Timothy C. Boyle Sr., of Holland, died on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. He was 43.

He was the beloved son of William J. Jr. and Helen Buchholz Boyle of Holland.

Born in Philadelphia, Tim lived most of his life in Bucks County. He was a 1986 graduate of Council Rock High School. He was a sales representative for the steel industry for over 10 years.

Tim enjoyed the outdoors and looked forward to boating and skiing and had a keen ear for music.

In addition to his parents he is survived by his devoted son, Timothy C. Boyle, Jr. of Horsham his brother Michael P. Boyle and his wife Elaine of Hatboro and several aunts and uncles.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing Tuesday, April 5, 2011 from 10:00 am until his Funeral Mass 11:00am at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 654 Hatboro Rd, Richboro. Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Richboro.

In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to the Timothy C. Boyle, Jr. Education Fund c/o Abington Bank, Suite A, 420 S. York Rd. Hatboro, PA 19040.

Jean M. Nealon, of Warrington, PA died on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at Wynwood of Montgomery. She was 79.

She was the beloved wife of the late James J. Nealon Sr..

Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Katherine M. Hagen Donnelly and sister of the late Jackie Donnelly.

Jean was a resident of Southampton for 30 years before moving to Warrington and after the loss of her husband on 2000. She was an active and energetic woman who loved working with others and enjoyed her many years working as a telephone operator and was proud to have been of the original Telephone Pioneers.

Always on the go she enjoyed traveling and did so extensively with her husband. Jean was very astute and enjoyed reading. She was aware and attentive to her community and was constantly on top of local and national current events, including her favorite baseball team; the Philadelphia Phillies. Her passion for life and love of her family and friends will always be remembered.

She is survived by her children Eileen Salvia and her husband Stephen of Warrington, PA, James J. Nealon Jr. of Ft. Myers, FL, her 2 brothers James Donnelly and his wife Ethel of Warrington, and Gerald Donnelly of Bensalem, her 3 sisters, Deborah Donnelly of Warrington, Mary Emery and her husband Robert of Warrington, and Claire Ahern of Leisuretowne, NJ. She is also survived by her 4 grandchildren Shawn, Jacquelyn, Cassandra and Jimmy.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Saturday, April 2, 2011 from 9:00 AM until her Funeral Mass 11:00 AM at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church, 1410 Almshouse Road, Jamison, PA 18929. Her interment will be in St. John Neumann Cemetery, Chalfont, PA.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory should be made to Crossroads Hospice, 300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 120, Horsham, PA 19044

James E. Rutkowski of North Hills, PA died peacefully on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at his daughter’s residence surrounded by his family. He was 71.

He was the beloved husband of Catherine A. Fisher Rutkowski for 53 years.

Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Edward and Mary Oleksyn Rutkowski.

Mr. Rutkowski was a resident of North Hills since 1965. Before his retirement in 2005, he was employed at POMCO Graphics for many years as an offset printer and had worked for various graphic companies throughout his life. In his leisure time, he enjoyed boating and salt water fishing but his true passion was for race cars. Using his own race car, he participated in drag racing at both Atco and Maple Grove Raceways. He was a family oriented man who always enjoyed the special times he spent with his children and grandchildren. He will be sadly missed as a loving husband, father and grandfather.

In addition to his beloved wife, he is survived by his four children, Michael E. Rutkowski of Perkasie, Donna L. Clarkson and her husband, Frank, of Warrington, James V. Rutkowski and his wife, Victoria, of Franconia Township, and Edward P. Rutkowski and his wife, Gretchen, of Sterling, VA. He is also survived by his four grandchildren: Paul, Lauren, Alexander and Natalie.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Friday evening, April 1, 2011, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 241 East Butler Avenue (Route 202 at Sandy Ridge Road), New Britain, PA 18901 and to his Funeral Mass on Saturday, April 2, 10:30 AM at Queen of Peace Church, 820 North Hills Ave. Ardsley, PA 19038. Interment will take place at St. John Neumann Cemetery, Chalfont.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Lymphoma Research Foundation, 115 Broadway, Suite 1301, New York, NY 10006.

