Eric A. Koerber of Oakford died peacefully and went home to God on Friday, December 11, 2015 in the presence of his family in his home.  He was 80.

He was the beloved husband of 58 years to Margie Patterson Koerber.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Erich and Hedwig Olga Koerber.

Eric was a proud veteran of the Army where he served as a medic.  He worked at Mercer Hospital for 38 years and excelled to the position of Chief Technician of the Blood Bank.  Eric was a Past Master of Masonic Lodge 292 and the Chaplian for the Blue Lodge and for the Chapter. He was an active and faithful member of New Life Christian Church for many years.  He will be greatly missed by everyone who has had the pleasure to know and love him.

In addition to his wife Margie, Eric is survived by his daughters Sherri Straight and her husband Tim of Bensalem and Kim Phillips and her husband Bill of Philadelphia.  He is also survived by his grandchildren Kristina Mraz (Nick) and Mike Straight (Susan), 6 great grandchildren, and Banfi his furry grandchild.

Relatives, friends, and fellow Masons are invited to attend his viewing on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from 5:30PM until his Masonic Service and Celebration of Life with Rev. Dr. Norman J. Leve, Jr. at 7:00PM in New Life Christian Church, 4 Freedom Dr. Newtown, PA 18940.  Interment will be private. 

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his Memory may be made to New Life Christian Church at the Above Address

Harry C. Walters, of Cheltenham, died on December 10, 2015.

Harry was the son of the late Harry W. and Bertha Liebau Walters and brother of the late Eleanor Ruth Goodwin, Dorothy W. Fickett, and Roy Walters. He is survived by his brother Robert and his nieces Janice Lynn Fetterolf (Earle), Linda Joan Zepp (Gary), Karen Smilnak (James) and his nephews Hal Goodwin, Scott (Carol), Roy and Everett Fickett Roy (Kate) and Paul (Lee Ann) Walters.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Wednesday from 10:00am until his Funeral Service 11:00am in the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Rd.) Richboro, PA 18954. Interment Sunset Memorial Park, Feasterville.

Joseph Sellers Sr. formerly of the Somerton section of Philadelphia and Jamison, PA, died peacefully on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at Arden Courts, Warminster. He was 77.

He was the beloved husband of the late Elizabeth H. Sellers.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Robert and Mary Elizabeth O’Connor Sellers. He was predeceased by his 4 brothers and 2 sisters.

Mr. Sellers had lived in Somerton for 15 years and was a resident of Jamison for 6 years. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army. Before his retirement in 2000, he worked for 40 years as a sheet metal worker and was a member and union official of Sheet Metal Workers Local #19 in Philadelphia. After his retirement, he remained active with the union and his church. Many years ago, Tabor Rams Youth Organization was an important part of his life and that of his family. In his leisure time, he enjoyed fishing and hunting. He especially enjoyed the times spent with his children and grandchildren. He will be sadly missed as a devoted father, grandfather and friend to all who knew him.

He is survived by his son, Joseph Sellers Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, of Arlington, VA, Elizabeth A. Sellers of Holland, PA, and Anne M. Lavancher and her husband, Jay, of Corning, NY. He is also survived by his three loving grandchildren, Ashley Forsythe, Nicholas Sellers and Alexandra Sellers.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewings on Tuesday evening, December 15, 2015, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, PA 18954 and on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at St. Bede the Venerable Church, 1071 Holland Road, Holland, PA 18966 from 9:30 AM until his Funeral Mass at 10:30 AM. Interment will take place at Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, Delaware Valley Chapter, 399 Market Street, Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19102 or to the Sheet Metal Workers Local #19 Scholarship Fund, 1301 S. Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19147.

Lotte Rarick of Holland passed peacefully on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne. She was 92.

She was the beloved wife of the late William L. Rarick.

Born in Frankfurt, Germany she was a longtime resident of Holland and had worked as a sales clerk for Strawbridge & Clothier for over 20 years.

