Carol LaPiana Porceng, 78 of Lancaster, PA, died January 24, 2018, at Lancaster General Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Born in New York City, she lived in Hornell and Syracuse, NY before moving to Lancaster in 1999. She was a Registered Nurse in New York and Pennsylvania, graduating from the Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Elmira, NY. She attended Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY and Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA. Mrs. Porceng worked at and retired from the New School of Lancaster as an Administrative Assistant. She was a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the National Society of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, and the National Society of the Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. She was a volunteer for Hospice & Community Care, Lancaster. Mrs. Porceng enjoyed travelling, reading, knitting, spending time with her family and volunteer work. Her husbands, John C. LaPiana and J. Richard Porceng and her parents, Evelyn and Thomas Spencer preceded her in death. She is survived by a daughter, Julie LaPiana Evarts, wife of Robert, of Lancaster; three sons, Jeffrey LaPiana, husband of Karen and Mark LaPiana, husband of Alesha, both of Charlotte, NC, and David LaPiana, of Phoenixville, PA; ten grandchildren: Mac, Sarah, Emma and Tessa Evarts, of Lancaster; Krysten and Anthony LaPiana, Isabella Weatherford and Jennifer Hollmer, of Charlotte, NC; Anne Elizabeth and John Robert LaPiana of Charlotte, NC; and her brother Thomas J. Spencer, husband of Joann, of Rochester, NY. Memorial Services for Mrs. Porceng will be held privately, at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Carol's memory may be made to Hospice & Community Care, PO Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604.