Milestones

Notices of births, adoptions, marriages/unions, and deaths of Friends.

Instructions and a form for submitting Milestones to us.

You may also submit by email to milestones@friendsjournal.org, by fax to (215) 568-1377, or by postal mail to Milestones Editor, Friends Journal, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. There is no charge for Friends Journal milestone listings.

James Edgar Syphers

Syphers—James Edgar Syphers, 90, on January 8, 2024, at WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital in Uniontown, Pa. James was born on…

Stephen Dale Brisson

Brisson—Stephen Dale Brisson, 68, on July 13, 2023, peacefully with his children at his side at the Carrington Place Rehabilitation…

Robert Pollard Fetter

Fetter—Robert Pollard Fetter, 92, on January 22, 2024, of cancer at Broadmead, a Quaker retirement community in Cockeysville, Md. Bob…

Judy Wright Matchett

Matchett—Judy Wright Matchett, 97, peacefully on April 4, 2023, in Olympia, Wash. Judy was born on July 10, 1925, in…

David (Dave) Elliott Bohnert

Bohnert—David (Dave) Elliott Bohnert, 87, on December 19, 2022, at home in Frostburg, Md. Dave was born on March 23,…

David Roger Giltrow

Giltrow—David Roger Giltrow, 85, on August 29, 2023, following a fall at his home, at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical…

Jack Shepherd

Shepherd—Jack Shepherd, 85, on December 26, 2022, from squamous cell cancer, with his family at his side at home in…

Joan Marie Blasko

Blasko—Joan Marie Blasko, 87, on April 22, 2024, at Foxdale Village, a Quaker retirement community in State College, Pa. Joan…

Caroline Clarice Estes

Estes—Caroline Clarice Estes, 94, on July 13, 2022, in hospice care at Alpha Farm, an intentional community rooted in a…

Robin Francis Harper

Harper—Robin Francis Harper, 94, on December 4, 2023, at Crosslands, a Quaker lifecare community in Kennett Square, Pa., where he…

Lonnie Valentine

Valentine—Lonnie Valentine, 74, on June 19, 2023, during treatment for primary cerebral lymphoma in Richmond, Ind. Lonnie earned a bachelor’s…

Judith Wright Favor

Favor—Judith Wright Favor, 83, on December 8, 2023, of congestive heart failure, peacefully, at home in the company of her…
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