Recent Obituaries
Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas
Irene Kimball
Oct 10, 2018
Irene Kimball, 92, of Woodcrest Villa, Lancaster, formerly of Ocean Pines, MD and Englewood, NJ, passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at the Mennonite Home of Lancaster, PA. She was the loving wife of the late Kenneth Kimball with whom she shared 60 years of marriage. Her husband passed away in 2007. Irene was a member of Highland...
Elizabeth Ann Vaccaro
Oct 8, 2018
Elizabeth Ann Vaccaro, 87, of West Lampeter Twp., passed away at home on Monday, October 8, 2018, while surrounded by her loving family. Born in Neptune City, NJ, she was one of twelve children born to the late Frank and Mary (Quigg) Dugan. Elizabeth was the beloved wife of Henry J. Vaccaro M.D., with whom she shared 51 years...
Joan M. Hauck
Oct 8, 2018
Joan M. Hauck, 96, of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018 at the Long Community at Highland. The daughter of the late John A. and Helen Danz Hauck, she was a 1941 graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School and had worked at Penn Dairy for 44 years. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. The...
Donna B. Young
Oct 8, 2018
Donna B. Young, 76, of Lancaster, passed away on October 8, 2018 surrounded by her loving family at home. She was the daughter of the late David B. and Elsie Alverta (Foultz) Young. Donna was a graduate of Manheim Township High School. She retired from Hamilton Watch after 30 years. After her retirement, she worked at S. Clyde Weaver....
Harry James “Jim” Strickler
Oct 8, 2018
Harry James "Jim" Strickler, 95, of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018 at Evergreen Estates in Lancaster under the care of Hospice and Community Care. He was the loving husband of the late Helen L. "Ruth" Strickler who died in 2000. Born in Hopeland, PA he was a son of the late Harry A. and Bessie (Enck)...
John N. "Jack" Lyons
Oct 8, 2018
John N. "Jack" Lyons, 85, of Lancaster, went to be with the Lord on October 8, 2018. He was the loving husband of Mildred M. (Davis) Lyons for 49 years.
He served in the US Army during the Korean war.
Jack was a banker. He enjoyed classic cars and loved spending time with his family....
Robert W. Havercamp
Oct 7, 2018
Robert W. Havercamp, 69, of Boyertown, formerly of Lancaster, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Charles and Ruth (Houck) Havercamp. He was the loving husband of Kathy (Lewis) Havercamp with whom he shared over 17 years of marriage. He is survived by two daughters, Tracy Pitz, fiancée of James...
Stephen Redington
Oct 6, 2018
Stephen Redington, 56, of New Holland, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Corpus Christi, TX he was a son of Jerry and Anna (Neri) Redington. Stephen was loving father, he will be greatly missed by his 3 children, Zephaniah, Benjamin and Alexis. He is survived by his siblings and their families,...
Joyce Arthur Kurtz
Oct 5, 2018
Joyce Arthur Kurtz, 83, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Friday, October 5, 2018, at the Masonic Health Care Center, after a long illness. Born in Altavista, VA, she was the daughter of the late J. Samuel and Rubye (Roark) Arthur. After moving to PA as a child, she graduated from the New Holland High School in 1952.
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Janice M. Mccaskey
Oct 5, 2018
Janice M. McCaskey, 69, of Lancaster passed away October 5, 2018, at the Lancaster General Hospital. Jan was the daughter of the late Walter D. McCaskey and Dorothy (Hildebrand) McCaskey of Lancaster. She is survived by her spouse and partner of 31 years, Roxanne C. Koch. Jan was a graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School in 1966, where she...
Mary E.W. "Polly" Eshelman
Oct 5, 2018
Known as "Polly," she lived a life of service to her community and devotion to her family. A trailblazer, Polly embraced challenges, attending college and serving in the military during a time when those were not usual roles for women. She also later embraced the traditional roles of wife and mother as well, tackling them with her trademark dedication...
Lynda D. Lefever
Oct 4, 2018
Lynda D. (Brown) Lefever, 57, of Lancaster, PA, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Born in Culpeper, VA, she was a daughter of Herb Brown and the late Joyce M. (Lindsay) Brown. Lynda was the beloved wife of Sharon (Sweeney) Gudgeon, with who she shared over four years of marriage....
Blanche S. Kaiser
Oct 3, 2018
Blanche S. Kaiser, 74, passed away at her Lancaster home on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. She was born in Etters, York County to the late Paul R. and Irene Vaughn Coble. Blanche was the devoted wife of Dennis C. Kaiser for 39 years.
She attended J.P. McCaskey High School and worked as a clerk for Lancaster County...
Jane K. Santaniello
Oct 3, 2018
Jane K. Santaniello, 98, of East Hempfield Township, passed away peacefully at Evergreen Estates Retirement Community on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 just three days shy of her 99th birthday. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late George S. and Grace (Skeen) Kurtz. Jane and her husband Armand Santaniello were married 62 years when he passed away...
Jaroslava Vasylyshyn
Oct 2, 2018
Jaroslava (Stebelsky) Vasylyshyn passed away in her sleep at Hospice and Community Care, Mount Joy on October 2, 2018, weeks shy of her 98th birthday. Born in Selo Kryve, Pidvolochysk region, Ternopil', Ukraine in 1920 to Mykyta and Maria (Kupets'ka) Stebelsky, she had four sisters and three brothers. As World War II approached, her entire family was forced to...
Florence M. Hoogerwerff
Oct 1, 2018
Florence Marie (Burgoon) Hoogerwerff, 77, of Strasburg passed away after a long battle with cancer on Monday, October 1st with her family by her side. She was born October 26, 1940 in Pittsburgh, PA to Catherine Shunk Burgoon and Regis Burgoon. She attended Penn Hills High School and Saddleback College. Her family called her "Sissy". She had one sister,...
Dorothy Jane Beck
Sep 29, 2018
Dorothy Jane Beck, 87, of Lancaster formerly of York, PA, passed away peacefully at Conestoga View Nursing and Rehabilitation on Saturday, September 29, 2018. Born in Dublin, OH, she was a daughter of the late Howard A. and Sylvia Charlotte (Dublin) Stutzman. Dorothy was the beloved wife of the late Robert Harry Beck, with whom she shared over 55...
Janice E. Adamkowski
Sep 29, 2018
Janice E. Adamkowski, 66, of Hershey, formerly of Lancaster passed away Saturday, September 29, 2018 at Hospice & Community Care in Mount Joy. Born in Stamford, CT she was the daughter of the late Chester and Helen (Bishop) Adamkowski. She was a Conestoga Valley High School graduate and later went onto attend Millersville and Shippensburg Universities. Janice loved all...
Robert G. Harnish
Sep 29, 2018
Robert G. Harnish, 93, of Millersville, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2018, at Arbor View at Willow Valley. Born in Willow Street, he was the son of the late A. Huber and Elizabeth (Greider) Harnish. Robert was the beloved husband of Jessie L. Fehl Harnish, with whom he shared 57 years of marriage. On Robert's behalf, the family...
Catherine E. Meeker
Sep 28, 2018
Catherine E. Meeker, 94, of Lancaster, PA and formerly of Martins Ferry, OH, passed away at the UPMC Pinnacle Hospital in Lancaster on Friday, September 28, 2018 surrounded by her family. She was born in Martins Ferry to the late George and Edith (Willimott) Haag. Her husband of 38 years, David W. Meeker, died in 1989.
She...
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