Obituaries

C. Elam Wenger

C. Elam Wenger

Aug 7, 2012

C. Elam Wenger, 84, formerly of Manheim passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Conestoga View, Lancaster. Born in Penn Township, he was the son of the late Clayton S. and Mary Stauffer Wenger. Elam was a farmer in Penn Township for many years and hauled hay, straw, and grain to area farmers. He was a member of Erb...

Isabella Cassidy "Bella" Rinier

Isabella Cassidy "Bella" Rinier

Aug 7, 2012

Isabella Cassidy "Bella" Rinier, five year old beloved daughter of John and Shannon Sholly Rinier of Columbia; was carried by the angels to heaven following a courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Throughout Bella's illness she was involved with the Penn State Thon Family "Blue in the Face" organization, the Four Diamonds Fund, and the Jeff Musser...

Naomi H. Shenenberger

Naomi H. Shenenberger

Aug 6, 2012

Naomi H. Shenenberger, 93, of Lititz, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, August 6, 2012 at Conestoga View, Lancaster. Born in East Hempfield Township, she was the daughter of the late Phares S. and Anna Hoffer Ginder. Naomi was a faithful worker for the Wilbur Chocolate Company Lititz for over 30 years. She also worked for many...

Thomas H. Houser

Thomas H. Houser

Aug 4, 2012

Thomas H. Houser, 69, of New Holland died Saturday, August 4, 2012. Born in Hopewell, Virginia, he was the son of the late Henry J. and Mary Lee Thrift Houser. Thomas Houser, tenor, is internationally recognized as one of the world's finest master teachers of singing. Dr. Houser has studied at the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, the Peabody...

Irene B. Heisey

Irene B. Heisey

Aug 4, 2012

Irene B. Heisey, 87, of Mount Joy, died peacefully Saturday August 4, 2012 at the United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz. Born in Mount Joy she was the daughter of the late Elmer C. and Florence G. (Dommel) Bailey. She was the widow of the late Clarence J. Heisey who died in 1994. Irene was a devoted homemaker, an avid reader,...

Barbara W. Haley

Barbara W. Haley

Aug 2, 2012

Barbara W. Haley, 85, formerly of Lancaster, died peacefully Thursday August 2, 2012 at the Masonic Health Care Center, Elizabethtown. She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Haley who died in 2007. Born in Baldwin, NY, (Long Island) she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Helene (Smith) Williams. She enjoyed reading, and was a member of...

Isabelle Boone

Isabelle Boone

Jul 30, 2012

Isabelle Boone, 86, of Elizabethtown, and formerly of Oreland, PA died Monday July 30, 2012. She was the wife of the late Wilkerson "Bill" Boone who died in 2011. Born in Greensburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Ralph and Isabelle Grace (Boettner) Johnston. Isabelle worked as a registered nurse at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. When...

Shirley A. Wright

Shirley A. Wright

Jul 22, 2012

Shirley A. Wright, 77, passed away after a courageous battle with lung cancer, on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. Born in Warwick Township she was the daughter of the late William and Katie Althouse Zell. She was the wife of her beloved husband, Kirby L. Wright Jr. for 43 years. Shirley graduated from Warwick...

Ruth Irene Stoner

Ruth Irene Stoner

Jul 21, 2012

Ruth Irene Stoner, 87, formerly of West Lexington Road, Lititz went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Landis Homes, Lititz. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late David B. and Emma Witmer Bauman. She was the loving wife of Roy B. Stoner and they would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary...

Evelyn W. Fowler

Evelyn W. Fowler

Jul 20, 2012

Evelyn W. Fowler, 95, formerly of Manheim passed away on Friday, July 20, 2012 at the Masonic Village Health Care Center, Elizabethtown. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late Norman H. and Ida Floyd Will. She was the wife of the late Philip D. Fowler Jr. who died in 2005 and her first husband, the late Joseph...

