Obituaries
Terry L. Shamberger
Sep 29, 2023
Terry L. Shamberger, 76, of Lititz, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2023 at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital. Born in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late Ira and Vivian Shellhammer Shamberger. He was the loving husband of Susan Porterfield Shamberger. He...
Dale R. Meyer Jr.
Sep 28, 2023
Dale R. Meyer Jr., 60, of Manheim, died unexpectedly at home on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Born in Lebanon, he was the son of Dale R. Meyer Sr. of Manheim and the late Joanna Mohn Meyer. Dale worked as a glazier at Zephyr Aluminum, Lancaster. He was a member of Elstonville Sportsman’s Association, Manheim.
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Kay M. Fink
Sep 27, 2023
Kay M. Fink, 85, of Manheim, died peacefully on September 27, 2023. Born in Lititz, she was the daughter of the late Amos and Elizabeth Long Shreiner. Kay was the loving wife of the late Donald B. Fink. Kay worked many years for Warner Lambert in Lititz. Kay enjoyed flower gardening. She had a life-long passion for cooking, and creating...
Virginia M. "Ginny" Atchison
Sep 27, 2023
Virginia M. “Ginny” Atchison, 95, of Manheim and formerly of Exton, PA and Bradford County passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Patrick H. and Maude Griffiths Quinn. She was the wife of the...
Marian G. Heisey
Sep 25, 2023
Marian G. Heisey, 80, of Lancaster, passed away on September 25, 2023 at Mennonite Home Communities after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late William and Mary Showers Getz of Lititz.
Marian was preceded in death by her husband John A. Heisey Sr. and her sister Judie Sowers. She is survived by her children and many...
Dr. Marjory A. "Marge" Keenan
Sep 24, 2023
Dr. Marjory Ann “Marge” Keenan, 95, of Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim, PA died on September 24, 2023. She was born in Troy, NY on February 21, 1928. She is preceded in death by her parents, Marjorie R. and William T. Keenan, her brother John J. Keenan and companion, Robert F. Olsen. She is survived by her sister, Sarah...
Jeanette M. Schaeffer
Sep 23, 2023
Jeanette M. Schaeffer, 83, of Peach Bottom, and formerly of Manheim, affectionately known as “Nanny” and “Gigi”, by her grandchildren; died Saturday, September 23, 2023 at Penn Medicine, Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Oxford, she was the daughter of the late John Sr. and Ruby Shuler Poole. Jeanette was the loving wife of the late Lester R, “Dick”...
Mildred M. "Millie" Groff
Sep 21, 2023
Mildred M. “Millie” Groff, 84, of Lititz, died peacefully on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at United Zion Retirement Community. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Fannie Myer. Millie was the loving wife of the late Richard G. Groff Sr. who died in December of 2022. For many years Millie worked in the...
Paul Rodger Hemond
Sep 20, 2023
Paul Rodger Hemond, age 65, of Lititz passed away on September 20, 2023 at Hershey Medical Center. Born in Altoona, PA, he was the son of the late Rodger M. and Pauline J. Hemond, and the loving husband of Susanna (Sue) Hemond for forty years. A 1975 graduate of Altoona Area...
Mary K. Witmer
Sep 19, 2023
Mary K. Witmer, 98, of East Petersburg passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Born in Kleinfeltersville, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Belva Royer Knier. In 1942, she was a proud graduate of Manheim High School. She was the loving wife of the late Homer E. Witmer who died...
Ada N. Seiders
Sep 17, 2023
Ada N. Seiders, 95, of Manheim, died peacefully on Sunday, September 17, 2023 at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Born in McVeytown, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Katie Hostettler Cutman. A homemaker, Ada was the loving wife of the late Harold E. Seiders who died in August of 2021. She was a member...
Henry A. Zerphey
Sep 16, 2023
Henry A. Zerphey, 71, of Lancaster, departed on a final journey to his ultimate and eternal destination in heaven, on September 16, 2023. He leaves behind his loving wife of 31 years, Jan (Janet Troxel), two sons, David, Ephrata, and Michael, Manchester, TN, two beloved grandchildren, Dylan and Alyssa both of Lancaster, and a sister, Linda (Bob) Doran,...
Margaret A. "Peggy" Morrison
Sep 14, 2023
Margaret A. “Peggy” Morrison, 93, formerly of Fletcher, North Carolina, and of the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, PA, died peacefully Thursday, September 14, 2023. The widow of the late James A. “Jim” Morrison, Peggy was born in Hingham, MA and was the daughter of the late Meredith R. and Hester (Leavitt) Abbey. A homemaker most of her life,...
Thomas K. Girvin
Sep 12, 2023
Thomas K. Girvin, 78, of Lititz, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at the Lebanon VA Medical Center surrounded by his family. Born in Mt. Nebo, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence A. and Eva A. Owen Girvin. Tom was the loving husband of Donna K. Miller Girvin, and they observed their 34th wedding anniversary...
Rose Clarisse Marcellin Menard
Sep 11, 2023
Rose Clarisse Marcellin Menard
Rose Clarisse Marcellin Menard, 93, of Ephrata, died peacefully on Monday, September 11, 2023 at 3:00 AM at Fairlane Gardens, Reading. Born in Dondon, Haiti, she was the daughter of the late Eliodor Condo Marcellin and Ephelina Fouquet Marcellin. Clarisse was the loving wife of the late Laine Menard who died in 2006. Clarisse...
Geraldine G. "Gerry" Good
Sep 10, 2023
Geraldine G. “Gerry” Good, 67, of Manheim, died on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at UPMC Hospital, Lititz. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Trudy Myers and the late Gerald H. Myers Sr. Gerry loved spending time with her grandchildren and was lovingly known by her family as “sis”.
Surviving in addition to her husband, Timothy, are two...
Barbara A. Rhoads
Sep 9, 2023
Barbara A. Rhoads, 86, of Lancaster, died peacefully on Saturday, September 9, 2023. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Elwood S. and Marion V. Arndt Sensenderfer. Barb worked for F. W. Woolworth Company, Lancaster. She was an avid reader, and enjoyed watching “Days of Our Lives” and “WWE Professional Wrestling” on TV.
Surviving...
Warren J. Miller
Sep 8, 2023
Warren J. Miller, 88, of Lititz, died peacefully on Friday, September 8, 2023 at United Zion Retirement Community. Born in Leola, he was the son of the late Harry and Grace Neff Miller. Warren was the loving husband of Ada E. Groff Miller and they observed their 69th wedding anniversary in March of this year. He was employed...
David C. Derstler
Sep 7, 2023
David C. Derstler, 93, of Lititz, and formerly of Manheim, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, September 7, 2023. Born in Marietta, he was the son of the late Howard N. and Florence K. Hershey Derstler. David was the loving husband of the late Joyce M. Shaub Derstler who died in April of 2020 following 66 years...
Dorothy V. Earhart
Sep 6, 2023
Dorothy V. Earhart, 84, of Lititz, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at the Lancaster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin G. and Dorothy Ware Forrest. She was a 1957 graduate of Warwick High School. A homemaker, Dorothy was the loving wife of the late Bruce M. Earhart who died...
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