Roberta (Bobbie) Brogan, 93, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019, at Palos Verdes Senior Living in Peoria, Arizona, with her family at her side. She lived a blessed life full of love for her family, for her dogs, and for golf.
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Eugene L. Melcher
Eugene L. (Gene) Melcher, 79, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at home, with his wife Emilie (June) Spring-Melcher by his side. Gene graduated from Swarthmore High School in 1959 and was president of his class. He played ninth grade heavy-weight football, soccer, ran track, and was manager of the Swarthmore High School football team under Coach Millard Robinson. Gene was a lifeguard and taught swimming at Spring Haven Country Club.
Tate F. Roderick
Tate Francis Roderick, 19, of Wallingford, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019. Tate was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 22, 2000, and graduated from the Dr. Robert Ketterer Charter School in 2019. He loved music and animals, especially his dog Luvee and cat Johnny. Tate, who touched many lives, had a beautiful soul and a big heart. He will be dearly missed.
Jonathan Stone Sutton
Jonathan Stone Sutton, 75, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. Jon was a founding partner of Growth Properties, which was at the forefront of the rebirth of Old City in Philadelphia.
Elizabeth “Libby” Nicholson Garrett Hayes (nee Garrett), age 95, died peacefully in her bed at Morningside House, Parkville, Maryland, on November 30, 2019.
Rosalie Polkowski House
Rosalie “Rose” Polkowski House, a fifty-year resident of Swarthmore, passed away at her home on November 17, 2019, from cardiovascular heart disease. She was 86.
Kathleen V. L’Armand
Kathleen Virginia L’Armand passed away in her home in Swarthmore on November 16, 2019. She was 77. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Adrian; four children, Felix (Angela), Nathan (Lori), Catherine (Jeremy), and Jacob; seven grandchildren, Phineas, Beatrice, Oliver, Sidney, Maeve, Samuel, and Leo; a sister, Sally; and brothers, Warren, Paul, and Scott. Kathleen was predeceased by her sister Carol.
Richard Lee Corrigan
Longtime Swarthmore resident Richard “Dick” Lee Corrigan died on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the Snow Hill Nursing Home. He was 86. Born in Baltimore, Mr. Corrigan was the son of the late Henry and Cleta Franey Corrigan.
Henry F. Thorne, Jr.
Henry F. Thorne, Jr. of Wallingford, Pa., passed away November 6, 2019 from complications of congestive heart failure. He was 76. Born in 1943 in Brockton, Mass., to Henry F. Thorne and Dorothy W. (Trott) Thorne of Braintree, Mass., Hank graduated from Braintree High School in 1961 and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1965, then served in the U.S. Navy for 5 years as a Naval Intelligence Officer, before attending the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania, where he received his M.B.A. in 1972.
Edmund Jones
Edmund Jones of Swarthmore passed away on September 14, 2019 at the age of 101. A memorial service to celebrate Ed’s life will be held at the Swarthmore Friends Meetinghouse on Saturday, November 9, at 2 p.m.
Thomas Hewett
Thomas Hewett of Wallingford died at the age 78 on October 26, 2019. Tom was born in Logan, Utah, to Frank and Louise Hewett. Tom is survived by his loving wife, Angela, whom he married in 1968; three children, Kathryn Giorgianni (Frank), Eric (Anna), and Dave; eight grandchildren; and his sister, Sara Osborne of Salt Lake City.
Andrew Wayne Moss
Andrew Wayne Moss, a 1986 alumnus of Strath Haven High School, died October 10 in Plainfield, N.J. He was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disorder Huntington’s disease in 2004, as was late his father, William Wayne Moss, formerly of Swarthmore.
Dietlind “Linde” Heintz
Dietlind “Linde” Heintz, age 88, died on July 10, 2019. Linde was born in Kraliky, Czech Republic, in 1930. At the end of World War II, her family left their home and fled to Vienna, Austria. She and her sister lived in a children’s home sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee for the next few years until her parents were able to secure an apartment adequate to house them as a family. After high school, Linde attended a textile school and worked in the textile industry.
Thompson Bradley
Thompson Bradley, Emeritus Professor of Russian at Swarthmore College, passed away at his Rose Valley home surrounded by his family and their love for him. He died of renal disease at age 85.
Mary R. Welsh
Mary R. Welsh passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 16, 2019 at her nursing home at Shell Point, Fort Myers, Florida. She was born Mary Rose Williams in Gaddsten, Alabama, on June 22, 1932. She was the eldest of two children. Her family moved to Columbus, Ga., where Mary excelled as a student, graduating from high school at the age of 15. Around the same time, she was discovered by a modeling agency. She was first a hand and foot model, and then later, a model for Coca-Cola. She featured prominently in the highly successful “Have a Coke” campaign.
Edmund Jones
Edmund Jones of Swarthmore passed away on September 14, 2019 at the age of 101. Ed was born on April 15, 1918 in Chester, Penna to the late Henry Walter Jones and Margaret Witmer Jones. In 1930 the family moved to Swarthmore. He graduated from Swarthmore High School (1935), Swarthmore College (1939), and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1942). In 1941 he married Adalyn F. Purdy (Lyn). They were married for 72 years until she passed in 2013.
Edmund Jones, longtime Swarthmorean and consummate public citizen, died on Saturday, September 14, at the age of 101.
A native of Chester, Mr. Jones moved to Swarthmore in eighth grade, and lived here since, except during his time at law school at Penn, in the Army during and after World War II, and as a part-time resident of Harrisburg while serving as a state representative. He had been an active Rotarian since 1946, a founder of the Centennial Foundation, a member of the Swarthmore Friends Meeting, mayor of Swarthmore, a member of Delaware County Council, and a SEPTA board member, among many leadership roles.
A trusts and estates attorney, he practiced law with his father’s firm and his own firm for nearly 75 years. In a 2018 interview with The Swarthmorean, he mused that he was “pretty near retirement.”
An obituary for Mr. Jones, including plans for a memorial service, will appear in next week’s Swarthmorean.
Virginia Butts Cryer, formerly of Wallingford, died September 3, 2019. She was 92. Beloved wife of the late Richard Cryer, Virginia is survived by her daughters Alison Zacharkiw (Peter) and Nancy Mather (Christopher); son Lawrence (Randie); five grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Beverly Hammond
Longtime Lincoln County, New Mexico, resident Beverly Hammond died peacefully in her sleep on August 10, 2019. The only daughter of Foster and June Putney, Beverly was born and raised in Denver, Colo. After college and a career with United Airlines, she married and raised a family in Swarthmore, Pa.