Macfarlane Hoffman died on March 6 after a brave battle with liver cancer. He was 64.
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William Rowles Phillips
William Rowles Phillips, of Glen Mills, passed away on March 4. He had just celebrated his 95th birthday.
Brooke Powell Cottman
Brooke Powell Cottman passed away on February 13 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 89.
Betty Tucker Hendrickson
Betty Tucker Hendrickson of Newtown Square died peacefully on February 17. She was 94.
Harold E. Pagliaro
Dr. Harold Pagliaro, Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor Emeritus of English Literature, Provost Emeritus, and Senior Research Scholar at Swarthmore College, passed away on February 15 after a four months’ illness. He was 94.
Betty Lou Cutlip Reed
Betty Lou Cutlip Reed of Weston, West Virginia, died on February 18 after a long struggle with dementia. She was 88.
Jeffrey Robert Travers, 77, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, formerly of Swarthmore, has passed away. A full obituary will appear in a future issue of the Swarthmorean.
Katharine Downing Myers
Katharine (“Kathy”) Margaret Downing Myers died January 30, at home in the senior community of Kendal-Crosslands in Kennett Square. She was 93.
Harriet (Sibby) Toland
Harriet (Sibby) Toland died February 10, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was 93.
Champagne Celebration for Ann Blackburn
A champagne celebration in honor of Ann Blackburn, who passed away on Saturday, January 18, will be held on Sunday, February 16, from noon until 4 p.m., at the home of Anne and Ben Blackburn, 10 Berkshire Drive, Wallingford. Bring your favorite memories and a thirst for bubbles!
Nancy Moore Ruskin
Nancy Moore Ruskin died January 29. She was 86.
Richard H. Welsh
Richard “Hal” H. Welsh, of Lewes, Delaware, passed away on Thursday, January 23, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was 71.
Michael William Rapp
Michael William Rapp, son of Michael E. and Hazel C. Rapp, died on January 20 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 71.
Ray J. Ripper
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.
Sandra Crosset “Sandy” Ward of Media passed away on Wednesday, January 8, from complications of dementia. She was 92.
Ann Blackburn
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.
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.
Nancy June Morison Miller, a long-time resident of Swarthmore, passed away due to natural causes at White Horse Village in Newtown Square on January 6, 2020. She was 95.
Gertrude (Trudi) Battershall
Gertrude (Trudi) Battershall died on December 10, 2019. She was 98.
Marion M. Fukushima
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.