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INQUIRER OBITUARIES
Charles L. Madden shows Cardinal John Krol the silver-and-gold chalice he made for Pope John Paul II in 1989.
Charles L. Madden, 78, artist who founded commercial art firms
Posted 05/27/2012
While Charles L. Madden was still in el­e­men­ta­ry school, his moth­er of­ten took him from their Ken­sing­ton home to Sat­ur­day-morn­ing classes at the former Phila­del­phia College of Art at Broad and Pine Streets.By the time he was in eighth grade, he was drawing oc­ca­sion­al guest cartoons for the Phila­del­phia Eve­ning Bul­le­tin, mentored by Bil Keane, the art­ist known for the na­tion­al­ly syndicated Family Circus. The art ed­u­ca­tion that formed him resulted in Madden works ranging from stained-glass windows at Gwyn­edd Mercy College to a stat­ue of St. Pe­ter in Gal­i­lee.
Douglas Heller, 57, Springfield Twp. commissioner and historian
Posted 05/27/2012
Douglas J. Heller was instrumental in developing ushistory.org, a website that hundreds of publications have turned to for details about Revolutionary War events.National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition regularly credited "Doug Heller from Flourtown" for providing brain-twisting word puzzles. And as a commissioner in Montgomery County’s Springfield Township, he organized efforts to save the historic Black Horse Inn from demolition and introduced legislation to ban discrimination in township housing and employment on the basis of race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Roger W. Sevy, 88, Temple dean
Posted 05/27/2012
Roger Sevy spent idle hours riding his horse, making hay, and helping harvest crops. More obituaries.
DAILY NEWS OBITUARIES
She was dedicated to helping children
Posted 05/25/2012
Tracey Waddell Freeman, 44, excelled in the delicate world of foster care and adoption. More obituaries.
Wilson
Wilson was self-taught jazz virtuoso
Posted 05/24/2012
WHEN THE late Frank Rizzo was Philadelphia police commissioner, he wanted Donald Wilson to be his bodyguard. Although Don was fond of Rizzo, he had to turn him down. “I’m sorry,” he said, “but I have music to play.” Don was a devoted cop for 22 years, but his first love was music — jazz, to be specific.
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