Obituaries

Roger Allen Santmyer Sr.

Roger Allen Santmyer Sr.

Jul 18, 2010

Roger Allen Santmyer Senior, 50, of Manheim, formerly of Connellsville, died Sunday, July 18, 2010. He was born April 27, 1960, a son of the late Betty Jane Sanner Kessler, Alverda Cropp Sanner, John Santmyer and Nicholas Sanner. He was a veteran of the National Guard. He is survived by son Roger Allen Santmyer Junior of Ruffs Dale, four daughters...

Nancy F. Ginder

Nancy F. Ginder

Jul 16, 2010

Nancy F. Ginder, 75, of 4679 Elizabethtown Road, Manheim, died peacefully at home on Friday, July 16, 2010surrounded by her family; and went home to be with her Lord, following an illness of seven years of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Born in Rapho Township, she was the daughter of the late Abram and Elizabeth Haldeman Faus. Nancy graduated from the Lancaster General...

Cynthia J. "Cindy" Myers

Cynthia J. "Cindy" Myers

Jul 16, 2010

Cynthia J. Cindy Myers, 64, of 5 Silver Creek Road, Lititz formerly of Manheim passed away on Friday, July 16, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. Born in Lewiston, Maine she was the daughter of the late Alden and Betty Robinson Smith. She was the wife of Harold E. Myers and they celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary in...

A Arlene Miller

A Arlene Miller

Jul 14, 2010

A. Arlene Miller, 81, of Mount Joy entered into rest on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at Longwood Manor, Maytown. Born in Mount Joy Township, she was the daughter of the late Norman S. and Mary B. Longenecker Miller. Arlene was a 1947 graduate of Lancaster Mennonite School. She studied piano with the late Earle W. Echternach. Arlene taught piano lessons...

Dale E. Pyzer

Dale E. Pyzer

Jul 14, 2010

Dale E. Pyzer, 68, of Fairview Road, Lititz, and formerly of Colorado, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. Born in Los Angeles, he was the son of the late M.O. and Gertrude Pyzer. Dale retired as Vice President of the Black Gold Asphalt Company in Denver, Colorado. He...

Pearl A. Emlet

Pearl A. Emlet

Jul 10, 2010

Pearl A. Emlet, 89, formerly of Wrightsville, died peacefully on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. Born in Mummasburg, Adams County, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Mary Viola Kane Wilson. Pearl worked as a secretary for the Department of Labor and Industry in Harrisburg for many years. She was the wife of...

Roger L. Engle

Roger L. Engle

Jul 8, 2010

Roger L. Engle, 90, of Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community, Manheim, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, on Thursday July 8, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. He was the husband of Margaret M. (Miller) Engle of Manheim, and they celebrated 70 years of marriage in December of 2009. Born in Cornwall, he was the...

Mary E. Stoltzfus

Mary E. Stoltzfus

Jul 5, 2010

Mary E. Stoltzfus, 90, of 567 Doe Run Road, Manheim, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Monday, July 5, 2010. Born in East Lampeter Township, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Witmer Risser. Mary worked along side her husband on the family farm in Penn Township. In her earlier years she worked...

Jon P. "JP" Hossler

Jon P. "JP" Hossler

Jul 4, 2010

Jon P. J P Hossler, 21, of 725 Church Road, Manheim, died Sunday, July 4, 2010 following an automobile accident in Rapho Township. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Jon Eric and Kim M. Teausant Hossler. Jonny was a sweet caring person who only had good things to say. He had a big heart and was always willing...

Amy Lynn Peck

Amy Lynn Peck

Jul 4, 2010

Amy Lynn Peck, 20, of 4897 Elizabethtown Road, Manheim, died Sunday, July 4, 2010 as a result of an automobile accident in Mount Joy Township. Born in Altoona, she was the daughter of Danny and Denise Detwiler Peck of Manheim. Amy was a fulltime student at York Technical Institute, Lancaster Campus, as a Criminal Justice Major, and worked part time...

