Mrs. Ruth Freudiger

Sadly I have to inform you that our Life Member, former Director and Honorary Auditor, Mrs. Ruth Freudiger, passed away on January 22, 2014.

Memorial Arrangements:

Saturday, February 01, 2014 at the Moore, Snear & Ruggiero Funeral Home, 300 Fayette Street, Conshohoken, PA 19428

Visits from 10:00 – 11:00 am

Memorial Service 11:00 am

Mr. Josef (Sepp) Weibel

Our Society lost a longtime Member.

Mr. Josef (Sepp) Weibel passed away on Friday, July 19, 2013.

Our prayers are with the Weibel families.

Funeral Service:

Wednesday, July 24th at 11:00 am with visitation at 10:30am.

Saint Pius X Parish

220 Lawrence Road

Broomall, PA 19008

Mrs. Charlotte Webb

Our society mourns the passing of our longtime member Mrs. Charlotte Webb.

Charlotte passed away on November 8, 2012. She was 88.

Charlotte joined the society in 1987.

We surely will miss Charlotte.

The members of the society extend deepest sympathy to Mr. William Webb.

Information for a memorial service will be posted as it becomes available.

Congratulations

The Swiss Government and the General Consulate of Switzerland in New York chose Mrs. Christine Pfister as the new Honorary Consul in Philadelphia. We congratulate our member Christine on her new assignment and welcome her as our new representative. Christine Pfister takes the place of retiring Honorary Consul Franz Portmann who served the Swiss Community for many years. We thank Franz Portmann for all his support and wish Christine Pfister great success in her new position.

Mr. Johann Buerkli

Our society mourns the passing of Mr. Johann Buerkli. Mr. Buerkli had joined this society in 2009 along with his wife Isolde.

Mr. Johann Buerkli died on Thursday, February 10, 2011.

The society extends deepest sympathy to Mrs. Buerkli and her family.

Mr. Stanton Pressman

My dear Friends,

with enormous sadness I like to inform you, that my dear husband Stan suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage on Friday, January 21, 2011.

Excellent neurological surgeons tried everything to safe his live at Albert Einstein Hospital.

Surrounded by his loving family, Stanton Pressman passed on peacefully on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 without ever regaining his consciousness.

A memorial service date will be announce later and his burial will be private.

I will forever miss him,

Helen Phillips and Family

150th Anniversary

Our society celebrated its 150th Anniversary on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at the Torresdale Frankford Country Club in Philadelphia. The Gala Dinner was well attended, and our members and guests enjoyed great food, entertainment and dancing. The Directors of the Board thank all sponsors, advertisers and especially the attending members, friends and guests for supporting this special event. A picture gallery is in the making, so we hope you check back in the near future.