Obituaries

Ann Louise Hince

Ann Louise Hince

Dec 23, 2023

Ann Louise Hince, 80, of Lancaster, passed away on December 23, 2023 at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Frank and Ruth (Sensenig) Quigley of Quarryville.Ann graduated from Solanco High in 1961 and was named “Miss Solanco.”She began work at Armstrong Cork Company. She held many positions as she raised...

Dorothy E. Taylor

Dorothy E. Taylor

Dec 22, 2023

Dorothy Elizabeth Taylor, age 95 of Landisville went home to be with the Lord, on December 22, 2023. Born August 7, 1928 in Bedford County PA, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and “Coozie” Elizabeth Redinger of Everett and the wife of Leo F. Taylor, who preceded her in death on April 8, 2008.Dorothy graduated from Chambersburg High...

Louis Duvall

Louis Duvall

Dec 20, 2023

Louis Martin Duvall, 46, of Lancaster, passed away on December 20, 2023 at his home surrounded by his adoring family.  He was the loving husband of Elizabeth (Anderson) Duvall.Born in Clearwater, FL, he was the son of Jeffrey and Pamela (Ilgenfritz) Davis.After graduating from technical school, Louis spent much of his career as an electrician and in facility maintenance. Most...

Martha Lynch

Martha Lynch

Dec 19, 2023

Martha Lynch, 84, of Lancaster, passed away on December 19, 2023 at Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine. She was the loving wife of the late Raymond Lynch to whom she was married tofor 40 years prior to his death.Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Roseman and Gladys (Schock) Fish.  After graduating from Manheim Township High...

Deborah E. Reich

Deborah E. Reich

Dec 17, 2023

Deborah E. Reich, 73, of Lancaster, passed away on December 17, 2023 at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.  She was the loving wife of the Rev. Marvin Reich with whom she celebrated 52 years of marriage in August.Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Willard A. Smith Jr. and Shirley E. (Adams) Smith.She was a graduate...

Dr. Ralph N. Pacinelli

Dr. Ralph N. Pacinelli

Dec 15, 2023

Dr. Ralph N. Pacinelli, 89, a vocational rehabilitation leader and disability advocate, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023 at Willow Valley Communities, Lancaster, PA. He was born in Downingtown, PA to the late Ralph and Josephine (Shaw) Pacinelli. He is preceded in death by Patricia (Piersol), his wife of 59 years.He is survived by his sister-in-law, Joan Burks, Lancaster,...

Margaret Leaman Berkheimer

Margaret Leaman Berkheimer

Dec 15, 2023

Margaret Leaman Berkheimer, 97, of Lancaster, passed away on December 15, 2023 at Mennonite Home.  She was the widow of the late Russell M. Berkheimer, Jr., the love of her life.Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late B. Eugene Leaman and Myrtle I. (Pleam) Leaman. She is also preceded in death by her brother, Richard Pleam...

Nancy Jean Henry

Nancy Jean Henry

Dec 14, 2023

Nancy J. Henry, beloved wife, mother and grandmother joined her husband Richard S. in heaven on December 14th, 2023. She is survived by her sons, Brian (Deb) and Jeff (Jody) as well as her favorite and only grandchild, Emily. She was predeceased her husband of 44 years, Richard S. Henry, her parents, Robert and Anna Mary Gehr, and her sister...

Elaine C. Saunders

Elaine C. Saunders

Dec 14, 2023

Elaine C. Saunders, 80, of Lancaster, peacefully passed away on 14, December 2023, at Masonic Village of Elizabethtown. She was the loving wife of Louis Saunders for 58 years, and an amazing  mother. She was born in Lancaster, PA to Ben and Marie Castleman.A Hempfield graduate and member of Salem UCC. Elaine was a judge of elections for many years...

Lyle Wayne Leiner

Lyle Wayne Leiner

Dec 10, 2023

Lyle Wayne Leiner, 51, of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.  He was the loving husband of Susan (Book) Leiner.Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Harry F. and Helen J. (Bealler) Leiner.After graduating from high school, Lyle was employed as a Tow Motor Driver for Skyline...

