Recent Obituaries

Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas

Frank J. Roda

Frank J. Roda

Mar 6, 2015

Frank J. Roda, 82, of Lancaster, died Friday, March 6, 2015, at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Jersey City, NJ, to the late Frank A. and Domenica (Familiari) Roda, he was married to Shirley A. (McKenna) Roda for 59 years.

A graduate of J. P. McCaskey High School, Frank served in the US Navy during the Korean...

Norma E. Good

Norma E. Good

Mar 5, 2015

Norma E. Good, 85, of Lancaster, PA, passed away at her residence on Thursday, March 5, 2015. She was the wife of the late N. Eugene Good, who passed away in 1990. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late J. Norman and Alice Myers Eby. Norma was a 1947 graduate of New Holland High School and...

Doris M. Wolf

Doris M. Wolf

Mar 5, 2015

Doris M. Wolf, 90, of Lancaster, PA, died Thursday, March 5, 2015 at Lancaster General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Henry Wolf who died in 2010. Born in Lancaster, PA on July 11, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Joseph G. and Mary Elizabeth (Greulich) Greiner. Doris worked in the purchasing department for Armstrong...

Mary Ann Hostetter

Mary Ann Hostetter

Mar 4, 2015

Mary Ann Hostetter, 89, of Lancaster passed away on Wednesday March 4 at the Mennonite Home after a lengthy illness. A native of Lancaster she was the daughter of the late Henry Paul and Nettie Hostetter. Mary Ann was a graduate of McCaskey High School and Millersville State Teachers College. She taught first grade for the School District of...

John Joseph Sloan

John Joseph Sloan

Mar 4, 2015

John Joseph Sloan, 73, of Lancaster, formerly of Philadelphia, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Hospice & Community Care in Mount Joy. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Mary (Mullin) Sloan. He was married to Betty (Kuhns) Bisking-Sloan for over 12 years. John attended grade school in Philadelphia at Holy Innocence and...

Bobby Leigh Flora

Bobby Leigh Flora

Mar 4, 2015

Bobby Leigh Flora, 28, of Lancaster, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at Lancaster General Hospital. She was born in Lancaster to Robert Lee Flora and Doreen Kay Peters.

Bobby attended Hempfield High School and then YTI Career Institute for medical billing and coding. She worked as a wellness secretary at Country Meadows, Lancaster. Bobby loved her family...

May A. Bury

May A. Bury

Mar 4, 2015

May A. Bury, 79, of Lancaster, PA, passed away at Hospice and Community Care in Mt. Joy on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. She was the wife of Charles E. Bury, with whom she shared 61 years of marriage this past December 5th. Born in York, PA, she was the daughter of the late William and Virgie Orwick Keech. May...

Mark Alexander Ellis

Mark Alexander Ellis

Mar 3, 2015

Mark Alexander Ellis, 53, died suddenly March 3, 2015. He is survived by his mother, Joann (Fleisher) Cooper, wife of Quentin; father, Steward Ellis, husband of Kris; wife, Carol (Adamcek); sons, Jared husband of Sarah; Dylan; and daughter, Kayley. He had one grandchild, Quinn who was the light of his life.

Mark's family was the most important...

Anna Nonn

Anna Nonn

Mar 3, 2015

Anna Nonn, 98, went home to be with the Lord on March 3, 2015, at St. Anne's Retirement Community. Born May 6, 1916, in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Mary Schneider Scheuchenzuber.

A devout Catholic she served forty years on the hospitality committee of St. Philip the Apostle Church and...

James P. "Jim" Shenk

James P. "Jim" Shenk

Mar 2, 2015

James P. "Jim" Shenk, 78, of Manheim, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015, at Lancaster General Hospital.

He was the husband of Josephine A. (Spadea) Shenk and the son of the late Eli H. and Hazel R. (Packard) Shenk.

He was a loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend throughout his lifetime....

Arline L. Kime

Arline L. Kime

Mar 2, 2015

Arline L. Kime, 94, of Lititz, PA, passed away on March 2, 2015 at Luther Care of Lititz. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Arthur P. and Freda (Kessler) Leary. Arline was the wife of the late Sidney R. Kime, Sr. A graduate of Upper Darby High School, Arline was a graduate of Philadelphia...

Irene “Rene” M. Leaman

Irene “Rene” M. Leaman

Mar 2, 2015

Irene "Rene" M. Leaman, 94, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015 at Landis Homes Retirement Community. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late George and Amelia Leaman. She was a Registered Nurse, specializing in physical therapy throughout her career. She was a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Nursing and soon after...

Edward “Ted” Mccall

Edward “Ted” Mccall

Mar 1, 2015

Edward "Ted" McCall, 91, of Lititz, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at the Lebanon VA Hospital. He was the husband of the late Beverly L. Schubauer McCall who passed away in 2011. Born in Harrisburg, he was the son of the late Edward Sr. and Gertrude White McCall. A licensed insurance agent, Ted worked for Lititz...

Martin D. Metellus

Martin D. Metellus

Mar 1, 2015

Martin D. Metellus, 67, of Lancaster died March 1, 2015.

Caroline M. (Kocisek) Horvath

Caroline M. (Kocisek) Horvath

Mar 1, 2015

Caroline M. (Kocisek) Horvath, 87, formerly of Lancaster, died March 1, 2015 at Landis Homes. Born in Ford City on March 21, 1927, she was the wife of the late Frank Horvath, who died in 1994. She was the daughter of the late Matthew and Mary (Rahal) Kocisek. She and her husband lived in McKeesport for 18 years before...

Victoria Lee Bingham

Victoria Lee Bingham

Feb 28, 2015

Victoria Lee Bingham, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and educator, died at age 70, Saturday, February 28, 2015, surrounded by family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, after a brief but determined battle against lung cancer. Vicki was born on December 30, 1944, in Dayton, Ohio. She graduated from Conestoga Valley High School in 1962 and Millersville University in 1966. She is survived...

Avery D. Wilson, Sr.

Avery D. Wilson, Sr.

Feb 28, 2015

Avery D. Wilson, Sr., 40, of Lancaster Township, died on February 28, 2015 at his home. Born on April 9, 1974 in Harrisburg, Pa. He was the husband of the late Yarra Wilson, who preceded him in death. Avery was an assistant principal at Solanco High School, Lancaster, Pa. He also worked previously as a Spanish teacher at The...

Arthur Festa

Arthur Festa

Feb 28, 2015

Arthur Festa, 88, husband of Anna, died February 28, 2015.

Nevin Bucher

Nevin Bucher

Feb 27, 2015

Nevin Bucher, 70, of Lititz, PA, passed away on Friday, February 27, 2015 at his residence. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of D. Melvin and Alta Buckwalter Brubaker Bucher of Lititz. Nevin had been a truck driver for 39 years for the Lester Summers Trucking Company of Ephrata. He enjoyed motorcycling, driving truck which to him was...

Emma (Hehr) Reiff

Emma (Hehr) Reiff

Feb 27, 2015

Emma (Hehr) Reiff, 88, of Lititz died on Friday, February 27, 2015 at Mennonite Homes, Lancaster. Emma was born in Germany in 1926 to the late Karl and Elisa (Grandel) Hehr and was the wife of the late Donald N. Reiff who passed away in 1989. Emma was of the Lutheran faith and worked as a laborer for RCA...

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