Recent Obituaries
Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas
George C. Bartholomay
Aug 26, 2011
George Charles Bartholomay, 82, of Columbia, died on August 26, 2011. He was the husband of Mary Louise (Fess) Bartholomay with whom he was married to for 58 years. He was preceeded in death by his parents George and Leona (Ludwig) Bartholomay and his grandson Thomas George Rainey. Survivors include his wife, daughter Nancy Bartholomay Rainey and son-in-law Phil...
Walter J. Coughlin
Aug 25, 2011
Walter James Coughlin, 88, of Lititz, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Moravian Manor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late John and Hannah (McCarthy) Coughlin. Walter was the loving husband of Ruth E. (Liesenberg) Coughlin with whom he celebrated 60 years of marriage. He has a sister, Mary Frances Coughlin, who...
Edward Bouder, Jr.
Aug 24, 2011
Edward Bouder Jr. 88, of Lancaster, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at the Golden Living Center. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Margaret Wills and Edward Bouder, Sr. Married on April 18, 1944, Ed was the loving husband of Roberta M. (Cunningham) Bouder with whom he celebrated 67 years of marriage.
...John W. Shire, Ii
Aug 23, 2011
John W. Shire, II, 59, of Manheim Township, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County on Good Drive. He was born and raised in York to the late John W. and Arlene R. Shire.
A 1970 graduate of Central York High School, he earned a managerial certificate from Penn State York. John was a...
Paul C. Herr
Aug 23, 2011
Paul C. Herr, 70, of Lititz, PA, passed away at the Ephrata Hospital on Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
He was the husband of Saundra P. DePrince Herr, with who he shared 33 years of marriage this past August 18 th . Born in Harrisburg, he was the son of the late Robert D. and Edythe Chester Herr....
Joyce I. Molloy
Aug 19, 2011
Joyce I. Molloy, 75, of Lancaster, went to the Lord Friday, August 19, 2011 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She was the wife of the late John E. Molloy, Jr. who died in 1995. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Johnson Fagan.
Joyce graduated from Oxford High...
Arthur J. "Art" Lambert
Aug 19, 2011
Arthur J. "Art" Lambert, 92, of Lancaster, passed away on August 19, 2011 at LGH. He was born in Terra Alta, West Virginia to the late Alario and Lula (Grimes) Lamberto.
Art was preceded in death by his wife Mary T. (Eck) Lambert in 2001.
He served his country in WWII with US Navy.
...Norma A. Cabello
Aug 19, 2011
Norma Andrea Cabello, 82 of Manheim Township, Lancaster, PA passed away at Hospice of Lancaster in Mount Joy on Friday, August 19 th , 2011.
Born July 3, 1929 in Cuba, she was the daughter of Amparo Lopez Garcia and Rogelio Garcia. She was married to Juan Rene Cabello for over fifty years. She was preceded in...
Ruth S. Jacobus
Aug 19, 2011
Ruth S. Jacobus, 89, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2011.
Born in Leola, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Gertrude Groff Steffy.
She is survived by her son, Phillip O. (Jacobus) Iacobucci, married to Tricia, and by her one and only beloved grandson, Marc Iacobucci. Also surviving,...
Deborah L. Hyson
Aug 18, 2011
Deborah L. Hyson, 61, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at the Essa Flory Hospice Center.
Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Margaret Schnupp Hoffman of Lancaster and the late Warren Myers.
A graduate of the Lancaster School of Cosmetology, Deborah was the owner of Phase II Hair Design...
Phyllis Turner Ford Autry
Aug 18, 2011
On August 18, 2011, Phyllis Turner Ford Autry quietly passed away in her home surrounded by family members. She was an independent scholar and a faithful believer in Jesus Christ. The daughter of Mary E. and Thomas K. Turner, she is survived by five children (Christopher Ford, Misty Douglas, and Kim Ford of Dallas, TX; Peter Ford of Columbia,...
Jean L. Heim
Aug 18, 2011
Jean L. Heim, 83, of Lancaster and formerly of Berwick, PA went home to her Savior surrounded by family on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at her son's home in Lancaster, PA. She was born in Bardstown, KY to the late William G. and Lina Hazel Albert (Bowman) Bennett.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Rev....
Diana M. Swope
Aug 18, 2011
Diana M. Swope 74, of York, formerly of Lancaster ascended to heaven on the wings of angels on August 18, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Lancaster City on Cabbage Hill on June 7, 1937 she was the daughter of the late Michael Rampulla and Francis (Irwin) Rampulla.
Diana graduated...
Donald L. Keperling
Aug 18, 2011
Donald Lorin Keperling, 91, of the Brethren Village Retirement Community, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2011. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Lorin R. and Florence K. Keperling. He was the husband of Helen M. Keperling with whom he celebrated 66 years of marriage.
He graduated from McCaskey High School. A...
Charles E. Flowers, Sr.
Aug 17, 2011
Charles E. Flowers, Sr. entered into his eternal rest on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at Lancaster General Hospital with his family by his side. He was born August 20, 1917 in Bainbridge, PA, the son of the late Christian and Alice (Kinsey) Flowers. He married Edith Frank in 1948 and celebrated 55 happy years of marriage with her before...
Bessie Mae Ward
Aug 16, 2011
Bessie Mae (Brown) Ward, 63, of Lancaster, PA went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at LGH. Born March 23, 1948 in Jasper, FL. She was a daughter of the late Edmund Brown and Rosalee (Robinson/Roberson) Cole. She is survived by her husband, Walter Ward, Jr., of Lancaster.
Mrs. Ward attended Brightside Baptist...
Barbara S. Hartman
Aug 15, 2011
Barbara S. Hartman, 92, formerly of Lancaster City, died Monday, August 15, 2011 at The Mennonite Home. Her husband Stanley M. Hartman died in 1982. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Scott Dana and Margaret E. Brown Staples.
She had been a nursery school teacher for the Dr. Psyche Cattell School...
Robert M. Marouchoc
Aug 13, 2011
Robert Michael Marouchoc, 81, died Saturday, August 13, 2011at his Lancaster home. He was born in Lansford to the late John and Anna Gallanda Marouchoc. Robert graduated from Panther Valley High School and then from Stevens Trade with a carpentry certificate. Robert served in The Army in Germany during the Korean War. He worked for RCA until it closed...
William H. "Billy" Beschel
Aug 10, 2011
William "Billy" H. Beschel, 62, of Brownstown, PA, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 in Stone Harbor, NJ, while surrounded by his family. Born in Astoria, NY, he was the son of the late William H. and Helen (Dospoy) Beschel. Billy was the loving husband and best friend of Suzanne Mersky-Beschel for 25 years.
Billy retired...
Donald E. Mimnall, Sr.
Aug 10, 2011
Donald E. Mimnall, Sr., 78, of Lancaster, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at the Essa Flory Hospice Center. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late James and Mary (Danz) Mimnall. Don was the loving husband of the late Nancy (Buckwalter) Mimnall, who passed away in 2000.
Don served in the United States...
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