Obituaries

Elwood   "Woody" C. Zug

Elwood "Woody" C. Zug

Dec 30, 2012

Elwood C. "Woody" Zug, 89, of Lititz, died peacefully on his birthday, Sunday, December 30, 2012, at Luther Acres. Born in Lititz, he was the son of the late David and Mazie Carper Zug. He was the loving husband of Betty McCreery Zug who died in 1987. For over 50 years Woody worked for Sensenich Corporation, Lititz, and retired as...

Clarence B. Nolt

Clarence B. Nolt

Dec 30, 2012

Clarence B. Nolt, 91 of Mount Joy went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Hospice & Community Care, Mount Joy. Born in West Hempfield Township, he was the son of the late Christian B. and Mabel Brubaker Nolt. Clarence was a devoted and loving husband of Naomi Wenger Nolt with whom he shared seventy-one...

Richard  " Whitey" H. White

Richard " Whitey" H. White

Dec 29, 2012

Richard H. "Whitey" White, 80, of Manheim, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, December 29, 2012. Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late Leroy C. and Ruth Yingst White. Whitey retired from Yellow Freight, Lancaster where he was a truck driver for many years. He was the husband of the late Shirley A. May White who...

William J. Clarke, Sr.

William J. Clarke, Sr.

Dec 28, 2012

The family of William J. Clarke, Sr. of Elizabethtown, PA and formerly of Princeton, NJ, sadly announces his passing Friday December 28, 2012 at the Masonic Health Care Center, Elizabethtown. He was the beloved husband of Karen (Frutchey) Clarke of Elizabethtown. Born in Elizabethtown he was the son of the late Luther and Kathryn (Ashenfelter) Clarke and a graduate of...

Blanche L. Erdman

Blanche L. Erdman

Dec 27, 2012

Blanche L. Erdman, 85, of East Petersburg passed away at home on Thursday, December 27, 2012. Born in Herndon, she was the daughter of the late William and Carrie Morgan Kimmel. She was the wife of the late Roy A. Erdman who died in 1993. A homemaker, Blanche worked earlier in her career at the former International Signal and Control...

Jeryldine  "Jerry" B. Wolcott

Jeryldine "Jerry" B. Wolcott

Dec 25, 2012

Jeryldine B. "Jerry" Wolcott, 80, of New Holland, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Edgar O. Sr. and Esther M. Henninger Beck. Jerry was the loving wife of William J. Wolcott who died in July of 1980. At the age...

Martha M.D. Hackman

Martha M.D. Hackman

Dec 25, 2012

Martha M.D. Hackman, 91, formerly of Manheim, and Berks and Lebanon Counties, died peacefully and went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Pleasant View Retirement Community Manheim. Born in Berks County, she was the daughter of the late Lewis S. and Katie Rentschler Reber. In 1983 Martha retired from Sterling Drug Manufacturing in Myerstown,...

Elsie E. Carpenter

Elsie E. Carpenter

Dec 22, 2012

Elsie E. Carpenter, 79, of Lititz, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Hospice and Community Care, Lancaster. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late Jay Russell and Edna Haldeman Brubaker. She was the wife of the late Russel C. Carpenter who died in August of 2005. A homemaker most of...

Grace B. Hackman

Grace B. Hackman

Dec 21, 2012

Grace B. Hackman, 99, a loving mother and grandmother, formerly of North Pitt Street, Manheim passed away on Friday, December 21, 2012 at Brethren Village, Lancaster. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Ida Brandt Singer. She was the wife of the late Franklin P. Hackman who died in 1960. Retired in 1985, Grace worked...

Harold H. Eshleman

Harold H. Eshleman

Dec 21, 2012

Harold H. Eshleman, 99, formerly of Elizabethtown and Manheim, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2012 at Luther Acres Lititz. Harold enjoyed his many years at Luther Acres and spent many hours volunteering and visiting other residents within the Luther Acres Community. Born in Lancaster County, he was the son of the late Henry D. and Katie B. Hershey Eshleman....

