Obituaries

Nov 23, 2025

Frank K. Gantz, Sr., 82, of Manheim, PA, entered rest on Sunday morning, November 23, 2025 at Hamilton Arms Center in Lancaster.  Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late Jacob O. and Ella Kopp Gantz.  He was the husband of Brenda D. Steely Gantz.  They would have been married for 60 years on December...

Nov 22, 2025

Melvin S. Wenger went home to be with Jesus on November 22, 2025. He was 98 years old.

Mel was the beloved husband of the late Janette Kreider Wenger for more than 78 years before her passing in December of 2024. They met on March 4, 1945, when Janette was only...

Nov 18, 2025

Harold L. Keener, of Mount Joy, PA, a gracious and generous man who was also known for his good sense of humor, passed peacefully while sleeping during the early morning of November 18, 2025.  Born in Rapho Township on December 29, 1926, he was the seventh of ten siblings in the family of the late Walter...

Nov 17, 2025

Lester F. Shelley, Jr., 88Lititz, PA formerly of Manheim, peacefully passed into the arms of Jesus on Monday morning, November 17, 2025 at Lancaster General Hospital.  Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late Lester F., Sr. and Vera Stauffer Shelley. He was married to Patricia A. Williams Shelley for 68 years on September 7....

Nov 13, 2025

Verna Mae Stehman, in her 89 th year, passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at home. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late John S. and Anna M. Aucker Herr. She was preceded in death by her late husband 30 years, John B. Stehman, before his passing in 2006.

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Oct 24, 2025

Terry L. Zellers, 82, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Lebanon County, passed away on Friday morning, October 24, 2025 at his residence.  He was under the care of Hospice and Community Care.  Born in Lebanon, he was the son of the late Gordan A. and Esther R. Gingrich Zellers.  He was the husband of Sandra K. Miller...

Oct 21, 2025

Wilmer M. Martin, 77, of Lititz, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday morning, October 21, 2025 in his home in the presence of his loving family. Born in Clay Twp., he was the son of the late H. Landis Martin and Anna (Martin) Martin. He was the husband of Elaine Rohrer...

Oct 19, 2025

Sandra L. Ogle, 82, of Lititz, PA, passed away on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at her home in Lititz, PA. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Harold E. and Mildred B. (Doutrich) Ruble.

Sandra was a 1961 graduate of McCaskey High School. She worked as a lane...

Oct 19, 2025

J. Kenneth Kreider, Ph.D.       Professor of History, Emeritus, Elizabethtown College

Dr. J. Kenneth Kreider, 91, passed into eternal life on October 19, 2025, of a recently diagnosed aggressive cancer. Born on April 7, 1934, he was the son of the late A. Clyde and Catherine Herr Neff Kreider. Surviving is his wife...

Oct 14, 2025

Jaxson David Landis, 3 days, peacefully went home to be with his heavenly Father following birthing complications on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at Hershey Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Jaxson was born in Penn State Medical Center Lancaster on Saturday, October 11. He was the son of Derick S. and Megan E. Mohler Landis of...

Oct 11, 2025

Ray G. Ginder, 96, of Manheim, PA, passed away into the loving arms of his Savior on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at home, surrounded by his family. Born in Salunga, PA, he was the son of the late Elam H. and Ella L. Kline Ginder. He was the husband of the late Marian J. Diehm Ginder...

Oct 10, 2025

Vera E. Good, 92, of Manheim, PA, entered the gates of heaven on Friday, October 10, 2025. Born in Earl Twp., she was the daughter of the late Henry P. and Ellen M. Martin Fox. She was the wife of the late Paul T. Good for 61 years prior to his passing in 2017.

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Oct 5, 2025

Ronald L. Denlinger, 82, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Brickerville, died Sunday, October 5, 2025 at Pleasant View Retirement Communities, Manheim. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Phares Denlinger and the late Mildred Rapp Denlinger Kerner. He was the husband of Carol A. Kreider Denlinger for 59 years on September 17.

Sep 28, 2025

Brian A. Courtney, 42, of Kutztown, PA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, September 28, 2025.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Jeffrery L. Courtney, Sr., and Alice E. Fready Courtney of Lancaster.

Brian was an assembly line production worker for Mack Trucks – Lehigh...

Sep 15, 2025

Thomas S. Mumma, 94, of Elizabethtown, PA, left his earthly home for an eternal home with Jesus Christ on Monday afternoon, September 15, 2025 at Masonic Village Health Care Center.  Born in Mount Joy Twp., Lancaster County, he was the son of the late Clay B. and Lizzie J. Stern Mumma.  He was the husband of Doris...

Sep 13, 2025

Nancy L. Brown, 84, of the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday morning, September 13, 2025 at Hershey Medical Center.  Born in Morristown, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Insley P. and Katherine E. Kuck Jones.  She was the wife of Mel W. Brown for 64 years on June 10.

Sep 12, 2025

Celebrating Life

Joyce Whitacre Bohn departed our physical world on Sept.12, 2025. She was the mother of Loretta Bohn of Chapel Hill, NC, and Steven Bohn, husband of Julie Ebert Bohn, of Highlands Ranch, CO, grandmother of Lauren, wife of David Truesdell of Gypsum, CO and Ryan Bohn of San Antonio,...

Aug 30, 2025

Mary A. Becker, 88, of Elizabethtown, PA, formerly of Manheim, passed away on Saturday evening, August 30, 2025 at Masonic Health Care Center.  Our mother is resting in the arms of Jesus. Mary was the wife of John M. Becker who passed away in 2013. She was the daughter of the late Fred and Edna Pick Gutelius...

Aug 26, 2025

Wilbur E. Ruhl, 82, of Elizabethtown, PA, passed away on Tuesday evening, August 26, 2025 at Masonic Health Care Center.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Merle V. and Erma J. Lehman Ruhl. He was the husband of Victoria L. Koser Ruhl for 63 years on March 11.

Aug 26, 2025

M. Dorothy (Dot) Gehman, 92, of Brethren Village, Lancaster, PA, formerly of Ephrata and Barto, PA went to meet her Lord and Savior on August 26 th , 2025, peacefully in her room.

Dot was born May 6 th , 1933, in Barto PA. She was the daughter of John M....