Obituaries

Bonsall, Sarah W. - 9/5/1896

BONSALL - On ninth month 5th 1895, Sarah W., relict of the late Benjamin Bonsall, in her 90th year. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on Fifth day afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, from her late residence, Springfield Road and Providence Avenue, Alden, Delaware county, PA. Interment at Darby Friends' Burying ground.1

  • 1. Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/9/1895

Bonsall, Susan - 3/15/1894

BONSALL. On March 15, 1894, Susan, wife of Charles Bonsall. The relatives are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the residence of her husband, Darby, Pa. Interment private.1

  • 1. Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/18/1894

Frank, John G. - 1944

John G. Frank of 2118 West Second Street, died suddenly on Saturday afternoon. A veteran of World War I, he was a member of Emmertz-Mullins Post 914 VFW, and Szynanski-Rywacki Post 546, American Legion. He was employed as a machinist and welder at the H. H. Ward Company for 20 years.

Besides his widow, Anna Reiley, he is survived by 12 children: Marie, Ruth, Kathleen, Sarah, Diane, Helen, June, Loretta, and Alice of Chester; and John, Charles, and Raymond in service.

A military funeral will be held at his late residence at 2 p. m. Wednesday, with interment in Chester Rural Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening.1

  • 1. Chester Times, 4/17/1944

Ivison, Tillie H. Parsons - 3/10/1891

IVISON - On the 10th inst., Tillie H. Parsons, wife of Isaac Ivison, aged 41 years. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral , from the residence of her husband, Charter House, Media, on Friday at 2 p.m.. Interment at Media Cemetery.1

  • 1. Philadelphia Inquirer,3/12/1891

McCoy, John - March 1969

Artist John McCoy, the brother-in-law of internationally-known artist Andrew Wyeth, died Thursday in West Chester at age 79.

He had been at Friends Hall nursing home for the last three years in failing health, according to the family.

McCoy, best known for his landscapes of Pennsylvania and Maine, was a pupil of illustrator N.C. Wyeth. He studied with Wyeth's son, Andrew, and later married his daughter, Ann.

His father, John McCoy, was a Du Pont vice president from 1935 through 1947 and his brother, Charles, was the chemical firm's president and board chairman until he retired in 1973.

McCoy, born in California, originally planned a career in theater set design but shifted to painting in the 1930s at the urging of his future father-in-law, then one of the nation's top magazine and book illustrators.

George Weymouth, chairman of the nearby Brandywine Conservatory which operates the Brandywine River Museum where some of McCoy's work hangs, called him "a painter who loved the natural world and man's place in it."

Wyeth, Carolyn - 3/1/1994

Carolyn Wyeth, 84, an intense and independent painter from the artistic Wyeth clan, died yesterday in Chadds Ford.

Despite her background, Miss Wyeth never believed she was an artist until she was in her 50s and had been working at her craft for 40 years.

For years she didn't even sign her work, she once said, "because I didn't give a damn about selling them. Put them against the wall and maybe never looked at them for years. I paint because it gives me a kick inside. It lets me explode the way I feel toward things."

The daughter of artist N.C. Wyeth and his wife, Carolyn, and the brother of Andrew, Miss Wyeth has been called one of the "strongest female artists in America today."

"Carolyn Wyeth was a very strong individual with a very strong personality, and her paintings certainly reflect that," said James H. Duff, longtime director of the Brandywine River Museum. "She did not produce very many paintings, but she produced very powerful paintings."

Family members were unavailable for comment yesterday. Duff said their reaction to Miss Wyeth's death reflected their closeness.