Obituaries

Katrina Francissa Shenk

Katrina Francissa Shenk

Aug 1, 2012

Katrina Francissa Shenk, 41, of Lancaster, PA, formerly of Elizabethtown, entered into peace on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at her home unexpectedly of natural causes. Born in rural Bogotá, Colombia, she was the adopted daughter of Velma F. Shenk of Elizabethtown. Katrina was a member of the Elizabethtown Area High School Class of 1991 and a member of Chiques Church...

Anna Ruth Burkholder

Anna Ruth Burkholder

Jul 15, 2012

Anna Ruth Burkholder, 79, of Mountville, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday afternoon, July 15, 2012 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy, PA following a brief illness. Born in Manor Twp., Lancaster, Co., PA, she was the daughter of the late John P. and Anna K. Good Becker. She was the wife of...

Paul L. Myers

Paul L. Myers

Jul 14, 2012

Paul L. Myers, 79, of United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz, PA, formerly of Rapho Twp., unexpectedly went home to be with his Lord on Saturday morning, July 14, 2012 at Lancaster General Hospital following declining health. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Ezra B. and Lottie Long Myers. Paul was a 1951 graduate of Manheim...

Alice G. Schneider

Alice G. Schneider

Jul 1, 2012

Alice G. Schneider, 92, of Akron, PA, formerly of Indianapolis, IN, passed away on Sunday afternoon, July 1, 2012 at Rheems Nursing Center, Rheems, PA, following a brief battle with cancer. Born in Noblesville, IN, she was the daughter of the late Vernice and Katherine Stern Unger. She was the wife of the late Raymond J. Schneider who died in...

Helen L. Musser

Helen L. Musser

Jun 15, 2012

Helen L. Musser, 94, of Manheim, PA, formerly of Columbia, PA, died Friday afternoon, June 15, 2012, at home, following a week long illness. Born in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late William and Hanna Louise Habel Preston. She was the wife of the late R. Dean Musser who she was married to for over 50 years. Mrs....

Verna N. Siegrist

Verna N. Siegrist

Jun 8, 2012

Verna N. Siegrist, 87, of Lititz, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday morning, June 8, 2012 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy, PA following a brief illness. Born in Manheim Twp., Lancaster County, PA, she was the daughter of the late John S. and Ella Bowers Neff. She was the wife of Burnell...

Carl E. Schroeder

Carl E. Schroeder

Jun 1, 2012

The Rev. Father Carl E. Schroeder, 78, of Mount Joy, PA, retired Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Lancaster, died on June 1, 2012 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy. The son of the Rev. Hugo W. Schroeder, Sr., and Florence May (Smith) Schroeder, he was born on June 1, 1934 in Narrowsburg, N. Y., but grew...

Alta H. Hosler

Alta H. Hosler

May 9, 2012

Alta H. Hosler, 88, of 3001 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA, formerly of Manheim, PA, was called home to Glory on Wednesday evening, May 9, 2012 at Brethren Village, following a period of declining health. Born in Mount Joy Twp., Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late John K. and Katie Hess Stauffer. She was the wife of Galen...

Joan L. "Joanie" Lefever

Joan L. "Joanie" Lefever

May 4, 2012

Joan L. "Joanie" Lefever, 73, of Lancaster, PA, died on Friday afternoon, May 4, 2012 at Essa Flory Hospice Center, Lancaster, following a brief illness. Born in Lancaster, she lived her entire life in the same neighborhood. Joanie was a follower of the Roman Catholic faith. She was employed by the former K-D Tools in Mountville as an assembler for...

Elma P. Myers

Elma P. Myers

Apr 30, 2012

Elma P. Myers, 84, formerly of Conewago Twp. and Elizabethtown, died Monday evening, April 30, 2012 at Mennonite Home, Lancaster, PA. Born in Manheim Twp., she was the daughter of the late Walter and Ruth Peifer Landis. She was the wife of the late Clarence S. Myers for 57 years prior to his death in 2010. A homemaker, Mrs. Myers...

