2019

Marilyn C. Snyder, age 84, of Yardley, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Chandler Hall Health Services, Newtown, PA.  Born in Scranton, PA, Marilyn lived in Bethlehem, PA for 27 years before moving to Yardley 52 years ago.

She was a graduate of Bethlehem Liberty High School, Class of 1952 and attended Nursing school...

Richard L. Lane

Feb 1, 2019

Richard L. Lane, age 75, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 at his home.  Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong Morrisville/Yardley resident.

Prior to his retirement, Mr. Lane had been employed as a paper cutter with Delaware Valley Bindery for over 40 years.  He was a member of the Morrisville Presbyterian...

Paul Michael Sujdak

Jan 26, 2019

Paul Michael Sujdak, age 39, of Vero Beach, Florida, formerly of Morrisville & Yardley, PA, passed away suddenly on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at his home.  Born in Langhorne, Paul was raised and lived in the Morrisville/Yardley area before moving to Vero Beach 15 years ago.

He was a graduate of Pennsbury High School, Class of 1998,...

Timothy J Martin

Jan 26, 2019

Timothy Joseph Martin of Lower Makefield PA passed away Saturday, January 26, 2019 in the ICU of Jefferson Bucks Hospital, encircled by his heartbroken family who loved him deeply and unconditionally.  He was 42 years old.

Timothy was born August 2, 1976 in Trenton NJ.  He was the son of Clark W. and DeeAnn Martin of Lower...

Sieda M. (MacMorris) Buss

Jan 24, 2019

Sieda M. Buss, age 99, of Newtown,  PA died January 24, 2019.Born in Bethlehem, PA, she lived in Trenton, NJ before moving to Yardley, PA 60 years ago.  She has been at Pennswood Village for the last 16 years.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest in 1995.

She graduated from Bethlehem Business College and...

Edward H. Lowndes, Jr.

Jan 24, 2019

Edward H. Lowndes, Jr., age 36, of Hamilton Township, NJ, went home to rest with the Lord after a long and courageous battle on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton, NJ.

Born in Trenton, Edward was a lifelong resident of Hamilton Township.  He was a graduate of Hamilton West High School, Class...

Solange Aubourg

Jan 19, 2019

Solange Aubourg, age 72, of Morrisville, PA, died Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Jefferson/Bucks Hospital.  She was born in Les Cayes, Haiti, and moved to the United States 5 years ago, settling in Morrisville, PA.

Solange loved to sing, and in Haiti, was a member of her church chorus.  She was a member of St. Anthony's Roman...

Geraldine A. (Egan) Kelly

Jan 16, 2019

Geraldine A. Kelly, age 75, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Sunrise Nursing Center.  She was born in Philadelphia to the late Joseph and Elizabeth (McCormick) Egan, and is survived by her husband Dennis.

Services will be held privately at the convenience of the family.