Frank Mazzara | Copy editor, 84
Frank Mazzara, 84, a retired copy editor for The Inquirer, died Monday at his home in Northeast Philadelphia of complications following a stroke.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Winifred Ann Jarvis | Executive secretary, 83
Winifred Ann Jarvis, 83, of Clifton Heights, a retired executive secretary, died of aspiration pneumonia Saturday at Bryn Mawr Hospital.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Marie P. Bauers | Foundation volunteer, 79
Marie P. Sklaris Bauers, 79, of Hilltown, a former tutor at Abington High School and former president of the volunteer association of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, died of pulmonary fibrosis Monday at Doylestown Hospital.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

James E. Kilpatrick Sr. | Plumbing contractor, 82
James E. Kilpatrick Sr., 82, former owner of a plumbing and heating company, died of lung cancer Sunday at his home in Media. Born in South Philadelphia, Mr. Kilpatrick attended Overbrook High School and worked briefly at General Electric Inc. in Philadelphia before serving overseas with the Marine Corps. He was stationed in the South Pacific during World War II and was discharged in 1945.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Warren A. Hunter | Lumberyard owner, 78
Warren A. Hunter, 78, of Newtown Square, a former owner of a home supply company who once served as township auditor, died of cancer Saturday at NewSeasons at Devon, an assisted-living community.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

William B. Sparks, 45, lawyer and activist
William Broadhurst Sparks, a lawyer and behind-the-scenes activist in the Gloucester County Republican Party for nearly 20 years, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was 45.
( By Kaitlin Gurney, Inquirer Suburban Staff, 10/29/2002 03:01 AM EST)

M.R. Shaull, 82, professor, missionary
The Rev. M. Richard Shaull, 82, a retired professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and a Presbyterian missionary, died of cancer Friday at his home in Ardmore.
( By Sally A. Downey, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/29/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Nathaniel G. Berk | Physician, 92
Nathaniel G. Berk, 92, former chairman of the department of medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center, died Saturday of pneumonia at JFK Hospital in Atlantis, Fla.
( 10/29/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Loretta Veigel Bub | Retired Temple worker, 95
Loretta Veigel Bub, 95, a retired administrative assistant at Temple University and talented gardener, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Friday at Spring House Estates, a retirement community in Fort Washington.
( 10/29/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Betty Jane Risell | Volunteer EMS founder, 61
Betty Jane Wentz Risell, 61, of Skippack, a homemaker and a founder of Skippack Emergency Medical Services, died of complications from multiple sclerosis Saturday at home.
( 10/29/2002 03:01 AM EST)

John A. Vanderslice | Police officer, 69
John A. Vanderslice, 69, a retired Philadelphia police officer, died Friday at his home in Northeast Philadelphia of complications following a stroke.
( 10/29/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Rev. Lafayette F. Gooding Jr., pastor of Germantown church
The Rev. Lafayette F. Gooding Jr., whose second career as a minister saw him speak out on issues of social justice, died last week of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
( By Kristen A. Graham, Inquirer Suburban Staff, 10/28/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Philip Brett | Musicologist, 64
Philip Brett, 64, a University of California, Los Angeles, musicologist who shook the foundations of his discipline by advocating the importance of gender and sexuality in the study of music, died of cancer Oct. 16 at his home in Los Angeles.
( 10/28/2002 08:48 AM EST)

Jacques Massu | Gaullist general, 94
Gen. Jacques Massu, 94, a staunch supporter of Gen. Charles de Gaulle and a key figure in the French war in Algeria, died Saturday at his home in Conflans-sur-Loing, just south of Paris.
( 10/28/2002 08:47 AM EST)