Verna G. Edris Eshleman

Verna G. Edris Eshleman

Dec 17, 2012

Verna G. Edris Bruckhart Eshleman, 82, formerly of Manheim, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Monday December 17, 2012 at Brethren Village, Lancaster. Born in Bareville, she was the daughter of the late Noah M. and Laura B. Graybill Hess. Verna was the wife of the late Kenneth Eshleman. She was also preceded in death by her second...

Norma G. Kehrli

Norma G. Kehrli

Dec 17, 2012

Norma G. Kehrli, 92, of the Masonic Village, Elizabethtown, and formerly of Tunkhannock, died peacefully on Monday, December 17, 2012. She was the widow of the late Edwin H. Kehrli, former Superintendent of the Wyoming County Schools, who died in 1973. Born in Factoryville, she was the daughter of the late Harry W. and Martha (Morgan) Gregory. She was a...

Eloise H. Blanck

Eloise H. Blanck

Dec 16, 2012

Eloise Mae Hollinger Blanck, 92, of Manheim, passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Pleasant View Retirement Community. Eloise was born April 6, 1920 in Lebanon to the late David and Sara Wengert Hollinger. She is survived by her husband L. Fred Blanck of Manheim. They were married August 18, 1947 and celebrated their 65th anniversary last summer. Surviving...

June M. Fisher

June M. Fisher

Dec 13, 2012

June M. Fisher, 84, of Lititz passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Ephrata Hospital. Born in Rothsville, she was the daughter of the late Charles M. and Luella Meese Carpenter. She was the loving wife of Donald P. Fisher and they celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary in July of this year. June graduated from the former Lititz...

Lester C. Shank

Lester C. Shank

Dec 10, 2012

Lester C. Shank, 96, formerly of Harrisonburg, Virginia passed away on Monday, December 10, 2012 at Landis Homes Retirement Community, Lititz. Born in Greencastle, he was the son of the late Clinton and Edith Rutherford Shank. He was the loving husband of the late Araminta Lehman Shank who died in 2004. Retired in 1976, Lester worked in various administrative positions...

Samuel H. Shenk

Samuel H. Shenk

Dec 9, 2012

Samuel H. Shenk, 92, of Manheim, died peacefully on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at the Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center, Lititz. Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late Jacob H. and Barbara Ann Hess Shenk. In 1982 Sam retired from the Fuller Company Manheim as a Purchasing Manager where he worked for over 35 years; he...

E. Ruth Bucher

E. Ruth Bucher

Dec 6, 2012

E. Ruth Bucher, 85, formerly of Stiegel Street, Manheim passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Rapho Township, she was the daughter of the late Ammon and Mae Kauffman Bucher. Ruth was a homemaker and caregiver for over sixty children. She was an active and faithful member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,...

Miriam N. Mumma

Miriam N. Mumma

Dec 2, 2012

Miriam N. Mumma, 75, of Elizabethtown, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday December 2, 2012 at Hospice & Community Care, Mount Joy. She was the wife of Stanley K. Mumma, and they celebrated 55 years of marriage this past March. Born in Middletown, she was the daughter of the late Guy and Ella (Poorman) Farner....

Morris L. Ressler

Morris L. Ressler

Nov 26, 2012

Morris L. Ressler, 85, of Manheim, passed away at home surrounded by his family and was reunited with his bride in heaven on Monday, November 26, 2012. Born in Marietta, he was the son of the late Morris and Dorothy Landis Ressler. Morris was the loving husband of the late Ruth Engle Ressler who died in June of this year....

Anna M. Ober

Anna M. Ober

Nov 25, 2012

Anna M. Ober, 87, of Manheim, died peacefully surrounded by her family and went to be with Jesus on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at Hospice and Community Care, Mount Joy. Born in Portland, Oregon, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Anna Dozer Rigdon, and the stepdaughter of the late Violet Deal Rigdon. Anna worked for Datcon Instrument...