Obituaries
Laura Mae Frey
Sep 3, 2017
Laura Mae Frey, 80, of Manheim, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, September 3, 2017. Born in Manheim she was the daughter of the late Paul and Elsie Bollinger Greenly. Laura was the loving wife of Herbert B. Frey and they observed their 59th wedding anniversary in March of this year. Laura worked many years as...
Estelle Stewart Sheesley DeVries
Aug 30, 2017
Estelle Stewart Sheesley DeVries, 92, of Brethren Village, Lancaster, joined her loved ones with Jesus on August 30, 2017. She was the wife of the late Ira Joseph Sheesley, who died in 1984, and the late Wilbur S. DeVries, who died in 1998. Born in Philadelphia, but raised in Catawissa, PA, she was the daughter of the late Estella Beaver...
Paul H. Livengood
Aug 27, 2017
Paul H. Livengood, 90, of Manheim, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in West Lampeter Township, he was the son of the late Phares W. and Reba Hess Livengood. He was the loving husband of Elva Weaver Livengood and they celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary in February. Paul was a lifetime dairy...
Ronald B. "Ron" Yancy
Aug 27, 2017
Ronald B. “Ron” Yancy, 73, of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Joseph Yancy and Jane Walker Yancy Wilson. He was the husband of the late Ann L. Wright-Yancy who died in 2005. Ron worked as a Metallurgical Chemist for twenty years at Lukens...
Shirley A. Merkey
Aug 26, 2017
Shirley A. Merkey, 85, died peacefully Saturday August 26, 2017, at her residence in Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. She was the wife of the late Samuel B. Merkey who died in 2007. Born in Rapho Twp., she was the daughter of the late John C. and Verna W. Kline Shonk. Shirley was employed at Skyline Distributors, a division of...
Margaret A. "Marge" Kissinger
Aug 26, 2017
Margaret A. “Marge” Kissinger, 86, of Manheim passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Conestoga View, Lancaster. Born in Manheim, she was the daughter of the late J. Nevin and Violet Hildebrecht Blum. She was the wife of the late Paul K. Kissinger who died in 1978. Marge retired after 25 years at The Car Shop, Manheim. She also...
Donald C. Coble
Aug 23, 2017
Donald C. Coble, 88, of Lititz, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at Moravian Manor. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Paul and Alverta Mowrer Coble. Don was the loving husband of the late Doris Bradshaw Coble who died in January of 2008. In 1990 Don retired from the Tasty Baking Company, Philadelphia, (Tastykake) where...
Helena Brychta
Aug 22, 2017
Helena Brychta, 92, of Lititz, and formerly of Millersville, died peacefully on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at the Landis Homes Retirement Community, Lititz. A home maker, Helena was the loving wife of the late Ivan Brychta who died in June of 1995. In her early years Helena worked as a librarian in Columbus Ohio. She was devoted to her Catholic...
Paul D. Long, Jr.
Aug 22, 2017
Paul D. Long, Jr., 83, of Mount Joy, died peacefully Tuesday August 22, 2017 at ManorCare Health Services, Elizabethtown. He was the husband of Dawn B. (Young) Long and they celebrated 50 years of marriage this past August. Born in Lebanon, he was the son of the late Paul D. Sr. and Elizabeth (Shaffer) Long. Paul had been employed at...
John F. Loercher
Aug 21, 2017
John F. Loercher, 94, of Manheim, passed away at home on Monday, August 21, 2017. Born in Manheim, he was the son of the late William and Fanny Randler Loercher. He was the loving husband of Viola Ditzler Loercher and they celebrated their 74th wedding anniversary in March. John retired from the former Raymark Industries, Manheim. He proudly served in...
Barbara A. Brosey
Aug 19, 2017
Barbara A. Brosey, 79, formerly of Manheim, died peacefully, Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Masonic Village of Elizabethtown where she was residing. She was the widow of the late James R. Brosey, JR. who died in 2004. Born in Lancaster she was the daughter of the late John C. and Meda (Koehler) Blanck. Barbara was the former Executive Director of...
Anna M. Grice
Aug 14, 2017
Anna M. Grice, 83, left us to be with her Lord on August 14, 2017, at Luther Acres, Lititz. Born in Trenton, N.J. to Thomas and Mary Gregory Wood. Anna was the wife of the late Frederick H. Grice, who passed in February 2014. She was a volunteer at Water Street Mission and at the Ephrata Community Hospital. Anna will...
Helen Elizabeth Jefferson
Aug 12, 2017
Helen Elizabeth Jefferson, 85, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Lancashire Hall. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Robert Bishop Hill and Helen Wallace Hill. Mrs. Jefferson was educated in Lancaster Schools and a life time resident of Lancaster. She worked for the Planning Department at Lancaster City Hall...
James David "Jim" Hilliard Jr.
Aug 11, 2017
James D. “Jim” Hilliard Jr., 88, of Manheim, died peacefully on Friday, August 11, 2017 at the Gardens @ Lititz. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late, James D. and Lena Martin Hilliard. Jim was the loving husband of the late Mary M. Habecker Hilliard who passed away December 2006 after 58 years of marriage. Jim graduated...
Randall Justin Weaver
Aug 11, 2017
Randall Justin Weaver, 60, of Lancaster died on August 11, 2017 at Hospice and Community Care, Mount Joy. He was the son of Velma Young Weaver Koser of Lancaster and the late C. William Weaver. Randy was a 1975 graduate of Manheim Central High School, during which time he was also an exchange student in Germany. He was teen of...
Judith A. "Judy" Smith
Aug 10, 2017
Judith A. “Judy” Smith, 63, formerly of Manheim (Penryn) passed away peacefully among family into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus at the Mt. Hope Nazarene Retirement Community, Manheim on August 10, 2017. Judy was born on December 31, 1953 in Bellefonte, and was the daughter of Lois Hoy Miller and the late Robert L. Miller. Surviving are...
Patricia Ann "Pat" Zerphy
Aug 9, 2017
Patricia Ann “Pat” Zerphy, 71, of Manheim/Lancaster, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday evening August 9, 2017 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born July 26, 1946 in Fremont, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary MacDonald Brunner. Her father, John Brunner, passed away when she was two. Her Step father was the late Charles...
Christopher "Jared" Thomas Sr.
Aug 6, 2017
Christopher “Jared” Thomas Sr., 35, of Mountville, and formerly of Kissimmee, FL, passed away at his home on Sunday August 6, 2017. Born in Lancaster, Jared was the son of Elizabeth Gordon Thomas Fake of Derry, and the late Robert M. Thomas. He was the loving husband of Sherry Jackson Thomas and they observed their ninth wedding anniversary in May...
Paul E. Weaver
Aug 5, 2017
Paul E. Weaver, 88, of Lititz, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on August 5, 2017 at United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz; where he was a resident for the past two years. Born in Rothsville, he was the son of the late Mearl and Minerva Garber Weaver. Paul was the loving husband of Esther S. Hess Weaver...
Eva M. Boyer
Aug 4, 2017
Eva M. Boyer, 92, of Mount Joy, died unexpectedly on Friday, August 4, 2017 at Lancaster General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Richard W. Boyer and her first husband the late Joseph Grant Boyer. Born in Naples, Italy she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Amalia (Castaldi) Pagano. Eva was a homemaker most of her...
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Manheim
Aaron S. Abbott, Supervisor
Lititz
Theodore J. Beck, Supervisor
Mount Joy
Paul L. Gardner, Supervisor