Joan Palicki Veronikowski, of Richboro, PA and formerly of Philadelphia, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Golden Living of Doylestown.

She was the beloved wife of the late John J. Guinto and John Veronikowski.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Maryann Laskuski Palicki.

Mrs. Veronikowski retired from Merck Sharp & Dohme after 47 years of service. Since her retirement she has enjoyed traveling with her friends and family and creating cherished memories with her grandchildren and great grandson. Joan will always be remembered as a great friend and mom and as a wonderful grandmother and great grandmother.

Joan is survived by her loving daughter Joan Lanzetta and her husband Bruce (Ernie) of Richboro, her 3 grandchildren Michelle J. Tunkara (Alhaji S.), Anthony J. and Rose Lanzetta, and her great grandson Jonathan S. Tunkara. She is also survived by her sister-in-law Jean Palicki and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Friday, May 6, 2011, from 8:30am until 10:15AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Rd. (at Holland Rd.), Richboro, PA 18954 and to her Funeral Mass 11:00AM at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 654 Hatboro Road, Richboro, PA 18954. Interment will follow at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Philadelphia.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Lupus Foundation, 500 Old York Rd., Suite 110, Jenkintown, PA 19046.

Marie A. Ostrowski Hampton, of Holland, PA and formerly of Warminster, Hulmeville and Bristol, passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2011, at St. Mary Medical Center. She was 82.

She was the beloved wife of Elmer C. Hampton for 62 Years.

Born in Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Helen Closkey Ostrowski, sister of the late Edward and Frank Ostrowski, Helen Coburn, Katherine Dixon, Teresa Sloskey, and grandmother of the late Douglas and Lisa Borenstein.

Mrs. Hampton enjoyed reading, trips to Atlantic City, Tai Chi and most of all spending quality times with her dear friends and family. She was passionate about her family and friends and her gift to all was her deep spirituality.

In addition to her beloved husband Elmer, she is survived by her five loving children; Frank Hampton and his wife, Eileen, of Cranbury, NJ, Virginia Borenstein and her husband, Richard, of Yorktown, VA, Joanne Carpenter and her husband, Charles, of Chalfont, PA, Thomas Hampton and his wife, Rosemary, of Doylestown, PA, and Nancie Miller and her husband, John, of Chalfont, PA. She is also survived by her brother, Thomas Ostrowski and her 8 grandchildren Jaclyn Colfer (Joseph), Michael Hampton (Kimberly), Diane Hampton, Jeffrey Borenstein (Sarah), Gregory Borenstein, Charles Carpenter (Kristen), Christine Wichner (Joseph), and Rebecca Carpenter and her 5 great grandchildren Luke, Benjamin, Lillian, Adeline, and Justin.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing this evening, May 1, 2011, from 6:00 — 8:00 pm at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Rd. (at Holland Rd.), Richboro, PA 18954 and on Monday, May 2, 2011, at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 654 Hatboro Road, Richboro, PA 18954 from 10:00 am until her Concelebrated Funeral Mass at 11:00am. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to advance research of JMML, an extremely rare form of Leukemia to: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Oncology Department, 34th St. and Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Thien Van Le of Philadelphia, PA passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA.

Born August 8, 1928 at Can Duoc District, Tay Ninh Province, South Viet Nam. He was a native of VietNam with a lifelong military career. He was a decorated officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Viet Nam). In 30 years, he rised from rank junior lieutenant to Colonel of the Army.

He and his wife had been stationed all over the country of South Vietnam. From the hostile north border to the highland, down to the southernmost of the country, he proved a talented fighter, effective leader which earned him many medals including Purple Heart, Bronze Star and the equivalent Valor Medal.

After the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the Vietnamese communist took over the country, he spent next 12 years in the concentration camp. He was in many hard labor concentration camps in the northernmost of country to the central of Vietnam. These days had lot of effects on his health in later life.
After released from the labor camp, he and his wife reunified their children in the United States in 1991. They settled in Philadelphia since then.

Survived is his wife of 63 years, Mrs. Vo thi Dau and 8 children. Son, Tam Van Le, his wife Nguyen Bich Phuong and children; Daughter: KimPhung Le and her children; Son; Tai Van Le, his wife Nguyen thi Yen and son; Daughter; CamVan Le, her husband Le Thanh Dau and children; Daughter: ThuVan Le, her husband Nguyen Hun Dinh and children; Daughter; ThienHuong Le, her husband Le Dien and children, Son; Tuan Van Le, his wife Truong Diane and son; and daughter ThuThuy Le, her husband Vo Nhu Hung and daughter.

