Gretchen Haussmann Knoell of Jamison died peacefully on Friday, July 27, 2012, at Friends Nursing Home at Chandler Hall in Newtown surrounded by family and friends. She was 82.

She was the beloved wife of the late John E. Knoell for 39 years.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Karl Ludwig and Paula Klara Schmidt Haussmann and the sister of the late Charlotte H. Aylor.
Mrs. Knoell was a resident of Jamison for the past 30 years and lived in Bucks County for over 40 years. She was a graduate of Upper Darby High School, Class of 1947.

Along with her late husband, Gretchen owned and operated John Knoell and Son, which was a fine woodworking company located in New Britain, PA. Gretchen was the proud founder and manager of the company’s Custom Craft Shop art gallery and framing store for many years. Prior to her marriage to John in 1969, she was one of the first female executives at Atlantic Richfield Company, now British Petroleum.

Gretchen was a lover of fine art and interesting people. Gretchen, like her husband, was a great humanitarian and a benefactor of many local charitable organizations, including the Pleasantville United Church of Christ, the Mercer Museum, the Heritage Conservancy BARC, the Grundy Foundation, and the Bucks County SPCA. Together with her husband, she was involved with the development of Doylestown Hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center, and the Pine Run Community. She was also active with the Bereavement Group at Doylestown Hospital and the Red Hat Society.

Gretchen is survived by her sister, Lore Fisher of Darby, PA, her two nieces, Charlotte Aylor-Diaz and her husband Dan Diaz, and Laureen Pisani; her nephew, John Sobola; three great-nephews, Philip, Anthony and Andrew Pisani; a great niece, Paula Pisani; 2 great-great nephews, Tyler Droxler and Dante Pisani; and a great-great niece, Gianna Pisani.

Gretchen was also a great lover of “fur persons”…she truly loved animals. Gretchen was pre-deceased by many of her beloved cats, including Redsie, Dotty, Tinky, and Blackbird. She is survived, and will be greatly missed, by her dear cat, Noel, and her therapy dog puppies, Dulcie and Diego.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Service on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at 1:00 PM at Pleasantville United Church of Christ, 3424 Limekiln Pike, Chalfont, PA 18914. Her interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, Gretchen would truly appreciate contributions in her memory be made to Pleasantville United Church of Christ at the above address.

Stanley W. Cassel of Chalfont, PA died peacefully on Thursday, July 26 at the Birches at Arbor Square in Harleysville surrounded by his loving and adoring family.

He was the beloved husband of Theresa B. DiCrecchio Cassel, and the father of the late Karen T. Cassel.

Born in Chalfont, Stanley was the son of the late Samuel G. and Ida I. Crouthmel Cassel.

Mr. Cassel was a lifelong resident of Chalfont who proudly served his country in the Army prior to the Korean Conflict. Stanley owned and operated Stan Cassel Green Houses Inc. for over 50 years. In his leisure, he enjoyed travelling and creating everlasting memories with his children, grand children, and great grandchildren. Stanley will be sorely missed by everyone who has come to know and love him and appreciate his talent for making the world a greener place one plant at a time.

In addition to his beloved wife Theresa, Stanley is survived by his 2 loving daughters; Ida Jean Hatter and her husband Michael of Sellersville and Stacie Joy Hoffman and her husband Michael of Perkasie. He is also survived by his 4 grandchildren Tina Gane, Alison McDonald, and Michael and Thomas Hoffman, and his 3 great grandchildren Madison, Katie, and Ashley.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Monday, July 30, 2012 from 10:00AM until his words of remembrance 11:30AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 241 East Butler Avenue (Route 202 and Sandy Ridge Road), New Britain, PA 18901. Interment will be private.

Clara F. Hibbs of Yardley died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Chandler Hall Hospice surrounded by her loving family. She was 91.

Clara was the beloved wife of the late Clarence L. Hibbs.

Born in Newtown, she was the daughter of the late William and Sara Eyre Forsyth.

Clara was a lifelong resident of Bucks County who has resided in Newtown and Yardley.

She will be remembered as devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and will be deeply missed by all.

Clara is survived by her dearest children and their spouses, Theodore F. and Peggy Hibbs of Frederickstown, PA and Robert J. and Diana Hibbs of Union Dale. She is also survived by her brother George Forsyth of Newtown, her three grandchildren, Ted, Scott and Dennis and her two great grandchildren, Carter and Miley.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Graveside Services at 11:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at the Newtown Cemetery, Washington Avenue and Elm Ave., Newtown.

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

Gail L. Friedhoff of Southampton, PA died on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne. She was 67.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Robert J. and Janet K. Muir Lerch.

Mrs. Friedhoff was a resident of Southampton for the past 7 years and formerly lived in Ocean City, NJ. She was a graduate of Frankford High School in Philadelphia. Mrs. Friedhoff was a home health care aide who enjoyed helping and supporting families in their time of need. She felt this was her way of contributing to humanity. In her leisure time, Gail enjoyed taking trips to the beach and reading. Throughout her lifetime, she always had a special love for animals. The most important aspect of her life was her grandchildren and making family memories with them. She will be sadly missed as a devoted mother, grandmother and sister.

