Michael William Rapp, son of Michael E. and Hazel C. Rapp, died on January 20 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 71.

A longtime resident of Swarthmore, Ray Ripper passed away on January 21 from complications of Parkinson's disease, at home at Rose Tree Place in Media. He was 86.

Ann Blackburn died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, January 18, at Monticello House in Riddle Village, Media. Complications of the dementia she had suffered through for the past several years finally took her life. 

Robert L. Long Jr., 69, of Wallingford, died peacefully on Monday, January 13, surrounded by his family and friends, after a courageous battle with leukemia.

Gertrude (Trudi) Battershall died on December 10, 2019. She was 98.

Long-time Swarthmore resident Marion Fukushima died peacefully on January 3 in Burlington, Vermont. She was 92. She and her husband Toshiyuki Fukushima made their home in Swarthmore from 1956 - 2015 and raised their six children there.

Roger G. Swinburn, 73, died Sunday evening, December 22, in the comfort of his home in Swarthmore, surrounded by his family and beloved golden retrievers.

Elizabeth Garrett Hayes, known to her many friends and family as “Libby,” died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Morningside House in Parkville, Maryland. She was 95.

Jacqueline V. “Betsy” White, 83, died peacefully on December 31, 2019, at Chester County Hospital in West Chester.