Obituaries

Joan W. Keener

Joan W. Keener

Aug 20, 2010

Joan W. Keener, 73 of 811 Creek Road Leola, formerly of East Petersburg passed away at home on Friday, August 20, 2010. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John and Grace Dussinger Weller. She was the wife of the late John H. Keener. She was a 1955 graduate of Warwick High School and a member of...

Pauline L. March

Pauline L. March

Aug 20, 2010

Pauline L. March, 99, of Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, died Friday August 20, 2010 at the Masonic Village Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Kenneth C. March for seventy-three years, who died in May 2004. Born in Millersburg, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Shott) Feidt. She was a member of Incarnation...

Lloyd Dennis Doyle

Lloyd Dennis Doyle

Aug 17, 2010

Lloyd Dennis Denny Doyle, 55, of Manheim; died peacefully on Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Erma Lehman Doyle of Manheim, and the late Lloyd W. Doyle. For over thirty-five years Denny worked as a heavy equipment operator for Binkley and Ober of East Petersburg. An outdoorsman his whole life, he had a passion...

Stewart F. Titus

Stewart F. Titus

Aug 17, 2010

Stewart F. Titus, 79, of Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, died Tuesday August 17, 2010 at the Masonic Village Health Care Center. Formerly of Philadelphia, and born in Avoca, PA, he was the son of the late David and Rachel (Gallaway) Titus. He was a 22 year resident of the Village and contributed his talents as being an organist for church...

Leah A. Markley

Leah A. Markley

Aug 16, 2010

Leah A. Markley, 55, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Monday, August 16, 2010. Born in Manheim she was the daughter of the late Harold and Verdella (Ruhl) Markley. Leah was a former member of Ruhls United Methodist Church. She enjoyed computer games, collecting owls, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson memorabilia. Her greatest joy was spending time with her children and...

Donald G. "Shenny" Shenenberge

Donald G. "Shenny" Shenenberge

Aug 15, 2010

Donald G. Shenny Shenenberger, 68, of 429 West Orange Street, Lititz formerly of Manheim passed away on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Arthur and Esther White Shenenberger. Shenny worked as a forklift operator for over forty years at Binkley & Ober Inc., East Petersburg. He was a...

J Harlan Miller

J Harlan Miller

Aug 14, 2010

J. Harlan Miller, 87, of Manheim, passed away suddenly, but peacefully, on Saturday, August 14, 2010. Born in Penn Township, he was the son of the late R. Graybill and Florence Myer Miller. He was the husband of Ruth E. Baker Miller of Brethren Village, Lancaster, whom he wed on March 5, 1944. As a young man, Harlan bought and...

Anthony J. Smeltzer, Sr.

Anthony J. Smeltzer, Sr.

Aug 13, 2010

Anthony J. Smeltzer Sr., 76, of Elizabethtown passed away on Friday, August 13, 2010 at Lancaster General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Henry T. and Edith A. Martin Smeltzer. He was the husband of the late Peggy L. Zerphey Smeltzer who died in 1999. Anthony was a mechanic for the...

Amos H. Cassel

Amos H. Cassel

Aug 13, 2010

Amos H. Cassel, 91, formerly of Fruitville Pike, Manheim, died peacefully on Friday, August 13, 2010 at the United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz. Born in Penn Township, he was the son ofthe late Charles D. and Emma Heisey Cassel. As a young boy he enjoyed drawing and painting eventually founding Cassel's Sign and Furniture Shop, Manheim in 1945.He meticulously worked...

Evan M. Heiser

Evan M. Heiser

Aug 13, 2010

Evan M. Heiser, 18, of 1735 Hossler Road Manheim passed away on Friday, August 13, 2010. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Stephen J. and Charlene M. Heiser. Evan would have been a senior at Manheim Central High School. He was a member of LCBC Church, Manheim where he was active with the youth group and a member...