Mary K. Johnston Cleary -Williams, of Daytona Beach Shores, FL died on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at her home. She was 77.

She was the beloved wife of 11 years to Stanley G. Williams and the late John J. Cleary Jr.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Katherine Brennan Johnston.

Mary was a resident of Trevose for many years before moving to Ponce Inlet Florida in 1986. Mary has been living in Daytona Beach Shores, FL.

A graduate of Little Flower High School, Mary loved the beach, shopping, traveling, dancing and sewing.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughters, Melissa Cleary of CA, Megan Cleary of FL, Katherine Kenny and her husband Martin of Kentucky, Jacqueline Sjostedt and her husband Daniel of Richboro her step daughters, Candace Thompson of TX and Karen Williams of Florida. She is also survived by her 10 dear grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral on Friday April 8, 2011 from 10:00 am until her 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 her memory may be made to Project Athena Foundation, 2033 San Elijo Avenue #310, Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007

Ann G. Checkur of Upper Makefield Township died peacefully on Monday, March 28, 2011, at her home surrounded by her family. She was 71.

She was the beloved wife of the late George Checkur.

Born in Ashley, PA, she was the devoted daughter of the late John P. and Florence M. Cavanaugh Gallagher and sister of the late John Gallagher and the late Joseph Gallagher.

Mrs. Checkur was a resident of Upper Makefield Township for the past 10 years. She formerly lived in Colonia, NJ for 30 years prior to moving to Pennsylvania. Ann graduated from St. Leo’s School in Ashley, PA in 1957 and received her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Misericordia University in Dallas, PA, Class of 1961. For 32 years, she taught kindergarten and first grade in various elementary schools in Woodbridge Township, NJ. In her leisure time, she enjoyed cooking and baking. Family was very important to her and she especially enjoyed the times spent with her two teenage grandsons. She will be sadly missed as a loving mother, nana, sister and friend.

She is survived by her daughter and “son”, Kimberly and Edward Gibbons of Upper Makefield Township, her sister, Jeanne Oliver of Spotswood, NJ, and two loving grandsons, Casey C. Gibbons and Liam G. Gibbons.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewings on Thursday, March 31, 2011, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM and 6:00 to 8:00 PM and on Friday, April 1, 2011, from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, PA 18954 and to her Funeral Mass 11:00 AM at the Church of Saint Andrew, 81 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA 18940. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children, 3551 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140.

Marie L. Dolge, of Doylestown, died peacefully on Monday, March 28, 2011, at Greenleaf Nursing Home, Doylestown. She was 75.

Born in Philadelphia she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Catherine Gallagher Dompert, and sister of the late Florence Valvo and William Dompert.

Marie was a graduate of Frankford High School, class of 1953. She was a woman of many talents; she enjoyed painting with water colors, watching classic movies and was a wiz at board games. Her family was first and foremost in her life and she especially enjoyed following the pursuits of her grandchildren.

Marie was a long-time resident of Warrington before moving to Doylestown in 2007.

She is survived by her devoted children; Michael F. Dolge and his wife Sharon, Jaime Thomas and her husband Daniel and David S. Dolge her one sister Elmira Pasquini, and her 6 grandchildren: Michelle Dolge Hartman, Ryan Thomas, Alexandra Dolge, Chelsea Dolge, Erik Thomas and Bailey Dolge.

Marie’s family will receive condolences on Friday April 1, 2011 from 9:30 AM until her Funeral Mass 10:30 AM, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church 235 E. State St. Doylestown. Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem, PA.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory maybe made to the American Lung Association, 527 Plymouth Road, Suite 403, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.