Lotte is survived by her dear granddaughter Stephanie Rarick; close friends Friedel & Dave Smith and their son Norman and family, and Brigitte Galley and her sons Keith & Scott and family.  She was the daughter of the late Friedrich and Anna Mehl

Lotte grew up in Germany and lived through the bombing and invasion of Frankfurt by Allied forces.  She arrived in the United States by ship from across the "Pond" in Hoboken where close friends Dave and Friedel Smith sponsored her to enter the country.  It was in Pennsylvania, shortly after she arrived, that she met her future husband Bill and became a U.S. Citizen.

Lotte was an avid reader, loved crossword puzzles, traveling and keeping up with the latest in the world.  She was so proud to be an American citizen.  Spunky and independent until the end, her memory will definitely not be forgotten!

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, from 1:30 PM until her Funeral Service 3:30 PM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, PA 18954.  Her interment will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16th at 11:00 AM in the Fleetwood Cemetery, 203 East Main Street, Fleetwood, PA 19522. 

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 5455 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43214.

Helen T. Mongell (nee Morawski), 95, of the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia, died on December 8, 2015.

Helen was the beloved wife of the late Ralph M. Mongell, a WWII Veteran. She was the dearest mother of the late Lorraine Rose and Marie Joyce Mongell. She is also survived by her grandson Thomas Francis Kearney IV and his wife Leigh Ann and her 2 great grandchildren Amanda Lorraine and Thomas Francis Kearney V.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Friday, December 18^th from 10:30am until her Funeral Mass 11:30am in St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, 999 Reading Avenue, Yardley, PA 19067. Interment Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to St. Ignatius Of Antioch Church at above address.

Robert A. Youtz, 84, of Hatboro, PA died on December 6, 2015 after a prolonged illness. He was born in Philadelphia, PA, formerly a member of St. Joachim Parish.  Robert is survived by his sister, Sister Pat Youtz, IHM and many beloved nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Robert was predeceased by his father Walter J. Youtz, Jr., his mother Mary Wilton Youtz, his sister Winifred Champion (William), his sister Mary Reilly (Benjamin), his sister Catherine Sclight (Charles), his sister Dorothy Youtz, and his brother Walter Youtz.

His work life started at age 5 when he would go into bars and shine shoes and boots and he never stopped working after that. He went to Mastbaum Vo Tech until the age of 16. Then worked as a bobbin boy in a local factory.  Later he worked on a tanker ship in the kitchen on the Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers.

Robert served in the Army in Alaska as a machine gunner during the Korean War. He worked in Public Works for the federal government as a pipefitter at Willow Grove Naval Air Station, the Navy Shipyard and retired from the Aviation Supply Office.

Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing on Monday, December 14, 2015 from 11:15 AM until his Funeral Mass 12:00 PM at the Church of St. Andrew, 81 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA 18940. His interment will follow in Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown.

In lieu of flowers, donations are requested for Chandler Hall Hospice, 99 Barclay Street, Newtown, PA 18940.

Donald E. Highland of Fairless Hills passed away on Saturday December 5, 2015 at Chandler Hall Hospice. He was 78.

Don was the beloved husband of Rose A. Smith Highland.

Born in Clarksburg, WV he was a son of the late Stephen L. and Denna McDonald Highland.

Don was a graduate of Washington Irving High School before going on to complete his undergraduate work at West Virginia University. He later earned his Master’s of Divinity from Kansas City Theological Seminary in Kansas City, KS. Don led a long career as a beloved Pastor for various Baptist Churches throughout Nebraska, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. He was very well respected and liked by the communities he served. He will be dearly missed.

In addition to his wife, Don is survived by his children, Dennis S. Highland and Donald E. Highland II of Doylestown, PA; and his brother, William D. Highland and his wife, Phyllis of Ithaca, NY.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Virgil L. Highland.

Relatives and friends are invited to greet the family on Thursday, December 10, 2015, from 12:30 PM until his Funeral Service at 1:30 PM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Rd., Richboro, PA 18954. His interment will follow in Newtown Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Trinity United Church of Christ, 1400 Buck Rd., Holland, PA 18966.

12/24/1960 – 12/05/2015

On the evening of December 5, 2015, Bruce Weaymans Panfil passed away at his home in Holland PA, surrounded by his loved ones, after a courageous two year battle with pancreatic cancer.   Bruce died just short of his 55^th birthday – leaving this world by the glow of the Christmas tree, just as he came into it on December 24, 1960.