She is survived by her two daughters, Gwenyth L. Bonvino of Newtown, PA and Garalynn L. Eddy and her husband, Matthew, of Winston-Salem, NC. She is also survived by her loving brother, Glenn M. Lerch of Atlanta, GA and her 4 adoring grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to call on Saturday, July 28, 2012, from 9:00 AM until her Funeral Service 10:00 AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, PA 18940.

Entombment will take place at Sunset Memorial Park, Feasterville, PA.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Bucks County SPCA, P.O. Box 277, Lahaska, PA 18931.

William J .D'Anjolell, age 79 of Holland, PA died on July 23, 2012.

Bill was originally from the Overbrook Section of West Philadelphia.

Bill is survived by his wife Geraldine A. (nee Giampietro), his son William T. (Karen) of Newtown 18940, his loving grandchildren- Emma and Juliet, his brother Robert L. “Fritz” (MaryAnn) and his sister Jean (Vince) Ciarrocchi.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Monday, July 30, 2012 from 10:30 AM until his Funeral Service 12:00 Noon at Joseph A. Fluehr Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, PA 18954.

Interment will take place at Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Bill’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society,1626 Locust Street, Phila., PA 19103.

Marilyn M. Fisher, nee Kemler, of Southampton, and formerly of Levittown, died peacefully on Sunday, July 22nd, at St. Joseph's Manor in Meadowbrook, Pa. She was 86.

She was the beloved wife of the late Jay S. Fisher.

Born in Fern Glen, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Elizabeth Skoff Kemler.

Mrs. Fisher and her husband were one of the original families of Levittown. She left school at an early age to join the workforce in the fabric mills. She started out at Duplan's Silk Mill in Hazelton, Pa., and then moved on to the Nuremberg dress factory as a finisher. When Marilyn and her husband Jay moved to Levittown in 1952, she worked at Kresge's 5 &10 in the Levittown Shopping Center for a short while, and then later she worked for 28 years for the Bristol Township School District as a custodian until her retirement in 1986. ln her leisure time, she enjoyed reading and spending time with her family, creating memories that will last forever. She will be sorely missed by everyone who has had the pleasure to know and love her.

Marilyn is survived by her loving children; Bonita L. Barker and her husband Gary, of Southampton, Pa and Jeffrey J Fisher and his wife Judy, of Hazleton, Pa. She is also survived by her grand daughter Colleen Stewart and her companion Dave Abrams, her 3 great grand children, Sean, Sydney, and Keegan, of Trevose, Pa., her sister Thelma Singley, of Ellenton, Fla., a brother-in-law, James L Fisher of Sugarloaf, Pa, and many nieces and nephews.

Marilyn's family will receive condolences on Saturday, July 28 from1:00 PM until her Memorial Service at 2.00 PM at the Joseph A. Fluehr lll Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, Pd., 18954. lnterment will be private.

Helene D. Cummiskey VanFossen, 91, of Southampton and formerly of Newtown, died July 19 at Abington Memorial Hospital.

She was the bride, best friend and soul mate of 64 years of the late Thomas R. VanFossen.

Born in Philadelphia she was one of the eleven children of the late Charles J. and Marie A. Archibald Cummiskey.

Mrs. VanFossen was a resident of Newtown and Communicant of St. Andrew’s for over 30 years. She will be sorely missed by everyone who has come to know and love her.
Mrs. Van Fossen is survived by her loving and devoted sons Thomas VanFossen,Jr. and his wife Ruth, Robert VanFossen and his wife Teri. She was also the proud grandmother of her six grandchildren; Dr. Brian VanFossen (Betsi), Ms. Mary-Kate VanFossen Gadsby (Justin), Dr. Amy Lynne VanFossen, Mrs. Kelly Riseigh (TJ), Mr. Christopher VanFossen and Ms. Megan VanFossen (Fiancee Dane) and great grandmother of Ellie VanFossen.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing on Sunday, July 22, from 3:00 PM until 5:00PM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road) Richboro, PA and to her Funeral Mass Monday July 23 at 11:00AM at the Church of St. Andrew, 81 Swamp Rd. Newtown, PA 18940.

Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to to the Church of St. Andrew at the address above or to Abington Memorial Hospital Hospice, 1200 Old York Rd. Abington, PA 19001

Lucy Festa Phillips of New Britain Township died peacefully on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at New Seasons in Chalfont with her devoted family by her side. She was 95.

Born in Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County on July 25,1916, Lucy was the daughter of the late Vincent and Carmella (Sassone) Festa. She married her beloved husband James V. Phillips in1937 at our Lady of Mount Carmel in Southampton. They shared 46 wonderful years of marriage, before he passed away in 1983. Mother of the late James V. Phillips, Jr.; she is also predeceased by her 3 sisters and 3 brothers.

