Deaths of Local Interest: Feb. 28, 2019
Dr. George S. Blymire Jr., D.D.S., 88, of Willow Street, formerly of Mount Wolf, passed away Feb. 17 at The Glen at Willow Valley. He owned and operated his own dental practice at Wheatlyn Dental in...
View ArticleJoyce E. Wingenroth, 69, Lawrence Welk fan, dancer with Dutchland Polkateers,...
Joyce E. Wingenroth, 69, of Lititz, died peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 at Gardens at Stevens. Born in Ephrata, she was the daughter of the late Leon E. and Mae Zartman Wingenroth. Joyce enjoyed...
View ArticleJohn F. Motto, 79, USAF vet, Alcoa retiree, avid traveler, Germania Band Club...
John F. Motto, 79, of Manheim and formerly of Minersville, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Pottsville, he was the son of the...
View ArticleReba Longenecker Miller, 91, worked at Farmer’s First Bank, active at Calvary...
Reba Longenecker Miller, 91, of Lititz, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 21, 2019 at Legend of Lititz. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Edna Weinhold...
View ArticleJune G. Huss, 96, worked for Zeimer’s, NH Church Furniture, Meals on Wheels...
June G. Huss, 96, of Lititz, formerly of New Holland, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 at Luther Acres in Lititz after a long, good life. Born in Coatesville on June 17, 1922, she was the daughter of the...
View ArticleMarvin A. Holcombe, 97, WWII vet, railroad brakeman, night watchman at...
Marvin A. Holcombe, 97, of Ephrata, passed away on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, at Wyomissing Nursing and Rehab Center. He was born in Courtland, Va., to the late Clifton J. and Gaberial E. (Lankford)...
View ArticleVincent Newton Gross, 84, Korea vet, worked for Woodstream, enjoyed...
Vincent Newton Gross, 84, passed away peacefully at 4 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 at the Marion VA Medical Center, Illinois, after an extended illness. Vince was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in...
View ArticleJean A. Depew, 90, VA retiree, Bethel Baptist Church member, enjoyed...
Jean A. Depew, 90, of Manheim and formerly of Peekskill, N.Y., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Born in Peekskill, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Lester and Ruth Weeks...
View ArticleStanley Leroy Kemery, 82, USMC vet, Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher and...
Stanley “Stan” Leroy Kemery, husband, father, grandfather, teacher and Marine, 82, of Lititz, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and meet up with his parents: Margaret and Theodore...
View ArticleDorothy L. ‘Dot’ Weit, 84, L.H.S. grad, Warwick cafeteria worker, bowler,...
Dorothy L. “Dot” Weit, 84, a life-long resident of Lititz, died peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 at Luther Acres. Born in Lititz, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Anna Roth Kreider....
View ArticleRhoda S. Kunkel, 76, Horst Group accountant, enjoyed walking, spending time...
Rhoda S. Kunkel, 76, of Manheim, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in New Holland, she was the daughter of the late Titus and...
View ArticleLois G. Landis, 101, worked in family business, Melody Strings musician, made...
Lois G. Landis, 101, died on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Landis Homes, Lititz. She was the sixth of seven children born to Landis M. and Maude Rohrer Shertzer of Millersville. Lois was preceded in death...
View ArticleLisa (Heft) Pardus, 51, attended Lititz Trinity, clerk at public defender’s...
Loved by all who knew her well, Lisa (Heft) Pardus, 51, of Lititz, passed away Feb. 18, 2019 after a brief illness. She was the daughter of Bonnie Heft of Leesburg, Fla., and David Hileman of Tyrone....
View ArticleLois A. Roth, 88, United Window Grills worker, enjoyed reading, crosswords,...
Lois A. Roth, 88, formerly of Sun Hill Road, Manheim passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim. Born in Chisholm, Minn., she was the daughter of...
View ArticleMaude H. Ulrich, 96, Rothsville H.S. grad, mother of two, avid bowler,...
Maude H. Ulrich, 96, of Lancaster and formerly of Lititz, died on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 at Magnolias of Lancaster. Born in Lititz, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Sally Habecker Ober....
View ArticleMary Lucille Roth, 95, WWII vet, retired from Lititz Mutual, Lititz Museum...
Mary Lucille Snavely Roth, 95, longtime resident of Lititz, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at Luther Acres in Lititz. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Christian and Marian...
View ArticleWilliam C. Winger, Jr., 93, family man, inventor, businessman, bridge...
William C. Winger Jr. died at age 93, in Lititz, on Feb. 27, 2019 at Moravian Manor with family by his side. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late W. Carl Winger Sr. and Helen J. (Parker)...
View ArticleEdith M. Taylor, Born in Austria, Wise Design co-founder, enjoyed curling,...
Edith Taylor, who formerly lived in Manheim for nearly three decades died on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 at Lane Purcell Hospice House in Sumterville, Fla., after a long battle with cancer. She was the late...
View ArticleDouglas Cope, 63, formerly of Manheim
Douglas R. Cope, 63, of Lancaster, and formerly of Manheim, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. He was the son of the late Lloyd and Norah Eckenroad Cope. Surviving are three brothers: Eugene, husband of...
View ArticleDanny Ray Wheatley, Vietnam vet, U.S. Navy retiree, worked for Ikon Office,...
Danny Ray Wheatley, of Lititz, died peacefully at home with his family by his side on March 3, 2019. Danny was born April 30, 1940 in Vincennes, Ind., to Virginia Morgan Wheatley and Aloysius Grant...
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