Obituaries

Marilyn E. Schell

Marilyn E. Schell

Mar 31, 2015

Marilyn E. Schell, 76 of Mount Joy, formerly of Palmyra, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Hospice & Community Care, Mount Joy. Born in New Britain, CT, she was the daughter of the late Dominic and Elizabeth Bernabucci Vitale. Marilyn retired after many years with the H. B. Reese Candy Company, Hershey. Earlier in her career, she worked...

Pauline M. Heisey

Pauline M. Heisey

Mar 31, 2015

Pauline M. Heisey, 80, of Columbia, died Tuesday March 31, 2015 at Lancaster General Hospital. She was the widow of the late North S. Heisey who died in 1995, Born in Lancaster she was the daughter of the Late George and Pearl (Walton) Irvin. Pauline was a former secretary at Wayside Presbyterian Church in Landisville. She was a graduate of...

Clarence Raymond   "Butch" Klopp

Clarence Raymond "Butch" Klopp

Mar 26, 2015

Clarence Raymond “Butch” Klopp, 93, of Stuart, Florida, and formerly of Manheim, died peacefully on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Martin Hospital South, in Stuart, FL. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late John R. and Margaret Seyfret Klopp. Butch was the loving husband of Edna E. “Bets” Gibble Klopp and they observed their 70th wedding anniversary...

Ruth E. Rineer

Ruth E. Rineer

Mar 25, 2015

Ruth E. Rineer, 75, of Mount Joy, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday March 25, 2015 at the Masonic Village, Elizabethtown. She was the loving wife of Joseph A. Rineer, and they celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in July of 2014. Born in Mount Joy, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Emma (Heilman)...

Donna D. Mervine

Donna D. Mervine

Mar 24, 2015

Donna D. Mervine, 70, of Lancaster, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Geraldine Heisey Barr. A homemaker, she was the loving wife of Harold N. Mervine and they observed their 53rd wedding anniversary in October of last year. Donna’s interests included working in the...

D. Ernest Weinhold

D. Ernest Weinhold

Mar 23, 2015

D. Ernest Weinhold, 89, of Manheim, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, March 23, 2015. Born in Ephrata, he was the son of the late Daniel R. and Martha E. Landis Weinhold. He was the loving husband of Evaleen Ranck Weinhold and they would have celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary in July. Ernest retired as a self-employed...

Dale E. Irvin

Dale E. Irvin

Mar 23, 2015

Dale E. Irvin, 58, of Allentown, formerly of Mount Joy, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospice House, Bethlehem. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Naomi (Kraybill) Irvin of Mount Joy and the late Ellsworth Irvin. Dale worked as a pharmaceutical assistant for the former Wyeth Labs of Marietta for 24 years and currently...

Thelma L. "Toni" Brown

Thelma L. "Toni" Brown

Mar 23, 2015

Thelma (“Toni”) Brown, 81, of Ephrata, died on March 23, 2015 at Hospice and Community Care Center, Mount Joy, PA. Born in Nanticoke, PA on December 7, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Roynon and Florence Roberts Turley and the sister of Margaret Barre, Bette Barrall, Robert Turley and Ernest Turley. She was the wife of the late...

Verda Mae Fahnestock

Verda Mae Fahnestock

Mar 22, 2015

Verda Mae Fahnestock, 94, of Manheim, died peacefully at Lancaster General Hospital and went to her heavenly home on Sunday, March 22, 2015. Born in Earl Township, she was the daughter of the late Paul R. and Bertha Hershey Myer. A homemaker, she was the loving wife of Monroe G. Fahnestock who died in November 2001. Verda was a member...

Thomas C. Mahoney

Thomas C. Mahoney

Mar 17, 2015

Thomas C. Mahoney, 68, of Lititz, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Phoenixville, he was the son of the late James Mahoney and the late Doris Mahoney Riddell; and the stepson of the late Lewis T. Ridell. He was a graduate of Milton Hershey High School, and attended Wilmington College in Wilmington,...

