Obituaries
Ovidio Mercado Sr., 76
June 05, 2016
Ovidio Mercado Sr., 76, of Lancaster, died Sunday, June 5, 2016 at Hamilton Arms, Lancaster.
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he was the husband of Ruth H. (Rettew) of Lancaster.
Ovidio was an avid outdoorsman, and especially enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was also a talented mechanic and loved working on his cars.
He was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses East Congregation in Lancaster.
In addition to his wife of 55 years, he is survived by 2 sons: Ovidio Mercado, Jr of Fredericksburg, VA and Rickey Mercado and his wife Meg of Lancaster; 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, David Mercado.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 850 Hershey Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603.
Kindly omit flowers. Memorial contributions in Ovidio’s memory may be made to Kingdom Hall at the address above.
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Condolences to the Family
July 30, 2016
Dear Ovidio,
I’m sorry I missed your passing but I just visited Ruth and found out. It was a pleasure getting to know you in your home.
Gloria Forrey
July 10, 2016
Rest in piece grandpa, sorry I couldn’t make your funeral. I am stationed overseas in Italy and didn’t find out about it until after you passed. I miss you, thanks for everything you taught me. Your grandson chief warrant officer 2 Christopher mercado
June 07, 2016
Im so sad for lost me uncle ovidio mercado me famy it’s really sad my mom aurea mercado the last sister she now very estress sad the rest at the family rest pace uncle ovidio love you
June 07, 2016
Sleep my brother till the King awakens you into the new earth.
Clara Gable’s son,
Terry Gable
- Services
- Thursday, June 09, 2016
- 1:00 PM
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
- 850 Hershey Ave.
- Lancaster, PA
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