Dr. Kenneth G. & Josephine Alderfer

Photo courtesy of Kyle Alderfer-O'Malley, KAOM63@aol.com 

later (early 1980's) Swarthmore, PA

My mother (Josephine Ferrarelli-Alderfer) was an RN in the ER of Chester Hospital.

[Note - see clipping]

My father passed away in 1995, and is missed greatly."

Thanks to
Kyle Alderfer-O'Malley
(Dr. Alderfer's Daughter)

Born 1891, died July 25, 1964

Son of Dr. Harry M. Armitage

Born 1916

Thanks to TERRYABJT@AOL.COM

Thanks to Sid Rose
elsid58@earthlink.net

Office closed January 1978.

Thanks to Hal (Red) Rivers,
TYRE236@aol.com

relocated there from 926 Madison St. in 1952

Lee Zaroski recalls: "Dr. DeLaites was a well known Pediatrician.  She gave her whole life to the children of Chester and her practice.   Many a night in the middle of the night, I rang her door bell and she came downstairs in her robe and slippers to see my sick child.  Not too much of that happening anymore.   She never told a child he or she was too old to keep coming to her for care.  They usually asked their parents to take them to a family GP, because they felt embarrassed to wait in the waiting room with all the babies.  This is what my two boys did."

Dr. Nino deProphetis, Sr., MD, died June 3, 2003.

Thanks to Karen Chermol Minnis, granddaughter of Dr. Rocco deProphetis and Dr. Joseph Chermol,
KMi877000@aol.com

Thanks to AJSweetyPy@aol.com

Dr. Joesph DiMedio
(Click for another photo taken in Dr. DiMedio's office)
Photo courtesy of
Joe O'Melia,
jeomelia@penn.com

Thanks to AJSweetyPy@aol.com

"I was born in Dr. Di Medio's Mercy Hospital, he delivered me. We became lifelong friends. He had a beautiful home, Bella Vista, on Foulk Rd. near 5 points.He loved helping the blue-collar guy."

Donald Skinner, dogvmd@home.net

"I too was born at Mercy Hospital in 1943. Unfortunately, my mother, who was in her mid-40's at the time died in child birth. My father, Antonio Mirolli, a stone mason, did the stone work, most of it single handedly, of Dr DeMedio's Bella Vista home in Media. They became close friends and I remember Dr. DeMedio always wearing a carnation."

Thanks to
Gene Mirolli,
DEMIDOG@aol.com 

Dr. Mary DiMedio
Photo courtesy of
Joe O'Melia,
jeomelia@penn.com

Thanks to AJSweetyPy@aol.com

"Dr. Harry Donahoo's waiting room and office were filled with clocks. When the hour struck, the place went nuts. His wife, Frances, was school board president during the '60's."

Thanks to
Larry Blazynski,
larry.blazynski@atofina.com

"I believe Dr. Harry Donahoo (father) had his office and home on the corner of Edgmont Ave. and Elkington Ave. He delivered both of my children in 1947 and 1949. Dr. Harry Donahoo (son) lived on Elkington Ave. Don't know where his office was."

Thanks to 
Lillie May Pizza

Dr. Lou English,
Photo courtesy of
Charles & Nancy Gray

Photo courtesy of
Mr. Jack Swerman, AIA
(Click on the image to see a larger version)

Dr. Harry Gallager
Photo from an early newspaper story about the Doctor completing 50 years' practice.

Thanks to
Mary-Ellen Bradley,
momcat33@rcn.com

1995 - 2001
Crozer-Chester Medical Center

"Our family doctor during the mid-fifties was Dr Harris, who also delivered me. I seem to remember his first name being John, although it may have been Lovell. His office was on W 3rd St, near Pennell St across the street from Madelyn's Market. I remember times when we had appointments and the doctor would receive a call and leave an office full of patients to tend to a hospital / home emergency. Does anyone remember Dr Harris' first name?"

Thanks to
Margaret Sullivan, 
sjacks@lecg.com 

Click here for a Delaware County Daily Times story about Chester's Dr. Lovell Harris (CHS '66 Class President).