Bruce was the second son of four children born to Roger S. Panfil Sr. and Judith Jane Weaymans. Bruce was raised in Huntingdon Valley, PA and graduated from Lower Moreland High School in 1978. After high school, he went on to join his older brother Roger at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) where they both pledged Theta Chi Fraternity.   Later his younger brother David would also head to IUP and extend the Panfil legacy at Theta Chi.

In 1982, Bruce graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Service Management and headed to Washington D.C. where he had great success as a Manager at ARA Food Services, quickly rising to a District Manager position.  

Following the death of his father in 1986, however, Bruce left the D.C. area and returned to Huntingdon Valley to help run the family business, Panfil Insurance Agency, with his younger brother David. 

Bruce retrained himself for the Insurance business, graduating with the 1987 class of The Travelers Commercial Lines School for Agents.  Later in 1987, he completed the Basic School of Property and Casualty Insurance at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. 

Eventually, Bruce returned to the Food Service industry working to build the now very successful KISS Food Services in Philadelphia, PA, founded by his long-time friend and high school alum, Larry Cohen.

During this time Bruce continued to widen his skills, securing his CFP (Chartered Financial Consultant) designation in 2001 from The American College in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania.  He would later add the Series 6 (qualification to sell mutual funds, variable annuities and insurance premiums) designation and others to his name.

In 2011, Bruce again looked to support his family.  He joined and helped launch RDC Design Group beside his older brother Roger and his nephews Ryan and Jordan, where he worked until his death as an outstanding Technical Recruiter.  But personnel recruiting was just one of Bruce’s talents.  Bruce leveraged the extensive network of friends and business associates he had built over the years and was responsible for developing a number of RDC’s partnerships and clients. From helping to run the company’s annual marketing Summit to his humor and up-beat attitude in the office, Bruce contributed to RDC in so many ways.

Although Bruce was known for his movie star good looks and incredible style, it was his generous and loving personality that leaves him a legacy of friendship and love. Anyone he ever met, he considered a friend.  Always involved in family activities and interested in everyone’s life, he watched out and cared for his sister, his brothers, and his loving partner Sharon Venner, as well as, all his nephews and friends.

Interests for Bruce included Harley-Davidson motorcycles, all of the Philadelphia sports teams, his nephews’ band EverLit (Ryan & Jordan), and reclining with his friends in beautiful New Hope, PA.  Two little known facts were recently discovered: Bruce received his ROTC Military Training Certificate in 1979, and achieved a Certificate of Mixology bartending from the Philadelphia School of Bartending in 1989.

Bruce was preceded in death by his parents Roger S. Panfil and Judith W. Panfil. Bruce is survived by his loving brothers Roger S. Panfil Jr., David H. Panfil and his adoring sister Debbie Panfil Pearl. His nephews Ryan Panfil, Jordan Panfil, Justin Panfil, Ethan Panfil, Reese Panfil, Hunter Pearl and Keegan Pearl, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins, also survive him.  In addition, he is survived by his devoted and loving girl friend, Sharon Venner, who cared for him so well during his last two difficult years.

The Panfil family would like to thank all the family and friends that filled Bruce’s life with so much happiness.  He truly loved each and every one of you.  Know that he is still watching out for you from above.

Funeral Services for our dear brother and eternal friend, Bruce Weaymans Panfil, will be held Friday December 11, 2015 at Northampton Presbyterian Church, 539 Buck Road, Holland, PA 18966.  Please note that due to anticipated overwhelming support for Bruce, this is a change in venue. 

Family and friends will be received from 10:00—11:30 AM, followed by a Religious Service.  After the Service, a motorcycle brigade will depart and lead Bruce to his internment at Whitemarsh Memorial Park, 1169 Limekiln Pike, Ambler, PA 19002.  If you are a motorcycle rider and are interested in escorting Bruce to his burial site, please feel free to join us.   

