Alice Patricia Finn, (nee Fennen), age 80, of Chalfont and formerly of Philadelphia, died on October 12, 2014.

Mrs. Finn was the wife of the late Vincent J. Finn, Jr. and the mother of Alice Joann Finn, Mary Patricia Finn, Kathryn McCluskey (Leo McCluskey), Francine Quinn, Maurine Hajek (David), Vincent Finn (Susan), Richard Finn (Susan), and the late Raymond Finn. She was the sister of Francis and Thomas Fennen and Mary Eileen Sommer. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren and preceded in death by her siblings, Catherine Furlong, William Fennen, and Rosemarie Cavanaugh; and one great-grandchild.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Tuesday from 10 AM until her funeral service 11 AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 241 E. Butler Ave. (at Sandy Ridge Rd.), New Britain, PA 18901.

Interment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Manna at 2323 Ranstead St., Phila., PA 19103.

Mary “Vera” Brown passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2014 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was 87.

Vera was the beloved wife of 38 years to the late Carl Brown Jr.

Born in Pleasantville, NJ, she was the daughter the late Richard and Marie Dougherty McGlynn and sister of the late Richard McGlynn and Francis McGlynn.

Vera was a lifelong resident of the Atlantic City and Ventnor area and a resident of Churchville, PA for the last 10 years. She was employed by the Charles Movie Theater in Atlantic City for many years and later worked as a secretary for Etris Associate’s in Northeast Philadelphia. In her leisure, Vera attended the Far Northeast Senior Center where she played bingo and made many ceramic pieces for her family in their ceramic classes. She participated daily in the LIFE St. Mary Program in Trevose where she fostered many quality relationships over the past few years. Above all else, Vera adored her family and treasured time spent with them. She will be dearly missed.

Vera is survived by her children, Marie Brown Etris and her husband, Stephen, of Churchville, Carl J. Brown III of Atlantic City, NJ, and Nancy Garback and her husband, Thomas of Churchville. She also leaves behind her beloved grandchildren, Jill, Jess, and Tommy.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewings, Wednesday October 15th from 6:00-8:00pm in the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Rd.) Richboro, PA 18954 and on Thursday, October 16th from 9:00-11:00am followed by her Funeral Mass at 11:30am in St. Bede the Venerable Church, 1071 Holland Rd. Holland, PA 18966.

Interment services for Vera will be held at 11:30am on Friday, October 17th in the Chapel of Holy Cross Cemetery in Mays Landing, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Vera‘s name to LIFE St. Mary Program, 2500 Interplex Dr., Trevose, PA 19053. Without this wonderful organization filled with dedicated and compassionate individuals, Vera would never have been able to stay in her home until God called her home.

Howard J. Leomporra of Perkasie and formerly of Churchville, died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Saturday October 11, 2014 in his home. He was 52.

Born on December 13, 1961 in Philadelphia, Howard was the beloved son of the late Peter R., Sr. and Eva C. Herr Leomporra.

Howard started his education at the age of 3 and continued through school until he graduated from the Jacobs School in Philadelphia when he was 21. He was an active member and participant in the SPIN program in Philadelphia, he was also the recipient of multiple employee of the month awards from BARC of Ivyland and Quakertown. For the past 15 years, Howard lived at a residence operated and supervised by Life Path Foundation in Perkasie. In his leisure, he enjoyed listening to music and watching movies of his favorite artist, Elvis. He will be greatly missed by everyone who has come to know and love him.

Howard is survived by his loving and ever devoted sibllings and their spouses; Gemma M. Altomari and Michael of Warminster, Peter R. Leomporra, Jr. and Susan of Bristol, and Michael J. Leomporra and Susan of Churchville. In addition he is surved by numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Thursday October 16th from 9:00am until his Funeral Mass 10:00am in St. Bede the Venerable Church 1071 Holland Rd. Holland, Pa 18966.

Interment will follow at Our Lady of Grace Cemetery in Langhorne.

In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to Life Path Foundation, 3500 High Point Blvd. Bethlehem, PA 18017. ATTN: Development Office.

Earl A. Blagus Jr., of Ann’s Choice in Warminster, PA died on Saturday, October 11, 2014, at Doylestown Hospital. He was 85.

He was the beloved husband of the late Lorraine Morris Blagus.

Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was the son of the late Earl A. Sr. and Bessie L. Gray Blagus and brother of the late Thomas and Donald Blagus.

Earl was a resident of Warminster, PA for the past 4 years and formerly lived in Hatboro for 30 years. Earl graduated from LaSalle College, Class of 1965, with his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. Before his retirement in 1989, he was employed as a systems engineer with General Electric for 40 years working in their aerospace division. He was proud to have been associated with the Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle systems. In his leisure time, he enjoyed camping and travelling. He will be sadly missed as a loving father, grandfather, great grandfather and brother.

He is survived by his daughter, Deborah B. Hauck and her husband, John, of Perkasie, his son, Dennis S. Blagus of Perkasie, and his sister, Dorothy A. Coccagna of Philadelphia. He is also survived by his three grandsons; Matthew J. (Samantha) Blagus, Sean F. (Lina) Hauck and "A.J." Hauck (fiancé; Courtney DeLong) and his 2 great grandchildren; Lily and Josh.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 10:00 am until his Funeral Mass 11:00am at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 235 East State Street, Doylestown, PA 18901.

His interment will be held privately.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory should be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.

Joseph G. Tomevi of Ann’s Choice, Warminster, PA., died peacefully with his family at his side on Friday October 10, 2014 at Abington Hospital, Abington. He was 83.

Born in Patterson, New Jersey, he was the beloved husband of Jane Gangwer Tomevi, and husband of the late Ella Mae Fairclough and the son of the late George and Catherine Laverty Tomevi.

Joe as he was known to his family and friends has been a resident of Ann’s Choice for the past 15 months with his wife Jane. He was a former resident of the Reading area for over 20 years. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps serving in the 1950’s and a former Mason. Joe retired from BASF Corporation after many years as a supervisor in the chemical manufacturing division at the facility in Patterson, New Jersey.

Joe enjoyed working on his computer, reading, and doing all kinds of photography. He started an engraving business doing plaques and other such items as a hobby.

In addition to his wife Jane, he is survived by his wonderful children; Cari Weber (David), Jill Eldredge, Robert Eldredge (Cheryl), Jennifer Wyant, Jana Boltz (Phil), Mark Eldredge (Kelly), Joshua Eldredge (Tawnya). 16 dear grandchildren: Sara, Danielle, TJ, Phoebe, Robert, Dillon, Dalton, Elliot, Marissa, Blake, Jacob, Aiden, Gavin, Emily, Joshua and Gracie and 1 great grandson Landyn. Joe is also survived by one sister Mae Farnese.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing Wednesday October 15, from 11:45am until his Funeral Services at 1:00pm, at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home 800 Newtown-Richboro Rd. (at Holland Rd.) Richboro. with the Rev. Dr. Norman J. Leve, Jr. officiating.

Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to the Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC. 28607

James D. Mahoney of New Hope, died peacefully on Thursday October 9, 2014, at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. He was 67.

James was a Vietnam War Veteran who served proudly in the Army. He was a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and winner of the prestigious William Emlen Cresson Prize, which allowed him to travel to the major art museums of Europe for additional study. After serving as a conservationist at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, he went on to co-found the Painting Conservation of Philadelphia. During his career he restored paintings in a number of major collections including French Impressionist works by Matisse, Renoir, Cezanne and Van Gogh in the Barnes collection, the murals in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C. (John Trumbull 1826), and countless other masterpieces including “Death on a Pale Horse” (Benjamin West 1817),“The Gross Clinic” (Thomas Eakins 1875) as well numerous private collections. He enjoyed the great outdoors, hiking, camping, fishing and restoring antique cars.

Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late John and Mary Roe Mahoney and brother-in-law of the late Irene Mahoney.

James is survived by his loving daughters; Karen Mahoney of Tulum, Mexico and Christine Mahoney of Charlottesville, VA and their mother Ann Holt Mahoney. He is also survived by his companion Charlene Aikman, his brothers John J. Mahoney, Robert T. Mahoney (Judith), his sister Janet Ciliberti (Carmen), numerous nieces, nephews, and grand nieces and nephews.

James’s family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 15th from 9:00 am until his Memorial Service 10:00 am in the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home 800 Newtown-Richboro Rd. (at Holland Rd.) Richboro, PA 18954.

