Recent Obituaries

Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas

Charles R. Cousar

Charles R. Cousar

Jul 28, 2015

God called Charles R. Cousar age 87, home Tuesday July 28, 2015. He was born in Nogales AZ. July 13, 1928. He was the son of Robert and Mae Campbell Cousar. He was married 60 years to Joan E. Schmid Cousar. He was the father of Mark J. Cousar (Anne) and Susan E. Cousar Woodward (RAY). He is also...

Mary E. Chase

Mary E. Chase

Jul 27, 2015

Mary E. Chase, 82, of Neffsville, formerly of Long Island, NY, passed away peacefully, Monday, July 27, 2015 at home, only to unite at the gates of heaven with her husband, Alvah, whom she loved and missed dearly. Born in New York City on June 30, 1933 to the late Richard and Mary Pickford, who emigrated from Ireland to...

Theuns Kilian

Theuns Kilian

Jul 27, 2015

Theuns Kilian, 31, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2015 at his residence. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was the son of Rebecca A. Kilian of Lancaster. Theuns was employed for the past 10 years with the J.C. Schelling Construction Company. A talented and creative artist, he fashioned pendants and pyramids from orgonite, which he...

Mary C. Wolff

Mary C. Wolff

Jul 26, 2015

Mary C. Wolff, 89, formerly of Glen Moore Circle, Lancaster, PA, died peacefully at Hospice and Community Care on Sunday, July 26, 2015. Born in Providence, RI, she was the wife of the late Kenneth F. Wolff, and the daughter of the late John James and Agnes G. Radloff Gallagher. Mary was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and...

Helen Angelos Wieler

Helen Angelos Wieler

Jul 26, 2015

Helen Angelos Wieler, 96, of Lancaster passed away Sunday, July 26, 2015 at the Mennonite Home after a brief illness. Born in Reading, PA she was the daughter of the late Mike and Mary (Pantelidou) Stevens. Her first husband was the late Elias N. Angelos who died in 1975 and her second husband was the late Harry H. Wieler...

Lynda G. Hicks

Lynda G. Hicks

Jul 25, 2015

Lynda G. Hicks, 74, of Brethren Village, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 after a brief illness. Lynda was the daughter of the late Richard F. Hicks and Grace M. Nyce. Born in Easton, PA, Lynda graduated from East Stroudsburg University with a Bachelor's Degree in Health and Physical Education. She taught Physical Education at the Junior and...

Anne Marie Hagan

Anne Marie Hagan

Jul 25, 2015

Anne Marie Hagan, 66, of Lititz, PA, passed away peacefully at Mt. Joy Hospice Center on Saturday, July 25, 2015, at 8:40 am. She was born on August 26, 1948, in Steubenville, Ohio, to Joseph Leo Hagan and Gene-vieve Freas Hagan, both deceased. Anne was the wife of Sener Millo (Mike) Herr. They were together for 45 years. Oldest...

Louis L. Athey

Louis L. Athey

Jul 25, 2015

Louis L. Athey, 85, of Lancaster passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Irving, IL he was the son of the late Ralph and Esther Ruth (Hutchins) Athey. He was married to Jean (Pursell) Athey for over 62 years. Shortly after graduating from high school, Louis joined the U.S. Navy and served from 1947...

Letitia Veronica Connors

Letitia Veronica Connors

Jul 25, 2015

Letitia Veronica Connors, 97, formerly of New City, Rockland County, NY, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015, at Country Meadows, Lancaster, PA, where she resided for 9 years. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late William and Bridgett (Eagan) Farrell. Her husband James Martin Connors died in 1983.

Letitia had been a...

Maj Norman L. Wolfe

Maj Norman L. Wolfe

Jul 25, 2015

Norman L. Wolfe, 73, of Harrisburg, PA, passed away on July 25, 2015 at ManorCare of Elizabethtown. Born in Mount Zion, PA, he was the son of Alberta (Felty) Wolfe of Lancaster, PA and the late Samuel Wolfe. Norman retired as a Major after serving over 29 years in the United States Army and the Pennsylvania Army National Guard....

