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JOHN MADARA Obituary
JOHN M., Jr., 68, of Chester Springs, died suddenly April 23, 2011 in Roanoke, VA. Survived by wife, Patricia. Father of Jennifer, Stephanie, Doug (Jean) Haines and Trish (Drew) Talone. Grandfather of 6. Also survived by his sister, Margaret Kane. Retired from PECO Energy in 2000 as Senior Vice President and Group Executive of the Power Generation Group, following 33 years of service.
Friends and relatives are invited to a Memorial Service on Friday, April 29, 2011 10:00 A.M. at Paoli Presbyterian Church, Paoli, PA. Contribu-tions can be made to the Volunteer Department of the Paoli Memorial Hospital 255 W. Lancaster Ave. Paoli, PA 19301.
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Memories and Condolences
for JOHN MADARA
Howard Noel
April 21, 2022
John, it's hard to believe that it has been eleven years since you left us so suddenly. Just this past
Tuesday our breakfast club was discussing the disposition of our cremains. The club got quite a chuckle when I related Patty's very appropriate choice of your cocktail shaker from which we shared many a great martini to convey your ashes to Smith Mountain Lake. RIP old friend, your memory will never fade.
Bud Keene
September 18, 2011
John was one of my very best friends and I miss him so much.
John and Patty had a home on Smith Mountain Lake, very close to mine. I always looked forward to visiting with them.
Soon after their arrival John would call asking if I needed any help fixing things, and I usually did. Only a very good friend would interrupt their vacation by offering to help someone....but that's how John was.
John and Patty were of great emotional help after I had lost my wife. During this time they spent most of one afternoon to drive me home at a time when I was so distraught from my loss that I could not drive.
I will never forget John, and will treasure my picture of John and Patty.
August 5, 2011
I reported to John prior to my retirement from PECO..He was one of the finest people I've ever known. A true gentleman. Peg and I pray that God will ease the pain of the family's grief; and grant my brother eternal peace.
George Lauderback
Pamela Moore
April 28, 2011
John Madara was my boss twice in my PECO career. He was our VP when I worked for NQA at Peach Bottom Nuclear Station. I then transferred to Conowingo Dam and was elated when they announced John was our new dept. head. I admired him and had the greatest respect for him and his honesty with the employees. It was an honor to work for John. My sincere sympathy to his wife and family.
David Kane
April 28, 2011
One of my earliest memories of Uncle John was from visiting Grandma and Grandpa at their old house in Lansdowne when I was only about ten years old. Uncle John came over in the afternoon and took me out for a ride in his MG. I can still remember the car's cute little chrome gear shift, the smell of the leather seats and Uncle John's Old Spice aftershave as we roared around the neighbourhood at full throttle with the top down. Recently I had been thinking about sending him a note about my memory of that day and a picture of a car I have now he would have liked back then, but sadly we never got to share a laugh about that day long ago. We all miss him deeply.
Coastal Living
April 28, 2011
The Coastal Living staff, as well as your other Birmingham friends, are thinking of you during this very difficult time.
Debbie Duncan
April 27, 2011
Steph, I'm thinking about you and your family.
Rob Lawson
April 26, 2011
Patty, our sincerest condolences to you and your family. John was a huge inspiration to me and convinced me to relaunch my business which was the best decision in my life. I will miss the good times we spent together at the golf course. He will never be forgotten.
Mike and @
April 26, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Patty. We are here if you or your family needs anything at all. With deepest sympathy, your Chester Springs neighbors Mike and Kathy Himsworth
April 26, 2011
We always looked forward to John and Patty visiting their home at the lake. Whenever they came, John would call to ask if he could be of some help. He was also of great comfort to Bud when his wife passed on, helping him to get through the grief that he had to overcome. He was a Best Friend and we will miss him deeply.
Bud and Erlene
Lana, Tom & Lindsay Zanello
April 26, 2011
Dear Patty,
We were so sorry to learn about John's passing. He was a wonderful person and a great friend to many especially Carolann. We are blessed that we got to spend some time with you both. He was very special. Our deepest sympathy.
Tamara Bean
April 26, 2011
Thinking of you all with much love- The Beans
Cherokee Sprague
April 26, 2011
Stephanie and the entire Madara Family, I am so heartbroken for you. I will pray for you and for Mr. Madara. I reallyhave no words but I am sorry and so very sad. He was an amazing man, kind, generous and so very funny. My love to you.
Paul (Buck) McCarthy
April 26, 2011
Please accept my sincere condolences to the extended Madara family for their sudden loss of a great man, husband, uncle and father in John Madara. Having been through the same experience when my father passed away suddenly when I was a teenager, I know the shock will take time to get over, and I encourage everyone to lean on each other in the tough times ahead. I will fondly remember John as an outgoing, humorous and thoughtful guy who took a keen interest in getting to know those he came in contact with. He was a fun guy, who loved his family, and loved life, a strong individual who overcame a horrific tragedy earlier in his own life with flying colors. While I knew him briefly and from a distance as the husband to his niece Suzanne (Kane), he always made me feel we were close, personal friends. You don't meet many people like that in life's journey. John will be missed, but the positive memories will help make it appear he never left our world. Cheers to John Madara, may he rest in peace. Paul (Buck) McCarthy.
Howard & Nancy Noel
April 26, 2011
John, we shall miss you greatly old and dear friend. You made our day every time we saw you. Each time you came down to the lake it was just like you had never left. You have left a hole in our hearts.
Howard & Nancy
Unknown
April 26, 2011
May God bless the Madara family in this time of sorrow.
Uncle John with his sister, Peggy Kane
Suzanne McCarthy
April 26, 2011
My Uncle John was not a man I saw all that often, BUT when we did manage to get the families together, I always enjoyed his sense of humor and the special way he had about him. It was as if no time had gone by. He was the only one who called me Suzanne-y, and I always liked it. I know that he was a man who enjoyed his family, his dogs and his golf. I have seen him wear so many hats: a son, a brother, a spouse, a dad, an Uncle, a Grandpa and a friend. He wore all those hats with finesse and I will miss knowing him. My most heartfelt condolences.
"Death leaves a heartache which no one can heal,
Love leaves a memory which no one can steal."
I will miss you, Uncle John.
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