Alice T. Duffy (nee McGuigan), March 26, 2020, Age 94. Wife of the late Philip Duffy. Mother of Philip (dec), Isabelle Rogers (Kenneth) and Kathleen Salotto (Art). Grandmother of six, she is the sister of Catherine Reilly, the late Mary Logue and brother to the late(s) John, Joseph and Francis McGuigan. Services and interment are private. Donations may be made in her memory to the Little Sisters of the Poor www.littlesistersofthepoor.org. Alice was born in Kilrea, County Derry, Ireland on...

Lizanne Gillice Pickersgill (nee Gillice), passed away March 21, 2020 at age 61. She worked at Cathedral Village as a nursing assistant and activities coordinator. Daughter of John Francis Gillice and Gertrude Locklear Gillice. She is survived by her beloved husband Edward C. Pickersgill. Mother of John and Tara; grandmother of Ava and Charlotte; and sister of Jimmy, Phil and the late Joanne Gillice. She is also survived by nephews and nieces. Services and interment are private...

Karla was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on March 21st, 2020 at the age of 59. Karla was born to William and Judith Fahnestock on January 10, 1961. She was an honor student and went on to graduate from Marple Newtown High School Class of 78'. She was a very talented photographer and loved to travel. Though never married, Karla was graced with two loving daughters, Valerie and Cecelia in 1995. They were the loves of her life.  In addition to being a dedicated and...

Catherine A. Hopkins (nee Vesci) of Roxborough, March 18, 2020, Age 93. Wife of the late Vincent P. Hopkins, Sr. Mother of Karen Tierney (Robert), Loraine Pepe (Thomas) and the late Vincent P. Hopkins, Jr. Grandmother of Lisa, Kristen, Jennifer, Gabriella and Vincent. Sister of the late John, Frank "Chick" and Anthony Vesci and Florence Greco, Mary Colangelo, Jennie Jimenez. Services and Interment are private with a Memorial Mass to be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers the...

Claudia M. Green, age 68, peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on Monday March 9. Born in Philadelphia she is preceded in death by her parents Earl and Joan (Jansen) VanArtsdalen and her husband of 35 years, William T. Green. Left to honor and remember her are her sisters, eight children; Tracey (Adrian) Turkington, Becky (Kevin) Cole, Cindy (Nick) Honyara, Mandy (Mike) Belmonte, Jessie, Danny (Sheilah ) Green, Billy and Abbey, nieces and nephews, ten grandchildren; David, Jared,...

Barbara Jean (Fazio) Hylinski, beloved wife of Dr. Joseph H. Hylinski. Daughter of the late Dr. Frank Fazio and Eleanor (Pompizzi) Fazio-Houseman. Stepdaughter of Robert Houseman. President and Salutatorian of Ravenhill Academy. Received her B.S. and M.A. degrees from St. Joseph’s University; member of the drama club. Teacher at St. Mary’s and St. Lucy’s Manayunk. First female teacher in a major subject in the history of North Catholic high School Philadelphia. Also,...

John A. Bottinger, formerly of East Falls, March 9, 2020. Age 87. A retired Philadelphia Firefighter for 27 years, he is the husband of Margaret "Madge" (nee McNicholas); father of Kathleen B. Jacoby (Michael), John D. Bottinger (Denise) and Jennifer A. Cubbin (Craig). Brother of Edith and the late James Bottinger; grandfather of Allison, Caroline, Courtney, Claire, Jeremy, Lauren, Analise and Cole. Relatives and friends are invited to Viewing on Monday, March 16 at 10 a.m.at...

Dr. Eleanor Walls (nee Jenkins) passed away peacefully with family by her side on March 7, 2020.  She was 74 years old.  Eleanor was a graduate of Saint Hubert’s High School (1963) and Neumann College (1968).  She received her Master’s in Education (1977) and Ph.D in Educational Psychology (1986) from Temple University.  Eleanor had a long, illustrious career in public education. She served the children of Philadelphia as a classroom teacher, and then, as a...

Catherine E. Pompizzi (nee Finnegan) passed away on March 7, 2020 at the age of 84. She was the wife of the late Nick Pompizzi. Mother of Lisa Gaines (David) and Steve Pompizzi (Mary). Grandmother of Kaelin, Lucy, Charlotte, Nicholas, and Steven. Great grandmother of Harrison and Weston. Sister of Gertrude Dooley. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to Viewing on Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at Koller Funeral Home, 6835 Ridge Ave. On...

S. Eileen Russell, SSJ, March 3, 2020. Age 87. Daughter of the late Edward and Mary Russell. Sister of of the late Mary R. Cicero. Survived by her sisters Elizabeth Newbury and Ann K. Russell. Also survived by many nieces, grandnieces  and grandnephews and her Congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph.  Religious, relatives and friends are invited to viewing Monday, March 9 at St. Joseph Viilla 1:30 pm, followed by a Funeral Mass.  Interment, St. Joseph...