Recent Obituaries

Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas

Wilford E. Hampton

Wilford E. Hampton

Jan 18, 2018

Wilford E. Hampton, 93, of Lancaster, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Moravian Manor. He was the husband of the late Pearl I. Hampton who passed away January 8, 2010. Born in Elysburg, PA he was the son of the late Vaughn W. and Mary C. (Shuler) Hampton. Wilford worked at Kerr Glass for many years and later...

Margaret Klopfle

Margaret Klopfle

Jan 18, 2018

Margaret Klopfle, 72, of Millersville, formerly of Philadelphia, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Anna (Graf) Smith. She was married for 48 years to Lawrence G. Klopfle before his passing in 2014. A homemaker, she loved her family and always took...

Patricia Cressy

Patricia Cressy

Jan 18, 2018

Patricia Cressy, 86, of Evergreen Estates: Lancaster died on January 18, 2018

Betty Ann (Finnegan) Farbo

Betty Ann (Finnegan) Farbo

Jan 18, 2018

Betty Ann (Finnegan) Farbo, 86, of Lancaster, passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at the home of her son James Farbo and his wife, Patty in Ephrata. Born in Cassandra, PA on February 16, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Mary (Krumenaker) and Russell Finnegan. She was a loving wife to husband, Michael P. Farbo. They...

Mary Virginia (Roda) Maher

Mary Virginia (Roda) Maher

Jan 18, 2018

Mary Virginia (Roda) Maher, known to her family and friends as Virginia or "Ginny," passed into eternal rest on January 18, 2018, having just celebrated her ninety-third birthday a month before. Ginny was born in Akron, Ohio, the third child and only daughter of George W. and Irene L. (Abele) Reeder. In November of 1944, Ginny's oldest brother brought...

Patricia B. Horning

Patricia B. Horning

Jan 17, 2018

Patricia B. Horning 1930-2018

at the grave i couldn't cry still rain complied, falling soft on somber wood

"For darkness restores what light cannot repair"

RIP Mama. You are loved. Funeral Services will be private and held at the convenience of the family. Anyone wishing to honor Pats memory can make a donation...

Evelyn Hildebrand

Evelyn Hildebrand

Jan 17, 2018

Evelyn Hildebrand, a resident of Lancashire Hall, entered her heavenly home on January 17, 2018. Born in Mahanoy City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary A. (Jackson) Hildebrand. Evelyn attended Mahanoy Township Schools until she became disabled, and then was home schooled. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church-Christ in Mahanoy City,...

Bonnie L. Walmer

Bonnie L. Walmer

Jan 16, 2018

Bonnie L. Walmer, 90, formerly of Elizabethtown, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at Luther Acres Manor in Lititz, after a lengthy illness. She was a long-time member of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elizabethtown. Bonnie was born in Fannettsburg, PA in 1927, the second of 10 children born to the late John...

Susan G. Mcclure

Susan G. Mcclure

Jan 16, 2018

Susan G. McClure, 86, of Lancaster, PA, died January 16, 2018.

Frances Lucille Keller Keller

Frances Lucille Keller Keller

Jan 16, 2018

Frances Lucille Keller Keller passed away at Lakeside at Willow Valley on January 16, 2018. Frances was born October 28, 1924 in Adams County, the daughter of the late Mary Allison and Paul J. Keller. She was married for 60 years to Richard C. Keller, who died in 2006. Frances graduated from Tyrone High School in 1941 and Millersville...

Carm R. Amaro

Carm R. Amaro

Jan 15, 2018

Carm R. Amaro, 65, of Quarryville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on January 15, 2018. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Ino and Bernice (Rettew) Amaro. Carm was the husband of 42 years to Tina (Bleecher) Amaro; father to Cori Benner, wife of Rick, and Brad Amaro; grandfather to Austin & Kyra; and brother of Victor...

Ruth L. Snyder

Ruth L. Snyder

Jan 15, 2018

Ruth L. Snyder, 81, of Lancaster passed away Monday, January 15, 2018 at Calvary Fellowship Homes. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Ray and Luetta (Lefever) Sherbahn. She was the wife of the late Edward Harry Snyder who passed away January 29, 2017. She was a 1954 graduate of J.P. McCaskey High School. Ruth went...

James L. Mccreary

James L. Mccreary

Jan 15, 2018

James L. McCreary, 85, of Lititz, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2018 at Lancaster General Hospital after an illness.

He was the husband of Barbara J. Keech McCreary, his high-school sweetheart with whom he shared 62 years of marriage this past May 21st. Born in Altoona, he was the son of the late James L. and...

June F. Edwards

June F. Edwards

Jan 14, 2018

June F. Edwards, 77, of Myerstown, wife of Edward R. Edwards, died January 14, 2018

Dean G. Miller

Dean G. Miller

Jan 14, 2018

Dean G. Miller, 96, of Lititz, PA, passed away on January 14, 2018 at Luther Acres. Born in Altoona, PA, he was the son of the late Samuel and Sara (Smith) Miller. Dean was the loving husband of 59 years to the late Marian (Dennis) Miller. A dedicated Millersville University alumni, Dean (MSTC '42) and Marian (MSTC '41) met...

Joseph S. Eckman

Joseph S. Eckman

Jan 13, 2018

Joseph S. Eckman, 95, died at his Gordonville home on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 after a battle with skin cancer. Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late Samuel J. and Maude L. Philips Eckman, and husband of Catherine J. Mellinger Eckman for 76 years. He worked on a farm when younger and then as a...

Barbara Ann Keyl

Barbara Ann Keyl

Jan 13, 2018

Barbara Ann Keyl of Lancaster died on January 13, 2018. She is survived by her beloved husband of 62 years, Rev. Rudolf J. S. Keyl; by her children, Stephen, Deborah, and Timothy; by six grandchildren; and by her brother, Henry F. Hoffmeier, Jr. Barbara was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to Henry F. Hoffmeier, Sr., and Marion Hoffmeier. She...

Nancy Houston O’Hara

Nancy Houston O’Hara

Jan 13, 2018

Nancy Houston O'Hara, 91, passed away on December 13, 2017 at Moravian Manor, Lititz, PA. She was born January 17, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of Wallace B. and Josephine (Hunt) Houston. She was a longtime Lititz resident and was the retired Executive Director for Moravian Manor, Lititz, where she served from 1980 to 1995. Nancy received her...

Vincent F. Sapone

Vincent F. Sapone

Jan 12, 2018

Vincent F. Sapone, 86, of Lancaster, PA died at his home of 40 years on Friday January 12, 2018. He was born in Lancaster City on February 1, 1931 of Italian immigrants, the late John & Christina (Pisani) Sapone.

He graduated from JP McCaskey High School in the class of 1948.

Vincent was preceded in...

Kathleen M. (Brandt) Wiley

Kathleen M. (Brandt) Wiley

Jan 12, 2018

Kathleen M. (Brandt) Wiley, 67, of Mountville, formerly of Columbia, was taken into the arms of the angels on Friday, January 12, 2018 at Hospice & Community Care, Mt. Joy surrounded by her loving family. Born in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Mary Ellen (Bennett) Brandt. She was the loving wife of Thomas P....

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