Recent Obituaries

Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas

Bernard G. Grimm, Sr.

Bernard G. Grimm, Sr.

Aug 27, 2007

Bernard G. Grimm, Sr., 88, of Lancaster, died at his residence on Monday, August 27, 2007.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Charles G. and Anna E. Ransing Grimm.  He was married to the late Dorothy M. Baumgard Grimm.

Bernard was employed by DeWalt/Black and Decker as an electrician for 46 years, before...

Dolores E. Brown

Dolores E. Brown

Aug 27, 2007

Dolores E. (Lori) Brown, 41, of  Marietta PA. died Monday, August 27, 2007 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Bristol, PA., she was the daughter of Clyde H. and Dolores McWilliams Pearson of Lancaster. Lori and Christopher R. Brown were together for 14 years and married for 9 years in September.

Lori was a 1984 graduate of...

Jack Owen Fulmer

Jack Owen Fulmer

Aug 25, 2007

Jack Owen Fulmer, 80, of Lancaster, formerly of Norristown, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2007 at his residence.  Born in Phoenixville, Jack was the son of the late Joseph M. and Alma Carr Fulmer.  He was married to Audrey P. Kindig Fulmer.  They would have celebrated their 57 th anniversary in October.

Jack worked in the Pennsylvania...

David A. Miller

David A. Miller

Aug 24, 2007

David A. Miller, Sr., 54, died peacefully at his home in Holtwood on Friday, August 24, 2007.  Born in Jersey Shore, PA, he was the son of the late John R. and Pauline Dagitz Miller.

David was formerly employed by Lumsden Corporation as a welder for 12 years.  Prior to that, he worked at Burnham Corp.

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Ricky R. Reyes

Ricky R. Reyes

Aug 22, 2007

Ricky R. Reyes, 7 years old, went home with the Lord August 22, 2007 with his mom at his bedside at Hershey Medical Center.

Ricky was the youngest son of Porfirio and Marilin Reyes and brother of Melvin and Ray, at home.  He is also survived by three sisters, Janet, Frances, Neomi, and a brother, Ramon, all...

Ruth Reiner

Ruth Reiner

Aug 21, 2007

Ruth Reiner, 100, formerly of Lancaster, a resident of United Zion Retirement Community of Lititz, died Tuesday, August 21, 2007.

Born in Columbia, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Amos and Ida Hollingsworth. She was married to the late Richard J. Reiner, who died in 1992.

Ruth was a member of Grace Lutheran...

Carmen Luz Ortiz Rivera

Carmen Luz Ortiz Rivera

Aug 21, 2007

Carmen Luz Ortiz Rivera, 28, of Lancaster, died on August 21, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of Santos Rivera of Lancaster and the late Hilario Ortiz Ortiz. She was the companion of  Marbey Rodriguez.

Ms. Rivera was employed by the Johnson and Johnson...

Carl H. Sinz

Carl H. Sinz

Aug 18, 2007

Carl H. Sinz, 80, of Rothsville passed away at 5:20 AM August 18, 2007 at Lancaster General Hospital from a massive inter cranial bleeding stroke suffered three days earlier. Born in Lititz on Nov 15, 1926, he was the son of the late Frank X. and Elisabeth Schmucker Sinz. Carl was the loving husband of Joan Reichenbach Sinz for...

Ernestine E. Poglitsch

Ernestine E. Poglitsch

Aug 14, 2007

Ernestine E. Poglitsch, 77, of Brethren Village went to be with her Lord on Tuesday August. 14, 2007 at Lancaster General Hospital.

Born in New Britain, Connecticut, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Elizabeth (Roth) Robertson.  She was the wife of the late Herman P. Poglitsch who died in 1998.

Ernestine was...

Nicholas E. Oglesby Iii

Nicholas E. Oglesby Iii

Aug 10, 2007

Nicholas E. Oglesby III, 55, of Lancaster, died unexpectedly on Friday, August 10, 2007 after a brief illness. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Nicholas and Alma Oglesby. He was a 1972 graduate of Brandywine High School in Wilmington, DE, where he grew up.