CEREMONY SCHEDULE

9:00 AM PRIVATE FAMILY VIEWING

9:30 AM PRAYER SERVICE: VIETNAMESE
LANGUAGE
FOLLOWED BY PRAYER BY BUDDHIST
PAGODA
10:15 AM DVD HISTORY OF MR. THEIN V. LE

10:30 AM VIEWING

11:30 AM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY FAMILY

Gertrude L. “Gert” Fody died on April 22, 2011, at Neshaminy Manor in Warrington, PA. She was ninety-three years of age.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 20, 1917, the daughter of George E. and Margaret Curtis Johnston. Gert was a former resident of New York, before moving to Doylestown in 2007 to live with her late step-son Theodore J. Fody, who died on July 5, 2010.
Gert was a gregarious and vivacious person who loved life and the people around her. In 1960 a love story began, Gert was working as a bank teller and as fate would have it, Steve Fody, a widower, who owned a restaurant around the corner, made certain that he dropped his deposits off at Gert’s window. They soon fell in love and were married on August 20th, 1960. They made their home in New Hyde Park, New York, where they were stalwart parishioners at Notre Dame Church. Their other interests include the Knights of Columbus, where Gert was a member of the auxiliary. She loved to travel throughout Europe and North America.
After the death of Steve on June 22, 1986, Gert continued her membership in the Golden Age group of the Knights and a second Golden Age group at Notre Dame Church. Gert was undoubtedly one of the most proficient practitioners of the “Chicken Dance”, which she performed primarily at wedding receptions, to the delight of those present. One of her favorite hobbies was to solve jigsaw puzzles; one was always in progress in her living room. Another was the collection of Hummel’s with a mantel piece teeming with the little statuettes.
Although when Gert married Steve who had two sons, she was far from the usual perception of a step-mother. She was welcomed and accepted as an integral part of the Fody family. She became mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She leaves a step-son, Edward, his wife, Ann, ten grandchildren and twenty-two great grandchildren.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Mass 11:00AM on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 235 E. State St. Doylestown, PA 18901. Interment will follow at St. John Neumann Cemetery, Chalfont.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Neshaminy Manor, attn: Resident Welfare Fund, 1660 Easton Rd., Warrington, PA 18976.

John J. Walsh, of Newtown, PA, died on April 21, 2011.

John was the beloved husband of JoAnn (nee Collins). He was the devoted father of Julia Walsh DeOrzio (Ronald), Tara M. Walsh, and Sean C. Walsh and the dear brother of Marie Bagnell, Hugh Walsh Jr. (Patricia), and Monica O’Dowd.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, PA 18954 and Wednesday at Church of St. Andrew, 81 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA 18940 from 10:00 AM until his Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM.

Interment Newtown Cemetery, Newtown.

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

Bruna A. Pietrangelo, a longtime resident of Warrington, formerly of the Nicetown section of Philadelphia, was called to heaven on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Doylestown Hospital. She was 101.

She was the beloved wife of the late Peter Pietrangelo.

Born on June 4, 1909 in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Bertrando and Carmela Balzano Spada, and sister of the late Alfred, Peter and Albert Spada and Philomena Brinkos.

She is survived by her son, Robert Pietrangelo and his wife Deborah of West Palm Beach, FL, her daughter, Joanne Tevere and her husband Anthony of Warrington, PA, and her son, Peter Pietrangelo of Warrington, PA. She was loved and adored by her 11 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewings on Monday, evening, April 25, 2011, from 6:00 — 8:00 pm at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 241 East Butler Ave. (Route 202 & Sandy Ridge Rd), New Britain, PA 18901 and Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at St. Robert Bellarmine Church, Euclid Avenue and Carriage Way, Warrington, PA 18976 from 10:00 am until her Funeral Mass at 11:00am. Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to her favorite charity; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Charles E. “Chuck” Barrett Jr., of Perkasie, PA died on Monday, April 18, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 62.

He was the beloved husband of 10 years to Melissa Wentz Barrett.

Born in Doylestown, PA, he was the son of the late C. Edward and Florence Thompson Barrett.

Chuck has been a life long resident of Bucks County. He grew up in Doylestown and graduated from Central Bucks High School and Delaware Valley College and the University of Virginia where he received his Masters of Business Administration.

Chuck has had a long and distinguished career spanning over 39 years in the banking industry. A career which began as an Assistant Vice President, Bank Manager to currently, Vice President , Municipal Banking for TD Bank.

He was a hard working and keen businessman, who gave back to his community. He proudly served as an adjunct faculty member at Delaware Valley College and Bucks County Community College, where he taught undergraduate Business Management courses for many years. He was proudly serving on; the Bucks County Community College Foundation Board, and Bucks 4 Kids, NFP, in addition to having served as a Past Board Member of the Bucks County Economic Development Corporation and Private Industry Council. He will always be remembered for the dedication he gave to his community through the boards and associations he served and the accomplishments they achieved.

