Obituaries

Emily R. Vincent, former Glenside Sunday School Teacher

Services for Vincent will be held June 15.

 

Emily R. Vincent, of Horsham, died June 5 at Abington Hospice at Warminster. She was 69. 

Born in Kingston, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Joseph H. and Rachel (née Williams) Ricketts. 

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Vincent decorated mailboxes and decorative slates that she sold at local craft shows under the name of "Emily's Attic." She was a teacher and homemaker who taught elementary and nursery school and had formerly taught Sunday school at the Glenside United Church of Christ.

Vincent is survived by her husband, James; her sons, James G. Jr. of Gloucester, Mass. and Gregory A. of Philadelphia; two brothers, Joseph Ricketts Jr. of Williamsburg, Va. and John D. Ricketts of Wenonah, N.J.; a sister, Jane Ackerman of Carlisle; and several grandchildren.

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A funeral service will be held Saturday, June 15 at 11 a.m. at the Anton B. Urban Funeral Home, 1111 South Bethlehem Pike, Ambler. Friends may call at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ambler.

For more information, visit the Anton B. Urban Funeral Home website here.

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