Obituaries

John J. DeLuca passed away on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at his home. He was 64. Born in Bristol, son of the late Frank J. and Marion (nee Boyd) DeLuca, he was raised in West Bristol and has been a Fairless Hills resident for the past 25 years. John was a graduate of Delhaas High School. He enjoyed listening...

Russell Robert Lynn passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, after a lengthy illness.  He was 76.  Born in Trenton, NJ, he was a Morrisville resident for many years.  Mr. Lynn was employed as a Police Officer with Amtrak for 25 years and for 10 years was the youngest serving Chief of Police...

Maria Raccagno passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 70. Born and raised in Bristol, daughter of the late Gasper and Margaret Salerno, she has been a resident of the Edgely section of Bristol Township for the past 54 years. Maria worked at the family owned Bristol Diner...

Paul E. Slotilick passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 in his home following a long period of declining health. Born on November 17, 1942 in Philadelphia to the late Paul and Helen Schweibinz Slotilick. He grew up in Philadelphia before moving to Croydon, Pa, where he lived for over 44 years. Paul was a skilled craftsman and...

Louis M. Carosi passed away on Monday, September 14, 2020 at Lower Bucks Hospital surrounded by his loving family.  He was 75.  Born in Bristol, son of the late Emidio and Catherine Carosi, he was a lifelong Bristol resident.  Mr. Carosi was a graduate of Bristol High School, Class of 1962 and served in the U.S. Army during the...

Elaine Ruth (nee Craven) Whitworth passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. She was 79. Born in Bristol, daughter of the late Francis and Gertrude Hanson Craven, she was a resident of West Virginia for over 40 years.

She is survived by her husband, Richard P. Whitworth, Jr., 2 daughters, Heather Whitworth and Amy Aliff (Mark), 2...

On Thursday, November 10, 2022, Edwin (Ed) L. Berner, loving husband, father, brother, uncle and godfather passed away at the age of 80.

Ed was born on May 27, 1942 in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Edwin and Marie Berner. Ed enjoyed a great childhood growing up in Fort Dodge playing baseball all through his school years.

George John Day, Jr., born December 27, 1965, passed away on October 25, 2021. Adopted son of the late George J. Day, Sr. and Jessica Josephine Lancieri Day, he grew up in Bristol with his biological sister, Annamarie. George had many health issues throughout his life but was a very outgoing, fun person. Once you had met him, you...

Michael Metz passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.  He was 60. Born in Bristol, he was a lifelong Levittown resident. Dedicated employee of Simon & Schuster for 41 years, most recently as the Mailroom Facilities Supervisor.  Michael enjoyed life to the fullest, loved spending time with his family and friends and his grandson's baseball family.  He was...

Barbara I. Velez passed away on Friday, April 10, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family.  She was 72.  Born in Doylestown, Pa., daughter of the late Joseph and Marion DeLisa, she has been a Croydon resident for the past 54 years.   Barbara loved Elton John and her dog, Bentley.

She is survived by her...

Lucy L. Lynch passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020 at St. Mary Medical Center.  She was 88.  Born in Bristol, daughter of the late Benjamin and Maryann Liszewski, she grew up on the family farm off of Green Lane in Bristol and has resided in Newtown for the past several years.  Lucy retired from the Bucks County Courier...

John C. "Jack" Wintermute passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Vitas Hospice at Nazareth Hospital. He was 74. Born in Doylestown, Pa., son of the late John and Julie Wintermute, he was a resident of Lambertville, NJ for many years and has resided in Levittown for the past 40 years. Mr. Wintermute was a U.S. Army Veteran,...

Kimberly Ann Walsh passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Vitas Hospice at Nazareth Hospital, after a sudden illness. She was 54. Born and raised in Bristol, she was a graduate of Bristol High School, Class of 1985, attended Holy Family College and Temple University and was employed for 23 years as...

Margaret "Peggy" Collins passed away suddenly on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at her home. She was 74. Born in Bristol, daughter of the late Jesse and Isabell Vanzant, she was raised in Bristol, attended St. Mark Elementary School and graduated in 1965 from Bishop Egan High School. Peggy enjoyed repurposing old furniture, home decorating, spending time with her friends,...

Joseph E. Volponi passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family.  He was 87.  Born in Bristol, son of the late Henry and Ida Yaniro Volponi, he was a lifelong resident.  Mr. Volponi retired after 42 years of service at 3M Company in Bristol Township.  He enjoyed bowling, trips to Wildwood, and Las Vegas, loved horses and was an...

Missy Shapcott passed away peacefully on Friday, November 5, 2021 at Chandler Hall Hospice, Newtown, Pa. at the age of 63 years young. Born in Philadelphia, on August 1, 1958, she was daughter of the late Harry and Jean Shapcott. Missy graduated from Pennsbury High School, Class of 1976 and worked at Chic-Fil-A, Neshaminy, as an outside manager. She...

Marie Ellen Swistak of Levittown, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. She was 92 years old.

Born on a farm in Yardley, she graduated from Cathedral High School, in Trenton N.J. Marie also graduated from the Wilton School of Cake Decorating in Chicago. She created many wedding cakes for married couples, and was well known for...

Kevin Godfrey Harkins passed away at his home peacefully on November 22, 2020 in the early morning hours at the age of 61. Kevin was born in Levittown Pa in 1959. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1979 and went on to earn a degree in Restaurant Management working as a general manager at the Ground Round,...

John S. Zuczek, Jr. passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at St. Mary Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was 75. Born in Trenton, NJ, son of the late John, Sr. and Edlina Zuczek, he was raised in Trenton and has been a Bristol resident for the past 35 years. John was a graduate of Bordentown...

Grace C. Angelo passed away at her home on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. She was 75. Born in Trenton, NJ., daughter of the late Harold and Grace Peterson, she resided in Levittown most of her life. Grace was employed as a Medical Records Coder at Capital Health Systems for many years. She enjoyed an epic love story with her...