Ann Steel Gigliotti

Ann Steel Gigliotti

Dec 9, 2023

Ann Steel Gigliotti,  passed away December 9, 2023 at the Glen at Willow Valley Communities, Lancaster PA. She was born August 16, 1938 and was raised in Pittsburgh PA and attended Shadyside School of Nursing and had a career as a nurse anesthetist.Ann moved to Delaware and met her future husband Dominick Gigliotti and they married July 30, 1966, Dom...

Anna M. Martin

Anna M. Martin

Dec 9, 2023

Anna M. Martin of Millersville, went to be with her Savior on December 9, 2023, at St. Anne’s Retirement Community. She was 92 years young. The daughter of Ernest and Lillian Oettel, Anna was born in Lancaster, the second to youngest of seven children. She was the wife of Lewis C. Martin and they would have celebrated 71 years of...

Joyce W. Alexander

Joyce W. Alexander

Dec 8, 2023

Joyce Weick Alexander, 94 years old, passed away on Friday, December 8,2023 at the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community.Joyce was born on August 13, 1929 in the Bronx, New York. She was predeceased by her parents Bertha and Frank Weick and her older sister Eileen Lackenback. She is survived by her loving cousins, Dorothea Smith Carson of Floral Park, NY and...

Carolyn M. McDonie

Carolyn M. McDonie

Dec 8, 2023

Carolyn M. McDonie, 93, passed away at Brethren Village, December 8, 2023.  Born May 13,1930 in Charleston, WV, she was the daughter of the late Earl Q. and Susan A. Mollohan. She was the wife of the late Arthur F. (Pat) McDonie. At the time of his death in November 2012, they had been married for 63 years. A current...

Wilbur L. Slaymaker

Wilbur L. Slaymaker

Dec 4, 2023

Wilbur L. Slaymaker, age 92, passed away peacefully on December 4, 2023 at Willow Valley Communities,Lancaster, PA.Formerly of Kinzers, PA, he was born in 1931 in Warsaw, IN to Myron D. and Verna M. (Leedy) Slaymaker.Wil was one of four children, Dorothy Mitterling, of San Antonio, TX, Wayne D. Slaymaker (deceased) of Pierceton, IN, and Marilyn Kilgore (deceased) of San...

Shirley L Curry

Shirley L Curry

Nov 30, 2023

Shirley Louise Curry, 84, of Lancaster, passed away November 30, 2023, at home under hospice care and with loved ones. She was the wife of the late George F. Curry, Jr. for 42 years until his passing in 2001.  Born in Elizabethtown, she was the daughter of the late Bernard C. ‘Ace’ and Dorothy M. (Philips) Jacobs. A 1957 graduate...

Susan L. Ackerman

Susan L. Ackerman

Nov 28, 2023

Susan L. (Smith) Ackerman, 77, formerly of Lancaster, PA, passed away into the loving arms of Jesus on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at her home – Traditions at Brookside – in McCordsville, IN. She fought a valiant five-year battle with Endometrial/Uterine Cancer.Born on October 4, 1946, in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. Smith and L....

Janet K. Sheely

Janet K. Sheely

Nov 25, 2023

Janet K. Sheely died on Saturday, November 25, 2023 of complications from a stroke earlier that week.  She was in her 93rd year.Born in Lancaster in 1930, she was the daughter of the late Arthur S. Wiker and Esther Christ Wiker.  Her brothers, Carl and Don, predeceased her.  Janet started school in the Lampeter School District and graduated from J.P....

Rolf Hickman

Rolf Hickman

Nov 24, 2023

Rolf Hickman (Professor Emeritus )Rolf Hickman died November 24, 2023, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was born in Pittsburgh and was preceded in death by two sisters and his wife of fifty-three years, Helen Carew Hickman, a noted ecclesiastical designer. He is survived by a niece, five nephews and their spouses.His early years were anything but typical. Intrigued by live theatre...

Janice Louise Lehman

Janice Louise Lehman

Nov 20, 2023

Janice Louise Lehman, 96, of Willow Valley Communities, Lancaster passed away on November 20, 2023. She was the wife of the late Curtis Samuel Lehman with whom she celebrated 57 years of marraige. She is survived by her daughter Linda Louise Lehman, her spouse Sharon Christine Bumbarger, and their children and her beloved grandchildren: Kyra Kim, Tai Nicholas and Quin...