Obituaries

Mabel W. Swanger

Mabel W. Swanger

Oct 17, 2013

Mabel W. Swanger, 86, of Mennonite Home, Lancaster, PA, formerly of Elizabethtown, PA, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday morning, October 17, 2013 at Bob Fryer and Family Inpatient Center of Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy, PA. Born and raised on the family farm in Mount Joy Twp., Lancaster County, PA, she was the daughter...

Carl S. Summy

Carl S. Summy

Oct 14, 2013

Carl S. Summy, 88, of Manheim, PA, went home to be with his kind and merciful Father on Monday evening, October 14, 2013 at Lancaster General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Mastersonville, PA, he was the son of the late George H. and Katie Shearer Summy. He was the husband of Katharine E. Buck Summy for 45 years...

Doris J. Brock

Doris J. Brock

Oct 14, 2013

Doris J. Brock, 87, formerly of Columbia, PA, died Monday morning, October, 14, 2013 at Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community, Manheim, PA. Born in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late Cleon and Hester Bard Wagner. She was the wife of the late Henry Brock. Doris was a 1944 graduate of Columbia High School. She had been employed as...

Betty J. Myers

Betty J. Myers

Oct 12, 2013

Betty J. Myers, 83, of Elizabethtown, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday evening, October 12, 2013 at Bob Fryer and Family Inpatient Center of Hospice and Community Care, Mount Joy, PA, of complications following a routine heart procedure. Born in Mount Joy, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Herr Rider....

Shirley G. Brubaker

Shirley G. Brubaker

Oct 9, 2013

Shirley G. Brubaker, 69, of Mount Joy, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday evening, October 9, 2013 at her residence following a seven year illness. Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of David E. Miller of Lititz, PA and the late Stella E. Gantz Miller. She was the wife of John W....

Aaliyah Ayen Deng

Aaliyah Ayen Deng

Sep 18, 2013

Aaliyah Ayen Deng was stillborn and welcomed into heaven on September 18, 2013 at the York Hospital. She was the precious daughter of Phillip and Amanda (Rudacille) Deng, Mt. Wolf. In addition to her parents, Aaliyah is survived by sisters Kayla and Amaya, at home. Her maternal grandparents are Michael and Vivian Rudacille, Felton, PA. Her paternal grandparents are Elijah...

Norman D. Yeater

Norman D. Yeater

Sep 12, 2013

Rev. Dr. Norman D. Yeater, 50, of Cornwall, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday morning, September 12, 2013 at Hershey Medical Center following injuries he suffered in an automobile accident on Tuesday afternoon. Born in Lewistown, PA, he was the son of C. Dean and Mary Evelyn Dressler Yeater of McAlisterville, PA. He was...

Mary I. Bingeman

Mary I. Bingeman

Sep 8, 2013

Mary I. Bingeman, 92, of Lititz, PA, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday morning, September 8, 2013 at United Zion Retirement Community following a three month decline in health. Born in Hollinger, Lancaster County, PA., she was the daughter of the late George and Anna Kathryn Snyder Walton. She was the wife of the late Lester G....

Annie K. Ginder

Annie K. Ginder

Aug 24, 2013

Annie K Ginder, 94, went home to be with her heavenly Father on Saturday afternoon, August 24, 2013, at the Bob Fryer & Family Inpatient Center of Hospice & Community Care, Mount Joy, PA. For the past seventeen years she has resided at Brethren Village, Lancaster, PA. Born in Manor Township, Lancaster, Co., PA, she was the daughter of the...

Edith I. Vargas

Edith I. Vargas

Aug 22, 2013

Edith I. Vargas, 90, of Lititz, PA, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Lancashire Hall in Lancaster, PA. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Frederick A. and Rose Gardner Mohler. She was the wife of the late Andy B. Vargas who preceded her in death in 2006. Edith was baptized at Grace...

