Obituaries
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Alice Bryan Hondru
Jul 20, 2010
Alice Bryan Hondru, 90, formerly of North Plainfield and Mountainside N.J., died peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Shanghai China, she was the daughter of the late Robert T. Jr. and Gladys Parker Bryan. Alice was employed as a Home Economics Teacher for Millburn High School in Millburn,...
Doris E. Wagner
Jul 20, 2010
Doris E. Wagner, 92, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Somerville MA, died Tuesday July 20, 2010 at the Masonic Village Health Care Center, Elizabethtown. She was the widow of the late George Wagner who died in 1993. Born in Somerville, MA, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Josephine (Razzaboni) Guazzaloca. Doris was a member of St. Peters Catholic...
Robert L. "Popeye" Alleman Sr.
Jul 20, 2010
Robert L. Popeye Alleman Sr., 61, of 962 Hill Street Manheim passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at JC Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon. Born in Lancaster County, he was the son of the late Clarence and Ellen Bender Alleman. He was the husband of Doris J. Dupler Alleman and they celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary in May of this...
Helen Hershey Boose
Jul 19, 2010
Helen Hershey Boose, 91, formerly of Landisville, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2010 at the Mennonite Home, Lancaster. Born in Hershey, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Carrie Wagner Hershey. Helen was a 1936 graduate of East Hempfield Township High School, and attended Lancaster Business College. She retired from Armstrong World Industries, Lancaster, where she...
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