Ethel M. Brandt

Ethel M. Brandt

Jul 2, 2010

Ethel M. Brandt, 86, of Wisegarver Road Manheim, entered her eternal rest on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 6:40 PM at her home surrounded by her family. She had been under a physicians care for two years. Born in Brownstown, she was the daughter of the late Irvin and Annie Weitzel Weaver. Ethel was married for 44 years to Harry...

Rachel C. Minnich

Rachel C. Minnich

Jun 30, 2010

Rachel C. Minnich, 61 of 150 Sego Sago Road, Lititz, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County. Born in Penn Township, she was the daughter of Mary Cassel Wagner of Manheim, and the late Paul Wagner. Rachel was a 1970 graduate of the Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing; and worked...

Phyllis E. Ober

Phyllis E. Ober

Jun 29, 2010

Phyllis E. Ober, 88, of Lebanon Road, Manheim passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Born in Johnstown, she was the daughter of the late Cloyd and Myrtle Weaver Thomas. Phyllis was the wife of the late Greiner E. Ober who died in 1999. She worked in production at the former RCA, Lancaster and she worked with...

Charles E. Shreiner

Charles E. Shreiner

Jun 29, 2010

Charles E. Chuck Shreiner, 59, of Penn Valley Village, Lititz, and formerly of Lancaster, died peacefully at home, on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late George W. and Thelma Hartenstine Shreiner. Chuck worked for Flury Foundry Company in Lancaster for over thirty years. He will be lovingly missed by his companion Betty...

Jeanette E. "Mimi" Hanna

Jeanette E. "Mimi" Hanna

Jun 27, 2010

Jeanette E. Mimi Hanna, 77, of Elizabethtown Road, Manheim, died peacefully surrounded by her family at her home on Sunday, June 27, 2010. Born and raised in West Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Mariana. A homemaker, Jeanette was the wife of Richard W. Hanna. Her first husband was the late John A. Dougherty. Mimi...

Eleanor A. Zielke

Eleanor A. Zielke

Jun 27, 2010

Eleanor A. Zielke, 92, formerly of Mount Joy (Florin), died Sunday June 27, 2010 at Longwood Manor, Maytown. She was the loving wife of the late Gerard R. Zielke who died in 1967. Born in Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Richard and Helen Grosser. Eleanor retired from the Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics (formerly Zielke Orthotics &...

Dana K. Rannels

Dana K. Rannels

Jun 24, 2010

Dana K. Rannels, 54, of Lancaster passed away at home on Thursday, June 24, 2010. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Clifford L. and Ruth Huber Rannels. Dana attended and was very active with the Church of Word International, Lancaster. He enjoyed collecting coins and sharing those coins with his family. He traveled to Arizona and...

Joanne M. Lightner

Joanne M. Lightner

Jun 23, 2010

Joanne M. Graybill Johnson Lightner, 76, formerly of Manheim, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in York. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late Myles B. and Elizabeth R. Baker Graybill. Joanne worked over 33 years for the Pennsylvania Employment Service in York. She was formerly married to Charles T. Johnson and was the wife of the late...

Arlene Herneisen

Arlene Herneisen

Jun 22, 2010

Arlene Herneisen, 90, a long time resident of Penn Township, entered into rest on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County. She was born August 29, 1919, the daughter of the late Harry W. and Margorie Baker Heisey. Arlene was the loving wife of the late Harold E. Herneisen, with whom she shared nearly 50 years of marriage....

Brian J. Hartman

Brian J. Hartman

Jun 21, 2010

Brian J. Hartman, 34, of Manheim, died unexpectedly as a result of an auto accident, on Monday, June 21, 2010 in Mount Joy Township. Born in Manheim, he was the son of Victoria L. Eyman Averill wife of Jim Averill of Apache Junction, Arizona and Garylou D. Hartman of Schaefferstown. Brian worked as an electrician for McCarty and Son Inc....