Obituaries

Former Philly School Teacher Among Roxborough Obituaries

A former Philadelphia school teacher, and a 48-year-old mother passed are among those that passed away last week.

Jo-Ellen Laura Peterman, of Roxborough, 62

Jo-Ellen was a retired teacher for the School District of Philadelphia. She is prede-ceased by her mother Georgette Thompson, brother Joseph Allen Thompson, daughter Melissa and son Michael, Jr. She is survived by her husband Michael Sr., daughter Deanna, sister Wendy Kakolowski and many nieces and nephews as well as many grand nieces and nephews. [Legacy/Main Line Media]

Mary G. (Fiorello) Springer, of Roxborough, 48

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Wife of Lewis. Mother of Louis and Nicholas. Daughter of Geraldine and the late John Fiorello, Sr. Sister of John Fiorello, Jr., Catherine Morales, Michael and Edward Fiorello. [Philly.com]

Maybel Menzer Yackel (Yackabonis), of Roxborough, 94

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...passed away Monday while holding the hand of her grandson.
She is the wife of Peter B. Yackel (Yackabonis), 1912-1972, married Oct. 10, 1942. [Republican Herald] 

 

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