Erma Hawthorne Kreider

Erma Hawthorne Kreider

Aug 17, 2013

Erma Hawthorne Koser Kreider, 92, of 544 North Penryn Road, Manheim, PA, formerly of Lebanon County and Manheim, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday morning, August 17, 2013 at Pleasant View Retirement Community after living with a diagnosis of cancer she received five years earlier. Born April 21, 1921 near Maytown, PA, she was the...

Anna Mae Spence

Anna Mae Spence

Aug 6, 2013

Anna Mae Spence, 73, of Creekside, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday evening, August 6, 2013 at Indiana Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Born in Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong County, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Frances M. Weaver Hollobaugh. She was the loving wife of Bernard E. Spence....

Christopher Michael "Leaf" Elliott

Christopher Michael "Leaf" Elliott

Jul 24, 2013

Christopher Michael "Leaf" Elliott 2009 Warwick Valedictorian Passes Away Christopher Michael "Leaf" Elliott went home to be with the Lord on July 24 at 3:30 pm doing what he loved most at East Rosebud Lake, Carbon County, Montana. Christopher has been described by those who knew and loved him as a 'dazzling multi-faceted character' who lived his 22 years to...

Jacob K. Hershey

Jacob K. Hershey

Jul 9, 2013

Jacob K. Hershey, 92, of Lititz, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday evening, July 9, 2013 at his residence. Born in Penn Twp., Lancaster County, he was the son of the late Graybill and Orpha Kulp Hershey. He was the husband of Verna M. Kreider Hershey for 67 years on February 23. Mr. Hershey...

Rhoda S. Gibble

Rhoda S. Gibble

May 26, 2013

Rhoda S. Gibble, 89, formerly of Manheim and Mount Gretna, PA, passed to eternity unexpectedly on Sunday morning, May 26, 2013 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home in Campbelltown, PA. Born in Rapho Twp., Lancaster County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Lillian Snyder Gibble. Rhoda was a production worker for RCA for 20 years. Later, she...

Leonard L. Norton

Leonard L. Norton

May 23, 2013

Leonard "Len" Norton, 67, passed to eternity on Thursday evening, May 23, 2013 at Denver Health and Rehabilitation Center, Stevens, PA. He was born to the late John and Jeannette Norton, November 20, 1945 in Camden, NJ. Len graduated from Middletown Township High School, NJ in 1963, received a BS in Bible from Philadelphia College of Bible in 1967, a...

Joseph F. Dittoe

Joseph F. Dittoe

May 14, 2013

Joseph F. Dittoe, 74, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Chicago, IL, passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 of natural causes. Born in Chicago, he was the son of the late Albert J. and Florence L. Copp Dittoe. He was the husband of Margie A. Lewter Dittoe for 47 years. Joe began his 35 year career as...

Karen M. Barber

Karen M. Barber

May 14, 2013

Karen M. Barber, 62, of Willow Street, PA, formerly of Portland, OR, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday afternoon, May 14, 2013 at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA of natural causes. Born in Roseburg, OR, she was the daughter of the late Hyle E. and Joyce E. Claypool Hughes. She was the wife of the late Mark A. Barber who...

Marian J. Ginder

Marian J. Ginder

May 9, 2013

Marian J. Ginder, 78, of Manheim, PA, passed peacefully to eternal life with Jesus on Thursday afternoon, May 9, 2013 at Bob Fryer and Family Inpatient Center of Hospice and Community Care, Mount Joy, PA surrounded by her loving family. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late Earl H. and Martha B. Helt Diehm. She was the...

Sylvia  Otto

Sylvia Otto

May 3, 2013

Sylvia Otto, 90, of Akron, PA, formerly of Bronx, New York, passed to eternity on Friday evening, May 3, 2013 at Maple Farm Nursing Center in Akron following a lengthy illness. Born in Manhattan, NY, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Theresa E. Astarita Cordovano. She was the wife of the late Carl Otto who died March...