Obituaries
Mary J. Sweigart
Mar 16, 2016
Mary J. Sweigart, 90, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Rheems, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday morning, March 16, 2016 at Lancaster General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in East Donegal Twp., Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late Alvin and Edna Koser Heisey. She was the wife of the late Richard...
Georgia L. Prentice
Feb 26, 2016
Georgia L. Prentice, 67, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Hatboro, passed away on Friday morning, February 26, 2016 at Bob Fryer and Family Inpatient Center in Mount Joy following a six year illness. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late George and Eleanor Maiden Maurer. She was the wife of Michael N. Prentice for 47 years on...
Connie M. Swisher
Feb 26, 2016
Connie M. Swisher, 88, of Lititz, PA, went to be with her Lord on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Shickshinny, PA, she was the daughter of the late Millard M. and Lydia McLaughlin McKennon, and was married to the late Harold W. Swisher for 61 years. She was a loving...
Ann Lamont
Feb 22, 2016
Ann LaMont, 83, of Mount Joy, PA, formerly of Havre de Grace and Joppa, MD, went home to be with her Lord on February 22, 2016 at her home in Mount Joy after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Nellie Himes. She was the wife of the...
Carl W. Woolley
Feb 14, 2016
Carl W. Woolley, 70, of Somerset, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior surrounded by family and friends on Sunday afternoon, February 14, 2016 at In Touch Hospice following a six month battle with acute myeloid leukemia. Born in Somerset, he was the son of the late Ray, Sr. and Alta Durst Woolley. He was the husband...
Virginia M. Shaffer
Feb 12, 2016
Virginia Mae (Keller) Shaffer, 88, of Manheim, PA, formerly of State College, went to rest peacefully with the Lord on Friday morning, February 12, 2016, at Pleasant View Retirement Community in Manheim surrounded by her loving family. She enjoyed water aerobics, walking, making bread, canning fruits and vegetables, playing ping pong, and spending time with her family. She was born...
Carson Lee Elliott
Feb 11, 2016
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Barely legible, these were the deep-meaning words written on his desk, by which he lived. Carson Lee Elliott, 61 years of age, went home to be with Jesus on February 11, 2016, in Dover, DE, after a...
William D. Groff
Feb 11, 2016
William D. Groff, 85, of Lancaster, formerly of Manheim, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday afternoon, February 11, 2016, at Brethren Village surrounded by his loving family following a year-long illness. Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late Frank P. and Mary Gibble Groff. He was the husband of Janet L. Haldeman Groff for...
Mary Ellen Graef
Feb 7, 2016
Mary Ellen Graef, 78, of Manheim, PA, formerly of the Midwest, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday morning, February 7, 2016 at the Masonic Health Care Center, Elizabethtown. Born in Winside, NE, she was the daughter of the late Jens A. and Mabel Anderson Christensen. Mary Ellen attended Manheim Brethren in Christ Church. Prior to...
Mahlon L. Lehman
Feb 6, 2016
Mahlon L. Lehman, 86, of Elizabethtown, PA, peacefully went home to be with his Savior and Lord on Saturday morning, February 6, 2016 at his residence. Born on the family farm in Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County, he was the son of the late George F. and Jennie Longenecker Lehman. He was the husband of the late Ethel Brubaker Lehman who...
Pauline H. Good
Jan 23, 2016
Pauline H. Good, 90, of Brethren Village, formerly of Manheim and Lititz, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday evening, January 23, 2016. She was granted her desire to pass peacefully in her own home without suffering a long illness. Born in Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late Elmer S., Sr. and Elizabeth Eshleman Huber. Pauline...
Betty S. Lentz
Jan 13, 2016
Betty S. Lentz, 82, of Ephrata, PA, formerly of Manheim, entered Heaven on Wednesday morning, January13, 2016 at United Zion Retirement Community following a brief illness and surrounded by her family. Born in Manheim Twp., Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late George M. Ober and Mary H. Smith Ober Fulkrod and the adopted daughter of the late...
A. Lois Bucher
Dec 22, 2015
A. Lois (Myer) Bucher of Landisville, 75, went Home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community in Manheim following an illness of eight years. Lois was the daughter of the late Amos and Eleanor (Wenger) Myer. She and her husband, James C. Bucher, were married for 53 years 3½ months. An LPN...
Lois J. Haldeman
Dec 14, 2015
Lois J. Haldeman, 81, of Manheim, PA went home to be with her Lord on Monday afternoon, December 14, 2015 at Ephrata Manor following a brief illness. Born in Campbelltown, she was the daughter of the late Simon H. and Jennie L. Mengel Hoffer. She was the wife of Rufus F. Haldeman for 56 years prior to his passing in...
J. Becker Ginder
Dec 10, 2015
J. Becker Ginder, 86, of Lancaster, PA, formerly of Manheim, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, whom he served faithfully, on Thursday morning, December 10, 2015 at Brethren Village. Born in Rapho Twp., Lancaster County, he was the son of the late John S. and Maude Becker Ginder. He was the husband of Vera H. Wolgemuth Ginder...
Annamae G. Bashore
Dec 9, 2015
Annamae G. Bashore, 77, of Lebanon, PA, went peacefully home to heaven on Wednesday morning, December 9, 2015 at her residence. Born in Lebanon, she was the daughter of the late Maeanna Merkey Miller. She and her husband, Lee R. Bashore, would have been married for 49 years on December 24. Annamae was a member of Lebanon Church of the...
Susan M. Blantz
Nov 27, 2015
Susan M. Blantz, 65, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Lititz, passed away on Friday evening, November 27, 2015 at Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community in Manheim following a lengthy illness. Born in Lititz, she was the daughter of the late Robert K. Long and Florence E. Hullihen Hertz. She was the wife of Arlington R. "Ray" Blantz for 30 years...
Barton T. Ziegler
Nov 24, 2015
Barton T. Ziegler, 87, of Elizabethtown, PA, formerly of Boyertown, passed away on Tuesday evening, November 24, 2015 at Masonic Health Care Center. Born in Limerick, he was the son of the late Howard J. and Leah C. Taylor Ziegler. He and his wife, Arlene, would have been married for 66 years on December 3. Barton had a successful career...
John G. Lane
Nov 19, 2015
John G. Lane, 83, of Elizabethtown, PA, formerly of Chambersburg, died on Thursday evening, November 19, 2015 at the Masonic Health Care Center in Elizabethtown. Born in Delia, KS, he was the son of the late John A. and Mary Agnes Dittoe Lane. He was the husband of Patricia Mark Lane for 57 years as of August 8. An Episcopalian,...
Raymond J. "Blackie" Alcala
Nov 17, 2015
Raymond J. "Blackie" Alcala, Sr., 82, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Lebanon, passed away on Tuesday morning, November 17, 2015 at Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community in Manheim following a lengthy illness. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Manuel and Hattie Pauley Alcala. He and his wife, Fern L. Shreiner Alcala, were married for 50...
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