Margaret E. Ober

Margaret E. Ober

Aug 12, 2010

Margaret E. Ober, 85, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Conewago Township, she was the daughter of the late Daniel S. and Bertha Eshelman Espenshade. Margaret worked for Ackerman Veterinary Practice, Manheim, and helped her husband on the family farm in Rapho Township. She was the loving...

Gerald L. "Gerry" Kershner

Gerald L. "Gerry" Kershner

Aug 10, 2010

Gerald L. Gerry Kershner, 76, of Lititz, went home to be with his Lord, on Tuesday, August 10, 2010. Born in Berks County, he was the son of the late John L. and Stella Boltz Kershner. Gerry was a graduate of West Chester University, Trinity University, and earned a Master of Arts with high honors from Lancaster Bible College. He...

Donald W. Mowrer

Donald W. Mowrer

Aug 10, 2010

Donald W. Duck Mowrer, 77, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at ManorCare Health Services, Elizabethtown. Born in Columbia, he was the son of the late Milton H. and Myrtle (Witmer) Mowrer. Donald graduated from East Donegal High School, Maytown, PA, in 1951. He retired from Burle Industries (the former RCA Corp.) of Lancaster. He was a...

Nelson H. "Tommy" Collins Jr.

Nelson H. "Tommy" Collins Jr.

Aug 9, 2010

Nelson H. Tommy Collins Jr., 55 of Manheim, died peacefully at the Ephrata Community Hospital on Monday, August 9, 2010. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Nelson H. and Janet Peck Collins. Nelson was a 1973 graduate of Manheim Central High School, and was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church, Manheim, where he volunteered...

Anna Ruth Hepler

Anna Ruth Hepler

Jul 31, 2010

Anna Ruth Nolt Hepler, 86, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at St. Annes Retirement Community, Columbia, where she lived since April 2009. Born on the Nolt homestead, Anna was a life long resident of Nolt Road in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, and a descendant of the Anabaptist Swiss-German settlers of Lancaster County, Philip Nolty (1728) and Peter...

Helen B. Firestone

Helen B. Firestone

Jul 27, 2010

Helen B. Firestone, 94, formerly of Lancaster passed away on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at Camellia Garden of Life Care, Thomasville, Georgia. Born in Emmitsburg, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late W. J. and Bessie Bishop Packard. She was the wife of the late C. LeRoy Firestone. Helen retired as a private duty nurse in the Lancaster County...

Thelma V. Miller

Thelma V. Miller

Jul 26, 2010

Thelma V. Miller, 77, formerly of Huntingdon County, PA., died peacefully on Monday, July 26, 2010 at Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation and Health Center in Millsboro, Del. Born in East Earl, she was the daughter of the late Aaron S. and Sarah Groff Good. Thelma worked in the receiving department for the Ames Department Store in Huntingdon. An accomplished poet, Thelma...

Clair Park Myer

Clair Park Myer

Jul 25, 2010

Clair Park Myer, 88 of Manheim passed away on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Warwick Township, he was the son of the late Clayton E. and Anna Martin Myer. Clair was the owner of the former Myer Realty, Manheim where he was a Real Estate agent for over twenty years. He was a...

Janet K. Shaeffer

Janet K. Shaeffer

Jul 24, 2010

Janet K. Shaeffer, 79, of 107 Railroad Ave. Manheim, passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Mary Kiehl. Janet worked for Hamilton Watch, and Schick of Lancaster; and the Manheim Twin Kiss. She was the wife of Robert E. Shaeffer. Janet was a member of Salem United Methodist...

Dr John H. Stauffer

Dr John H. Stauffer

Jul 22, 2010

John H. Jack Stauffer, O.D., 84, of 11080 N.W. 34th Court, Coral Springs, FL, formerly of 253 Park Ave., Mount Joy, died of natural causes Thursday, July 22, in Lauderdale Lakes, FL. He was the owner of an optometric practice in Mount Joy with branch offices in Millersville and East Drumore. He practiced for 50 years before retiring in 2004...

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