Recent Obituaries
Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas
Chester Lincoln Bentley III
Oct 14, 2026
Chester Lincoln Bentley III, 76, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on October 14, 2026. He was under the care of Hospice at Penn State Hospital in Lancaster. He was the son of Chester L and Romaine (Studer) Bentley. He was married to the love of his life, Barbara Ann (Brecht) Bentley for 40 years. In addition to Barbara, Chet is...
Deborah A. Dixon
Oct 25, 2026
Deborah A. Dixon, 71, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away on October 25, 2026. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Worrall and the devoted wife of Michael R. Dixon, whom she married in 1987.
Debbie graduated from Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, in 1972 and from Juniata College in 1976 with a...
Kathleen Trees
Oct 24, 2026
Kathleen Trees
Kathleen Marie Geiger Trees was born on March 23, 1935, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Helen (Yeager) and Frank Geiger. The oldest of three daughters (Dorothy Geiger, deceased, and Fran Legenstein, Walter), Kathleen was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Elementary School and Lancaster Catholic High School in 1953. She met her husband Donald F Trees in their Sophomore Year and...
Miguel A. Guzman
Oct 24, 2026
Miguel A. Guzman, 49, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Lancaster General Hospital.
Born in the Dominican Republic, he was the son of Jorge Galvez Guzman and Leonidas Alequin. The love of Miguel’s life was his partner, Irma Goris. The two met as teenagers while working together at McDonald’s in NY, beginning a relationship that became...
Ramon Antonio Ortiz Cardona
Oct 24, 2026
Ramon Antonio Ortiz Cardona, 43, of Columbia, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 24, 2026 in Penn State Medical Center, Lancaster.
Born in New York City, NY, he was the son of Maria I. (Cardona) and Raymond Ortiz.
Anthony was employed as an electrician for Tyson Fencing Company. When not at work, he had a passion for cars, tattoos, and collecting colorful...
Sally Howell Matz
Oct 24, 2026
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Sally Howell Matz, age 90, on Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Lititz, PA.
Born to William and Liona Howell, Sally was a dedicated elementary teacher who served communities in New York, Colombia and Norwalk. She was a woman of many passions—an avid quilter, a talented cook, an art collector, and...
Alma M. Campbell
Oct 23, 2026
Alma M. Campbell, 92, of Lancaster, passed away on October 23, 2026. Her journey here is over and she is now at peace. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Martha McCue. She was the wife of the late Richard Campbell, who passed away in 1972. Alma had worked in the offices of Armstrong World Industries, for Garden Spot...
Richard W. Beale, Sr.
Oct 23, 2026
Richard W. Beale, Sr., 75, of Manheim, passed away on October 23, 2026. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Charles and Catherine (Eves) Beale. He was married 49 years to his beloved wife Sally Ann (Ault) Beale until her passing in 2019.
Rick was a graduate of Penn Manor High School. He worked for Clarion Coach as a driver...
Darwin L. Mowery
Oct 23, 2026
Darwin L. Mowery, 95, of New Holland and formerly Strasburg, entered into heavenly rest on Friday, October 23, 2026 in Penn Medicine-Lancaster General Hospital. He was the devoted husband of the late Shirley A. (Dull) Mowery, with whom he shared 50 years of marriage before her passing in 2002.
Born in Providence Township in 1931, he was a son of the...
Ellen E. Bell
Oct 23, 2026
Ellen E. Bell, 77, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on October 23, 2026 at Myerstown Nursing & Rehab. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Randall and Ruth (Shiflet) MacPherson. Ellen was a loving wife to the late Robert G. Bell.
She devoted her career to caring for mothers and newborns as a labor and delivery nurse until...
Gladys Arnold
Oct 23, 2026
Gladys Geiselman Arnold, age 92, died on Friday, October 23, 2023, at Brethren Village, where she had resided since May 1998.
Born in Jacobus, Pennsylvania, Gladys was the daughter of John and Marie (Fisher) Geiselman. A lifelong educator, she devoted nearly four decades to teaching young students, a calling that began when she was still a child herself.
Gladys' love of teaching...
Mary M. Toaltoan
Oct 22, 2026
Mary M. Toaltoan, 86, of Lancaster, went home to be with her Lord while surrounded by her family on Thursday, October 22, 2026. Born in Port Deposit, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ralston and Ethel (Griffin) Shockley. She was also the devoted life partner and wife to Ronald F. Toalton for 67 years.
Mary spent much of her...
Sandra Leigh "Sandy" Pemberton
Oct 22, 2026
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Michael Rochkind
Oct 22, 2026
Michael Rochkind, 93, of Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, PA passed quietly Thursday, October 22, 2026. He was comforted in his final days by the company of friends and family and the kind, loving care and attention of Evergreen Hospice. In death, he joins his wife of 63 years, Arline, who passed in 2021; and his daughter, Leslie Brooke Chapman, whom...
Mary Elizabeth Snyder
Oct 22, 2026
Mary E. Snyder, 86, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at her home. Born in Quarryville, she was the beloved daughter of the late James and Cora Baldwin Shank. After graduation, Mary worked at Hamilton watch before working as an inspector for Specialty Screw Machine Products for some time. She was devoted to her family and...
Clifton "Cliff" T. Boyer
Oct 22, 2026
Riding in style, all the way to the Heavens, is our beloved Clifton “Cliff” T. Boyer, who passed away peacefully on October 22, 2026, at the age of 67 at Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, under the compassionate care of Masonic Village Hospice & Evergreen staff. Formerly of Bainbridge, Pennsylvania, Cliff leaves behind a family who will forever carry his...
Gregory Allen Bachman
Oct 21, 2026
Gregory Allen "Greg" Bachman, 81, passed peacefully on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at Brethren Village. He was the husband of Marie S. Bachman, sharing 58 years of marriage.
Greg graduated from Dallastown Area High School in the Class of 1962 and went on to earn his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois "Circle Campus." Throughout his career, he worked as...
Robert Louis Weiler
Oct 21, 2026
Robert Louis Weiler, 95, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2026. Born in the village of Holtwood, he often talked of his love of growing up along the river with his two brothers and friends, spending his days swimming, canoeing, and ice skating. He was the son of the late Henry R. and Anna Mae (Beckstedt) Weiler. He...
Gerald L. Buterbaugh
Oct 21, 2026
Gerald L. Buterbaugh, 69, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on October 21, 2026 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Rankin and Pauline (Probst) Buterbaugh.
A veteran, Gerald served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant. He worked in the satellite communications department for the U.S. Government. He was a huge motorhead and loved...
Joseph G. Fliss
Oct 21, 2026
Joseph G. Fliss, 101, of Lancaster, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at the Masonic Home of Elizabethtown. Born in Minersville, he was the son of Stanley and Anna Fliss.
In 1950, Joseph married Nellie Yohe, who predeceased him in 2018.
Joseph's military career began in 1943 when he joined the United States Army Air Force as a military police officer....
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