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Althouse, Horace M.: 8/28/1940

Horace M. Althouse, 427 First Avenue, Parkesburg, passed away at 8:30 o’clock this morning, in the Coatesville Hospital, aged 36 years. He had been employed at the Lukens Steel Plant.
 
Mr. Althouse called at the office of Dr. J. A. Perkins, on Monday evening, complaining of a pain in his side. Indications pointed to appendicitis, and he was sent to the hospital, where further examination failed to disclose the appendix as the cause of the trouble, and it was thought that he may have sustained an internal injury. An investigation is being made by Deputy Coroner H. E. Williams, Jr.
 
Mr. Althouse is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Sarah MacFarland, and two children, Judith, 8 , and Charlotte, 3.
 
His father, George Althouse, of West Sadsbury, also survives, and there are two brothers, Harvey, of Baltimore, and Roy, of Detroit, Mich., and two sisters, Sarah and Olive.
 

Barber, Samuel: Jan 1981

Samuel Barber, 70, the composer who stepped fully formed into the front rank of American music while still a teenager at the Curtis Institute of Music, died Friday night in New York.
 
The West Chester-born and Philadelphia-trained composer had suffered from cancer for several years.
 
In more than half a century of composing, Mr. Barber won two Pulitzer Prizes and established himself as the country's preeminent composer of lyrical music.
 
He created a large body of art songs and based his operas, oratorios and orchestral music on the principle of song.
 
Mr. Barber, who was born March 9, 1910, entered the Curtis Institute's first class in 1924. At 14, he was a prodigy who sang, played the piano and composed with almost equal fluency. His Violin Sonata, composed when he was 18, won a national prize, and his Overture to The School for Scandal was premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra and has remained in the American orchestral repertoire ever since.
 

Bauer, William C., of Glenmoore: 7/2/2007

William “Bill” Bauer, 64, of Glenmoore, died Sunday, July 2, 2006. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Nancy (Gilmore), and three children, daughter Kimberly and husband, Del Stafford of Glenmoore; daughter Rebecca and husband, Ethan Boyer of West Chester; and son Jonathan of Glenmoore.
 
He was born in Philadelphia, June 5, 1942, to the late William and Mary (French) Bauer. He actively participated in Boy Scout Troop #30. Advertisement Upon graduation from Bartrum High School in 1960 and Temple School of Architectural Design, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. He resided in Chester County for the past 40 years, where he owned and operated Community Maintenance Corp. Berean Bible Church of Pottstown was his home church; missions and teaching kids Sunday school were his passions. Through the years he enjoyed adult baseball and ice hockey, reading, golfing, hunting, fishing and his two black Labs. Interment was in the East Brandywine Baptist Church Cemetery.

Bingaman, George C., Jr.: 10/04/1952

George C. Bingaman, Jr., A former Coventryville resident, died at his home in Bellefonte, Centre County, yesterday morning of a heart attack. He was 65. Two sisters of Mr. Bingaman live in the Pottstown area: Elizabeth B., wife of Paul Loomis, Pottstown, R.D. 2, and Julia B., wife of W. Brook Whitman, 218 Chestnut Street. Born in Coventryville, he was the son of the late George C. Bingaman and Hannah (Simpson) Bingaman. Surviving him in addition to his two sisters are his widow, Mary (Weeks) Bingaman; a daughter, Clara , wife of Oliver Morgan, Harrisburg; three sons, George C. Bingaman 3rd, Washington, D.C., and Clarence and Gilbert Bingaman, both of Bellefonte; one grandchild; and three brothers, Paul F. Bingaman, Norristown; Walter R. Bingaman, Center Hill, Fla,, and John Bingaman, Glendale, Calif. Services in charge of a funeral home in Bellefonte will be held from Coventryville Methodist Church Monday afternoon at 2o'clock. Interment will be in Coventryville Methodist cemetery.1

Bingaman, Hannah S.: 9/28/1894

BINGAMAN. Suddenly, on Friday, September 28,1894, Mrs. Hannah Bingaman, of Chester County, daughter of William E. Simpson and the late Mary A. Simpson, of West Philadelphia. 1

  • 1. Phialdelphia Inquirer, 10/1/1894

Bingaman, Marguerite I. [Miller]: Feb. 2001

Marguerite I. Bingaman, 83, of 29 S. 6th Ave., Coatesville, formerly of Glenmoore, died Saturday at Brandywine Hospital, Coatesville, after a brief illness. Mrs. Bingaman worked at the Glenmoore Campus at Devereux Schools for 40 years, retiring in 1991. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Honey Brook. Born in Honey Brook, Chester County, she was the daughter of the late Wilmer and Ida Mary Sagner Miller. She was married to LeRoy W. Bingaman, who died in 1980.

Bingaman, Robert: 4/4/1866

Bingaman. On the 4th inst., Robert, son of Frederick and Amanda Bingaman, aged 21 years. The realtives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his father's residence, at Lionville, Chester County, Pa., on Saturday morning. Leave the house at half-past 10 o'clock.1

  • 1. Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/9/1866

Bird, Sallie A.: 10/30/1908

Mrs Sallie A. Bird -Mrs Sallie A. Bird, aged 43 years, wife of William S. Bird, residing at the old Black Horse Tavern, East Bradford Twp, Chester Co., Pa. died at the Chester County Hospital last night after an illness of less than a week. She leaves seven children in addition to a husband, one of the children being but a week of age. Mrs Bird was a daughter of the late George Martin of Marshallton, and a sister of William Martin, of the Chester County home. Her former home was in Downington. The funeral will be held on Monday on account of the house being occupied on Tuesday for election purpose.1

  • 1. Daily Local News, 10/31/1908

Brinton, Laura [Jamieson]: 5/22/2007

Laura Jamieson Brinton, 91, of Wilmington, died May 22, 2007 at Home.

Brinton, Sybilla Kirk: 6/4/1856

Death Notice in West Chester, at the residence of her son-in-law, David Meconkey, Esq., on the 24th inst., Sibilla Brinton, relict of Joseph Brinton, deceased, aged 84 years.1

  • 1. Village Record, 6/28/1856

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