Jayden Douglas Muchmore

Jayden Douglas Muchmore

Apr 21, 2012

Jayden Douglas Muchmore, son of Benjamin D. Muchmore and Melissa S. Reinford of Conestoga, PA, was delivered stillborn Saturday morning, April 21, 2012 at Women and Babies Hospital in Lancaster, PA. In addition to his parents, Jayden will be forever in the hearts of his maternal grandparents, D. Mark and Wendy M. Kunkle Reinford of Ephrata, PA; paternal grandmother, Rose...

Doris H. Faus

Doris H. Faus

Apr 6, 2012

Doris H. Faus, 70, of Manheim, PA, peacefully passed from this life and journeyed to her heavenly home following a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer on Friday afternoon, April 6, 2012, at Essa Flory Hospice Center, surrounded by her family. Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Robert O. and Floy Myer Hess. She was...

Grace Naomi Smith

Grace Naomi Smith

Apr 5, 2012

Grace Naomi Smith, 85, of Columbia, PA, formerly of the Manheim area, passed from this life on Thursday afternoon, April 5, 2012, at Susquehanna Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Columbia, PA, surrounded by her loving family. She has gone home to be with her Lord whom she had served for many years. Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter...

Richard P. Demmy

Richard P. Demmy

Apr 4, 2012

Richard P. Demmy, 91, of York, PA, formerly of Lancaster Junction, Lancaster County, died Wednesday, April 4, 2012, with his wife of 70 years, Florence, and daughter, Suzanne, by his side. Born in Manheim, PA, he was the son of the late Paul L. and Mary Bailey Demmy. Mr. Demmy was a former member of Pleasureville United Methodist Church in...

Mary  Toth

Mary Toth

Mar 19, 2012

Mary Toth, 88, of Manheim, PA, formerly of New York City, NY, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday evening, March 19, 2012 at Essa Flory Hospice Center in Lancaster, PA. Mrs. Toth was born to Hungarian parents in Columbus, OH on April 29, 1923. At age four, she returned with her family to their native...

Edward H. Blake

Edward H. Blake

Mar 16, 2012

Edward H. "Hughie" Blake, 51, of Lititz, PA, formerly of Upper Darby, PA, passed peacefully on Friday afternoon, March 16, 2012 at Essa Flory Hospice Center in Lancaster, PA with his wife by his side. Born in Darby, PA, he was the son of the late Edward F. and Kathleen Braun Blake. He was the husband of Regina A. Barber...

M. Elizabeth Finkbiner

M. Elizabeth Finkbiner

Feb 2, 2012

M. Elizabeth "Libby" Finkbiner, 99, of Slate Run, PA, formerly of the Pottstown area, died on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at the Masonic Health Care Center in Elizabethtown, PA surrounded by her loving family. Born in Charlestown, PA, she was the only child of Francis W. and Myrtle E. Hartman Keane. She was the wife of the late Jacob H....

Pearl E. Yost

Pearl E. Yost

Feb 2, 2012

Pearl E. Yost, 80, of Mount Joy, PA, formerly of Manheim, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior following a brief illness on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at Susquehanna Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Columbia, PA with her husband of 59 years by her side. Born in Sunbury, PA, she was the daughter of the late Mark...

J. Clair Hoffer

J. Clair Hoffer

Dec 30, 2011

J. Clair Hoffer, 78, of Manheim, PA, has fought a good fight, kept his faith, and finished his course on Friday morning, December 30, 2011, at Rheems Nursing Center, Rheems, PA. He now has received his crown of righteousness. Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late Amos H. and Grace Haldeman Hoffer. He was the husband of...

John Robert Gibble

John Robert Gibble

Dec 23, 2011

John Robert Gibble, 69, of Lancaster, PA, traveled from his home to be with his Lord on Friday, December 23, 2011 unexpectedly of natural causes. Born in Rapho Twp., Lancaster County, he was the son of the late John S. and Ella E. Stauffer Gibble. Robert lived a quiet life of Christian faith in Jesus Christ. He was a 1960...