Martha K. Longenecker

Martha K. Longenecker

Jul 18, 2012

Martha K. Longenecker, 97, formerly of West Lexington Road, Lititz, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at the United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz. Born in Warwick Township, she was the daughter of the late Abram H. and Mabel Keller Longenecker. A homemaker, she was a member of the United Zion Church, Lititz. Surviving are two sisters: Mary Longenecker of...

Dolores Myers Sachs

Dolores Myers Sachs

Jul 17, 2012

Dolores Myers Sachs, 81, of Manheim passed away at home on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late George K. and Naomi Seachrist Myers. She was the wife of the late Carl W. Sachs Jr. who died in 2008. Dolores was a teacher at Linden Hall, Lititz and at the United Cerebral Palsy,...

Donald A. Sheaffer

Donald A. Sheaffer

Jul 15, 2012

Donald A. Sheaffer, 86, of the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, and formerly of New Holland, died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Jersey Shore, PA., he was the son of the late John Donald and Olive Emily Sheats Sheaffer. Don served in the United States Army as a radio operator during World War II. He...

Eva  Mae Bentzel

Eva Mae Bentzel

Jul 12, 2012

Eva Mae Bentzel, 85, of Manheim, went home to be with her Lord, on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Rapho Township, she was the daughter of the late Henry H. and Beatrice Kauffman Nohrenhold. Eva Mae retired in 1986, where she worked in the office at the Fuller Company, Manheim for 41...

Ray   Henry Siegrist

Ray Henry Siegrist

Jul 10, 2012

Ray Henry Siegrist, age 66, of Lancaster, PA went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 10th. He was born in Penn Township, the son of the late J. Henry and Nora Pfautz Siegrist. Ray was a member of Crossroads Mennonite Church in Lancaster where he had served as Chairman of Church Council and Treasurer the past...

Rhoda A. Burkholder

Rhoda A. Burkholder

Jul 10, 2012

Rhoda A. Burkholder, 84, of Manheim passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz. Born in Penn Township, she was the daughter of the late Harry B. and Martha Sangrey Oberholtzer. She was the loving wife of Paul A. Burkholder and they would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in October of this year. A...

Robert B. "Bob" Zug

Robert B. "Bob" Zug

Jul 8, 2012

Robert B. "Bob" Zug, 83, of Manheim, died peacefully on Sunday July 8, 2012 at Lancashire Hall, Lancaster. Born in Sporting Hill, he was the son of the late Hershey and Elsie Buch Zug. Bob retired in 1994 after working as a machinist at the Fuller Company, Manheim. He was the loving husband of Jean Diehl Zug and they would...

Robert B. "Bob" Zug

Robert B. "Bob" Zug

Jul 8, 2012

Robert B. "Bob" Zug, 83, of Manheim, died peacefully on Sunday July 8, 2012 at Lancashire Hall, Lancaster. Born in Sporting Hill, he was the son of the late Hershey and Elsie Buch Zug. Bob retired in 1994 after working as a machinist at the Fuller Company, Manheim. He was the loving husband of Jean Diehl Zug and they would...

Dorothy Mae "Dot" Strickler

Dorothy Mae "Dot" Strickler

Jul 8, 2012

Dorothy Mae "Dot" Strickler, 95, of Mount Joy, died peacefully, Sunday July 8, 2012 at St. Anne's Retirement Community, Columbia. She was formerly of Park St. in Elizabethtown and also of Hearthstone Manor in Mount Joy. She was the wife of the late Alvin M. Strickler who died March 1, 2000. Born in Elizabethtown she was the daughter of the...

Robert B. "Bob" Zug

Robert B. "Bob" Zug

Jul 8, 2012

Robert B. "Bob" Zug, 83, of Manheim, died peacefully on Sunday July 8, 2012 at Lancashire Hall, Lancaster. Born in Sporting Hill, he was the son of the late Hershey and Elsie Buch Zug. Bob retired in 1994 after working as a machinist at the Fuller Company, Manheim. He was the loving husband of Jean Diehl Zug and they would...