obituaries
Norman Baker, HIV/AIDS activist, 58
Norman Baker, a longtime HIV / AIDS activist who volunteered for several local HIV / AIDS organizations, died Jan. 6 at age 58. Baker was a former resident of Coatesville, and had been living ...
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Gemencina Reed, founding Attic board member, 79
Gemencina Reed, one of The Attic Youth Center’s earliest supporters, died Jan. 9 of organ failure. She was 79. Reed, an LGBT ally, was one of the founding board members of the LGBT youth agenc...
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STERLING GOODE (LEFT) AND PARTNER RICHARD DIXON Sterling Goode, Attic board member, 55
Sterling Goode, a longtime board member of The Attic Youth Center, died Dec. 21 of pancreatic cancer. He was 55. Goode served as secretary of the board at the LGBT youth organization since 2006 ...
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Obituary: Bob "Brownie" Brown, 66
Longtime Venture Inn employee Bob Brown, known to friends and family as Brownie, died Jan. 3 of heart disease. He was 66. Brown, a native of Philadelphia, was a waiter at Venture Inn for 37 years....
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LUIS VARELA Obituary: Luis Varela, 44
Luis Varela, a former Philadelphian and computer programmer, died suddenly last month at age 44. Varela, who lived in Center City from 2001 until last year, died Nov. 6 of a ruptured esophagus. He...
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RICHARD O CONNOR Rick O'Connor, 55, innkeeper
Richard O’Connor, the owner of a popular Rehoboth Beach bed and breakfast, died last month of liver failure. He was 55. O’Connor was a native of Montgomery County, born July 9, 1954, in Darby. He ...
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Bruce Flannery, AIDS activist, 54
by Jen Colletta
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Bruce Flannery, a local activist who headed a statewide AIDS agency for more than a decade, died suddenly Aug. 14 from complications of open-heart surgery. He was 54. Flannery, a Long Island, N.Y....
George Waters, engineer, 81
by Jen Colletta
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George Waters, a former Philadelphian and longtime employee at Radio Corporation of America, died Aug. 9 of pneumonia. He was 81. Waters had been living in Wilton Manors, Fla., for the past severa...
Rosalie Davies, 70, lesbian activist
by Jen Colletta
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Rosalie Davies, an attorney who spent decades fighting for the rights of lesbian mothers, died July 14 at Roxborough Memorial Hospital after suffering a massive stroke. She was 70. Davies was born...
Michael Lyons, 66, social worker
by Jen Colletta
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Michael Lyons, a longtime city worker and former civil-rights activist, died June 24 after a long battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 66. Lyons, a native of Rochester, N.Y., was born Ma...
Paul J. Scaer, 63, librarian
by Timothy Cwiek
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Paul J. Scaer, an openly gay librarian, educator and musician, died on June 16 after a battle with cancer. He was 63, and lived in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. Scaer grew up in Van Wert...
David Hellmann, 60, church volunteer
by Jen Colletta
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David Hellmann, a longtime supporter of St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, died June 15. He was 60. Hellman attended Upper Moreland High School, where he graduated in 1966, and earned his bachelor’...
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