Leticia Navedo

Leticia Navedo

Jul 23, 2015

Leticia Navedo, 65 of Lancaster passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Hospice & Community Care in Mount Joy surrounded by her loving family following a battle with the non-curable ALS. Born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico she was the daughter of the late Miguel Angel Alvarez and Mariana Pantojas Elias. She was married to Rafael Navedo, Jr. for...

Terry A. Bergman

Terry A. Bergman

Jul 23, 2015

Terry A. Bergman, 62, of Reinholds, PA died unexpectedly on Thursday, July 23, 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA. Born in Ephrata, PA he was the son of the late Chester and Sara Jane (Steinmetz) Bergman. He was married to Sarah A. (Slaugh) Bergman for 34 years. In 2010, Terry retired from the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, where he worked for...

Thomas M. Fleming

Thomas M. Fleming

Jul 23, 2015

Thomas M. Fleming, 70, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at his residence. He was the husband of Sharon "Sherry" M. Kendig Fleming, with whom he shared 47 years of marriage this past May 25th. Born in Holyoke, MA, he was the son of the late William and Esther Griffin Fleming. Tom had worked as...

Robert G. Bingeman

Robert G. Bingeman

Jul 23, 2015

Robert G. Bingeman, 81, of Lancaster, passed away at Brethren Village on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Born in Lititz, he was the son of the late William E. and Ada E. (Groff) Bingeman. Bob was the loving husband of Ada M. (Abell) Bingeman, with whom he recently celebrated 61 years of marriage. Following his high school graduation, Bob went...

Evelyn (Galbreath) Earhart

Evelyn (Galbreath) Earhart

Jul 21, 2015

Evelyn (Galbreath) Earhart, 97, of Brethren Village since 1997, formerly of Lititz and Manheim, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at Brethren Village. A licensed practical nurse, she worked at Pleasant View, Brethren Village and private duty nursing until her retirement in 1982. Mrs. Earhart was a member of the Lititz United Methodist Church. Born in Manheim, she was...

David Vanorder

David Vanorder

Jul 21, 2015

David VanOrder, 63, of Mountville, PA passed into the loving arms of God on July 21, 2015. Born in Buffalo, New York on September 11, 1951. He was the son of Henry VanOrder and Clara (DiPietro) VanOrder. David retired in December 2014 from H.M. Stauffer and Sons, Leola, PA as Traffic Manager.

David served in the United...

Dorothy J. “Dotty” Burkhart

Dorothy J. “Dotty” Burkhart

Jul 20, 2015

Dorothy J. "Dotty" Burkhart, 93, lifelong resident of Lititz, died peacefully at Moravian Manor on Monday, July 20, 2015. She was born in Lititz to the late Levi and Mary (Crawford) Yerger. Dotty was the wife of the late John A. Burkhart, who died in 2005. Dotty worked as a technician for RCA, and was a member of Lititz...

James “Jimmy” Ross

James “Jimmy” Ross

Jul 20, 2015

James "Jimmy" Ross, 50, of Lititz, died on Monday, July 20, 2015 at his home from natural causes after a long illness. Jimmy, a lifelong resident of Lititz, was a 1983 graduate of Warwick High School and Brownstown Vo-tech School. He was an accomplished cabinet maker and finish carpenter. He was self-employed as a home remodeler. Jimmy enjoyed the...

Eli James Mcconaghay, Jr.

Eli James Mcconaghay, Jr.

Jul 19, 2015

Eli James McConaghay, Jr. of Warwick Township died on July 19, 2015 at Pleasant View Retirement Community. Born in Wharton, Potter County, he was the son of the late Eli James McConaghay, Sr. and Violet McConaghay. He was married to Rosa Arlene (Dull) McConaghay for 67 years. Jim was a 1942 graduate of Manheim Township High School. From 1943-1946...

Belle Ruth Toplitz

Belle Ruth Toplitz

Jul 18, 2015

Belle Ruth Toplitz, 98, formerly of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and Pittsfield, MA, passed away on July 18, 2015 at Moravian Manor. She had resided at Country Meadows Retirement Community for the past 5 years. She was the daughter of the late Dora and Samuel Bierstock. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Dr. Theodore Toplitz, to whom...

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