Recent Obituaries
Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas
Amanda J. (Stewart) Manuel
Mar 5, 2022
Amanda J. Manuel, 38, of Lancaster, PA, passed away peacefully at home with her parents on Saturday, March 5th, 2022. Amanda, or Mandy, or Chic, was a simple carefree girl. She found joy in the simple things in life. A cup she got as a gift sparked 20 minutes of celebration about it. Back in the day playing Nintendo...
Gary Clifford Rineer
Mar 5, 2022
Gary Clifford Rineer, 71, of Paradise, passed away at home on Saturday, March 5, 2022. He was the loving husband of Deborah (Appel) Rineer. He was the son of the late Clifford and Violet (Reimold) Rineer. Gary was an active member of Calvary Monument Bible Church. He enjoyed horses and working on his 1955 Chevy. Most of all, he...
Donna S. Graybill
Mar 5, 2022
Donna S. Graybill, 63 of Lancaster, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer and stay at Hershey Medical Center. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Rosemary Winters and the late Glenn D. Winters. Donna was the beloved wife of Robert M. Graybill, and they celebrated 44 years of marriage last July....
Doris Mae (Edwards) Boyer
Mar 5, 2022
Doris Mae (Edwards) Boyer, 91, of Lancaster, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 5, 2022. She was the loving wife of the late Charles W. Boyer, who passed in 2018 after 66 years of marriage. Born on November 24, 1930 in Philadelphia, Doris was the daughter of the late Charles Francis and Violet E. (Prescott) Edwards. She...
Richard A. Pflumm
Mar 5, 2022
Richard A. Pflumm, 88, of Lancaster, Pa passed away at home on March 5, 2022 with his family by his side. "Dick" was born in White Plains, NY to the late Richard Pflumm and Matilda (Stadler) Pflumm. They resided in Byram, Connecticut.
Dick graduated from Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut where he met his future wife, Louise....
Michael C. Schiavone, Sr.
Mar 4, 2022
Michael C. Schiavone, Sr., passed away March 4, 2022 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Michael J. and Ellen L. (Ryan) Schiavone and one of five children.
Michael graduated high school from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1945, joined the U.S. Navy, and served in WWII. After discharging in 1947,...
Robbins M. Nguyen
Mar 4, 2022
Robbins M. Nguyen, 40, of Lancaster, passed away at Lancaster General Hospital, Friday, March 4, 2022. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Binh Van and Tru Thi (Se) Nguyen.
Robbins was a graduate of J.P. McCaskey High School, class of 2000. During high school, he was a proud member of the tennis team. Of the...
Michael P. Bradley
Mar 4, 2022
Michael Paul Bradley, 64, of Lancaster, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of Dorothy (Cunningham) Bradley Hurst of Lancaster, and the late Bernard Charles Bradley. A lifelong resident of Lancaster, Michael "Omar" Bradley graduated from McCaskey High School in 1975. Shortly thereafter, he joined the Navy as a nuclear submariner....
Joseph J. Finefrock Jr.
Mar 3, 2022
Joseph J. Finefrock, Jr., 63 of Leola, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Lancaster General Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Joseph Sr. and Sara (Schroyer) Finefrock. He was preceded in death by his wife Marty Finefrock in 2000. Joseph was a truck driver for many years. He...
Helen P. Williams
Mar 3, 2022
Helen Paulina Williams, 69, of Lancaster, passed away at Lancaster General Hospital on Thursday, March 3, 2022.
Born on March 6, 1952 in Lancaster, Helen was the daughter of Helen L. (Payton) Thomas and the late Victor S. Thomas. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Rose Thomas.
Helen worked for WIC as...
Colleen Mary Murphy
Mar 2, 2022
Colleen Mary Murphy passed away on March 2, 2022 after a long battle with mental illness in Lancaster, PA at the age of 66. Colleen was born Dec 12, 1955 in Mt. Vernon, New York to John C. and Marie P. Murphy (nèe Gaffney). Colleen was the fourth oldest of nine children and has resided in Red Lion, York...
Ayishia L. Dennison
Mar 2, 2022
Ayishia L. Dennison 46, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, gained her wings on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Clifford Bair and Delphine Rosario, of Lancaster. Ayishia graduated from J.P. McCaskey High School in 1993. She began her studies at Harrisburg Area Community College; then transferring to Millersville University, where she graduated with her BA in...
Kent Aaron Vendrick
Mar 2, 2022
Kent Aaron Vendrick, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 2, 2022, with his family by his side at his home in Oxford, PA. He was 72.
Kent was the loving husband of Debbie Kaye (Kalbach) Vendrick with whom he spent 46 wonderful years of marriage.
Born in Chester, PA and raised in DE, Kent was the...
Lois "Jeane" Johnson
Mar 2, 2022
Lois "Jeane" Johnson, 94, of Millersville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at home with her daughter by her side. Born in Renovo, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Gladys (Ellis) Gyurina. She was married for 46 years to the late William "Beano" Johnson who passed away in 1996.
Jeane is...
George W. Adams
Mar 2, 2022
George Weidman Adams, 80, of Lancaster died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 . George was a lifelong Lancaster resident, the son of the late George Weidman Adams, Sr. and Marie J. (Livelsberger) Adams.
George received a BS degree in Chemistry from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia in 1963. He met and married Dorothy (Frank)...
Ruth Ann Shaffer
Mar 2, 2022
Ruth Ann Shaffer, 89, of Neffsville, passed away at Ephrata Community Hospital on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. She was born in Pequea Township to the late James Edwin and Josephine (Singleton) Booth. Ruth shared 47 years of marriage with her husband Russell C. Shaffer before his passing in 2000.
Ruth worked at RCA for 19 years before...
Daniel J. Mellott
Mar 2, 2022
Daniel J. Mellott, 28, of Lancaster, ended his ongoing battle with alcoholism and mental illness, on March 2, 2022. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Victoria "Vicky" E. (Theis) and Larry D. Mellott, Jr. He shared 14 years with his wife, Shelby M. Dill.
He graduated from Lampeter Strasburg High School, class of 2011 and...
R. Mac Reeves
Mar 2, 2022
R. Mac Reeves, 79, of Lancaster passed away peacefully at home on March 2, 2022 with his family by his side after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on April 8, 1942, in Fries, Virginia. He was the son of the late John M. Reeves, Jr. and Muriel Friend Reeves.
He is survived by...
Beverly R. Spencer
Mar 1, 2022
Beverly R. Spencer, 88, a resident of Providence Place Senior Living of Lancaster and formerly of Brownstown/Ephrata, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Edward C. and Helen E. (Cramer) Maloney and the wife of the late Lewis R. Spencer who passed in 1987.
A 1951 graduate...
Judith Elaine Earhart
Mar 1, 2022
Judith Elaine Earhart, 80, went to her heavenly home from Ephrata Manor on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Born in Brownstown, Judy was the daughter of the late William and Edith (Cammauf) Marxen.
She worked at Warner-Lambert for 37 years, retiring in 2002. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Akron.
A kind, loving...
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