Jeanette J. Wickenheiser
May 24, 2015
Jeanette J. Wickenheiser, 82, of Conestoga View, Lancaster, died after a brief illness on Sunday, May 24, 2015. Raised in Ephrata, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Zimmerman and Dorothy Simmons. She worked as a cashier at Turkey Hill for 17 years and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, Columbia. Jeanette was an...
Mary J. Gingerich
May 24, 2015
Mary J. Gingerich, 58, of Lititz, PA died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Lancaster General Hospital. She was the wife of Wade Gingerich to whom she was married to for 34 years. Born in Lewisburg, PA she was a daughter of the late Isaac S. and Esther (Lehman) Ginder. Mary was a 1975 graduate of Warwick High School and...
Dr. Anthony R. Patterson, Jr.
May 24, 2015
Dr. Anthony R. Patterson, Jr. died Sunday, May 24, 2015, in Lancaster, PA. He was 65 years old.
Tony was born August 15, 1949, at the Lancaster General Hospital. He was a 1967 graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School, received his undergraduate and dental degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, in 1971 and 1976, respectfully. He completed...
Dorothy J. Cox
May 23, 2015
Dorothy J. Cox died Saturday evening at Moravian Manor in Lititz. Born in Hammond, Indiana, Dottie was the daughter of the late Irene and Thomas Akin Keir. She lived in Indiana and Michigan before moving with her family in 1966 to Manheim Township, where she lived until she moved to Moravian Manor.
Dottie was a homemaker, mom...
Shannon Kissinger-Rothfus
May 22, 2015
Shannon Kissinger-Rothfus, 38, of Lititz, PA died Friday, May 22, 2015 in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Born in Lancaster she was a daughter of Charlene (Kauffman) Burkholder of Lititz, PA and the late Raymond L. Kissinger. Shannon worked at Pet Smart in the pet grooming salon, was a pet lover, enjoyed traveling to Disney World, going on cruises...
Sue Anne Maher
May 21, 2015
Sue Anne Maher, 68, of Peach Drive, Lititz, PA, passed away peacefully at Hospice and Community Care on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Sue was the wife of Daniel J. Maher, Sr., and they would be celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary on June 13th. She is the daughter of the late Leonard E. Hurst Jr, and...
Charles (Chuckie) A. Magee, Iv
May 20, 2015
Chuckie Magee, 23, of Lititz, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, after he had been fighting undifferentiated pleomorphic bone sarcoma. He was born in Lancaster on the beautiful day of March 14, 1992, and is the loving son of Charles A., III and Beverly Horn Magee of Lititz.
Chuckie was a...
Nancy J. Heller
May 20, 2015
Nancy J. Heller, 89, died Tuesday, May 20, 2015 at Brethren Village after a lengthy illness. Formerly of Lancaster, she had been a resident of Brethren Village for 11 years. Born in Eden, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Guy Heller and Helen C. (Beazley) Heller. Nancy was affiliated for 44 years with Armstrong World Industries, Inc....
Simon F. Groff, Iii
May 19, 2015
Simon F. Groff, III, of Hellam and formerly of Lancaster, passed away surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Simon F. Jr. and Leona G. Hubbs Groff. Simon had been a lifelong employee at Armstrong World Industries, working in...
Gerald E. “Butch” Douts
May 19, 2015
Gerald E. "Butch" Douts, 77, formerly of Neffsville, died Hamilton Arms Center on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Charles D. and Ada Wissler (Erb) Douts.
Butch worked on the road crew for the Manheim Township Highway Department for 48 years. He enjoyed board puzzles and loved his dogs....
Juana Sanchez
May 18, 2015
Juana Sanchez, 78, of Lancaster passed away Monday, May 18, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Utuado, PR, Juana was the daughter of the late Juan Sanchez and Ramona Medina. She was the wife of the late Jose A. Rodriguez who passed away in 2006. Juana was a homemaker and raised her family. She...
Amanda “Dada” Rodgers
May 18, 2015
Amanda "Dada" Rodgers, 30, of Mechanicsburg, died unexpectedly in Mifflinville on Monday, May 18, 2015. She was born in Bryn Mawr, the daughter of Edward T. and Jacque (George) Rodgers of East Earl.
A 2002 graduate of Pequea Valley High School, Amanda earned her Bachelors in Psychology from Millersville University in 2007. She was a social worker...
Michael Francis Posey
May 17, 2015
Michael Francis Posey, 25, of Lancaster, Penn., died at home on Sun., May 17, 2015, of complications from pneumonia. He leaves behind a loving wife, Jessica (Schreiber) Posey. Together, they would have celebrated their third anniversary on June 4.
Michael, who was born in Houston and raised in Katy, Texas, was a 2008 graduate of Morton Ranch...
Minh Thi Nguyen
May 17, 2015
Minh Thi Nguyen, 90, of Lancaster, PA died on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at home. She was the wife of the late Nguyen Loc. Born in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 1, 1924 she was a daughter of the late Nguyen Ngoc Hoan and Bui Thi Ngo. Mrs. Nguyen was a homemaker and member of the Vietnamese Alliance Church. She...
Mark Thompson
May 17, 2015
Local projectionist, concessions manager and lovable curmudgeon Mark Thompson died at his home Sunday evening, May 17, 2015 after a brief illness. Mark was the reluctant face of Millersville's Point of View Cinema, a semi-mythical place where multitudes of Lancastrians encountered touchstone films that changed the way they looked at their world. To friends, the projection booth of the...
Lucille M. Mock
May 17, 2015
Lucille M. Mock, 71 of Millersville, formerly of Reading passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 17, 2015. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late William Harold and Eugenia J. (Leszczynski) Mock. She was a graduate of Reading High School and received a Bachelor's degree from Kutztown University. Lucille worked for the Reading Area Community College as...
Constance T. Carpenter
May 16, 2015
Constance T. Carpenter, 83, died at her Manheim Township home on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late George K. and Marie E. (Jacoby) Spetsas. Her husband Richard E. Carpenter died in 1980.
A graduate of Holy Spirit High School in Atlantic City, NJ, Constance was a loving homemaker who...
Amelia Bordeaux
May 16, 2015
Amelia Bordeaux, 99, of Lititz, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at her home at Landis Homes Retirement Community. Born in Staunton, IL, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Serafina (Angeli) Frank. Amelia was the wife of the late Gilbert Bordeaux who died December 1994. Amelia moved from St. Louis, MO to Philadelphia, PA...
Kathleen (Durham) Sawutz
May 15, 2015
Kathleen (Durham) Sawutz, 59, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on May 15, 2015 unexpectedly of natural causes at her home. Born in Huntington, WV, she was the daughter of the late Joseph A. Durham and Helen L. (Davis) Hostetter. Kathleen received a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from Marshall University, Huntington, WV in 1978 and became a Specialist...
Richard R. Pugh
May 13, 2015
Richard R. Pugh, 85, of Lancaster, died on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Born in Somerset, Richard was the son of the late Richard E. and Pearl M. (Freidline) Pugh. On September 20, 1953, he married Phyllis J. (Smith) Pugh at St. John Evangelical and Reformed Church, Johnstown, PA. After 58 years of marriage,...
