Joan Carpenter
Jun 9, 2020
Joan Carpenter, 91, of Mountville, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at Lancaster General Hospital. A lifelong resident of Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Elizabeth J. (Wenninger) Houser. Joan was the beloved wife of the late Harry S. Carpenter, Sr. who passed in 1984.
A loving wife, mother and grandmother, Joan...
Bonnie E. Whitman
Jun 8, 2020
Bonnie E. Whitman, 70, of Ephrata, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 8, 2020. Born in Ephrata she was the daughter of the late Eugene H. and Sara E. (Gray) Barrett. Bonnie was a lifelong member of Highpoint Community Church in Ephrata.
Bonnie was a natural caregiver, she worked for 39 dedicated years as a nurse's aide...
Mae E. (Oehme) Meringer
Jun 8, 2020
Mae E. Meringer, 101, of Lititz, formerly of Millersville, passed away on June 8, 2020. She was the daughter of the late William W. and Elizabeth (Martin) Oehme. Mae was the wife of the late John C. Meringer who died in 1993.
Mae was a member of Covenant United Methodist Church, Lancaster where she was a member...
David Cummings
Jun 7, 2020
David Cummings, 61, of Elizabethtown, passed away on June 7, 2020 at Elizabeth Manor. Born in Lancaster he was the son of the late Clifford and Beatrice (Smith) Cummings.
David was a kind, gentle soul. His goal was to enjoy every day and he did so by playing music and partying. David also enjoyed watching soccer and...
Rev. L. David Cassel
Jun 7, 2020
David Cassel went home to be with his Lord and Savior June 7, 2020.
Born in Cressona, PA, he was the son of the late Rev. William K. and Mabel O. Cassel.
He graduated from Elizabethtown College with a Bachelors of Arts degree in 1960, and also earned a Masters of Divinity from the Evangelical...
Thaddeus L. Weeks
Jun 7, 2020
Thaddeus L. Weeks, 45, of Lancaster, passed away unexpectedly at Lancaster General Hospital on June, 7, 2020. Born in Lancaster, PA he was the son of Lorraine Weeks and the late Thaddeus Sabb.
Thaddeus attended J. P. McCaskey High School. Thaddeus was a talented musician and enjoyed rapping and singing. He enjoyed playing video games and spending...
Carol E. (Book) Shank
Jun 6, 2020
Carol E. (Book) Shank, 73, of Lititz, passed away on June 6, 2020. Born in Leola, she was the daughter of the late Mary Pauline Buckwalter and Ray Book.
Carol was no ordinary woman of her time; she was fiercely independent and a go-getter. She embodied a modern-day woman, long before it was modern. She was a...
Lucille M. Russo
Jun 6, 2020
Lucille M. Russo, 93, of Lititz, passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2020, at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late J. Harry Jones and Ethyl S. (Shaub) Bixler, and her stepfather, Hiram Bixler.
Lucille worked for Macy's Department Store as a Sales Clerk, in customer service, and was known to...
Maria Pelka
Jun 6, 2020
On Saturday, June 6, 2020, Maria Pelka, loving great-grandmother, entered eternal life at age 94. Known as Mia, she was born on October 4, 1925 in the Netherlands to the late Joannes Leonardus Hubertus Boreas and Anna Gertrud Boreas. Mia was the eldest daughter of eleven children and helped her mother raise all her siblings. In a true 'love...
Beryl A. Coccio
Jun 6, 2020
Beryl A. Coccio, 82, formerly a long -time resident of Cabbage Hill in Lancaster, passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2020.
She was preceded in death by her husband Guido L. "Junior" Coccio, Jr. in 2014. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John E. and Amanda R. Hiltz Martin.
She graduated...
Norman E. Waltz
Jun 6, 2020
Norman E. Waltz, 84, of Lititz, passed away in the presence of his family and companion on Saturday, June 6 at Lancaster General Hospital. He was the son of the late B. Ezra and Annie H. (Breitigan) Waltz. He was preceded in life by his wife of 29 years, Barbara A. (Carpenter) Waltz and later a loving companion to...
Gloria J. Stoffa-Mcgeehan
Jun 5, 2020
Gloria Stoffa-McGeehan, 87, of Lancaster, PA passed away peacefully, Friday, June 5, 2020, of natural causes, related to dementia which weakened her brain and body over the past few years. The family is grateful to the staff of Magnolias of Lancaster, East Petersburg, where she resided, for their devoted care.
Born in St. Clair, she was the...
Margaret B. (Barbour) Helman
Jun 5, 2020
Margaret B. (Barbour) Helman, 89, of Lancaster, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020 at Legends of Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Daisy May (Buckwalter) and John E. Barbour. She was the beloved wife for 67 years to the late William C. Helman who passed in 2019.
Margaret was a 1948...
Steven Leroy Hain
Jun 5, 2020
Steven Leroy Hain, 67, passed away Friday, June 5, 2020, at his Manheim Township home. He celebrated 46 years of marriage last August 17th with his wife Judy L. (Derck) Hain. They enjoyed living in Manheim Township and part of the year in Black Hawk, CO.
He was born in Harrisburg to the late Leroy Floyd and...
Salvatore Mineo
Jun 5, 2020
Salvatore Mineo, 85, of Ephrata passed away peacefully on Friday June 5, 2020. Born in Carini, Italy he was the son of the late Croce and Rosalie (Calderone) Mineo. He was the loving husband of Rosa Mineo, with whom he shared 63 wonderful years of marriage.
Salvatore was a member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic...
Elam B. Carrigan
Jun 5, 2020
Elam Bernard Carrigan, 92, of Columbia Cross Roads, Pa. passed away peacefully, of natural causes, on June 5th, 2020, at Oak Leaf Manor (skilled care) in Lancaster Pa. He was born January 2, 1928 to Elam and Abigail (Frye) Carrigan of Unionville, Pa. Chester County.
He was a graduate of Unionville High School in 1946. After four...
Richard E. "Dick" Fund
Jun 5, 2020
Richard E. "Dick" Fund, 92, of Manheim, passed away Friday, June 5, 2020, at Ephrata Manor. Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, Dick was the son of the late Ellsworth W. and Cecilia (Cunningham) Fund. He was the loving husband of Gladys K. Fund, with whom he would have celebrated 70 years of marriage this year.
Dick proudly...
Robert “Bob” J. Snyder, Sr
Jun 4, 2020
Robert J. Snyder Sr. 84, of Columbia, passed away, Thursday, June 4, 2020 at Hospice and Community Care. Born in Marietta, PA he was the son of the late Dorothy (Snyder) and Richard Boyland. Bob was the beloved husband of 56 years to the late Joanne M. (Sload) Snyder who passed in 2011.
Prior to his retirement...
Judith "Judy" Habecker Groff
Jun 4, 2020
On June 4, 2020 at 11:55AM Judith "Judy" Habecker Groff lost her courageous battle to Acute Myloid Leukemia TP53 Mutation.
Judy was born in Lancaster on March 28, 1946. She graduated Hempfield High School class of 1964. She was a great homemaker, wife, mother, and grandmother.
After her two children entered high school, she became...
Donna E. Heim
Jun 3, 2020
Our beautiful, perfect "mama," Donna Ellen (Webber) Heim, stopped gracing this earth with her presence on June 3, 2020. She was 67 years old.
She left behind her true soulmate and husband of 43 years, Wayne "Anthony" Heim, their two fur babies Chloe and Joey, two daughters, Lindsey Elias and Jamie Heim, and four grandchildren, Jaylin, Lily,...
