Obituaries

Mar 12, 2013

D Y M E K Mathew A. on March 12, 2013, age 91. Beloved Husband of the late Leola (nee Adams). Loving Father of Shirley Dymek, Bonnie Lee Behm (Bill); Brother of Steffie Prajzner, Charlotte Konopka and the late Olga Busza. Survived by many nieces and nephews and their families. Mathew served in the US Navy during WWII and received...

Feb 19, 2013

S P E N N A T O Batholomew "Black Bart" on Feburary 19, 2013. Loving Father of Batholomew, Margueritte Maimone, Doriann Tomarchio, Neal(Tina Uberti), Randy LiVorsi and the late Sonny. Pop of Mindy Maimone, Neal Spennato, Nicole Spennato, Michael Tomarchio, Anthony Maimone, Sonny Spennato, Antonio Spennato,Caroleann Spennato and the late Nicholas Spennato and Nicholas Tomarchio. Great Grandfather of Bennicio...

Feb 15, 2013

OSCILOWSKI John F., age 94, on February 15, 2013. Beloved Husband of Toni (nee Sellitto). Loving Father of Alex(Suzanne). Dear Grandpop of Lauren and Justin. Survived by his sister Hattie Bucholski, brother-in-law Ben Sellitto (Marie) and sister-in-law Emma Chatham and many loving nieces, nephews and their families. Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing and funeral Sat. 9-10AM St....

Jan 30, 2013

CHAJENSKI Richard W. on January 30, 2013. Beloved Husband of Anna Mae (nee Wysokinski). Loving Father of Richard, Anthony and Susan Hamilton (Paul). Dear Grandfather of Michael Hamilton. Sister of Renia Bialosewski (Yanek). Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing and funeral Saturday from 9AM-11AM at St. John Cantius Church, 4400 Block of Thompson St., Phila, PA 19137. Funeral...

Jan 27, 2013

SCHAFFER Roberta F. (nee Szweda) on Jan. 27, 2013. Wife of the late William C. Schaffer. Beloved Mother of William L. (Kristine), Maria E. Wright, Diane M. Hibble and Leigh F. Vitacolonna (Austin). Also sadly missed by her sister Elaine Zavacky, 11 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, nieces and nephews. Roberta was a well known 2nd generation florist serving Philadelphia and vicinity...

Jan 17, 2013

RANDIK Audrey J. (nee Plant) on January 17, 2013. Dear Wife of the late Stephen A. Randik. Beloved Mother of Karen A. Noel (Jeremy) and Loving Grandmother of Cole and Jordan. Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing Tuesday 10 AM at the Slabinski Funeral Home, 2614 Orthodox St. Philadelphia, PA 19137. Services will begin at 12 Noon. Interment...

Jan 6, 2013

Jan 5, 2013

SCHULTZFREDRICK S., on Jan. 5, 2013. Beloved husband of Marie I. (nee Engle), loving father of Janice J. Devine, Sandra A. Self and Donna Quigley; also sadly missed by 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to his Viewing Thursday 10 A.M. at THE SLABINSKI FUNERAL HOME, 2614 Orthodox St., Phila. Services 12 Noon. Int. Forest...

Dec 13, 2012

GONTAREK Arlene M. on December 13, 2012. Loving mother of Bryan Boggs (Lisa) and the late Mark. Devoted grandma of Brandon Marklin and Ashley Rose Boggs. Also survived by her brothers Walter (Barbara), Richard (Maxine), Gene, Len (Cathy), sisters Carol Horstmann (Henry), Gloria Szymanski (Al), Veronica, and the late Fred (Joann). She will be sadly missed by loving nieces, nephews,...