Thanks to Albert Winn, son of Dr. Charles Winn

Thanks to TERRYABJT@AOL.COM

Thanks to
Betty Jean Trent,
BJTREE@webtv.net

Thanks to
Erin Kelly Mariani, daughter,
knire@aol.com

Photo from 1952 Chester High yearbook
courtesy of Carole Mullen, CMullen528@aol.com

Bell phone:
3942

Reg. No.
713

Alice Ritter, Rettira@aol.com

Office hours:
Until 10 am, 1-2:30 & 6-8:30 pm

Thanks to
Joan Zueger Shorter,
mommomjoan@aol.com

Thanks to "Joker" Jack Chambers, jokerjak908@yahoo.com

"Dr. Thomas McBride was an internist and can still be seen walking the halls of CCMC"

Thanks to
Mary-Ellen Bradley,
momcat33@rcn.com

Thanks to
Ron Burke,
rpburke1@rcn.com

Thanks to AJSweetyPy@aol.com

"He was Korean and practiced in Chester a very long time."
Thanks to:
cats&qlts@nanosecond.com

later

Further up Highland Ave.

Thanks to
Paul Crowther,
pcrowther4@cogeco.ca

Thanks to Sid Rose
elsid58@earthlink.net

also

9th & Central Ave.

Thanks to TERRYABJT@AOL.COM

Phone:
CH-3164

Thanks to
Joan Zueger Shorter,
mommomjoan@aol.com

"Almost every prescription he wrote was for somthing the pharmacist actually had to make from scratch  i.e. powders, ointments, capsules had to be mixed and filled by hand. I know this because I worked at Triboletti's Pharmacy at 3rd. & Highland."

Thanks to Robert H. Felix,
RHFelix@aol.com

Thanks to
Thomas McKniff, Sr.
Ron3597@aol.com

"...he was aboard the Andria Doria when it collided with the
Stockholm in the mid 50's"
Bob Kertis, kert@bellatlantic.net

"Dr. Skwirut office and residence was at 9th and Wilson, a short
walk from Honey Suckly Farms Ice Cream at 9th and Hayes"
Bob Kertis, kert@bellatlantic.net

(Thanks to David B. Crawford, MD, kvcrawford@earthlink.net)

later

22nd & Upland Ave.

Mary Jane Benoit Birkofer.
birkofer@aol.com
Brookhaven, PA

later

24th St.

Thanks to Dr. Triboletti's son,
Albert E. Smith, VMD

"Dr. Frances Triboletti passed away in 1987."

Thanks also to Eleanor Triboletti, etriboletti@earthlink.net,
niece, for this information

"Married to Ms. Soroka who was a History teacher at
Eddystone High"

Thanks to AJSweetyPy@aol.com

"You got the name of the Dr. spelled correctly. He had his office at  2915 W. Ninth, Chester, Pa. Telephone 494-9589.

I lived in this house in the early 1950's. I thought it was unusual a Dr would have his office in the middle of the block in a residential row.. Did he live there also?

Across the Street was a Montco Cash & Carry, 2918 W.9th St.,
Telephone:494-5323.  In the 1950's it was a Food Fair Store,
which gave out trading stamps (Green, I think) because the Penn Fruit at the shopping center on 9th & Booth started out with their own trading stamps.(Top Value)

Back then, Gino's (one of the original fast food places) was
at sw corner of 9th & Booth St.. Phone: 494-7804 Hey, you
could get a hamburger for 15 cents and if you really wanted to
spurge, a cheesburger for 18 cents."

"Joker" Jack Chambers, jokerjak908@yahoo.com

"Dr. Newton Wyman, family practice, located on East 13th Street which his office is now a fraternity house for Widener College"

Thanks to
Carol,
cjamerson1@home.com

"Dr. Newton Wyman did have a general practice, but he was also an accomplished surgeon who was on the staff of Chester Hospital. His son, Newton Jr, lives in Ocean City, N.J.."

Thanks to Dr. Frances M. Triboletti's son,
Albert E. Smith, VMD