Obituaries

Robert H. Hill, Sr. passed away on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at Lower Bucks Hospital. He was 88. Born in Nanticoke, Pa, son of the late Alden and Sarah Hill, he has been a Bristol resident for over 70 years. Mr. Hill was a veteran of the Korean War and was employed for many years at U.S. Steel, Fairless...

Mary Chapin passed away peacefully on Friday, January 14, 2022 at her daughter's home in Lumberton, NJ. She was 92. Born in Bristol, daughter of the late Joseph and Pauline Oseredzuk, she was a long time resident of the Edgely section of Bristol Township. Mrs. Chapin was employed for over 35 years at General Motors Company. She was a...

Kathleen Frances King (Wolfe), 73, of Levittown, PA passed away peacefully at Jefferson Bucks Hospital surrounded by her family on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.

She was preceded in death by her parents Robert and Frances Wolfe and her brothers Mark and Stephen Wolfe. Her first husband, Dr. Dennis W. King as well as her longtime companion, Larry...

Loretta Ward (nee Duffy) passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 16, 2021. She was 92 years of age. She was the daughter of the late James and Bernardine Duffy. Born and raised in Bristol, PA, she later moved to Florida with her husband, Ed. She is preceded in death by her husband and her sister,...

John P. Gallagher passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Jefferson Bucks. He was 63. Born in Bristol, son of the late Joseph and F. Patrice Gallagher, he was a lifelong Bristol Borough resident. John graduated from Bristol High School and worked in the maintenance department for the Bristol Borough School District for many years. He was a...

Mary P. Denis, 97, a long-time resident of Edgely, died September 6th, 2020 in Tallahassee, Florida.

Born in 1923 in Minersville, PA, Mary was a member of the Honor Society at Minersville High School and graduate of Ford Business College. She was married to Leo H. Denis [dec. 1990] and the loving mother of six children: Joanne...

Joseph Evans, Jr. passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020 at his home in Fairless Hills, Pa. He was 75. Born in Philadelphia, son of the late Joseph and Eleanor Evans, he has been a Bucks County resident for the past 45 years.  Mr. Evans was a graduate of Northeast Philadelphia High School and prior to his retirement was...

Bernadine Mastrull passed away peacefully on Monday, October 18, 2021 at Silver Lake Center. She was 88. Born in Eckley, Pa., daughter of the late Michael and Anna Horwath, she was a Levittown resident for over 60 years. Mrs. Mastrull was employed in the cafeteria at Pennsbury High School, at Italian Peoples Bakery and lastly as a manager at...

Robert FX Doerr, Jr. passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at St. John Neumann Nursing Home. He was 73. Born in Philadelphia, son of the late Robert Sr. and Anne Doerr, he has been a Bristol Borough resident for the past 26 years. Robert was a retired Police Officer with the Philadelphia Police Department. After retirement, he was...

Danny R. Smyth, Jr., a life-long resident of Bristol, PA passed away suddenly Monday, June 6, 2022 at his home at the age of 43.

Danny is survived by the love of his life, his wife and companion of 28 years Melissa Ayala Smyth.  He is also survived by his eternally proud and loving parents Daniel Sr...

Virginia "Ginny" Huffnagle passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Chandler Hall Hospice. She was 62. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., daughter of the late Robert and Ruth Young, she was a Levittown resident for the past 40 years. Ginny was a graduate of Bishop Conwell High School, Class of 1977 and Bucks County Community College, Class of 1979....

James E. Martin passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne. He was 76. Born in Trenton, NJ, son of the late Anthony Cagnetti and Erna Martin Cagnetti, he was a lifelong Croydon resident. Mr. Martin was a U.S. Airforce Veteran serving during the Vietnam War. He spent most of his teaching career at...

Cornelius “Neil” Vander Borght passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at his home. Born in Lodi, New Jersey, he raised his family in Vernon and West Paterson, NJ (now Woodland Park). Later in life, he moved to Bucks County to be closer to his family. Neil was a successful small business owner and...

Selfless Love for All.

Erik Pedersen, Sr. passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, with his loving family by his side.  Born in Bristol, son of the late Norman and Florence Pedersen, he was raised in the Junewood section of Levittown and was a resident of Levittown...

Carole Follin passed away peacefully on Friday, July 10, 2020, surrounded by her loving daughters. She was 77.  Born in Bristol, daughter of the late Carles and Marjorie (nee Hibbs) Follin, she was a lifelong Bristol resident.

Carole was a graduate of Delhaas High School, Class of 1961. She began her early career as an associate in...

Dominic Colella passed away on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at his home. He was 61. Born in Philadelphia, son of the late Dominic and Regina Colella, he has resided in the Lower Bucks area for many years. He enjoyed fishing and playing the lottery.

Predeceased by 2 sons, Dominic Colella and Kevin Colella, he is survived by...

George L. Wheeler passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020 at Manor Care, Yardley, Pa.  He was 84.  Born in Shipman, Va., son of the late Bertha Wheeler, he was a Bristol resident most of his life.  Mr. Wheeler was employed as a commercial powder coat painter for Optical Scanner in Newtown, Pa for many years.  He loved gardening,...

Jeffrey Brophy passed away on Monday, March 15, 2021 at St. Mary Medical Center. He was 60. Born in Bristol, son of the late Frank and Margaret (nee Kelly) Brophy, he was a lifelong Bristol resident. Mr. Brophy worked in the maintenance department at Neshaminy Mall for 30 years. He loved spending time with his daughter, especially dining with...

Joseph Lomas passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023 in Croydon, PA. He was 48. Born in Louisiana, he was a Bucks County resident most of his life. Joseph enjoyed cooking, the outdoors, was an avid Eagles fan, and was always there to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.

Predeceased by his father, John Lomas,...

Florence "Becky" McDevitt passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne.  She was 94.  Born in Delaware, daughter of the late Samuel and Florence Foraker, she has been a Bristol Borough resident most of her life.  Mrs. McDevitt was  a graduate of Bristol High School, Class of 1944 and a member of St. Mark...