Obituaries

Mineko “Lori” Slough, 86 of Lancaster, PA passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, September 23, 2016, surrounded by her loving family.Born in Saga Ken, Japan, she was the daughter of the late Hikota and Hana Matsuda Yoshida.  Her husband, David E. Slough, Jr. predeceased her October 1, 2008.“Lori” is survived by her children: Judy A. Slough of Baltimore,...

Melanie L. Dorsey Buch, 70, of Landisville, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2016 following a lengthy illness.Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Muriel Parmer Dorsey.  She was the longtime companion of Robert F. McLagan.Prior to her illness she had worked for many years for Dr. Larry Bell.  Melanie was a graduate of Lampeter-Strasburg High...

Ted Sherman age 84 of Lancaster passed away Sept. 21, 2016 at Manor Care. Services are pending at this time.

Carolyn Murphy Landis, 62,  of Lancaster, PA died at Lancaster General Hospital on Sept. 16,2016 of complications arising from an auto accident one year ago .  Born in Syracuse , NY on April 23, 1954, she was the daughter of Rev. Robert B. Murphy and Dorothy Brown Murphy. She attended U. Of Colorado and U. Of Maryland, majoring in Music....

Anna Arlene (Billig) Young Age 96, of Willow Valley, PA, died of complications from a stroke, at home in Arbor View on September 14, 2016.Ann grew up in Berwick PA and graduated from Berwick High School in 1938.  She married Warren E. (Coonie) Young in 1947 in Berwick PA and eventually moved to Wilmington DE, where she was a homemaker...

Kevin M. Basciano, 41, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on September 11, 2016.  Born in Lancaster, PA., he was the son of Richard S. (deceased) and Linda (Ferri) Basciano.After graduating from Central Dauphin High School, Baltimore International Culinary College and University of Maryland – Baltimore, Kevin spent much of his professional career in the area of mortgage and insurance sales,...

Howard E. “Bud” Born, 85, of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Lancaster General Hospital.He was married 59 years to Eleanor “Ellie” Lambert Born.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Howard Born and Mary Goshkey Born.Bud graduated from Manheim Township in 1951 where he had played tennis and baseball, and was also a...

SpyrosS.Constantinos, 89, of Lancaster, passed away on September 11, 2016.  He was the husband of MarthaConstantinos.DeBordSnyder Funeral Home & Crematory.  (717) 394-4097

On August 7, 2016 William R. Treichler took his final journey in this world. He went to join his parents, Ruth & Jim Treichler and his son Josh. He is survived by his brother Warren, husband of Betsy, his sisters Susan Stiffler, wife of Rodney, Carol Treichler, companion of Terry Ashby, Beth Ritter, wife of Richard and his step children...

Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother & Great Grandmother Patricia A. Landis, 87, of Lancaster, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Lancaster General Hospital after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease.She was born in Lancaster to the late Benjamin and Mabel Erb Nolt and enjoyed 65 wonderful years of marriage to her high school sweetheart, Jay E. Landis.Pat graduated...

Emily Margaret Gould, of Limerick, PA, passed away peacefully in her home on September 5, 2016.  Emily was born in Paoli, PA, on September 23, 2014.  She is survived by her parents, James D. III and Meghan Gould and her brother James L. Gould of Limerick, PA.  She is survived by her grandparents Lawrence and Nancy Chottiner of Mount Joy,...

April Lammey Breneman, 88, who was residing at the Mennonite Home, passed away on September 2, 2016 at Lancaster General Hospital.  She was the loving wife of the late Robert P. Breneman, Sr., who preceded her in death in 1997.  Prior to his death they were married for 44 years.Born in Bellefonte, PA, she was the daughter of the late...

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 was born in Quarryville, PA, the...

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 they wanted to talk. She...

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 May 16, 1921 to Jacob H....

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, AZ; and two nephews, Norbert Diener of...

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 School in NJ, and Concordia College, Bronxville, NY.  Before...

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 was married to the love...

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 wire editor of the Lancaster New Era.Born...

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 Catholic High School she...