OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Morrisville, PA, Bucks County & Surrounding Areas
Claire F. Talone (ogonofski)
Mar 16, 2016
Claire F. Talone, age 94, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Mercerville Center, Hamilton, NJ., two weeks before her 95th birthday. Born in Trenton, NJ, she had lived in Morrisville for the past 60 years.Claire was a graduate of Cathedral High School, class of 1938. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a...
Dorothy J. Martin (disler)
Mar 14, 2016
Dorothy J. Martin, age 85, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 14, 2016 at Manorcare of Yardley. Born in Morrisville, she was a lifelong Morrisville resident.Dorothy enjoyed plastic canvas, tending to her many flowers and plants, and also breeding parakeets (budgees) in her younger days. Dorothy operated Doties Lunch Counter inside the United Cutrate in Morrisville for...
Alta S. Gould (schultz)
Mar 11, 2016
Alta Gould was born on July 24, 1923, Trenton, NJ. She died on March 11, 2016. She was 92. Alta was the only daughter of Walter and Rita (Hulse) Schultz, Morrisville, PA. She graduated from George School and Southern Seminary where she graduated with an associate medical secretary and business degree. Following graduation, she entered Abington Hospital completing course work...
Andrew Donald Roppelt
Mar 10, 2016
Andrew Donald Roppelt, age 96, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA. Andrew was born in Trenton, NJ on Aug. 30, 1919 to the late Andrew D. and Jeane (Phillips) Roppelt.Although he was raised in Morrisville, he also resided in Morristown, NJ, Philadelphia, and Abington before returning to Morrisville...
Kathleen R. Behrmann (ryan)
Mar 7, 2016
Kathleen R. Behrmann, age 92, of Telford, PA, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 7, 2016 at the Lutheran Community at Telford. Born in New Egypt, NJ, Mrs. Behrmann spent most of her adult life in Morrisville, PA. Prior to her retirement, Kathleen was employed as a nursing instructor for several Trenton area hospitals, including Mercer County Vocational, Helene Fuld,...
Keith J. Whiteside
Feb 29, 2016
Keith J. Whiteside, age 83, of Morrisville, PA passed away at his home. He was born in Abington, PA to John and Etta Johnson Whiteside and raised in Newtown. Keith married the former Loretta Hart of Morrisville at the Newtown Presbyterian Church on December 1, 59 years ago. Keith was a man who loved his family, friends, traveling, and golf....
Christine Carcia
Feb 24, 2016
Christine Carcia, age 58, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Born in New York, NY, Mrs. Carcia had lived in Yardley for the past 27 years.She had been employed as an accountant for the PA Department of Transportation. Christine was a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Church.Daughter of the late Joseph...
Barbara Pogany (brann)
Feb 20, 2016
Barbara Pogany, age 89, of Morrisville, PA, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 at Pickering Manor, Newtown, PA. Born in St. Petersburg, FL,she was a longtime Morrisville resident.Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a switchboard operator with Sears, Roebuck, and Co. in Trenton for 20 years.. Daughter of the late Harry and Julie (Mceachren) Brann,, and mother of the...
Virginia L. Engelberger (glynn)
Feb 19, 2016
Virginia L. (Glynn) Engelberger, age 83, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 19, 2016 at Crestview Center in Langhorne. Born in Morrisville, she was a lifelong Morrisville resident. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as an administrative assistant with John A. Roebling, Company. She was a 1950 graduate of Morrisville High School. A member of Holy...
Robert E. Mcguigan Jr.
Feb 17, 2016
Robert E. "McGoo" McGuigan, Jr., age 79, of Levittown, PA, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at his home. Born in Morrisville, PA, Robert moved to Levittown in 1971. Prior to his retirement in 1982, he was employed as a supervisor with Robertson Tile Company of Morrisville for 30 years. He then worked as a supervisor at American Standard for...
Ruthann F. Diretto (farina)
Feb 15, 2016
Ruthann F. Diretto, age 53, of Yardley, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 15, with her husband Marc and her children Marc, Liz and Christina by her side. Born in Trenton, NJ, and raised in Ewing, Ruthann lived in Texas for 6 years before moving to Yardley in 1996.Ruthann started her career at Ewing Bank,...
Thomas A. Farabaugh
Feb 14, 2016
Thomas A. Farabaugh, age 86, of Spring City, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016 at the Southeastern Veteran Center, Spring City, PA. Born in Loretto, PA Mr. Farabaugh lived in Morrisville, PA from 1953 until 2000. He then moved to Alburtis, PA and Liverpool, PA before moving to Spring City in 2013. Prior to his retirement, he...
Marie T. Esslinger (burke)
Feb 7, 2016
Marie T. "Aunt Sissy" Esslinger, age 89, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Aria Torresdale Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she had lilved in Warminster, PA before moving to Morrisville 30 years ago.Prior to her retirement, she was employed in retail sales with Hallmark, Clover, Butch's Auction, and J.C. Penney. She was...
Charles Lester Bigley
Feb 6, 2016
February 8, 2016 Obituary of Charles Lester BigleyCharles Lester Bigley, age 65, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 at Statesman Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Levittown, PA. Born in Phillipsburg, NJ, he graduated from North Hunterdon High School and Marietta College, OH, where he played football. He taught math and physics and coached football at...
Bette A. Hankel (stimpson)
Feb 3, 2016
Bette AA. Hankel, age 92, of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Feb. 3, 2016 at Attleboro Nursing Home, Langhorne, PA.. Bette was born in Blair NE.Prior to her retirement, she was employed with the NJ State Department of Labor as a data entry clerk for 10 years. Daughter of the late Arthur and Ella (Berry) Stimpson, and wife of...
Mary Jo Norum (barnstead)
Feb 3, 2016
Mary Jo Norum, age 73, of Newtown, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. Born in Champaign, IL, she lived in northern New Jersey before moving to Newtown 27 years ago.Jo was an outstanding cook and an avid reader but her true passion was in the care and advocacy of children. She was both a wonderful mother and...
Ludwig Emil Schmelzer
Jan 31, 2016
Ludwig Emil Schmelzer, age 85 of Morrisville, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Neshaminy Manor Nursing Home, Warrington, PA. Born in Jersey City, NJ, Mr. Schmelzer had lived in Morrisville since 1941.Ludwig graduated from Morrisville High School, where he was voted "Boy of the Year". He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict....
Robert Thomas Schuler
Jan 29, 2016
Robert Thomas Schuler, age 86, of Langhorne, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 29, 2016 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Schuler has lived in Lower Bucks County for the past 60 years. Prior to his retirement, Robert was employed as a baker with the Bond Baking Company for over 35 years. He was...
Carol A. Ceo (horbert)
Jan 26, 2016
Carol A. Ceo, age 76, of Hockessin, DE, passed away peacefully on Jan. 26, 2016 at Heartland Hospice in Wilmington, DE. Born in Bronx, NY, she lived on Long Island for many years, before retiring to the Outer Banks in North Carolina for 16 years before moving to Hockessin 3 years ago.Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Ceo worked as a...
Donald E. Grogan
Jan 24, 2016
Donald E. Grogan, age 78, of Yardley, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Chicago, IL, Don lived in Bluffton, IN before moving to Yardley 44 years ago.Don was the loving husband of 55 years to Genevieve (Leibach) Grogan. He was a loving father to six children, Gregory...


