All Obituaries

     Emily M. Wills of Delran, age 100 years, passed away June 19th,2022.      A native of Quakertown, PA and resident of Delran since 1943. She was a longtime resident of the Wills family compound, a group of homes back in the day that were behind the Wills Produce stand. She was one of the few remaining residents. She was an accomplished artist and later in life put artwork on rocks and stones. Emily was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Delran and the...

     William Miles Emmons passed away Wednesday June 15, 2022, peacefully at his home. He was 93. He was born on April 7, 1929, the only son of the late Merritt and Amy Harker Emmons. Bill was predeceased less than a year ago by his beloved wife of 70 years, Kathleen Nixon Emmons.      Born and raised on a farm in Pemberton Township in 1929, he attended Pemberton Borough schools from pre-first through high school. He graduated from Pemberton High School in...

     Arline D. Cancellieri (nee Mollineaux) of Riverside, N.J. passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2022.      Daughter of the late Kathryn and James Mollineaux, Arline was a lifelong resident of Riverside. She attended Riverside High School where she graduated as Salutatorian in 1946 after serving as both a class officer and head cheerleader. She attended Episcopal Hospital School of Nursing in Philadelphia, PA, graduating as an RN in 1949. She worked in area...

     Hannah Broomell Wilson, 100, of Medford Leas NJ died peacefully at her home on May 28, 2022. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Germantown PA, Hannah attended Green Street and Germantown Friends Schools there, and the George School in Newtown PA. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1944 with a major in Biology. She worked in biological labs at Woods Hole on Cape Cod, and the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia.      In June 1948 she married Robert E....

     Lillian C. Davis, of Pemberton Township, passed away Friday morning at St. Mary’s Nursing Center, Leonardtown, MD. She was 87.      Born in Washington D.C., Lillian married her late husband James E. Davis, Jr, in 1961 and 11 years later moved to Browns Mills, NJ, in 1972.      She graciously devoted approximately 20 years of her life to the U.S. Army as a Civil Servant working as a Budget Analyst until she retired in Jan 1995....

     Helen Holliday, 81 of Browns Mills, affectionately known as "Nana" by family, peacefully departed this life on Monday, May 23, 2022.      Born in Bartow, Washington County GA, Helen was predeceased by her husband, Paul D. Holliday; her parents, Hezekiah and Annie Bessie Francis, sisters, Cherry Lee Francis and Willa Mae (Sis) Christie, brothers, Willie Francis, Hezekiah "Hezie" Francis, Ulysses Francis and Thomas Francis.    ...

     Constance H. Wills, age 92 years, of Eastampton, passed away April 24, 2022 at Spring Hills, Cherry Hill.      She was a lifelong resident of Chatsworth and member of the Chatsworth Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for many years. Connie was a former cafeteria worker for the Chatsworth Public School. She also was a former member of the PTA and Chatsworth Historical Society.      Wife of the late Norman E. Wills Sr. She is...

     Elizabeth D. Knowlton, age 95 years, of Woodstock Alabama formerly of Presidential Lakes, Browns Mills. She was a native of Philadelphia and member of St. Ann's Church and the Altar & Rosary Society.      Wife of the late William Knowlton and beloved mother of Elizabeth A. Widner (Beth), dear grandmother of Erin Meaney & her husband Corey and great grandmother of Luke.      There will be a viewing and visitation 6:00 to 8:00 PM...

     Thelma Day, age 92 years, of Browns Mills, NJ, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022.  Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at Lankenau Funeral Home in Pemberton, NJ.  A Christian Mass will then be celebrated at Grace Episcopal Church in Pemberton, NJ. at 10:00 a.m., followed by interment at Odd Fellow’s Cemetery, Pemberton Borough, NJ.       Thelma was born December 31, 1929 in...

     William A. Emery, of Delanco, age 100, passed away on April 6, 2022 at Virtua Hospital, Willingboro.      Born in Riverside NJ on February 21, 1922, Mr. Emery was a Riverside High School Graduate, Class of 1939. He attended Chamberlain Metal School after which he worked on airplanes at General Motors in Trenton. At the beginning of World War II in 1942 he joined the U.S. Navy where he proudly served as AM 2/c. After the war he worked at Rohm and...