Recent Obituaries
Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas
Mary Ann Spohn
Feb 28, 2016
Mary Ann Spohn, 83, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully, Sunday, February 28, 2016, at Lancaster Regional Hospital. Born in Lancaster to the late Dominic and Teresa (Paparo) Pugliese, Mary Ann was the loving wife of Robert W. Spohn, with whom she celebrated 54 years of marriage.
Mary Ann was a nurse and was the devoted mother of...
Thomas P. Gessner
Feb 28, 2016
Thomas P. Gessner, 74, of Millersville, died Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Hospice & Community Care, Mount Joy.
Born in Lancaster, he was the husband of Rosalie E. (Harnly) Gessner of Millersville, and the son of the late Francis J. and Helen E. (Roschel) Gessner.
Thomas was an avid history buff, and a member of...
Douglas R. Bowman
Feb 27, 2016
Douglas R. Bowman, 70, of Ridgeway, SC, died at Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC, on Saturday, February 27, 2016.
Born in Arlington, VA, he was the husband of Mary Lynne Lawrence, and the son of the late DeWitt C. Bowman and late Pansy (Woodell) Kenney.
Doug was in the US Navy as a Boiler Tender having...
Frederick Mcelhenny
Feb 26, 2016
Frederick McElhenny, 94, of Honey Brook, PA, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community. He was the husband of the late Alberta P. Pirrong McElhenny, who passed away in 2011. Born in Port Reading, NJ, he was the son of the late Eugene and Nina DeWitt McElhenny. Fred had worked for 43 years...
Thomas John Legath
Feb 26, 2016
Thomas John Legath, 68, of Lancaster passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Hospice and Community Care, surrounded by his loving family following a long, courageous journey battling neuroendocrine cancer. He is now in the presence of God.
Tom was married to Vicki (Miller) Legath, his college sweetheart at Kutztown University. They recently celebrated their 40th...
Walter J. Gebhard
Feb 26, 2016
Walter J. Gebhard, 91, of Conestoga View, Lancaster, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016. He was born in Lancaster, PA and was the son of the late Harry and Ada Mae Gebhard.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Gebhard in 2002. Walter began his career with the National Ball Bearings Company. He retired...
Beatrice (Federico) Whitehead
Feb 26, 2016
Beatrice (Federico) Whitehead, 75, of Lancaster, died Friday, February 26, 2016 at Moravian Manor in Lititz. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the wife of James Whitehead of Lancaster, and the daughter of the late Gennaro and Rose (Ferrcane) Federico. Beatrice was employed as a Financial Aid Rep for the School of Horology in Columbia for 14 years until...
Barbara J. Mcmillan
Feb 25, 2016
Barbara J. McMillan, 91 of Masonic Village passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016. Born May 28th 1924 in Mt Jewett, PA. While growing up she also lived in Richmond VA, New York City and Providence RI.
She graduated from Hope High School in Providence, RI. , June 1942 and graduated from Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School, Providence, RI,...
Geraldine S. Weidel
Feb 24, 2016
Geraldine S. Weidel, 97, of Lancaster passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Brethren Village. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Wayne and Anna (Andes) Stauffer. She was married to the late J. Milton Weidel who passed away in 1995.
Gerry was an active, lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Neffsville, where...
Katherine M. (Maus) Wright
Feb 24, 2016
Katherine M. (Maus) Wright, 52, of Lancaster, died suddenly Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at her residence.
Born in Vero Beach, FL, she was the wife of John Wright of Lancaster, and the daughter of Joseph R. and Joan (Zelesky) Maus of South Carolina.
She was employed in the Marketing and Sales Department of Sensenich Propeller...
Michael D. “Mike” Doan
Feb 23, 2016
Mike was reunited with his daughter Traci "Dinker" on February 23, 2016 following a long battle of heart disease. Born in Lancaster, Mike was the son of the late Stanley R. and Marion (Stover) Doan. He was the husband of Linda Willis Doan and the father of Robyn Michelle Doan Rissinger wife of Troy R. Rissinger and his 3...
Annmarie Hahn
Feb 23, 2016
Annmarie Hahn, 82, of Scranton, PA passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at The Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center in Lititz, PA. She was the wife of the late Frederick J. Hahn who passed away in 1990.
Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Ceil (Barnack) Ross. Annmarie graduated from Dunmore...
Miles E. Delemos
Feb 23, 2016
Miles E. Delemos, 94, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. He was the husband of Georgie M. Delemos to whom he was married for 66 years. Born in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, he was the son of the late Reverend Halvor A. Delemos and Lilla E. Delemos.
At the...
Marcus A. Terrero
Feb 23, 2016
Marcus A. Terrero, 7 months, of Lancaster, entered Heaven on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Hershey Medical Center. He was born in Warwick Twp. to Nicole L. Emlet of Lancaster and Devyn Terrero of Millersville. Other family members of Marcus include his maternal grandparents Heather and Andrew Emerick, Lancaster, maternal grandfather Terry Emlet, Lancaster, paternal grandmother Wendy Wheeler, Millersville,...
Mary M. Rottmund
Feb 23, 2016
Mary M. Rottmund, 94, of Lancaster, PA passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Evergreen Estates. She was the wife of the late Robert C. Rottmund who died this past November. Born in Lancaster, PA she was the daughter of the late John and Rosa (Bomberger) Treier. Mary was a 1939 graduate of Strasburg High School. She was a...
James Edwin Winters Iii
Feb 23, 2016
James Edwin Winters III, 71, of Lititz, died Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Ephrata Community Hospital. Born in Washington, DC, he was the husband of the late Carol (Balthaser) Winters, and the son of the late James E. Winters, Jr and Clarice (Buechley) Winters. James was a US Army Veteran, having served from 1966 to 1969. He was a...
Betty J. Forwood
Feb 22, 2016
Betty J. Forwood, of Lancaster, died peacefully on her 91st birthday, February 22, 2016. She was the only child of the late Augustus and Barbara (Bryan) Steiner. She graduated from Elizabethtown High School where she was a cheerleader.
Betty married the love of her life, the late Raymond H. Forwood, Jr., in 1945. They shared many happy...
Dr. Robert “Bob” Lenhart, Jr.
Feb 22, 2016
Dr. Robert "Bob" Lenhart Jr., age 62 of Lancaster passed away unexpectedly on February 22, 2016. Born in Lancaster he was the son of Clara M Lenhart of Lancaster and the late Robert L Lenhart Sr. He celebrated 32 years of marriage with his wife, Heather M Lenhart on February 18, 2016.
Bob graduated from McCaskey High...
John (Jack) Alan Weinlein
Feb 22, 2016
John (Jack) Alan Weinlein, 61, of Lancaster PA, passed away on February 22, 2016, after a brief illness with his loving and devoted wife Margaret (Mc Kinney) Weinlein at his side.
Jack is also survived by his sons Sean partner Caitlin McCullough, Pittsburgh Pa, Paul (Kate), Lancaster PA, and Bill (Nikki), Katy TX and his new grandsons...
Gail H. Benjamin
Feb 21, 2016
Gail H. Benjamin, 79, of Lancaster, PA, passed away at her residence on Sunday, February 21, 2016. She was the wife of Art Benjamin, with whom she had shared 58 years of marriage this past June 30th. Born in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde B. and Grace Champion Humphries.
Gail had been...
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