Helen Lloyd Kitchel Gawthrop

Helen Lloyd Kitchel Gawthrop, 95, of Hockessin, Delaware, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 at Cokesbury Village.
Mrs. Gawthrop was born in 1922 in Babylon, New York, daughter of Lloyd Kitchel and Helen Renwick Weeks Kitchel.
She graduated from Tower Hill School in 1940 and attended Bennett Junior College. She loved gardening and was devoted to her family. She loved her family “Farm” in Unionville, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Gawthrop was pre-deceased by her husband S. McGill Gawthrop, whom she married in Wilmington, Delaware, on February 18, 1942; and a brother, William L. Kitchel II. She is survived by a brother, Robert W. Kitchel of Nashville, TN; six children: Samuel M. Gawthrop Jr (Jacqueline) of Kiawah Island, SC; Ann “Randy” G. Sawyer (Murray) of Wilmington, DE; Lloyd K. Gawthrop of Berwyn, PA; Charles S. Gawthrop (Carol) of Hockessin, DE; Emily “Mimi” G. Walls (George) of Milton, DE; and James N. Gawthrop (Deri) of West Chester, PA; 12 grandchildren; and 23 great grandchildren.
A reception in her memory will be held at Cokesbury Village from 2:00 to 5:00PM on Friday, February 2, 2018.
Burial at Longwood Cemetery, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Handicrafters, Inc, 215 Barley Sheaf Road, P. O. Box 72646, Thorndale, PA 19372.