Shirley Dorothy Tallent died at her home in Plush Mills Senior Living in Wallingford on June 13, 2019. She was 91. A longtime resident of Northampton, Massachusetts (1959-2013), she was born in Springfield, Mass., on July 6, 1927, the second of four children of Leah and Carl Rudman. Her sister, Ruth, and brothers, Seymour and Harold, predeceased her.

Dr. Benjamin Joseph Gaieski, M.D., born Bronislav Joseph Gajewski, in Salem, Mass. on May 29, 1921, died peacefully in Philadelphia, Pa. on June 11, 2019 at age 98. He grew up in Peabody, Mass. and played high school football, baseball, and basketball before matriculating at Tufts University in Somerville, Mass. He was the starting catcher on Tufts’ varsity baseball team for three years and fast-tracked through an undergraduate degree in biology and medical school so he could become a doctor in the Navy during World War II.

Mary Catharine Mulvihill, 94, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019. She had been residing at Maris Grove Retirement Community in Glen Mills, Pa., since 2008. Prior to Maris Grove, Mary Catharine and her husband, John J. Mulvihill, had lived, flourished and raised their family together for 53 years in Swarthmore.

William Joseph Hickey, a health professional and former 43-year resident of Swarthmore, died on Thursday, May 23, 2019, at Riddle Village in Media, where he had resided for the last two years. He was 83.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Catherine (Gannon) and James Hickey, Bill Hickey spent most of his youth in San Antonio, Texas. He started working when he was 14 and never stopped until a few years ago at his retirement. He was a quiet man of great integrity and intelligence.

Mark Wellwood Staples of Wallingford Pa. passed away peacefully on June 8, 2019, at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was 77 years old.