Nov 3, 2012

Nov 2, 2012

O'GORMAN James M. on Nov. 2, 2012. Dear Father of James, Winifred, Michelle Irizarry, Katherine Stanley and Karl. Also sadly missed by his grandchildren, Joseph, Anthony, Steven, Melissa, Colin, Jamie, Kyle, Shawn, Lucas, Sophia, Daniel and his great-grandson Logan. Relatives and friends are invited to gather on Wednesday 9 AM at St. Bartholomew's Church, Harbison & Cheltenham Aves., Phila. PA,...

Apr 28, 2012

GONTAREK Alfred V. 'Fred' on April 28, 2012. Beloved husband of Joann (nee Zionce). Loving father of Keith M. (Alicia) and Kara M. Capasso (James). Also sadly missed by his grandchildren Justin, Jacquelyn, Ryan and Andrew. Dear brother of Walter J. Jr. (Barbara), Richard (Maxine), Eugene, Arlene, Carol Horstmann (Henry), Gloria Szymanski (Al), Leonard (Cathy) and Veronica. Relatives and friends...

Apr 6, 2012

FERRO Helen (nee Brach) on April 6, 2012. Dear wife of the late Herman A. Ferro. Beloved mother of Kenneth A. Ferro and Robert Ferro. Also sadly missed by her grandchildren Jeffrey, Dina, Nicole, Christopher and Brian and great-grandchildren Nicholas, Corey, Stephen, Amanda, Andrew, Matthew, Bryan, Patrick and Sean. Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing Wednesday, April 11,...

Mar 28, 2012

Edward S. Danielczyk, 86, of Philadelphia, husband of the late Laura (nee Hendzel) Blichasz Danielczyk, passed away on March 28, 2012. Edward, also known as Spike, was an owner of a Port Richmond tavern with his late wife for many years. During his retirement he was a volunteer at the Polish American Cultural Center Museum in Philadelphia. His stepchildren, Irene...

Mar 23, 2012

K I R S C H N E R Shirley A. (nee Weeks) on March 23, 2012. Beloved mother of Debrah Ruggerio, Richard, Dawn Morell (Dan) and Brian (Ivy). Devoted grandmother of 9 and great grandmother of 11. Dear sister of Richard Beall (Emma) and the late Paul Weeks (Kathy). Relatives and friends are invited to gather Thursday, March 29th...

Jan 25, 2012

NOWICKI LAURA (nee Smialowski), age 104, on Jan. 25, 2012. Wife of the late Vincent. Beloved mother of Dorothy V. Jones and Elaine B. Gartland. Also sadly missed by 9 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 5 great- great grandchildren. Relatives, friends, Bridesburg Golden Age and the All Saints Senior Citizens are invited to her viewing Saturday, 9 A.M., at St. John...

Dec 10, 2011

Oct 14, 2011

MORGAN PAUL D. on October 14, 2011. Beloved husband of Susan (nee Monczewski) Loving father of Jennifer Bardall (Robert), Jason, Stephanie and Stephen. Paul is the brother of Edward, David, Victor, Nicholas and the late Dennis. Paul was a veteran of Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom (Iraq) and a retired Master Chief serving 31 years in the US Navy. Relatives, friends...

Sep 9, 2011

S A U L I N Madaline C. "DOLLY" (nee Pallante) on Sept. 9, 2011. Beloved wife of Joseph S. Loving mom of John Scarcelli (Maragret) and Paula Heller-Bryan (Paul). Dear grandmom of Perri, Dean, Julian, Ciara and Gianna; sister of Christine Jelnicki and Anthony Pallante. Step-mother of Donna Ravito and her sons Anthony and Peter. Relatives and friends are...

Jul 31, 2011

B A L D I N O Angelina (nee Conicella) age 91 on July 31, 2011. Beloved wife of Dominick. Loving mother of Thomas J.(Sandy) and Paul P. (Donna). Dear grandmom of Kenneth R. and Annamarie. Preceded in death by her brother Nicholas Conicella and sisters Anna Turchi, Louise DiMeo, Mildred Lombardi and Rita Varsaci. Also survived by many nieces,...