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Growing up during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Robyn Buseman was deeply affected by the assassinations of public figures .
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by Len Lear
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2/9/23
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Longtime Chestnut Hill resident Sharon Church McNabb, an acclaimed metalsmith and studio jeweler, died on Christmas Day.
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by Len Lear
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2/2/23
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Jean Cálves Hemphill, who raised eight children in Chestnut Hill as the wife of the late city controller Alexander Hemphill, died Jan. 23 outside Oxford, MD.
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1/27/23
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Peter DePaul, Sr., was a true rags-to-riches story.
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by Len Lear
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1/27/23
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Donald Rackin, 89, a professor of Victorian literature who taught at Temple University for 33 years, died at home on Nov. 23, the day before Thanksgiving.
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by Len Lear
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1/5/23
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Associate Professor Emeritus Richard N. Stewart died in his Mt. Airy home of 33 years on Nov. 13 after a long illness. He was 78.
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by Len Lear
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12/8/22
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In the Philadelphia theater community, lifelong Germantown resident Joilet Harris-Lawton was regarded as a superstar.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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Rujean Inglis Mitinger, 87, of Chestnut Hill, former director of The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Preschool, died on Nov. 6.
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by Cathy Brzozowski
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11/24/22
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“Len, please write an obituary about me. I trust you to say the right things. I just want my book to be legendary!”
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by Len Lear
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11/17/22
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It is difficult for most of us to appreciate the towering intellect of someone like Dr. Nathan Sivin, who lived in Chestnut Hill for more than 40 years. He died June 24.
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by Len Lear
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11/3/22
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Mt. Airy native William “Bill” Markloff was a kind, gentle soul who hired and mentored countless young students at the Top of the Hill Market and Cafe on East Evergreen Ave.
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by Len Lear
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10/27/22
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Elizabeth Holmes Webb, a longtime resident of Chestnut Hill and Huntingdon Valley, died peacefully at her home on Sept. 28. She was 96.
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10/6/22
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“I have received so many letters since Martha died about how she affected people's lives."
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by Len Lear
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9/22/22
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Northwest Philadelphia has recently lost one of our beloved longtime neighbors, John Rauch.
To the world at large, John was one of the 20th century’s most important architects. He had a long …
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by George McNeely
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9/14/22
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When Flo Messier became the supervisor of the mental health unit for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office in 2018, she told me it was her “dream job.”
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by Len Lear
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9/8/22
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I am not a jazz aficionado, but when I heard lifelong Germantown resident Monnette Sudler play the guitar in October of 2014 at one of Woodmere Art Museum's Friday Night Jazz series, I was blown away.
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by Len Lear
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9/1/22
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Dr. RobRoy MacGregor 3d was a 1964 graduate of Harvard Medical School with the highest honors, an expert on infectious diseases, an early champion of HIV treatment and an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.
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by Len Lear
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8/25/22
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Marilyn Hillian Rivers, 86, a West Mt. Airy resident for 64 years and beloved civic activist for decades, died Wednesday, July 6, of complications from dementia.
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by Len Lear
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8/18/22
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Howard Watson, who died June 17 at the age of 93, was a nationally recognized watercolorist and illustrator. He was appointed artist-in-residence at the White House for former President Jimmy Carter.
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by Len Lear
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8/11/22
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Many people are often derisive of lawyers until they need one.
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by Len Lear
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8/4/22
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