Recent Obituaries
Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas
June L. Brill Wayde
Sep 27, 2011
June L. Brill Wayde, 82, of Lancaster, went home peacefully to be with her Lord and Savor on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, surrounded by her loving family at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.
Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Gertrude Brill. June was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and...
Goddard F. Beck
Sep 26, 2011
Goddard Frederick Beck, "Goddie," of 1064 Wheatland Avenue, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2011 in Lancaster, at the age of 94. He was born on August 27, 1917 in Columbia, PA, the son of William Dunbar Beck and Elizabeth Goddard Beck – also the grandson of Hugh Goddard, Elizabeth Goddard, Peter Reilly Beck and Julia Dunbar Beck. He...
Edna L. "Sue" Kubala
Sep 25, 2011
Edna L. "Sue" Kubala 67, of Lancaster, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County Essa Flory after a lengthy illness. Born in Oxford, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles William Deboard and Elena Kathleen Ford. She was the wife of Augustine Kubala.
She loved spending time with her family and...
Keith G. Rankin
Sep 25, 2011
Keith G. Rankin, 38, of Lancaster, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 25, 2011 while on performance of his duties. He was born in Lancaster to Nancy L. (Meisky) Rankin Crawford and the late J. Martin Rankin.
Keith is survived by his wife, Abby L. (Zerfoss) Rankin, of Lancaster. They were married on May 6, 2006.
...Lucille "Lucy" Dyer
Sep 24, 2011
Lucille "Lucy" (Hagy) Dyer went home to be with our Lord on Saturday, September 24, 2011. She was the wife of John Richard "Dick" Dyer of Lancaster. She was the daughter of the late Lester and Esther (Espenschade) Hagy.
She graduated from Ephrata High School in 1951. Before moving to Lancaster, she lived in Ephrata for 48...
James E. "Yumpin" Clawges, Sr.
Sep 24, 2011
James E. "Yumpin" Clawges, Sr., 59, of Columbia, died Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy, after a brief illness. He was the husband of Judi Ruth Clawges with whom he celebrated 40 years of marriage this past January 15 th .
Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Martha Wilson and...
Mary S. "Sue" Powell
Sep 23, 2011
On the peaceful morning of September 23, 2011, Mary S. "Sue" Powell, 60 passed away at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mt. Joy surrounded by her beloved daughter, Jennifer and her loving niece, Lizbeth "Libby" Fiddler. Born in Lebanon, PA, Sue was the daughter of the late Charles M. and Marian R. (Shaak) Hill.  She graduated from Lebanon Senior High...
Theodore M. Warner
Sep 22, 2011
Ted Warner, 82, of Lancaster, died Sept. 22, 2011 at the Mennonite Home, surrounded by family and close friends. Son of the late Theodore M., Sr. and Anne Risser Warner, he was born and lived his early years in Cleveland, OH.
His survivors include son Scott M. Warner (Denise); step-children, Casey Peters and Mandy Kaufman (Mark); step-grandson...
Lawrence M. Thompson
Sep 21, 2011
Lawrence (Larry) Merle Thompson peacefully passed away at his home in Lititz on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Formerly residing at 396 Blossom Hill Drive, Lancaster, he lived at Luther Acres Retirement Community in Lititz for the past 11 years.
Larry was born in Milo, Maine on September 14, 1923, graduated as valedictorian from Richmond High School and...
Jay William Filling
Sep 21, 2011
Jay William Filling, 86, of Millersville, died on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County Essa Flory. Born on April 10, 1925, Bill was the son of the late Frank F. and Kathryne (Taylor) Filling. Bill is survived by his wife, Kathryn "Kitty" Dechant (Hauck) Filling. Bill and Kitty are members of Lutheran Church of the Holy...
Ralph G. Kindrew
Sep 21, 2011
Ralph George Kindrew, 80, of Lancaster and Quarryville passed peacefully on September 21, 2011 at Essa Flory Hospice of Lancaster. Born January 5, 1931, in Martin's Creek, Pa, he was the son of Edward and Lillian (Repsher) Kindrew.
Ralph was preceded in death by his beloved wife Jean (Pensyl) with whom he shared 48 years of marriage....
Armella J. Trimble-Johnson
Sep 21, 2011
Armella J. Trimble-Johnson, 73, of Lancaster died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Manor Care. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Armella (Flick) Walter. Armella was the wife of Thomas Johnson of Bellfonte, PA and the former wife of the late Leroy Trimble.
She worked...
Jane H. Abel
Sep 20, 2011
Jane H. Abel of Lancaster passed away at the age of 90 on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at Willow Valley Retirement Community, surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of Frank J. Abel who died in 2001.
Born in Lancaster in 1920, she was the daughter of the late Frank A. and Elise Hurter Heckendorn....
Samuel C. Orem, Iii
Sep 19, 2011
Samuel C. Orem III, 60, of New Providence, PA, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2011 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Catherine (Madonna) Orem and the late Samuel C. Orem, Jr.
Sam worked at RCA for several years. He then became an independent truck driver and hauled Amish.
...
Byron R. Detwiler
Sep 19, 2011
Byron R. Detwiler, 71, of Manheim, Professor Emeritus of French at Millersville University, died 19 September 2011 after an illness of one week.
He was born and raised in Lancaster, the son of Byron Y. Detwiler and Kathryn Murphy Detwiler. He attended McCaskey High School and Millersville University, and then pursued graduate study at the University of...
Emma C. "Sue" Rider
Sep 16, 2011
Emma C. "Sue" Rider, 84, of Leola, passed away peacefully at the Essa Flory Hospice Center, Friday, September 16, 2011, surrounded by her family. Born in Riverside, NJ. She was the daughter of the late Eric and Mary (McDaniel) Bush and the adopted daughter of the late Ralph and Emma Caroline (Woeller) Chamberlain.
Sue graduated from Palmyra...
Barry K. Bruce
Sep 14, 2011
Barry K. Bruce, 62, of Lancaster, PA died peacefully on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County following a one-year illness. He was born in Lancaster to the late Kenneth N. Bruce and Mary T. (Kahn) Bruce Conoscenti.
Barry is survived by his loving wife of 24 years, Linda (Hollingshead) Bruce.
Barry was...
Robert H. "Bob" Jaquay
Sep 14, 2011
Robert H. "Bob" Jaquay, 75, of Ephrata, PA, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Homestead Village.
Bob was the husband of Marcia Hall Jaquay, with whom he celebrated 45 years of marriage this past April 24 th . Born in Columbus, NY, he is the son of Myrtle Robbins Jaquay of Pensacola, FL and the...
Declan Gerard Arrison Albert
Sep 13, 2011
Declan Gerard Arrison Albert went to Heaven on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE after 8½ weeks of struggle since his birth at Women and Babies Hospital in July. He was the adored son of Nathan Gerard Albert and Jacy Anne Arrison of Lancaster.
In addition to his...
Andrew N. Karpouzis
Sep 13, 2011
Andrew N. Karpouzis, 88, of Lancaster died Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Domnitsa (Papademetriou) and Nicholas A. Karpouzis. He was the husband of the late Georgia Koutsoutis Karpouzis who passed away on September 4, 1993.
Andrew was first employed at RCA, and then, he...
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