Thomas A. Yahara
Oct 16, 2011
Thomas A. Yahara, 72, of Lancaster, PA passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, PA. Tom was born in Edwardsville, PA, the first son of the late Alexander and Eleanor (James) Yahara. He was a former resident of Kingston, PA. He was married for 53 years to his wife, Marilyn (Kopacz) Yahara....
George R. Keller
Oct 15, 2011
George R. Keller, 64, of Lititz, PA and Ridgewood, NY, died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late Charles and Mildred (DeFino) Keller. He was married to Debra A. Sabarese for 15 years.
He was the regional vice president at the Atlantic Express Bus...
Betty Gingrich
Oct 14, 2011
Betty Gingrich, 88, of Lancaster, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. Born in Marion, OH, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Lois (Gregory) Patton.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Donald E. Gingrich, Sr. on July 16, 2002.
Betty worked at Skyline...
Alfred O. Ashman, Jr.
Oct 12, 2011
Alfred (Al) Owen Ashman, Jr., 90, of Manheim Township, Lancaster, PA ended his journey on October 12, 2011 at Moravian Manor, Lititz, PA, following a courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Al was born on May 16, 1921, in Palmerton, PA, son of the late Bessie (Austin) and Alfred O. Ashman, Sr.
Al was a graduate of Palmerton...
Frank L. Schreder
Oct 12, 2011
Frank L. Schreder, 74, of Ware Presbyterian Village, Oxford, and formerly of Lancaster, died Wednesday, 10/12/2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE. Born and raised in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Frank X. and Eva Schumm Schreder. He attended St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church as a youth with his family.
Frank graduated...
Della M. Sammons
Oct 12, 2011
Della M. Sammons, 96, of Luther Acres, Lititz died peacefully with her family at her side Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. Born in Grayson, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Mecy Wyatt. She was married to the late J. Martin Sammons for 71 years before he passed away...
Dorothy R. Yeager
Oct 10, 2011
Dorothy R. Yeager, 96, formerly of Lititz and Ashland, died Monday, October 10, 2011 at Lancashire Hall. Born in Duncannon and raised in Ashland, she was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Crick Rudy.
Dorothy graduated from the former Ashland High School. A homemaker, she was the wife of late Evan O. Yeager for 61...
Aariyah Naylee Lewis
Oct 10, 2011
Aariyah Naylee Lewis, born February 15, 2011, passed on October 10, 2011. She was the daughter of Tychea Johnson and Aarron Lewis, both of Lancaster, PA.
Aariyah is survived by her loving grandparents, Linda Nguyen of Mountville, Carol Emerich of Lancaster, Douglas Johnson of Lancaster, Glen Lewis of New York, and a host of aunts, uncles, and...
Mary A. Pollock
Oct 9, 2011
Mary A. Pollock, 100, died at her Lancaster home on Sunday, October 9, 2011. She was the wife of the late Ernest D. Woomer who died in 1962 and then the late Chester Pollock who died in 1966.
Born in Altoona, she was the daughter of the late Josef and Franziska Winkelbauer Greineder. Mary worked as a...
Joan Helen Lafferty
Oct 9, 2011
Joan Helen Lafferty, 79, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at her Lancaster home. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late William E. and Margarite Feeney Chestnut.
She graduated from Bartram High School in Philadelphia with the class of 1949 and worked as an inspector for RCA. Joan was a member of Sacred Heart of...
Margaret L. Rich
Oct 8, 2011
Margaret L. Rich, 89, of St. Anne's Retirement Community, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2011. She was born in Manhattan to the late Alfred C. and Cornelia J. (Brogan) Brown.
She was preceded in death by two husbands, John J. Lynch (1944) and George E. Rich (2001).
She was a homemaker and of the...
Caroline M. Weaver
Oct 7, 2011
Caroline M. Weaver, 91, of Lancaster, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2011 at home with her family. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late William and Lizzie (Kreider) Caldwell. Caroline was the wife to the late Lester S. Weaver, who passed away January 1993.
She worked as a laborer for Kerr Glass Group. ...
Richard M. Marcks
Oct 7, 2011
Richard Maynard Marcks of Lancaster died Friday September 30th at the age of 80. He fought a valiant and courageous battle with grace, dignity, humor and an incurable optimism that was contagious. He was a devoted Husband and Father who in his retirement, found great satisfaction and comfort in mentoring and advising younger generations to achieve better educational and...
Mary E. Ziegler
Oct 5, 2011
Mary E. Ziegler, 96, of Oak Leaf Manor, Landisville, died Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. She was the wife of the late Charles L. Ziegler who died in 1981. Born in Lititz, she was the daughter of the late Edwin W. and Mary J. Brubaker Walter.
She graduated from the former...
Marie E. Mann
Oct 3, 2011
Marie E. Mann, 75, Leola, died Monday, October 3, 2011 at the Mt. Joy Hospice Center. She was the daughter of the late Henrietta and Albert Goepfert.
She is survived by Dorothy E. Helm (Ronald), Louise Frank, Albert C. Goepfert (Edna) and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by Senorah Flemming, Henrietta Hynicka, Catherine...
Micah D. Warfel
Oct 3, 2011
Micah D. Warfel, 22, of Leola, died unexpectedly Monday October 3, 2011 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Kathleen George Warfel, Leola, and the late Edward W. Warfel.
A 2008 graduate of Lancaster Mennonite High School, he attended Bloomsburg University and was a cook for Isaac's at Greenfield. Micah also served...
June M. Finefrock
Oct 2, 2011
June M. Finefrock, 64, of Lancaster, died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at Lancaster General Hospital. She was the wife of Stanley L. Finefrock, Sr. for 45 years.
A homemaker, she was born in Paradise to the late Lester and Anna Mary Ames Groff. She loved yard sales, bingo and scratch-off tickets. June was a great cook and...
M. Elizabeth "Betty" Panik
Oct 1, 2011
M. Elizabeth "Betty" Panik 84, of Willow Street, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mt. Joy. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Warren W. Worrest and Elsie M. (Hendren) Worrest. Her husband Joseph A. Panik passed away in 2006.
Betty was a graduate of McCaskey High School where...
Helen M. Polansky
Sep 30, 2011
Helen M. Polansky, 88, of Pequea, PA, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2011, at her residence, surrounded by her family.
She was the wife of the late Joseph Polansky, who passed away in 1997. Born in New Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late George and Anna Nemetz Kristoff.
Helen had worked...
June S. Dull
Sep 29, 2011
June S. Dull, 92, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Moravian Manor in Lititz.
She was the wife of the late William M. Dull, who passed away in 2008. Born in Lancaster, June was the daughter of the late Lewis A. and Anna Adams Steinman.
She had worked as a...