Chuck had a quick wit and a great sense of humor and loved to golf. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, especially on his annual trips to Hilton Head Island, SC. His positive attitude and devotion to his family and friends will be deeply missed.

In addition to his loving wife he is survived by his children Conor, Katharine, Chase, Ryan Barrett and his wife Leia of Plumstead, Melissa Rosenberg and her husband Steven of Chatham, NJ, his four grandchildren Ava and Alex Rosenberg and Thomas and Patrick Barrett. He is also survived by his former wife Marjorie Barrett of Doylestown, PA.

His family will receive relatives and friends on Saturday, April 23, 2011 from 9:00 am until his Funeral Service 11:00 am at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 241 East Butler Ave. (Route 202 & Sandy Ridge Rd.) New Britain, PA 18901. His interment will be held privately.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Melanoma Research Foundation, 1411 K Street, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005.

Wilbur B. Lawson, of Richboro, PA, died on April 17, 2011.

Wilbur was the beloved husband of Lucy (nee Jannett), devoted father of Janet Pietrak (Skip), and Judy Blaney (Joe). He is also survived by 4 grandchildren, Keith Pietrak (Patty), Kim Decher (Mike), Joseph and Christopher Blaney; 4 great grandchildren, Connor, Austin, Keegan Pietrak and Coulton Decher and numerous nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Tuesday at 9:30AM and Funeral Service at 10:30AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Rd., Richboro, PA 18954. Int. Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, PA.

Contributions in his memory may be made to Holy Redeemer Hospice, Development Department, 12265 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154.

John D. Pizzi Jr. of Langhorne, died Saturday, April 16, 2011 on his 86th birthday.

He was the beloved husband of Nancy T. Santicerma Pizzi.

Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late John D. Pizzi Sr. and Maria Domenica Renzi Pizzi.

Mr. Pizzi was a proud Army Veteran who served in the Pacific during World War II. He has been a resident of Langhorne for 26 Years. In 1953 he and his wife founded John’s Market in South Philadelphia. In 1978 he opened Family Food Markets, New Falls Road Levittown. He retired in 1984.

John was an avid collector of world coins and a Presidential history buff.

John was a faithful communicant of St. Bede the Venerable Church in Holland, and held a Special devotion to Blessed Pope John Paul II. He will be sadly missed by everyone who has come to know and love him and by everyone whom he made laugh with his many different jokes.

In addition to his beloved wife, John is survived by his 2 children Angelina M. Verna and her husband Tony of Langhorne, PA, and John D. Pizzi III and his wife Doreen of Philadelphia, PA, his 2 sisters Rita Argondizza and Mae Veneziale. He is also survived by his 4 loving grandchildren Anthony M. Verna, III, Nicole Snyder (James), Deanna, and Michael Pizzi.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Wednesday April 20, 2011, from 9:00 am until his Funeral Mass 11:00 am at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 654 Hatboro Rd. Richboro, PA 18954. Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem.

In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to St. Bede the Venerable Building Fund 1071 Holland Rd. Holland, PA 18966, or to St. Mary Medical Center Foundation 1717 Langhorne-Newtown Rd. Langhorne, PA 19047.

Carmine A. Prato of Holland, PA died on Friday, April 15, 2011, at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne. He was 70.

He was the beloved husband of Joyce M. Danks Prato for 47 years.

Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Baptist and Concetta Cafagna Prato.

Mr. Prato was a resident of Holland for the past 37 years. He graduated from Frankford High School in Philadelphia, Class of 1958. He served in the U.S. Army reserves from 1962 to 1968. For over 50 years, Carmine was a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union, Local 19 in Philadelphia. He was a member of the union’s retirees club. In his leisure time, he enjoyed dabbling in the stock market and discussing finances. Being family oriented, he especially enjoyed the times spent with his children and grandchildren. He will be sadly missed as a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his three children, Robert E. Prato and his wife, Wendy, of Richboro, Michael A. Prato and his wife, Theresa Casey, of Philadelphia, Lynne C. Prato and her husband, Scott Dwyer, of Furlong, and three sisters, Mary Grace Prato of Sarasota, FL, Roseanne Lupo of Warrington, and Elizabeth Finnegan of Southampton. He is also survived by his three loving grandchildren, Anthony, Maria, and Christina Prato and his mother-in-law, Ida Danks of Holland.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, from 8:30 AM to 10:15 AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road) Richboro, PA 18954 and to his Funeral Mass 11:00 AM at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 654 Hatboro Road, Richboro. Interment will take place at Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem, PA.

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