Interment will follow at Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown, PA.

In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts general scholarship fund at https://community.pafa.org/give

Murray A. Stomel, of Boynton Beach FL. died on October 9, 2014.

Murray was the husband of Arlene A.(Korsin), father of Robert Stomel (Susan), Marshall Stomel (Pam), brother of Anita Spector, grandfather of Mitchell, Matthew, Ethan and Peyton.

Services and interment are private.

Shiva will be observed Monday eve after 5:00pm at the home of Marshall Stomel 413 Silver Leaf Circle, Trappe, PA 19426.

Contributions in his memory may be made to National Parkinson Foundation 200 SE 1st Street Suite 800, Miami Fla. 33131

Charles E. Smith of Kintnersville died surrounded by family and friends on Thursday October 9, 2014 at Doylestown Hospital. He was 70.

Born in Prospectville, he was a resident of Kintnersville for many years. Charles was a master mechanic, he knew more about trucks, cars and heavy equipment than anyone could imagine.

He was the devoted father of Nicole, Greg, Stacey, the late Michelle, and Heather, the proud grandfather of Daniel, Maverick and Meadow. He is also survived by his 5 sisters; Betty, Ethel, Helen, Ann and Patricia, his 4 brothers; Norman, Frank, Edward and Bruce. He was predeceased by his sister Doris and brother Jimmy.

Relatives and friends are invited to his life celebration on Thursday October 16, from 9:00am until his Prayer Service 11:00 am at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home 241 East Butler Ave. (at Sandy Ridge Rd.) New Britain.

Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Mary Bridget McCartin of Newtown died Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at Chandler Hall Hospice surrounded by her loving family. She was 89.

Mary was the beloved wife of the late Lawrence McCartin.

Born in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, Ireland, Mary was the beloved daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth McCartin Canning and sister to the late Patrick Canning, Chris Canning, Helen Canning Tynan, Thomas Canning Johnny Canning and Tony Canning.

Mary was a long time resident of Bucks County being one of the original owners in Levittown, later moving to Yardley before moving to Newtown in 2007. Mary was extremely family oriented and devoted her love and affection to her late husband Larry and her cherished family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She will be deeply missed by her family and by all who came to know her.

Mary is survived by her children, Mary Beth Baltz and her husband William of Levittown, Karen Ann Crowley and her husband William of Levittown, Elaine McCartin Kilroy of Newtown, Daniel J. McCartin of Levittown and Brian L. McCartin and his wife Theresa of Richboro. Mary is also survived by her sister Lily Behrens of Port Orange Florida, brother Charlie Canning of New York, New York, her sister Margaret Voity of Southbury, CT and her 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Monday, October 13th from 8:30am until her Funeral Mass 9:30am in the Olde Church of St. Andrew, 135 S. Sycamore St., Newtown, PA 18940.

Interment will follow in Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Chandler Hall, 99 Barclay Street Newtown, PA 18940 ATTN: Philanthropy

Lawrence Laccabue, a resident of Chalfont, formerly of Holland, died suddenly on October 8, 2014 at the age of 73.

Larry was born in Chicago, IL to Elizabeth (Rapinac) and Fred Laccabue. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. Larry loved to travel with his buddies, listen to jazz and was an avid sports fan, especially of his hometown Chicago teams. His amazing sense of humor and kind heart will sadly be missed by all whose lives he touched.

Larry was a devoted Father to his children, Debbie, and her husband, Keith Dyer, of New Hope, PA, Laura Laccabue and Chris Broda, of Souderton, PA, and Bradley Laccabue, of Clearwater, FL. He adored his grandchildren, Jacqueline, Matthew and Stephen, who lovingly called him “Nonno”. Larry had a special, close relationship with his sister, Victoria Ryan, and his brother, Richard Laccabue, and valued his closeness to his nephews, nieces, cousins and many lifelong friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Monday, October 13, 2014, from 6:00-9:00 PM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Rd. (at Holland Rd.), Richboro, PA 18954 and to his Funeral Mass on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 12:15 PM at the Church of Saint Andrew, 81 Swamp Rd., Newtown, PA 18940.

Interment will follow at Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown, PA.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Larry’s memory may be made to
St. Eulalia Catholic Church, 1851 S. 9th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153