Gary Miles

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Gus Roman, 92, of Wyncote, celebrated pastor at Zion and Canaan Baptist Churches, worldwide longtime civil rights leader, one-time president of the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention, veteran, and mentor, died Wednesday, April 23, of age-associated decline at Jefferson Abington Hospital. For more than 60 years, from 1963 until recently, the Rev.

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Jean Seder, 102, of Gwynedd, Montgomery County, author, journalist, historian, poet, conservationist, social activist, and volunteer, died Thursday, Feb. 6, of age-associated decline at Foulkeways at Gwynedd senior living center. A resident of Frankford when she was young, a lifelong Philadelphia historian, and tireless researcher, Mrs. Seder wrote the award-winning Voices of Kensington: Vanishing Mills, Vanishing Neighborhoods in 1982.

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Jack Falkenbach, 44, of Philadelphia, expert distiller and bittering agent at Philadelphia Distilling, former popular bartender around town, creative mixologist, naturalist, and multiskilled musician died Wednesday, April 23, of a pulmonary embolism at his home. Mr. Falkenbach was eclectic in his interests and achievements. He combined his bachelor’s degree in biology from Pennsylvania State University with a fascination with mixology to create all kinds of new cocktails and bitters.

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Jacqueline L. Johnson, 75, of Philadelphia, longtime Spanish teacher for the School District of Philadelphia, teacher mentor and peer intervention specialist, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority activist, and one of the first Black Eagles cheerleaders, died Monday, Feb. 3, of complications from a stroke at KeystoneCare hospice in Wyndmoor.

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PHILADELPHIA — Richard Wernick, 91, of Haverford, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, acclaimed conductor, retired Irving Fine Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania, and former consultant to conductor Ricardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, died Friday of age-associated decline at his home. Professor Wernick was prolific and celebrated as a composer.