Nick enjoyed the many years he spent living...

Henry Christian Brandt

Henry Christian Brandt

Aug 9, 2007

Henry Christian Brandt, 24 of 10 North Market Street, Lancaster peacefully passed away and rose to a better place, August 9, 2007 at his home. Born in Lancaster, March 10, 1983, he was the third son of Bob and Barrett Brandt. He was the brother of Bob Brandt III and Geoff Brandt. He recently became the brother of Kathryn...

Mary Schmalhofer Jakob

Mary Schmalhofer Jakob

Aug 7, 2007

Mary Schmalhofer Jakob, 87, of Columbia, died on August 7, 2007 at Lancaster General Hospital.

Born in Pocking, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Maria Deganhart Schmalhofer. She was the wife of the late Ludwig Jakob who passed away on August 5, 1979.

Mrs. Jakob was employed for 30 years as...

Angelina Martello

Angelina Martello

Aug 6, 2007

Angelina Martello, 87, of Lancaster, died Monday, August 6, 2007.

Born in Gasperina, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Francesco and Marianna (Fiorentino) Fulginiti. She was married to the late Joseph Martello and was preceded in death by a sister Mary Fulginiti.

She enjoyed sewing and dressmaking. She was a member of St....

Grace C. Silfies

Grace C. Silfies

Aug 4, 2007

Grace C. Silfies, 83, of  Lititz  died  August 4, 2007 at Moravian Manor. Born in Lititz, she was the daughter of the late William D. and Grace Hacker Long. Grace was employed by the former St. Joseph Hospital as a transportation aid for the X-ray department. She was a member of Lancaster Moravian Church.

Surviving are three...

Boyd R. Strohecker Iii

Boyd R. Strohecker Iii

Aug 3, 2007

Boyd R. Strohecker III, 42, of Lancaster, died on August 3, 2007 at Harrisburg Hospital. Born in Mechanicsburg, He was the son of Boyd R. and Dawn L. (Carl) Strohecker of Halifax PA.

Mr. Strohecker was self employed, highly respected Antique Dealer. We will celebrate our sons Life the way he lived. He was an Extraordinary man....

William E. Pfeiffer

William E. Pfeiffer

Aug 2, 2007

William E. Pfeiffer, 78, of 2160 Tulip Dr., Lancaster, went to join his wife Phyllis with their Lord on Thursday, August 2, 2007.

Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late John and Prudence Pfeiffer. He was the husband of the late Phyllis A. Asper Pfeiffer, who passed away in 2005.

William had...

Amanda L. Desanctis Cabrera

Amanda L. Desanctis Cabrera

Aug 2, 2007

Amanda L. DeSanctis Cabrera, 27, of   Lancaster died August 2, 2007.

Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Dianne K. Yenser DeSanctis Morrison of Columbia and the late John G. DeSanctis.

Amanda worked at Lancaster General Hospital at the registration desk in the emergency room, previously she was supervisor of registration at Lancaster Regional...

John H. Woodysheck

John H. Woodysheck

Jul 31, 2007

John H. Woodysheck, 85, of Moravian Manor, Lititz, PA, died on Tuesday July 31, 2007.

He was the husband of the late Helen P. (Pretzman) Woodysheck who died January 10 th of this year. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Frank J. and Ina Mae (Lee) Woodysheck.

He served as...

James Frank March

James Frank March

Jul 30, 2007

James Frank March, 98, of Millersville, died July 30, 2007 at Oak Leaf Manor.

Born in Lionville, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Chester March. He was the husband of the late Mary (Zincaro) March who died in 1992. They celebrated 57 years of marriage together.

Frank was a graduate of...

Janel R. Noll

Janel R. Noll

Jul 28, 2007

Janel R. Noll, 55, of Lancaster, died Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD.  Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Herman C. and Patsy J. Bryson Ruof.  Jan and her husband Lance D. Noll celebrated their thirty-first wedding anniversary on May 23, 2007.

Jan was employed for seven years...

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