Donald S. Pettit, Jr. of Mountain Top, PA, died on Sunday, March 27, 2011, at St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown, PA, after a more than three month struggle with post-surgical hospitalization complications. He is mourned by his family and many friends around the world and in the local area. His family and close friends were in attendance.
Donald S. Pettit, Jr. or ‘Pete’ , to many of his friends and associates, was born on May 6, 1929 at Nuangola Station in Mountain Top, PA. He was a 1943 graduate of Stivers Grade School, a one-room school house in Rice Township, and a 1947 graduate of Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre, PA where he is remembered as an athlete, having garnered 3 letters.
Mr. Pettit had a full and varied life that included semi — professional and professional baseball, serving over 26 years in the United States Air Force through 2 wars, followed by several years as a civil servant at the Tobyhanna Army Depot until 1994 and a long-awaited retirement in his boyhood hometown, where he became known as a Master Swimmer at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA. He was a familiar friendly presence to friends and employees at the Hazleton and Laurel Malls and various businesses in the area.
His baseball career included a stint with the American Legion, managed by Mickey Haslin. He signed a contract with the Boston Braves in 1947 and tried out with the Wilkes-Barre Barons in 1948. Pete was on the St. Dominic’s, Parsons, team that won the valley championship in 1948 and tried out for the Philadelphia Phillies with Cy Morgan and Joe Gallagher in the spring of 1949. He played in the Anthracite League, notably with the Conyngham Rubes, winning the championship with them in 1950, batting 406. As catcher and pitcher, he also played minor league ball with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in the spring of 1950, along with Roy Campanella. (Pete always said the major leagues were over for him as soon as he saw Roy). In the baseball off-season he also worked as a lumberjack, poultry man and farmhand before he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1950.
In 1976, Chief Master Sergeant Pete Pettit retired with an Honorable Discharge from the US Air Force as the most decorated Non-commissioned Officer, with 63 medals and honors. He started as an armorer on B-26 aircraft and was asked to volunteer and became a gunner on the Douglas B-26, in which capacity he served 5 tours in the Korean War, 5th Air Force. Pete served in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cuban Missile crisis, flew 7 tours on the B-52 through the Vietnam Conflict, participating in ARC Light, both flying and operations, in Operations Linebacker I and II, and overseas service in Korea, Japan, Puerto Rico, Guam and Thailand. He flew on the B-26, the B-29, the RB-29, RB-50 and the B-52.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal, the Air Medal with 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, an Air Force Commendation Medal, a Presidential Unit Citation Medal with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, an Air Force Outstanding Unit Citation (V with Silver Oak Leaf Clusters), among many others.
Pete was a member of the Mountain Top Historical Society and the YMCA. He worshipped at St Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, of which he was a member all his life. He enjoyed walking 3 miles a day, typically around his home or in the local Mall, often wearing his Green Bay Packers hat, and was known for swimming a mile a day for years at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA. He also enjoyed dining out and meeting his friends in the area restaurants.
Mr. Pettit was the son of the late Donald S. Sr. and Mary Foley Pettit, and the beloved husband of 49 years to the late Yoshiko Pettit, whom he met and married in Japan. He is survived by his devoted children and their spouses; Linda M. Pettit of Burke, VA , Donald S. Pettit III and Victoria Pettit, of Lansdale, PA, and Robin M. and Linda O. Pettit of Warminster, PA. He is also survived by four loving grandchildren, Ross, Megan, Catherine, and Brandon, and two of his brothers and their wives, Ivan E. and Sylvia Pettit, and Thomas G. and Mary-Jean Pettit. He was recently preceded in death by his brother Edward L. Pettit.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Memorial Service:
Pete’s ashes will be laid to rest on Saturday, May 14, following a memorial service at 10:00 am at the Memorial Garden at St Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, 3085 Church Road, Mountain Top, PA, at the corner of Church Road and Nuangola Road.

Ruth June Montgomery Goodison, of Richboro, died on Saturday, March 26, 2011, at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne. She was 91.

She was the beloved wife of 55 years to late Lawrence W. Goodison, who died in 1996. Born in Brooklyn NY, she was the daughter of the late Robert J. and Agnes Wilson Montgomery.

Ruth has been a resident of Richboro for the past 17 years and been under the loving care of her daughter Lauren during all of her peaks and valleys. A woman of many talents, during her high school years she participated on the swim team and was a class mate of Ester Williams. Ruth worked for Kollsman Instrument Company in New York during the war, after working there for several years, she went and got her Certified Nurse Assistant degree from Central General Hospital in Plainview, NY., Ruth loved caring for people and was good at what she did.

