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Sharpless, C. Brinton: 2001

C. Brinton Sharpless, 74, of West Chester, a former heavy-equipment operator, died of cancer Wednesday at his home. He had retired from the East Bradford Township road department about 1990.
 
He was born in West Chester in 1927 and educated in local schools. He was a Freemason and a member of the Elks Lodge and the Odd Fellows Lodge in West Chester. As one with a passion for old clocks, Mr. Sharpless spent many weekends visiting garage sales and flea markets and tinkering with compelling timepieces.
 
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Catherine Hall Sharpless; children Fred, Thomas, Georgeanne Hocht and Karen Mohr; seven grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow and 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Founds Funeral Home, 229 S. High St. in West Chester.
 
Services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, and burial will follow at Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery in Birmingham Township.1

Thompson, Gilbert Pickens: 7/1/2007

THOMPSON, on Sunday, July 1, 2007, in his home.

Gilbert Pickens "Gil" Thompson, 88, husband of Anna Louise (Wilson) Thompson of Schuylkill Township. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral service at the Great Valley Presbyterian Church, 2025 Swedesford Road, Malvern, on Saturday, July 7, 2007, at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. A viewing will be held at the Devlin-Rosmos-Kepp Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Main Street at Fourth Avenue, Phoenixville on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and at the church on Saturday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.

 

Trimble, Hannah R. - 1917

Mrs. Hannah R. Trimble passed away in the 84th year of her age, after an illness of some length, at her home with her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Smedley, 401 South Church street, West Chester.