Recent Obituaries
Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas
Harold J. “Hal” Plamjack
Feb 27, 2017
Harold J. "Hal" Plamjack, 90, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017 at his home. He was the husband of Elizabeth Moon Plamjack, with whom he shared 47 years of marriage. Born in Brooklyn, NY he was the son of the late Meyer and Lillian Plamjack. Hal was a 1948 graduate of MIT, earning a BS...
Charlie Dejesus
Feb 27, 2017
Charlie DeJesus, 50, of Lancaster, passed away on February 27, 2017 at home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son to the late Lazaro DeJesus & Luz Reed. Charlie was the husband of Annette DeJesus. Charlie was a Karate Instructor and a member of the Conde Lightning. He received a Third Degree Black Belt. He enjoyed working on...
Elmer H. Schweitzer
Feb 27, 2017
Elmer H. Schweitzer, 93, of Keystone Villa, Ephrata, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at Hospice & Community Care in Mount Joy. Born in 1923 in York, he was the son of the late Edgar Raymond Schweitzer and Sallie (Siar) Schweitzer. Elmer was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Boyd (Eckenrode) Schweitzer, who died February 15, 2002. They...
Miriam F. “Mim” Butz
Feb 27, 2017
Miriam F. "Mim" (May) Butz, 96, of Lancaster, died Monday, February 27, 2017 at Brethren Village. Born and raised in Lancaster, she was the wife of the late Edward M. Butz, and the daughter of the late Clyde W. and Grace E. (Hoffman) May.
Mim was employed by the PA Welfare Department for 16 years until her...
Esther G. Livingston
Feb 26, 2017
Esther G. Livingston, 86, of United Zion Retirement Community, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2016. Born in Washington, IA she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Naomi (Miller) Gerdes and the wife for 62 years of the late Dr. David P. Livingston, Jr., PhD who passed away in November of 2013. She had two older sisters and...
Paul S. Johnson
Feb 26, 2017
Paul S. Johnson, 82, of Willow Street, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning.
He was married to Rosemarie B. Johnson, with whom he celebrated 58 years of marriage in October. Born in Lima, NY, he was the son of the late Orange B. and Jeannette S. Johnson.
Paul graduated from Bloomfield (NY) High School in...
Barbara M. Kambic
Feb 26, 2017
Barbara M. Kambic, 82, of Lancaster passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Lancaster General Hospital to live eternally with Our Savior Jesus Christ. She was being treated for, among other things, stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and congestive heart failure. Barbara was the wife of the late Joseph S. Kambic who passed away in 2013.
...Donald E. Lenig
Feb 26, 2017
Donald E. Lenig, 92, born in Mt Pleasant Mills, PA, died Sunday, February 26 at Lancaster General Hospital after sustaining injuries in an accident at his home. Donald was a partner at Rice & Weidman Construction Co and worked for Benchmark Construction Co Inc. full time into his late 70's then on special projects through his 80's. He taught...
Kors (Cornelius) De Vos
Feb 25, 2017
Kors (Cornelius) De Vos, 96, of Woodcrest Villa, Lancaster, PA and formerly of Montville, NJ, was born in Hardinxveld, The Netherlands in 1920. He was the 6th of ten children born to Jan Nijs (John) De Vos of Geissendam, The Netherlands and Korstiana (Christiana) Blokland De Vos of Hardinxveld.
Cornelius was five months old when his parents...
Stephanie M. Evanko
Feb 25, 2017
Stephanie M. Evanko, 32, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the Lehigh Valley Medical Center, following at 17 year struggle with addiction. She is now at peace in the arms of Jesus. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Stephen and Mechthild Oetzel Evanko of Lancaster. She had a big and caring heart,...
William Dunning Paton
Feb 25, 2017
William Dunning Paton passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 25, 2017. He was 87 years old. He was born in 1929 in Meriden, Connecticut. He grew up on an apple orchard with his parents and siblings.
Bill was a very good-natured and compassionate man. He was happiest when he was with his wife, four children and grandchildren....
Edna L. (Kleinfelder) Schload
Feb 25, 2017
Edna L. (Kleinfelder) Schload, 98, of Lititz, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 in her residence, under the care of Hospice. Born in Houston, TX, she was the wife of the late Paul J. Schload, who passed away in 2015 after 71 years of marriage. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Viola (Himstedt) Kleinfelder. Edna was...
Doris J. Lampo
Feb 24, 2017
Doris J. Lampo, who has resided at Brethren Village for 10 years, died peacefully on February 24, 2017, of natural causes. She was 95 years old. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 11, 1921, the daughter of Serena Van Ness and Charles Fosdick. She was also the stepdaughter of Jacob S. Frey. She graduated from J.P....
Jay M. Brooks
Feb 23, 2017
Jay M. Brooks, 82, formerly of East Donegal Township, passed away peacefully Thursday, February 23, 2017, with his loving wife "Peg" by his side at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim, where he resided for the last four years. He lived with Parkinson's Disease for many years and recently suffered a stroke. Born in Florin, PA he was the son...
Betty Lou Jeddic
Feb 23, 2017
Betty Lou Jeddic, of Lancaster, PA, formerly of Reading, PA, passed away after a long illness on February 23, 2017 at the Mennonite Home. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Raymond & Bessie Sweitzer. Betty was the wife to the late Edmond Jeddic, assistant professor of Millersville University. Betty worked in the office of RCA...
Steven Z. Preziosi
Feb 23, 2017
Steven Z. Preziosi, 22, Lititz, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017. Born in Williamsport, PA, he was the son of Darryl P. and Michele L. (Beach) Preziosi, of Lititz. Steven graduated from Warwick High School in 2013. At Warwick, Steven played on the Varsity Lacrosse team. He attended Lock Haven University and Temple University studying Political Science. Steven's...
Linda E. Taylor
Feb 23, 2017
Linda E. Taylor, 63, of Manheim, passed away peacefully at home, Thursday, February 23, 2017.
Born in Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Madeline and Bill Evans, formally of Claymont, DE.
She and her husband, "Iggy," were childhood sweethearts, meeting while still attending Claymont High School. Graduating in 1971, they were married...
William F. “Bill” Foltz, Iii
Feb 22, 2017
William F. "Bill" Foltz, III, 64, of Lancaster passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Lancaster Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of Victoria (Mastromatteo) Foltz to whom he was married for 41 years. Born in Columbia, PA he was the son of Beverly Ann (Rosenberger) Foltz of East Petersburg, PA and the late William F. Foltz, II....
Lloyd H. Lawrence, Sr.
Feb 22, 2017
Lloyd H. Lawrence, Sr., 92, of Lancaster, passed away at Moravian Manor Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Born in Coatesville, PA, Lloyd was the son of the late Edward and Mary E. (Beinhauer) Lawrence. He was the husband of Shirley (Kennedy) Lawrence, to whom he was married 37 years.
Lloyd graduated from the North Dakota State University to...
Thomas P. O’Neill Iii
Feb 22, 2017
Thomas P. O'Neill III, 65, of Lancaster passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of Helen Teresa (O'Malley) and the late Thomas Patrick O'Neill. He was the loving husband of Bonnie (Jones) O'Neill with whom he shared over 15 years...
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