Lucy was a graduate of Lower Moreland High School and the Philadelphia Business School. Lucy worked as a Payroll Manager for many years before retiring from SPS Technologies Inc. in Jenkintown. Lucy was a communicant at St. Jude and previously St. Albert the Great Church in Huntingdon Valley and Maternity BVM in Bustleton. Lucy was excellent at cooking; she enjoyed sewing, crocheting and Swedish Embroidery. Her talents expanded to includeSquare Dancing and gardening where she attended to an amazing Azalea garden lovingly designed by her husband Jim.

She will be long remembered for her loving ways, the twinkle in her eyes and her beautiful smile.

Lucy is survived by her loving children; daughter Andrea Torok and her husband Steven, son Michael T. Phillips and his wife Pauline A. and daughter Luanne Phillips and her husband Robert Wagner and son Mark J. Phillips. She is also survived by her devoted 8 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Monday July 23, from 9:00 am until 10:15 am at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home 241 E. Butler Ave. (Rt. 202 at Sandy Ridge Rd.) New Britain, and to her Funeral Mass 11:00 am at St. Jude Church, 321 W. Butler Ave. Chalfont.

Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham.

Contributions in her memory may be made to KenCrest Centers by mail at Development Office, KenCrest Centers, 502 W. Germantown Pike, Suite 200, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 or online at www.kencrest.org

Daniel Thomas Shay, our beloved father passed away the evening of July 18th after a wonderful life filled with love and compassion for everyone. He will be missed by his children, Margaret Jolly or Mickey as he liked to call her and her husband Robert whom he admired, his devoted son George, who more than surpassed his father’s expectations as a man, a son and a father, and his wife Holly who always kept him amazed. Also his daughter-in-law Jean Shay Hritz, whose bravery he appreciated. He joins his wife Kathryn, his sisters Joanna and Bertha and his son Daniel, whom he has missed greatly. He leaves his legacy with all his wonderful grandchildren and great grandchildren, Robert J. Jolly Jr., his wife Christina and their four children, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Shay, his wife Rachel and their three children, Peter Shay, his wife Eileen and two children, Dr. Travis Shay and his wife Ni and Brandie Raymond and her husband David and their two children.

Our father was a family man; he enjoyed watching his family grow and was proud of all of their accomplishments. There was nothing ordinary about our dad. He was employed at Penn Fruit Company and PA Liquor Control Board before retiring to help take care of his grandchildren.

He proudly served his country during wartime aboard the USS Saratoga and loved to tell his grandchildren and anyone who would listen stories about life on ship.

He was a devout Catholic and a member of St. Bede Church. His religion meant everything to him, his love of life and his belief in our Lord, eases the pain of his absence from our family.

We thank the staff at Attleboro Nursing Home in Langhorne for the exemplary care of our father.

There will be no viewing; we ask that you remember him as you knew him in life.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Mass 10:00am Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 611 Knowles Avenue, Southampton, PA 18966.

Interment will be private at Newtown Cemetery in Newtown.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Wounded Warrior Program, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675.

Weldon Grant Annable III of Yardley lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, July 15, 2012. Grant was 75.

Born in Evanston, Illinois, he was the son of the late Weldon and Julia Annable.

Grant graduated from Purdue University with a BS in Electrical Engineering and won the G.A. Ross Award for Outstanding Senior Male Student in 1959. While there, he was a member of Iron Key, an honorary organization for student leaders, and Purdue’s Navy ROTC. He went on to become an officer in the Civil Engineer Corps in the Navy and then to Harvard Business School where he obtained an MBA in 1965 which paved the way for a long and successful career as an astute businessman.

Grant loved traveling overseas and learning about new places and cultures. His time in business and in the Navy took him to many faraway places such as Vietnam, Russia and Kyrgyzstan. An atlas was rarely far from his grasp.

Grant also had a sense of humor that he was ready to use whenever he could. Friends and family will always remember his love of laughter itself. A quote by Andre Gide tells us: ”One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” We find comfort in the fact that Grant is off on a new adventure but he will be dearly missed.

Left behind to cherish his memory is his loving wife of 18 years, Lucy Annable. Grant is survived by his son David Annable of Denver, CO, daughter Susan Mulcahy and her husband Hugh of London, England, step-daughter Anya Liaschenko and her husband Tim of Philadelphia, brother Ross Annable and his wife Michele of Harrisburg, NC, sister Jean Annable of Portland,OR and Scottie Annable of Centennial, CO, the mother of David and Susan. He was the proud grandfather to Max and Evelyn Mulcahy.

Relatives and friends are invited to call Thursday, July 19 from 10:30am until his Funeral Service 11:30am at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Rd.) Richboro. Interment with military honors will follow at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown. If so desired, contributions in his memory may be made to Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse, 1800 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA 19146.