Thelma G. Weaver, 96, passed away on Monday, August 29, 2016, at Lakeside at Willow Valley Retirement Community. Thelma was the loving wife of Dr. E. Mark Weaver. They formally resided in Strasburg, PA, where Mark practiced dentistry for 50 years. Thelma and Mark celebrated a remarkable 76 years of marriage on July 11. Thelma read more …
Kathryn A. Huffman was the beautiful, intelligent, fun loving woman of integrity, strength, and conviction as Mother, Grandmother, and Wife to her family. She was a full time Mom all the years our three children were growing up. She always wanted to be home when the children came home from school because that is when read more …
Hildegard H. Lefever, 84, formerly of Landisville, died Friday, August 26, at Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. She was the wife of the late Park Lefever. She had married him in Washington, D.C. in 1963. Hildegard was born in Germany in 1932. She is survived by sisters, Hannelore Diener of Germany, and Renate McKnight of Sedona, read more …
John Frederick [Fred] Esbenshade of Ephrata, PA passed away on August 25, 2016 at Ephrata Manor. He was the loving husband of Phyllis E. with whom he celebrated 72 years of marriage and who recently predeceased him. Fred was the third child born at home on the family farm in Eden, Lancaster County, PA on read more …
Eleanor “Elly” Seidel Tucker, 92, a resident of the Willow Valley Communities died Friday, August 19, 2016. She was married 69 years to Carl L. Tucker. Born June 5, 1924 in Passaic, NJ she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Livia Harre Seidel. Elly was a graduate of Bloomfield High read more …
Donald E Nolt joined the bass section of the Heavenly Choir on Thursday, August 18, 2016, after a short battle with cancer. Born January 15, 1927 in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Mark S and Virgie Nolt of Landisville. He graduated from the former East Hempfield High School, Class of 1944. He read more …
Frederick Stellhorn Bush, 85, a career newspaperman and sailor who taught sailing to hundreds of Lancaster area residents, died on August 18 surrounded by family in Larchmont, NY. He was the husband of the late Katharine Giering Bush. The couple celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in 2015. He retired in 1991 after 30 years as read more …
DeBordSnyder.com Blog August 2016 When a person loses a loved one, grief is one of the deepest emotions that arise; and he or she can feel lonely and sometimes helpless. In such difficult times, that person needs a good support system, as it’s difficult to go through sadness all alone. When death occurs in the read more …
Linda L. Steinmetz, 66, of Lancaster, passed away unexpectedly on August 18, 2016 at her home. She was the loving wife of the late Lloyd H. Steinmetz, Sr. Born in York, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Wisotzkey and Phyllis Nelson and also raised by the late Frank Polaskey. After attending school at Lancaster read more …
Dr. Gilbert B. Lyons, 85, beloved husband of Elaine Lebo Lyons, son of the late Gilbert I. Lyons and Janet F. Lyons, passed away peacefully Wednesday at The Glen at Willow Valley. Gil and Elaine celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June of 2016. He is survived by his daughter, Janet E. Lyons and her read more …
Doris M. Rinier, 86, a resident of ManorCare, Lancaster, died Monday, August 15, 2016. Born in Gordonville, she was the daughter of the late Amos F. and Marie Bernhart Rinier. Doris was a seamstress and retired from the former Tower Enterprises in Bird-In-Hand. She had also worked for many years as a cosmetologist. She enjoyed read more …
Agnes Douglas Kuentzel, 93, of Lancaster, PA passed away on August 13, 2016. She was born on April 29, 1923 in Chester, SC, the daughter of Robert Langdon Douglas and Mary Kirby McAlpine Douglas. Agnes received her undergraduate degree from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, and then went on to earn a Bachelor of read more …