Ruth was very well read and she was an accomplished artist who enjoyed working with oils. She also had a flare for designing hats and had worked in the fashion industry. A devoted mother and grandmother she will be deeply missed by all who came to know and love her.

She is survived by her devoted children; Gail L. Hall and her husband Ken of Bluffton SC, Michael L. Goodison and his wife Mary of Poway CA, Lauren L. Barbieri and her husband Joseph of Richboro and Corrine L. Chase and Harry Benanti of West Bay Shore NY,. She will be deeply missed by her loving 7 grandchildren, Christina Johnson, Nicole Klein, John Goodison, Frank, Joseph, Christopher and Alyssa Barbieri and her 6 great grandchildren; Krystin, Kayla, Kyleigh, Brianna, Brian and Micah and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services and Interment will be privately held.

Contributions in her memory may be made to the ALS Hope Foundation, P O Box 4077, Phila., PA 19107.

Russell B. Darling, Jr. of Holland went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 26, 2011.

Russell was the beloved husband of 59 years to Thelma “Jane” Hogeland Darling.

Born in Philadelphia on May 17, 1924, he was the son of the late Russell B., Sr. and Leona Fehrle Darling.

Russell was a former resident of Fox Chase before moving to Holland in 1954. He was a veteran of the US Navy, serving from 1943 until 1946. He participated in the landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and later served in the Pacific Theater, both in the Philippines and Japan. Upon returning from the service, he attended and graduated from Penn State University in 1950. He was a brother in the AGR Fraternity and served as Noble Ruler during his senior year.

After his graduation, he worked in the dairy industry. He owned and operated Keystone Dairy in Bristol. Russell later worked for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Department of Transportation as a Budget Analyst until his retirement. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Bristol and The Gideon’s International and was a Trustee of the historic Old School Baptist Church in Southampton.

After his retirement, Russell enjoyed gardening, reading, painting and having time to visit with his family and friends. He was an active member of The Church of the Good Samaritans in Holland.

Russell was preceded in death by his son, Frank A. Darling in 1993. Russell is survived by his son, Russell B. Darling, III and his wife Susan of Holland, his daughter Christine D. Maven and her husband John of Perkasie, his daughter-in-law Judith L. Becker-Darling of Georgia. He is also survived by his two grandchildren, William R. Maven and Morgan G. Maven.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Memorial Service at 11:00 am on Saturday April 2, 2011at the Church of the Good Samaritans, 964 Holland Rd. Holland, PA 18966, where the family will receive condolences and have fellowship immediately after the service.

Interment for Russell will be held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Church of the Good Samaritans at the above named address.

Beulah Banks Newell, “Bea” of Holland, died peacefully on Friday, March 25, 2011, at Chandler Hall Hospice with her family at her side.

She was the beloved wife of 44 years to late John F. Newell. Born in Maryland, she was the daughter of Roland and Frances Ward Banks.

“Bea” as she was known to family and friends was a graduate of Rockville High School. She also attended Business School where she studied Fashion Merchandise. Bea worked as a merchandise manager for Woodward and Lothrop in Washington, DC. Before moving to Bucks County, she worked as a realtor in Morristown, NJ.

Bea was a faithful communicant of the Church of St. Andrew in Newtown. An active woman, she loved gardening, bridge, animals and golf, but what she really enjoyed was shopping. Her beloved family came first and foremost. No one could have wished for a more devoted wife, loving mother and grandmother. Her beautiful smile and gentle way will be sadly missed by all who came to know and love her.

She is survived by her caring children and their spouses: Kathleen Newell and her husband Richard Marshall, Karen Brindley and her husband Sam, Sharon Fawcett and her husband Carl, Timothy Newell and his wife Marie and Frances L.” Cindy” Newell and her partner Kate. She is also survived by her 9 cherished grandchildren and 1 great grandson.

Bea’s family will receive condolences on Saturday April 2, 2011 from 9:45am until her Funeral Mass 11:00am at the Olde Church of St. Andrew 135 Sycamore St. Newtown. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Chandler Hall Hospice, 99 Barclay St., Newtown PA 18940.