Obituary Listings

Sep 11, 2013

George H. Sparks, 69, of Lancaster passed away September 11, 2013.

Sep 8, 2013

Lawrence J. Weaver, 76, of Lancaster, passed away on September 8, 2013 unexpectedly at his home. Larry was born in 1937 to the late Clarence and Florence Burkhardt Weaver in Lancaster. He served in the United States Air Force Reserves. He lived in Hawaii and eventually returned to Lancaster. He retired from the City of Lancaster as...

2009

James M. Brown, formerly of York, PA, entered his eternal heavenly home surrounded by family on June 17th.  James will be lovingly missed by his family and all who had known him throughout the years.  He was always able to bring a smile to your face with his gentle heart and positive outlook on life.  A former...

2009

Christina Louise Keck (nee Bupp), of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, on November 13.

Christina Keck was the wife of Stephen Kistler of Elizabethtown, PA.  Born August 5, 1943, Christina was the daughter of Dorothy and Stanley Bupp.  Both parents are deceased.  Her sister Phyllis Kline, and brother Dennis Bupp, both of Harrisburg, PA, survive her.

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Jun 28, 2008

L. David Timms, beloved husband, father and friend unexpectedly was called out of time into eternity on Saturday, June 28. Laura, his wife of 12 years, daughter Trinity Leona, the Miller family, and a host of friends grieve the loss of his companionship on this side of time.

Dave was born on 11/1/62 in Reno,...

Oct 24, 2002

Raymond E. Hill, 84, of Doylestown, PA passed away on Monday, October 24, 2002.  He is survived by his wife, Dolores Hill.

Cremation Services of Lancaster – 717-cremate

2000

William (Bill) H. Pfundheller, Sr., 76, of Mount Joy, Pa, passed away Saturday, March 24th at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy. Born on April 19th, 1941 in New York, NY, Bill later resided in Port Jervis, N.Y. where he graduated from high school and joined the army in 1959.  He was stationed in...

Dec 26, 1997

Florence Neidig Friend, 98, died peacefully at Lakeside at Willow Valley on December 26 th .   She was married to Kenneth Friend who died in 2003 after 63 years of marriage.

She was born and raised in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.  She earned her RN degree at Abington Hospital...

Feb 25, 1995

Sylvia Arlene (Kopp) Marley, 92, of Lancaster, died on Saturday, February 25 at Manor Care in Lancaster. She was the wife of the late Robert J. Marley with whom she was married for 54 years. Born in Lititz, she was the daughter of the late Percy W. Kopp, Sr., and Edna (Habecker) Spohn. She was a 1941...

1995

Linn Ellen (Whitmer) Martin passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 22 at ProMedica (Manor Care) Nursing Home in Lancaster at the age of 81. Linn was a graduate of Manheim Township High School and Eastern Mennonite University.

Linn’s parents, Betty and Charlie Whitmer, were from Topeka, Kansas, and were drawn to Milwaukee in...

1991

Shirley Joan (Rice) Beck, 85, of Lancaster, PA passed away Saturday evening at Hamilton Arms Nursing Home where she resided.

She was born June 4, 1930 in the village of Chickentown near Maytown, PA.  The daughter of the late Emerson Moser Rice and Florence Swope (Stamm) Rice, she was preceded in death by her brothers...

Jan 8, 1982

Melvin J. Miller, 53 of Terre Hill passed away on January 8th, at 3:20 a.m. at Hospice of Mount Joy. He fought a long battle won’t small cell lung cancer. He was born on August 25th, 1962. He was the son of Pheobe Mummau and the late Raymond Miller. Melvin was a truck driver all of his...

1978

Helen M. Hoban, 91, of Lancaster passed away on September 10.  She was preceded in death by her husband William Hoban in 1978.  Born in Williamsport, she was the daughter of the late George Forshaw and Margaret (Russell) Forshaw Gardner.

She was a graduate of the Philadelphia General Hospital’s School of Nursing and was a...

Jul 7, 1977

Larry Paul Eckman, 77, of 218 E. Spruce Street, New Holland, PA 17557, died peacefully Saturday March 30th at his daughter’s home after a brief illness.

Larry was born at Lancaster General Hospital to the late Benjamin Franklin and Martha Pauline (Afflebach) Eckman, and proud that he spent his life in Lancaster County.  Raised in...

Feb 11, 1976

Richard C. Croyle, 73, of Millersville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 11th at Lancaster General Hospital.

Richard was born February 8, 1943 in Hollidaysburg, PA to Chester and Ruth (Schneider) Croyle.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology in 1966 and later his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from...

Oct 28, 1939

Shirley Ann (Leibley) Price was born on New Years Day, 1939, the daughter of the late Earl and Myrtle Leibley. She lived eighty-four beautiful years as a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother before passing away with loving awareness on October twenty-eighth at home surrounded by family. Her husband Kenneth Price and siblings Stanley and Patsy preceded...

Mar 10, 1935

Clair Landis Rowe of Lancaster; born Nov 17th 1935 departed on Mar 10th for the Kingdom of Heaven. He will be reunited with his son Clair E. Rowe, parents Anna May Landis Rowe, James Rowe and eight of his brothers and sisters.

Clair is survived by his wife of 52 years Joan M. Rowe and...

David was married to Mary E. Dickert (Philadelphia) in 1961. During their 62 years of marriage, they had 4 children. Marybeth Eyler (Scott) of Mt Joy PA, Jennifer Rausch (John) of Mendon MA, David Montgomery (Jennifer) of Snohomish WA, Meg Burdick of Perkasie, PA. Dave and Mary were blessed with 9 grandchildren – Alexa, Trey (Brooke) Bury,...

My time on Earth has come and gone, but I have lived a wonderful life with few, if any, regrets.

My high school and college summers were spent as a counselor at Camp Swatara. There I met the love of my life, Cindi, and developed friendships that have lasted my lifetime. It also prepared me...

Donald “Tony” McDonough of Red Lion, PA and formerly of Central Square, NY and North Syracuse, NY passed away peacefully at the age of 77, surrounded by his loving family.

Tony was born in Syracuse, NY to the late Willis and Marian (Abel) McDonough. As a child, he would often be seen with a fishing...