Obituaries
Jay Robert Schaeffer
Nov 22, 2018
Jay Robert Schaeffer, 74, of Manheim, died unexpectedly Thursday, November 22, 2018 at his residence. Born in Sunbury, he was the son of the late Ralph F. and Cora Beatrice (Brubaker) Schaeffer. Jay was a farmer most of his working life in E. Donegal Twp., but also sold crop insurance for Crop & Hail Management, was a custodian for Ebersole...
Daniel Allen Nicholls
Nov 19, 2018
Daniel Allen Nicholls, of Elizabethtown, and formerly of Passaic County, N.J., passed away on November 19, 2018 at the age of 75 years. A native of Indianola Iowa, Daniel grew up on a farm with his parents Allen Merle and Mary Ellen, alongside his two siblings, Michael and Diane. Dan went to Indianola High School where he played the halfback...
Martha K. Kready
Nov 18, 2018
Martha K. Kready, 93, of Manheim, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, died peacefully surrounded by her four generations of family, on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at the Pleasant View Retirement Community. Born in Colebrook, she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Mary Kellechner Gibble. Martha was a caring and devoted wife of A. Claude Kready; and...
Patsy J. Detwiler
Nov 17, 2018
Patsy J. Detwiler, 86, of Manheim passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late Robert J. and Vera Hunchberger Evans. She was the loving wife of Jack E. Detwiler and they celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary in August. In her earlier years, Patsy worked at...
Elizabeth L. "Betty" Reist
Nov 13, 2018
Elizabeth L. “Betty” Reist, 89, of Lititz, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Luther Acres. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John F. Garman and Nora Steinman Miller. Betty was the loving wife of both of her husband’s, the late Carl H. Reist who died in October of last year; her first husband was...
A. Lorraine Dagen
Nov 13, 2018
A. Lorraine Dagen, 95, of Lititz, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Luther Acres. Her greatest joy being the wife, homemaker, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late W. Martin and Elizabeth Zook Hess. She was a graduate and valedictorian of the 1941 class of Rothsville High School, and later...
Vera M. Noggle
Nov 13, 2018
Vera M. Noggle, 88, of Manheim passed away peacefully on November 13, 2018 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. She was the daughter of the late Herman H. and Elsie Shreiner Geib. She was the wife of the late William F. Noggle who died in 2003. Surviving are two sons, Scott Noggle of East Petersburg and Kerry Noggle of Spring...
Marilyn F. Fasnacht
Nov 12, 2018
Marilyn F. Fasnacht, 83, of Manheim, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Roberta Ziegler Frank of Lancaster and the late Irvin Frank. She was the loving wife of Harold S. Fasnacht and they celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary in May. Marilyn retired as a...
Myrtle H. Painter
Nov 10, 2018
Myrtle H. Painter, 101, of Elizabethtown passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Millport, she was the daughter of the late Monroe and Ida Ream Hacker. She was the loving wife of the late Richard D. Painter who passed away in 1998 and the late H. Hershey Derstler who passed...
Laura E. Reichenbach
Nov 10, 2018
Laura E. Reichenbach, 91, of Manheim, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Luther Acres, Lititz. Born in Penn Township, she was the daughter of the late Amos M. and Ellen Sipling Witman. She was the loving wife of the late Paul G. Reichenbach who died in 2013. Laura graduated from the former East Hempfield Township High School...
Sara Jane Melzer
Nov 8, 2018
Sara Jane Melzer, 92, of Manheim and formerly of Lititz passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of the late Edmund and Pearl Jones McDade. She was the wife of the late Alfred J. Melzer who died in 1997. In her earlier years, she was a...
Christopher P. "Chris" Levy
Nov 7, 2018
Christopher Patrick “Chris” Levy, 19, of Lititz, beloved son of Jessica M. Levy, passed through this life on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia. Christopher was a 2018 graduate of Warwick High School and had been employed at Clair Global, Lititz. Chris's life was filled with his close friends to whom he was fiercely loyal. He...
Gloria G. Burkhart
Nov 5, 2018
Gloria G. Burkhart, 67, of Akron died on Monday, November 5, 2018 at her home. Born in Ephrata she was the daughter of the late Allen H. Jr. and Verna W. Gerhart Goshert. She was the loving wife of Terry E. Burkhart who died in 2016. Gloria worked at Oregon Dairy in the seafood department. She was a graduate of...
Jerome L. Peters
Nov 3, 2018
Jerome L. Peters, 78, of Manheim and formerly of Lititz passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Abhram N. and Elsie Holland Peters. He was the loving husband of Debera A. Trimble Peters and they would have celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary this December. A tool...
Mae B. Rickert
Nov 3, 2018
Surrounded by love, Mae B. Rickert, 91, of Elizabethtown and formerly of Milton, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. Born in Milton, she was the daughter of the late George and Rosa Griffin Barto. She was married for 72 years to the love of her life, Carroll Rickert, who died in 2017....
Peggy Ann Clarke
Nov 3, 2018
Peggy Ann Clarke, 80 of Manheim, and formerly of Pemberton, N.J., died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Born in Ebensburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Rose Anne McCreery Miller. A homemaker, Peggy was the loving wife of the late Robert N. Clarke who died in 1993. Peggy was a...
Arvilla J. Buckwalter
Oct 28, 2018
Arvilla J. Buckwalter, 91, of Lititz, died peacefully on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Luther Acres. Born in Penryn, she was the daughter of the late Alvin and Anna Eitnier Keath. She was a 1945 graduate of Lititz High School. Arvilla was the loving wife of Richard E. Buckwalter who died in June of 2013. Her and her husband worked...
Meghan Elizabeth Keeney
Oct 28, 2018
Meghan Elizabeth Keeney, 17, beloved daughter of Robert C. Jr. and Wendi Nester Keeney of Lititz, died Sunday, October 28, 2018 at the Lancaster General Hospital with her family by her side. Meghan was a junior at Warwick High School, and was a member of the field hockey and girls lacrosse teams. She played soccer from U6 to U14 for...
Jacqueline Newcomer
Oct 28, 2018
Jacqueline (Jackie) Newcomer, 96, formerly of Mount Joy, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. Born in McDowell, KY she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Blanche Hall. Jacqueline was the loving wife of Donal Newcomer, and this past June they celebrated 70 years of marriage. After graduating from...
Fredine Gehman Bednarzick
Oct 26, 2018
Fredine Gehman Bednarzick, 85, of Mount Joy danced into the arms of Jesus on Friday, October 26, 2018 at Hospice & Community Care in Mount Joy after an incredibly courageous battle with dementia. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Loletia (Loraw) Gehman. Fredine grew up and spent most of her life living in Mount...
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