Obituaries

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...

John D. Coolidge

John D. Coolidge

Apr 19, 2013

John D. Coolidge, Jr., 86, of Lancaster, PA, died Friday morning, April 19, 2013 at Lancaster General Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late John D. and Verna Coolidge. He was the husband of Faye C. Young Coolidge for 54 years prior to her death in 2001. During World War II, John...

Jim L. Warren

Jim L. Warren

Apr 19, 2013

Jim L. Warren, 64, of Mount Joy, PA, died Friday evening, April 19, 2013 at Frey Village in Middletown, PA following a five month battle with cancer. Raised in Kentucky and Indiana, "Jimmie" was the son of Mabel M. DeSpain Warren and the late Arvin Warren. Jim lived fast and furious and left behind alot of people who will miss...

Helen M. Earhart

Helen M. Earhart

Apr 15, 2013

Helen M. Earhart, 92, of Manheim, PA, went home to be with her Lord on Monday afternoon, April 15, 2013 at Bob Fryer & Family Inpatient Center of Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy, PA following a brief decline in health. Born in Maytown, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Laura Johnstin Farmer. She was...

Donald R. Graybeal

Donald R. Graybeal

Apr 11, 2013

Donald R. Graybeal, 74, of Manheim, PA, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday morning, April 11, 2013, at his home after a long struggle with ALS. Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late Elwyn and Miriam Shutt Graybeal. He was the husband of Barbara L. Ditzler Graybeal. They would have been...

John M. Becker

John M. Becker

Apr 8, 2013

John M. Becker, 77, of Manheim, PA, entered into rest in the presence of the Lord Jesus on Monday evening, April 8, 2013 at his home of natural causes. Born in Brownstown, Lancaster County, he was the son of the late John P. and Anna K. Good Becker. He was the husband of Mary A. Gutelius Becker for 56 years...

George James "Jimmy" Catalano

George James "Jimmy" Catalano

Apr 6, 2013

George James "Jimmy" Catalano, 66, of Elizabethtown, PA, formerly of Harrisburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday morning, April 6, 2013 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Born in Harrisburg, he was the son of the late Elizabeth Goodyear Sloan. He was the husband of Bonnie J. Brubaker Catalano for 10 years on...

Anne Louise Dickinson

Anne Louise Dickinson

Apr 3, 2013

Anne Louise Dickinson, 71, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, entered eternal rest on Wednesday evening, April 3, 2013 at Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center in Lititz, PA following a lengthy illness. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Frank R. and Agnes Lally Jobin. She was the wife of Robert H. Dickinson for 50...

Burnell S. Siegrist

Burnell S. Siegrist

Mar 21, 2013

Burnell S. Siegrist, 89, formerly of Lititz, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday morning, March 21, 2013 at United Zion Retirement Community in Lititz, PA. Born in Manheim Twp., Lancaster County, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence F. and Mattie Stauffer Siegrist. He was the husband of the late Verna Neff...

Miriam D. Heisey

Miriam D. Heisey

Mar 17, 2013

Miriam D. Heisey, 80, of Manheim, PA went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday evening, March 17, 2013 at Bob Fryer & Family Inpatient Center of Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy, PA. Born on the 1727 Wenger homestead in West Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, she was the only daughter of Noah W. and...