In lieu of sending flowers, Bruce would prefer that donations be made to his fundraising site https://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/battle-for-bruce-/155683.  Funds donated to the Battle for Bruce site will be directed to Bruce’s chosen cause, the Pancreas Center, Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10032.  This in hope that research will cure this horrible disease.

Edward F. Garry of Holland, PA died peacefully on Friday, December 4, 2015, at Neshaminy Manor Home, Warrington. He was 73.

He was the beloved husband of Lorraine M. (Muzyk) Garry for 52 years.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late John and Marie (Kelly) Garry and grandfather of the late Casey McAdams and Gordon Sawaya.

In addition to his beloved wife, he is survived by his son, Edward J. Garry and his wife, Kimberly (Sweeney), of Quakertown, his daughter, Kristine M. Sawaya of Newtown, his son-in-law, Thomas Sawaya, his two brothers, Thomas Garry and his wife, Judy, of Pine Knoll Shores, NC, Stephen Garry of Willow Grove, PA and his sister, Marie Garry of Florida. He is also survived by his 6 loving grandchildren; Matthew, Kayleigh, Jacqueline, Shannon, Eric and Rebekah.  

Mr. Garry was a resident of Holland for 38 years before moving to Warrington three years ago. He graduated from LaSalle College after working full time and attending 10 years in the evening division with his Bachelor’s degree in Business.   Before his retirement in 1999, he was employed as a procurement strategist for 39 years with Rohm & Haas Company. He was both past president and treasurer of Rohm & Haas Credit Union. Mr. Garry was actively involved in his community and throughout the years he served as past president, treasurer and lieutenant for Northampton Township Volunteer Fire Company. For many years, he was a reenactor for Washington Crossing the Delaware River on Christmas Day. In his leisure time, Mr. Garry was an avid golfer and enjoyed playing softball as a member of Windmill Village 4 Team. Family was very important to him and he always enjoyed the special times spent with his children and grandchildren. He will be sadly missed as a devoted husband, father, grandfather and brother

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Thursday, December 10, 2015, from 9:30 AM until his Funeral Mass 11:00 AM at St. Bede the Venerable Church, 1071 Holland Road, Holland, PA 18966. Interment will be held privately.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Don’t Camouflage Bullying Inc., 172 N. Elm Avenue, Newtown, PA 18940.

Michael J. Thorrick, of Perkasie, slipped away peacefully at his residence on Friday, December 4, 2015. He was surrounded by loving family. He was 65.

Michael was the beloved husband of Debra A. Gifford Thorrick for 36 years.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Michael and Ruth Steckel Thorrick.

Mr. Thorrick was a resident of Perkasie since 1988 and formerly lived in Southampton, where he grew up. He graduated from William Tennent High School in Warminster, Class of 1968. He was a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserves for 6 years, being Honorably Discharged in 1976, achieving the rank of Corporal. Michael joined the Marine Sharp-shooting Team and traveled across the country with them, competing in events and winning medals and trophies.

Michael spent his working career in sales. He sold everything from automobiles, to furniture, to mattresses. He and Debra first met, when he sold her a car in 1978.

In his leisure time, he loved to ride his Harley with friends. If he wasn't riding it, he could be seen washing and polishing it, or customizing the parts. He was an avid car enthusiast, sharing his passion for cars with his daughters. He was an outdoorsman and enjoyed working in his yard. A vacation to the Outer Banks, NC in September with his family was a special event for him. Being family oriented, he always enjoyed the special times spent with family. He will be sadly missed as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend.

In addition to his beloved wife, he is survived by his two daughters, Meghan L. Thorrick and Shannen M. Thorrick, both of Perkasie. He is also survived by his sister, Mary Ann Black and her husband, Lawrence, of Quakertown, his brother Joseph Thorrick of Wildwood, NJ and his loving granddaughter, Lilyana G. Thorrick.

Relatives and friends are invited to greet his family on Thursday, December 10, 2015, from 8:30 AM until 10:15 AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 241 East Butler Avenue (at Sandy Ridge Road), New Britain, PA 18901 and to his Funeral Mass 11:00 AM at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, 100 Broad Street, Hilltown, PA 18927. Interment will be private. 

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the family for deposit into an education fund for Lilyana.