Daily News - Obituaries http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries RSS Feed for DN Obituaries en-us Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:04:08 GMT Raphael M. Coel, civil-rights activist, dies at 85 http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090710_Raphael_M__Coel__civil-rights_activist__dies_at_85.html RAPHAEL McKINLEY Coel, a civil-rights leader who worked in many of the crusades for racial justice in the Philadelphia of the 1960s, died July 4. He was 85. Mary Anne Bartley, artist, teacher http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090710_Mary_Anne_Bartley__artist__teacher.html MOST PEOPLE'S teenage years are a challenge, but in Mary Anne Bartley's case, getting through them was a matter of life and death. Dwight Macklin, devoted to learning http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090709_Dwight_Macklin__devoted_to_learning.html WHEN DWIGHT Owens Macklin was diagnosed with cancer, he made the choice to reject all traditional treatment. No surgery, no chemo, no radiation. Mamie Nichols, 91, transformed Point Breeze http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090708_Mamie_Nichols__91__transformed_Point_Breeze.html POINT BREEZE was supposed to "die a natural death." That was the sentence imposed upon it in the late '70s by an official of the city's Office of Housing and Community Development. Len Killebrew, 78, champion of minority contracting http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090707_Len_Killebrew__78__champion_of_minority_contracting.html LEONARD KILLEBREW was a minority contractor who fought to make sure he and other minority contractors got their fair slice of the city's construction pie. Robert Taylor, Evening Bulletin publisher http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090706_Robert_Taylor__Evening_Bulletin_publisher.html Robert E. Lee Taylor Jr. was not your typical jail bird. It was 1963 when the iron doors slammed on Taylor, then president of the Philadelphia Bulletin, and his city editor, Earl Selby, because they refused to testify or let their reporters testify before a grand jury about the paper's sources for stories on corruption in Philadelphia city government. G. Frank Page Jr., funeral director, dies at 81 http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090703_G__Frank_Page_Jr___funeral_director__dies_at_81.html IF YOU WERE invited to one of G. Frank Page Jr.'s famous sports parties, you became his pal for life. Karl Malden, 97 http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/Karl_Malden_97.html LOS ANGELES — Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage and screen made him a star despite his plain looks, died yesterday, his family said. He was 97. Thomas Lefevre; raised a family for fun http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090702_Thomas_Lefevre__raised_a_family_for_fun.html THOMAS V. Lefevre was the consummate professional, senior partner of one of the city's most prestigious law firms, chairman of UGI Corp. and a member of the boards of numerous corporations and civic organizations. Msgr. James H. Meehan, 83 http://www.philly.com/dailynews/obituaries/20090702_Msgr__James_H__Meehan__83.html The Right Rev. Msgr. James H. Meehan, pastor emeritus of St. John Neumann parish, Bryn Mawr, and an educator at Catholic high schools during 59 years as a priest, died Friday. He was 83.