Obituaries

Sylvia L. Tshudy, 73, of Mount Joy, PA passed away at the home of her daughter on November 5, 2016 after a brief illness.Born in Reading, PA, she was the daughter of Blanche Hoffman of West Lawn and the late Charles Hoffman.Sylvia was a graduate of Wilson High School, Reading.  She enjoyed spending time at Hollywood Casino, traveling, listening to...

Loretta A. Mitchell, 89, of Lancaster, and formerly of Plainview, NY and Providence, RI, entered into the presence of our Lord on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at her home in Homestead Village, Lancaster.Born in Lincoln, RI, on December 8, 1926, Loretta was the sixth of twelve children of the late Omer and Marie-Ange (Hamel) Gauvin.  She was married to Peter...

John D. Parker, 85, a resident of the Mennonite Home, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Lancaster General Hospital.He was the husband of the late Joan Merges Parker who died in 2009.  Born in Kulpmont, PA he was the son of the late John D., Sr. and Minnie Bastka Parker.John was employed as a tool & die maker...

Doris Arlene Hoover, 87, of Lancaster, entered into the presence of our Lord on October 28, 2016.She was the wife of the late J. R. Hoover who died in 1984. Born in Drumore Twp., she was the daughter of the late Willard and Dorothy McCauley.Doris began working fresh out of high school at Hamilton Watch and retired from Bulova Technologies...

A. Nedda “Dolly”Schmid, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on October 26, 2016 at Brethren Village Retirement Community.  She was the wife of the late John H.Schmidwho preceded her in death in 1993.Born in West New York, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Minnie (Francesca)Cherolio.She was a member of St. JohnNeumanCatholic Church where she was...

Margaret May Freeman Adams 1921-2016Margaret May “Peggy” Freeman Adams passed away October 15, 2016 at her residence at Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. She was born February 27, 1921 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the second of four children of the late Margaret May Hollinger Freeman and Clarence Calvin Freeman, Sr., a Lancaster area businessman. She was the wife of the late...

June E. Graybill, 77, of Lancaster, PA went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Ephrata Manor where she had been a resident for one year.Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Veryl and Miriam Hartley Wiggins. She was the wife of the late George Graybill who passed away on June 1, 1993....

Dr. Edward Lee Lancaster, Jr., M.D., died Tuesday, September 27, 2016 peacefully surrounded by his wife of 60 years, Virginia, and family.  Ted was born January 16, 1924 in Lancaster General Hospital where he later practiced Orthopedic Surgery for over 40 years.  He made a real difference in the lives of the many patients he treated!Ted was born to Professor...

Douglas M. Bortzfield, 67, of Lancaster, PA died Saturday, October 8, 2016 in The Glen at Willow Valley, Lancaster, PA. He was the husband of Connie Bowers Bortzfield with whom he celebrated 46 years of marriage.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of June Myers Bortzfield and the late Frank Bortzfield.Mr. Bortzfield graduated from Elizabethtown College. He worked in...

Stewart B. Kauffman, 97, a Church of the Brethren minister, died October 6 at Brethren Village, Lancaster, his home for 19 years.Born May 14, 1919, in Reading, PA, he was the son of Melvin and Sarah Kauffman. In his youth he had a morning paper route and for several years he and his sister, Ethel, had a weekly radio program...

Thomas Coburn Atkins, Jr., known to his family and friends as “Coby,” passed away on October 5, 2016 at his home in Lancaster after a long battle with cancer.Born in Lancaster on August 14, 1953, he was the son of Thomas C. and Margaret B. “Peggy” Atkins and father of Christine M. McGaw and grandfather to Colin R. McGaw.From Manheim...

Elfriede H. Geesey, 88, of Willow Street, PA passed away on October 1, 2016 at Arbor View at Willow Valley.Born and educated in Stuttgart, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Anna Gerhardt Haug.  She immigrated to the United States in 1952 and lived in York, PA.  She married Glenn Geesey who died in 1995.  Prior to...

A special man passed from this life on September 30, 2016.  Richard Monroe Houck will be remembered fondly.  He was a son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and a friend.David was born December 20, 1926 in Port Royal, PA to Anna Belle and Sterner C. Houck but lived most of his younger years in Hanover, PA before moving to Dover,...

Dorothy Jane Hohman, 84, of Lancaster, died at home on Sunday, October 2, 2016.She was married 63 years to Kenneth L. Hohman.  Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Mary Freiler.Dorothy was a graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School and had been employed as a medical secretary for many years.  She enjoyed bird watching, working...

James D. Dornes, Sr., 78, passed away on September 29, 2016 at home.  He was the loving husband of Jeanne Boyles Dornes.  Jim was born in Lancaster, PA to Margaret and Philip Dornes, Sr. and was a graduate of McCaskey High School.  He is survived by his son, Bryan J. Dornes (Kristen), his daughter, Colleene M. Dornes (Brian), his son,...

Amos Edward Dombach (21 August 1939, Columbia, PA) quietly passed away on Thursday, 29 September 2016 from complications associated with cancer. Growing up in Columbia and Kinderhook, he was the only son of the late Amos Stark and Emma Mae Zielinski Dambach.A Columbia High School Graduate (1957), he attended Millersville State Teachers College (1961, BS Education, Sciences), Temple University (1966,...

W. Florence Eaby, age 95 of Homestead Village, Lancaster passed away peacefully on September 27, 2016. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Clarence W. Sr. and Catherine Herr Lebegern. She was predeceased by her husband Richard E. Eaby in 1975 and her brother Clarence Lebegern Jr.Florence was a 1939 graduate of McCaskey High School and was a teller...

Laura Christine Semprevivo of Little Egg Harbor passed away September 16, 2016. She was a 2009 graduate of Pinelands Regional High School where she participated in field hockey and basketball. Laura was a beautiful young woman with a smile that could light up a room.  At just 25 years of age with so much life ahead, Laura has left us...

Anna B. Hume, age 94, went to be with her Lord September 24, 2016, after a very brief illness. She passed away in her home that she loved so much at the Mayflower Retirement Community in Winter Park, FL. She was born on her mother’s birthday on March 31, 1922, to Ernest L. and Esther Y. (Peters) Bertram in Lancaster,...

Joan C. A. Snell, 85, of Manheim, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 24, 2016.She was married 63 years to Fenton L. Snell, Sr.  Born in Long Island, NY she was the daughter of the late William A. and Marcha Hoymeyer Meier.Joan was a homemaker and a member of Faith Bible Fellowship in Lancaster.  ...