Phyllis Jean (Haworth) Cecil
November 22, 1940 ~ February 26, 2022
Phyllis Jean Cecil, for years known as Motorcycle Mama, a bike-riding PTA mom who never left the house without her eyelashes glued in place and her lipstick carefully applied, died February 26, 2022, in Corn, Oklahoma, with her children by her side. She was 81.
Wesley Emerson Hoffman
February 10, 1932 – March 28, 2022
Wesley Emerson Hoffman died March 28, 2022, at the home he designed in Estes Park, Colorado, surrounded by his greatest loves, his wife and partner in life, Barbara and the majesty of the Rocky Mountains.
He lived a remarkable 90 years, a life of joy and discovery that took him from his city upbringing to distant corners of the earth to hike and explore the natural world. Wesley was a U.S. Marine veteran, an engineer, an avid outdoorsman and dedicated volunteer.
Frank Edward Vaughn
June 20, 1929 — October 10, 2020
As a young man growing up in a modest Philadelphia family, Frank Edward Vaughn knew he had to rely on his own abilities to get ahead.
He muscled his way into a wrestling scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania and was captain of the team while he studied business at the Wharton School.
Joshua Daniel (Howard) Borgh
July 17, 1978 - August 10, 2021
When Joshua Daniel (Howard) Borgh was born, doctors told his mother, Celeste, that two facts were certain: Her son would not live much beyond his second birthday and even if he did, he would never contribute anything to society.
Josh proved them wrong on both counts.
Henrich Brestowski
March 12, 1953 - January 9, 2023
Henrich Brestowski was born in Czechoslovakia in the years following World War II to a family that had a long tradition of music, hospitality, and, above all, good food.
But he bristled under the rules set by the Communist regime and, as a member of the ethnic minority Romani people, was stung by discrimination from an early age.
Velva (Wilson) Chamberlain
May 29, 1950 ~ November 4, 2021
Velva Chamberlain, a little girl who liked to sit on her porch and sing praises to the Lord, made a decision when she was just nine years old that would guide the rest of her life: She devoted herself to God.
It was a promise she kept through childhood as she became active in church, through high school and college when she sang in a Gospel choir and into adulthood when she taught Bible classes.
Allen Fields
March 5, 1926 - June 12, 2021
Allen Fields, a visionary businessman who transformed a small Ohio electrical manufacturers representative firm into a nationwide industry leader, died Saturday, June 12, 2021, at his home in Pembroke Pines, Fla., with his loving family by his side. He was 95.
