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Archives for October 2017
Barbara F. Niemann
Barbara Faucett Niemann, 89, of Willow Valley Lakes Manor, Willow Street, PA, died Monday, October 23, 2017, at The Glen in Willow Valley. She was the widow of Edward Niemann, Jr., with whom she celebrated 63 years of marriage. She was born September 15, 1928, in Lewes, Delaware, to Benjamin and Elizabeth Weimer Faucett. Barbara read more …
Elizabeth R. Millard
Elizabeth R. Millard, 99, of Lancaster and Hollywood Drive, died Tuesday, October 24, 2017. Born in Abilene, KS, she was the daughter of the late Emil George and Marie A. Schlegel Glatt. She was a teacher of English in Topeka and Emporia State University, KS, and also in Bloomsburg, PA. Elizabeth was a tutor for read more …
Paul Gschwend III, MD
Paul Gschwend III, MD of Lancaster, PA died of cancer on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at the age of 72. He was born in Reading, PA to the late Paul Gschwend II and Jane Treat Gschwend. A 1962 graduate of Lancaster Country Day School, Paul earned his AB degree from Hiram College in Ohio. He read more …
Paul K. Smith
Paul Kenneth Smith (Grandpa), 88, of Lancaster, PA, passed away at the Mennonite Home on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. Born in Lewistown, PA, he was the son of the late Marlin and Ada Moist Smith. As a young boy, he enjoyed playing the B flat clarinet and graduated from Bloomsburg High School. He met his read more …
Austin Lowrey III
Austin Lowrey, III, passed away Friday, September 29, 2017, from complications of diabetes. A military “brat”, Austin was born October 19, 1933, in the Panama Canal Zone. He graduated from Coolidge HS in Washington, DC, and received his BS, 1955, and MS, 1956, degrees in physics at the University of Hawaii, where he participated in read more …
Lois Spencer Straw
Lois Spencer Straw, 74, passed away unexpectedly on October 20, 2017 in Lancaster, PA. Lois was born in Grampian, PA on February 10, 1943. She went to high school at Curwensville High School where she met future husband James W. Straw. She earned an Business degree at DuBois Business School and then married Jim on read more …
Thelora D. Bliss
Thelora (Peddie) Bliss, 99, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on October 19th, 2017, at Homestead Village, where she resided since 1991. She was the dear and loving wife of the late John W. Bliss of Valley City, ND. Thelora was born in Bethlehem, PA, to Charles and Anna Dullenkopf. After graduating from Liberty High School read more …
Charles “Chuck” Taylor
Charles “Chuck” Taylor, 90, of Lancaster, PA, went home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on October 15, 2017 at Hospice at Community Care in Mount Joy. Chuck was born on February 6, 1927, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to the late Howard and Jennifreid Taylor. He graduated from Lakeview High School in 1945. After read more …
Elmer H. Thomas
Elmer H. Thomas, 82, of Lancaster, PA., passed away on October 7, 2017 at Lancaster Regional Medical Center. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Chester H. and Suie (Harnish) Thomas. He was the husband of Ruth Ann (Kreider) Thomas to whom he was married to for 58 years. In addition to read more …
Jack W. Brinser
Jack W. Brinser, age 96, of Lancaster, PA, passed away October 7, 2017 at Brethren Village. He was the son of the late George E. and Martha L. Kreider Brinser. He was a graduate of McCaskey High School, attended Purdue University, and was a graduate of the Curtis Wright School of Aeronautics in Glendale, CA. read more …
Marian Bitzer
Marian Helen Johnson Bitzer, 93, died Saturday morning, October 7, 2017, at Moravian Manor where she had been a resident since May. Prior to that she had resided at 2134 West Ridge Drive before moving to The Long Community at Highland. Marian was born August 12, 1924, in Lancaster, to Edmund Norman Johnson and Carrie read more …
