A natural wordsmith who was interested in the origins and nuances of language as well as its use, Ms. Case spent 24 years as a top editor for the Annals of Internal Medicine.

He and his colleagues examined the nervous system and the brain, and their research helped doctors and countless patients treat dystonia, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases.

She served as Gov. Shapiro’s constituent service agent when he represented the 153rd legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012.

She joined her hometown Inquirer in 1985 after three years at the Beacon Journal in Ohio, six months at the Bulletin in Philadelphia, and earlier stints at other papers in New York and Connecticut.

On Mother’s Day in 1996, the first of his five books, "Mother Said," was published to great acclaim. He went on to write four more books and serve as poet laureate in Queens from 2001 to 2004.

He collaborated with colleagues in Philadelphia and elsewhere around the country, and provided critical new research regarding bone marrow transplants and pediatric oncology.

She volunteered at local free meal programs and youth activities, and “opened her door to the homeless and anyone else in need,” her son said.

She studied IT manuals after work, learned computer coding from mentoring colleagues, and went on to write complex technical text for NASA space bids and other groundbreaking projects.

He was a pioneer of consultation liaison psychiatry in the 1970s and cofounded Hahnemann’s groundbreaking department in 1977.

Mr. Rellahan spent 43 years writing news stories, personality profiles, features, obituaries, and columns as well as detailed articles about sensational murder cases and other high-profile crimes.

He ruled in the Criminal Trial Division from 2011 to 2015 and then presided over personal injury suits, breach of contracts, and other complex issues for 10 years in the Civil Trial Division.

She helped Councilman John F, White Jr. represent the city’s 9th District and aided his efforts to improve the Department of Human Services, the Emergency Utility Fund, and other services.

He traveled to China, Japan, Europe, Asia, and South America with the orchestra, and mentored young musicians and conductors everywhere he went. “Everybody fell in love with Bobby,” his wife said.

“Cecil was a champion of change and impacted so many lives in a good way at SEPTA,” a former colleague said in an online tribute.

She spent 20 years analyzing oil products, developing training programs for advanced environmental research, and traveling the country on behalf of Gulf.

Penn colleagues called him “a titan of American surgery and medicine” and “part of the fabric of Penn Medicine.”

He established the Shalom Center for prophetic Judaism in Philadelphia in 1983 and cofounded the Alliance for Jewish Renewal in 1993.

He invited women and young pastors to preach at his church, and induced the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Gov. Ed Rendell, Rep. Robert Brady, and other notables to address the congregation.

She became dean of students in 1976 and rose to vice president of academic affairs and then acting president before her appointment as president in 1985.