James J. O'Malley | Chief financial officer, 51
James J. O'Malley, 51, chief financial officer for Philadelphia medical firms, died Friday in an automobile accident in Hammonton, N.J.
( 10/28/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Louis L. Pytlewski | Retired professor, 70
Louis L. Pytlewski, 70, of the Torresdale section of Philadelphia, a retired chemistry professor at Drexel University, died of a heart attack Thursday.
( 10/28/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Richard Harris, 72, beloved Irish actor
Richard Harris, 72, the irascible, craggy-faced, Irish-born actor perhaps best known as King Arthur in the 1967 film musical Camelot and more recently as the wise old wizard headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the two "Harry Potter" films, died Friday in a London hospital.
( By Robert W. Welkos and Susan King, Los Angeles Times, 10/27/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Msgr. Daniel J. Norton; served as priest in Brazil
Msgr. Daniel James Norton, 63, formerly of Wildwood, a missionary who spent nearly 30 years as a parish priest in Brazil, died of heart failure Tuesday at a hospital in Goiania, Brazil.
( By Kristin E. Holmes, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/27/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Rudolph A. Biborosch, 91, retired bank vice president
Rudolph A. Biborosch, 91, a retired executive vice president of First Pennsylvania Bank and creator of a scoring system for loan counselors, died of pneumonia Monday at White Horse Village, a retirement community in Edgmont.
( By Sally A. Downey, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/27/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Walter M. Aikman | Venture capitalist, 74
Walter M. Aikman, 74, who founded his own Philadelphia investment firm, died Monday of heart failure at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
( 10/27/2002 03:01 AM EST)

John F. Forline | Auditor, 53
John F. Forline, 53, a Welfare Department auditor who loved children and baseball, died Tuesday of a heart attack at his home in South Philadelphia.
( 10/26/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Richard Harris, Irish film actor
Irish actor Richard Harris, the roistering star of screen gems such as A Man Called Horse and This Sporting Life and, later, wise old Professor Dumbledore in two Harry Potter movies, died yesterday at a London hospital. He was 72.
( By Sue Leeman, Associated Press, 10/26/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Harry Hay, pioneering activist for gay rights
Harry Hay, a pioneering activist in the gay-rights movement, died Thursday, according to family members who said he had suffered from lung cancer. He was 90.
( By Angela Watercutter, Associated Press, 10/26/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Wearn and Margaret Heinz, life partners
Wearn D. and Margaret G. Heinz, both 85, partners in a landmark Juniata Park tavern as well as a marriage that lasted 60 years, died within hours of each other Tuesday.
( By Rusty Pray, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/26/2002 02:01 AM EST)

William H. Hewitt | Product manager, 73
William H. Hewitt, 73, who worked for many years in the pharmaceutical industry, died Wednesday of lung cancer at his home in Malvern.
( 10/26/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Nathan Lane Jr. | Engineer, 92
Nathan Lane Jr., 92, a retired engineer, died Wednesday of leukemia at Waverly Heights, a retirement home in Gladwyne. Before moving to Waverly Heights in 1998, he had been a longtime resident of Bala Cynwyd.
( 10/26/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Ann Baldwin Luckman | Teacher, secretary, 76
Ann Baldwin Luckman, 76, of Abington, a retired physical-education teacher and corporate secretary for an equipment-manufacturing company, died of ovarian cancer Tuesday at Abington Memorial Hospital.
( 10/26/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Ralph Franklin Moss Jr. | Builder, developer, 82
Ralph Franklin Moss Jr., 82, formerly of Devon, onetime owner of J. Franklin Moss Inc. builders in Bala Cynwyd, died of complications from a stroke Wednesday at his brother-in-law's home in Wayne.
( 10/26/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Raymond Drozdowski, 69, Superior Court judge
Raymond Drozdowski, 69, a state Superior Court judge in Camden County, died Tuesday of a cardiac arrest at his home in Cherry Hill.
( By Nora Koch, Inquirer Suburban Staff, 10/25/2002 02:01 AM EST)

John A. Drew Jr. | Dentist, 87
John A. Drew Jr., 87, who practiced dentistry in the Germantown section of Philadelphia for 40 years, died Sunday of a cerebral hemorrhage at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
( 10/25/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Adolph Green, writer, lyricist
Every day - or so they swore - Betty Comden and Adolph Green met and worked, whether writing a new Broadway show or revising one of their many classics. However, the promise of another show, another song, ended with Mr. Green's death on Wednesday at age 87.
( By David Patrick Stearns, Inquirer Music Critic, 10/25/2002 02:01 AM EST)

Thomas J. Johnson | Retired pressman, 82
Thomas J. Johnson, 82, of Springfield, Delaware County, a retired pressman who survived a ship sinking during World War II, died of cardiopulmonary arrest Sunday at Integrated Health Services in Broomall.
( 10/25/2002 02:01 AM EST)