Obituaries
Michael A. Bates
Jul 15, 2011
Michael A. Bates, 44, of Petersburg Road, Lancaster, formerly of Manheim, left us to be with Jesus while enjoying his passion, riding motorcycle, on Friday, July 15, 2011. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Rodney G. and Lois Woodward Bates of Manheim. He was the husband of Lisa M. Baltozer Bates and they celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary...
Mae V. Hartman
Jul 14, 2011
Mae V. Hartman, 87, of Manheim, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at Manor Care Health Services Elizabethtown. Born in Doyles Mills, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Mary Shaffer Claybaugh. In 1983 Mae retired from the former Raymark Industries Manheim where she was employed in the shipping department for over 35...
Albert A. Griest, Sr.
Jul 10, 2011
Albert A. "Al" Griest, Sr., 82, of Elizabethtown, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Saturday July 10, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. Born in Little Britain, PA he was the son of the late Lester E. and Bessie (Elville) Griest. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter Connie...
Shirley Hornberger
Jul 10, 2011
Shirley Hornberger, 72, of Manheim, died on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County Mount Joy. Born in Penn Township, she was the daughter of the late Elias and Anna Frysinger Hornberger. Earlier in her life Shirley work for various knitting mills in the Manheim area. She attended Salem United Methodist Church, Manheim and enjoyed crocheting and country...
Herman Vander Meulen
Jul 9, 2011
Herman Vander Meulen, 80, of Manheim, died Saturday July 9, 2011 at his residence of natural causes. He was the husband of the late Lillian (Dowhen) Vander Meulen who died in 1998. Born in Patterson, NJ, he was the son of the late Herman and Cornelia (De Graaf) Vander Meulen. He was a butcher in his early years, but he...
Jean D. Bard
Jul 9, 2011
Jean D. Bard, 84, of Manheim, died Saturday, July 9, 2011 surrounded by her family following a brief illness at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Sunbury, she was the daughter of the late R. Earl and Helen Gibble Dennis. For over 20 years Jean worked in the office of the former Raymark Industries Manheim. She was the loving wife...
Stanley Kready
Jul 7, 2011
F. Stanley Kready, 90, of Myerstown, PA., and formerly of Manheim, PA and Saint Petersburg, FL., died Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Elstonville, he was the son of the late Reverend Francis S. and Mabel Kupp Kready. Stanley worked as a printer for God's News in Saint Petersburg, Florida;...
Patrick Good
Jun 30, 2011
Patrick Good, of 7 Countryside Lane, Lititz, died Thursday, June 30, 2011 at the Lancaster Regional Medical Center from complications of health problems that had worsened the past two years. He was 31 years old. Born in Reading, he was the son of Amos Good and Patricia Good. Patrick graduated from Warwick High School in 2001 where he was a...
Melvin L. Metzler
Jun 29, 2011
Melvin L. Metzler, 74, of Metzler Road, Manheim went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at Landis Homes Retirement Community, Lititz. Born in East Hempfield Township, he was the son of the late Landis L. and Ella Mae Zug Metzler. Mel was the loving husband of Gladys Nissley Metzler and they observed their 48th wedding...
Emma A. Myers
Jun 27, 2011
Emma A. Myers, 90, of Long Farm Lane, Lancaster went home to be with her Lord on Monday, June 27, 2011 peacefully surrounded by her family at the Essa Flory Hospice Center, Lancaster. She was born December 16, 1920 in Lititz, the daughter of the late Jason R. and Emma Landis Groff, and was a 1939 graduate of Manheim High...
Dorothy K. Brown
Jun 26, 2011
Dorothy K. "Dot" Brown, 86, of Mount Joy passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday, June 26, 2011 at the Mennonite Home, Lancaster. Born in Maytown, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Bertha Winters Kaley. She was the wife of the late William H. Brown who died in 2005. Retired in 1982, Dorothy worked at...
Dolores J. Byers
Jun 24, 2011
Dolores J. Byers, 87, of Elizabethtown went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, June 24, 2011 at Manor Care, Elizabethtown. Born in West Donegal Township, she was the daughter of the late John and Etta Rineer Stehman. She was the wife of the late Paul W. Byers who died in 2004. Dolores was a member of...
Harold B. Kreider
Jun 19, 2011
Harold B. Kreider, 85, of Lititz went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at the United Zion Retirement Community. Born in Willow Street, he was the son of the late Eli and Laura Weaver Kreider. Harold was the loving husband of Esther Garman Kreider and they observed their 63rd wedding anniversary in November of 2010....
Earl R. Shenk
Jun 14, 2011
Earl R. Shenk, 80, of Manheim, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County Mount Joy. Born in Rapho Township, he was the son of the late Jacob H. and Faye E. Rhoads Shenk. Earl was a life-long farmer and truck driver. He was the husband of Anna Mae Ober Shenk who...
S. Ruth Witman
Jun 14, 2011
S. Ruth Witman, 91, formerly of Manheim and Elizabethtown passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Elizabethtown, she was the daughter of the late Paul H. and Sarah Mae Gruber Reichenbach. She was the wife of the late Wilbur E. Witman Sr. who died in 2002. A homemaker, Ruth worked in her...
Vern R. Baugher
Jun 13, 2011
Vern R. Baugher, 92, of Washington, NC, formerly of Mount Joy, died peacefully, Monday June 13, 2011 in the Beaufort County Hospital, Washington, NC. She was the widow of William H. Baugher who died in 1980. Born in Mount Joy, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Ella (Smeltzer) Rinehart. She was retired in 1972 as a parachute...
Lewis W. Boger Jr.
Jun 13, 2011
Lewis W. "Lew" Boger Jr., of Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim, and formerly of Dunn Loring, VA., died Monday, June 13, 2011 at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Lewis W. Sr., and Ethel Heckman Boger. Lew worked as a computer specialist for the United States Government. He was a member of...
Samuel L. Zurin
Jun 12, 2011
Samuel L. "Sam" Zurin, 90, of 3001 Lititz Pike, Lancaster went home to be with the Lord Sunday, June 12, 2011 at Brethren Village. Born in Mount Joy, he was the son of the late Londa and Laura Long Zurin. Sam was the beloved husband of D. Jean Hollinger Zurin and they celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary in February of...
Jeanne L. Damon
Jun 12, 2011
Jeanne L. Damon, 91, formerly of Glenolden, died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at the Masonic Village Health Care Center, Elizabethtown, PA. She was married for 64 years to the late George L. Damon who died in 2006. Born in Noxen, PA (Wyoming Co.), she was the daughter of the late Ira E. and Lillie (Kibbler) Brown. She was...
Helen Rumsey Rummel
Jun 11, 2011
Helen Rumsey Rummel, 86, of Manheim, and formerly of Palmyra and Ambler died unexpectedly yet peacefully on Saturday, June 11, 2011, in Loganville. Born in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Effie Spitzer Rumsey. In her early years Helen worked as an Accountant for Westinghouse Corporation. She was the loving wife of Reverend Donald W....
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Manheim
Aaron S. Abbott, Supervisor
Lititz
Theodore J. Beck, Supervisor
Mount Joy
Paul L. Gardner, Supervisor