Paul Raymond Cope

Paul Raymond Cope

Mar 13, 2015

Paul Raymond Cope, 97, of Landisville, passed away on March 13, 2015 at Susquehanna Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Amos H. and Ernestine R. Godshalk Cope. A 1934 graduate of Landisville High School, Paul worked at various jobs until June 19, 1941 when he entered the US Army. He proudly...

James Henry    "Jim" Foard Jr.

James Henry "Jim" Foard Jr.

Mar 13, 2015

James Henry “Jim” Foard Jr., 83, of Manheim, and formerly of Manheim Township, died after battling cancer on Friday, March 13, 2015 at the Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. He was born at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA to James Henry Foard Sr. and Viola Foard on February 19, 1932. After graduating from Haverford High School in 1950,...

Robert P.    "Rob" Myers

Robert P. "Rob" Myers

Mar 12, 2015

Robert P. “Rob” Myers, 56, of Lititz, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Snyder Memorial Health Care Center, Marienville, following a lengthy illness. Born in Cumberland County, he was the son of the late Robert D. and Mary Monforte Myers. Rob worked as a medical assistant for Lancaster Regional Medical Center; previously he was an auto mechanic for...

James M. Forry

James M. Forry

Mar 12, 2015

James M. “Jim” Forry, 87, of Mount Joy, died Thursday, March 12, 2015 at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Columbia. He was the widower of the late Marian A. (Bortzfield) Forry. Born in Elizabethtown, he was the son of the late Russell A. and Edna (George) Forry. Jim was a vacuum heat treater at the former Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster...

Beatrice B. Strickler

Beatrice B. Strickler

Mar 8, 2015

Beatrice B. Strickler, 96, formerly of Mount Joy, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Longwood Manor, Maytown. Born in Rapho Township, she was the daughter of the late Paul R. and Elsie Brown Strickler. Beatrice retired from Kinsey’s Outdoors, Mount Joy and the former Mount Joy Box Factory. She was one of the...

Judy L. Myers

Judy L. Myers

Mar 8, 2015

Judy L. Myers, 66 of Mount Joy and formerly of Manheim passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Hospice & Community Care, Mount Joy. Born in Berkley, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Carl L. and Margaret McTigue Worthington. She was the loving wife of Richard L. “Rick” Myers and they would have celebrated their 47th...

Jean A. Silvius

Jean A. Silvius

Mar 6, 2015

Jean A. Silvius, 80, of Elizabethtown, and formerly of Manheim, died on Friday, March 6, 2015 at Lancaster General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Lancaster County on October 11, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Abram Keener and the late Kathryn Shaub Hess. Jean was the loving wife of James R. Silvius and they observed their...

Howard R. Stalnecker Jr.

Howard R. Stalnecker Jr.

Mar 4, 2015

Howard R. Stalnecker, Jr., 78, of Maytown, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday March 4, 2015, at Lancaster General Hospital. He was the loving husband of Linda (Guthrie) Stalnecker, and they observed their 38th wedding anniversary in October. Born in Lebanon, he was the son of the late Howard R. Sr. and Jean (Granger) Stalnecker....

Almeda R Hess

Almeda R Hess

Mar 4, 2015

Almeda R. Hess, 100, formerly of Mount Joy passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Landis Homes Retirement Community, Lititz. Born in Rapho Township, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Emma Snavely Ruhl. She was the loving wife of the late Miller M. Hess who died in 1987. Almeda was a member of Mount Joy...

Kathryn E. Wolfe

Kathryn E. Wolfe

Mar 2, 2015

Kathryn E. Wolfe, 94, of Manheim, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 2, 2015 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Elstonville, she was the daughter of the late Elmer K. and Rosa Garmen Summy. She was the wife for 59 years to the late Dale R. Wolfe who died in 2010 and her first husband the late S....