Obituaries
B. Sue Theal
Jan 30, 2013
B. Sue Theal, 63, of Manheim passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lebanon, she was the daughter of the late Altrue and Mazie Buckner Thornton. She was the wife of Paul H. Theal and they celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary in April of last year. A homemaker, Sue enjoyed flower gardening, collecting...
John C. “Jack” Ritter
Jan 26, 2013
John C. “Jack” Ritter, 79, formerly of Memorial Drive, Manheim passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late Paul L. and Alma Shoemaker Ritter. He was the husband of the late Betty Jean George Ritter who died in 2007. Jack retired from the Manheim Borough Authority where...
Mary E. Miller
Jan 22, 2013
Mary E. Miller, 87, formerly of Graystone Road, Manheim passed away on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Elma Ober Binkley. Mary retired after ten years from Kellogg Company, Lancaster and previously she worked for over twenty years at the former RCA, Lancaster....
Gloria F. Loercher
Jan 19, 2013
Gloria F. Loercher, formerly of East Gramby Street, Manheim, died peacefully on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Pleasant View Retirement Community. Born in Penryn, she was the daughter of the late Alvin S. and Grace I. Pickle Shelly. Gloria was the loving wife of Ray E. Loercher for fifty years, until his death in 1999. She worked in the cafeteria...
Harold D. "Wig" Heisey
Jan 18, 2013
Harold D. "Wig" Heisey, 71 of Manheim, died on January 18, 2013 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lebanon, he was the son of Sadie Wilson Heisey of Mt. Wilson, and the late Jacob Heisey. Harold was the husband of Donna J. Arentz Heisey and they would have observed their 9th wedding anniversary in June of this year. Harold...
Ruth Anna Thompson Melleby
Jan 16, 2013
Ruth Anna Thompson Melleby, 88, of Columbia, PA and formerly of Pennsauken, NJ, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday January 16, 2013 at the Susquehanna Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Columbia, PA. Born in Camden, NJ she was the daughter of the late John Sr. and Ruthanna (Powell) Thompson. Ruth worked for the New Jersey Dept. of Corrections...
Gene V. Haatainen Wagner
Jan 15, 2013
Gene V. Haatainen Wagner, 86, of Manheim passed away on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Lancaster General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Harold V. Haatainen who died in 1982, and the late Daniel W. Wagner Jr. A 1944 graduate of Manheim Central High School, she was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manheim. An avid reader,...
Clair C. "Mep" Carl
Jan 12, 2013
Clair C. "Mep" Carl, 72, of Manheim, died peacefully with his family by his side on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Muir, he was the son of the late Melvin E. and Edith Finley Carl. Clair was the loving husband of Eleanor Jean Kimmel Carl and they observed their 50th wedding anniversary in October...
Paul G. Reichenbach
Jan 12, 2013
Paul G. Reichenbach, 90, of Manheim passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Paul and Mae Gruber Reichenbach. He was the loving husband of Laura Witman Reichenbach and they celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary in June of last year. Paul retired as a heavy equipment operator...
Pauline C. Longenecker
Jan 10, 2013
Pauline C. Longenecker, 99, formerly of Manheim passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Meadow View Nursing Center, Berlin, PA. Born in Penn Township, she was the daughter of the late Harry S. and Mae Jurell Lefever. She was the wife of the late Samuel G. Longenecker who died in 1998. Pauline graduated from the former Manheim High School....
Janet B. Bigler
Jan 10, 2013
Janet B. Bigler, 93, formerly of East Petersburg and Manheim, passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Hospice and Community Care, Mount Joy. Born in Mount Joy, she was the daughter of the late Bard B. and Marie Barto Bigler. She retired after 28 years as a secretary for Binkley & Ober Quarry, East Petersburg. She was a member...
Joseph G. Cook
Jan 9, 2013
Joseph G. Cook, 96, of Elizabethtown, and formerly of Hazelton, PA and Drexel Hill, PA, died Wednesday January 9, 2013 at the Masonic Health Care Center, Elizabethtown. Born in Hazelton, he was the son of the late William and Jennie (Williams) Cook. He was the husband of Edith (Hildebrand) Cook, and they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in May 2012....
Allan Wayne Hess
Jan 7, 2013
Allan Wayne Hess, 59, formerly of Manheim, died at his home in Lancaster on Monday, January 7, 2013.Born in York, he was the son of the late Wayne A. and Arlene Eshleman Hess and the step son of the late Edith Mae Ruhl Nissley Hess. Allan enjoyed working in construction, helping to rehabilitate homes in Lancaster City. Throughout his adult...
Anna Mary Weaver
Jan 7, 2013
Anna Mary Weaver, 82, of Manheim, went peacefully home to be with her Lord, on Monday, January 7, 2013 at the Pleasant View Retirement Community. Born in Mastersonville, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Anna Graybill Zug.She was the loving wife of J. Donald Weaver and they observed their 60th wedding anniversary in August of last year....
David Eugene Bowser
Jan 7, 2013
David Eugene Bowser, 70, of Lancaster, died in the loving and supportive company of his family on Monday, January 7, 2013 due to complications from leukemia. Born in Lexington, KY, he was the son of Esther (Werner) Bowser of Elkton, MD, and the late Childs Bowser. David, an Engineer by training, was known for his numerous and varied talents. In...
Aaliyah Destiny Boyer
Jan 3, 2013
Aaliyah Destiny Boyer, 10, of Manheim passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Vincent S. Boyer of Kennett Square and Crystal Blackburn of Newark, Delaware. Aaliyah was a 4th grade student at H.C. Burgard Elementary School, Manheim. She attended Manheim Brethren In Christ...
Lester M. Harnly
Jan 3, 2013
Lester M. Harnly, 92, formerly of Elwyn Terrace, Manheim, died peacefully on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Penn Township, he was the son of the late David and Lillian Snyder Harnly. From 1939 to 1989 Lester was a technician for the former Sauder Chevrolet Manheim. He was the husband of Mary E. Denlinger Harnly...
Leona C. Rhodes
Jan 3, 2013
Leona C. Rhodes, 91, of Middletown, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at her residence. She was the widow of the late W. Kenneth Rhodes who died in 1967. Born in Concord, NH, she was the daughter of the late Leon S. and Bernice (Adams) Clay. Leona was part owner and chef...
Charles W. Smith
Jan 2, 2013
Charles W. "Charlie" Smith, 72, of Manheim died at home with his family on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Born in Keyser, West Virginia he was the son of the late Luther and Helen Rogers Smith. A truck driver for many years Charlie retired from Yellow Freight Lancaster; previously he worked for Cooper Jarrett in Milton. He was the loving husband...
Jane L. Scheuchenzuber
Jan 1, 2013
Jane Louise Devers Scheuchenzuber (91) formerly of Lancaster, PA., peacefully passed away in Tomball, TX on January 1, 2013. She is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years George A. Scheuchenzuber Sr., her parents: Luther F. Devers and Bertha Mae Smith Devers, her sisters: Dorothy Musser, Ruth Homsher and Betty Gibble, her brother Stine Devers, and her daughter...
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