Obituaries

Bree “Breezy” Taryn Caffey, 22, went home to Jesus on Friday, July 15, 2011 at home surrounded by her family. She had fought a courageous 11 month battle with Burkitt’s lymphoma.Born January 31, 1989 in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of Jeffrey D. and Robin L. (McFadden) Caffey of Willow Street. She graduated from Penn Manor High School in...

Anne M. Glowa, 95, of Landisville, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2011 with her family by her side at Oak Leaf Manor North.Born in New York City, Anne was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Maria (TanZone) Muccio. She was married for 48 years to John P. Glowa, who died in 2005. Early in her career she worked...

John C. Buch, Jr., 92, formerly of 1961 Drexel Avenue, Lancaster, died Friday, July 8, 2011, at Masonic Homes in Elizabethtown.He was the husband of the late Miriam E. (Leonard) Buch who died in 2003. Born July 7, 1919 in Lancaster, he was the son of the late J. Calvin and Dora Gainor Buch.Mr. Buch was a Corporal in the...

Judy L. Kushner, 62, of Lancaster, died unexpectedly Thursday, July 7, 2011 at her home.She was the wife of the late Thomas Kushner who died in 2004.  Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Frank, Jr. and Arlene Finefrock Fletcher.Judy thoroughly enjoyed her employment as a teacher’s aide with IU13. Previously she had worked at R. R....

Elizabeth Augusta Claus Reilly, 89, died July 6th, 2011 at Mount Joy Hospice of Lancaster County, surrounded by family.Born in Naumburg, Hesse, Germany, Oct. 2, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Marie (Weinrich) Claus.The family emigrated in 1923 and settled in the Philadelphia. Betty worked in family-owned bakeries throughout her teen years. During WWII, she worked...

Mark R. Eaby, Jr., 88, of Brownstown, PA passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz, PA.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Mark R. and Margaret Mowery Eaby. He was married to his wife,  M. Joan Eaby, for 65 years.A lifetime resident of Lancaster County, Mr. Eaby graduated from Franklin and...

Helen Marie Lamparter Unger died in Christ June 29th at the age of 101. She was the wife of the late John H. Unger who died in 1995.  They were married on February 10, 1943. Born in Lancaster, PA on April 2, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Lorenz and Lizzie Metzler Lamparter. She attended the Lancaster public...

Nancy H. Bare, 91, of 665 Willow Valley Square died on July 1, 2011 at The Glen at Willow Valley. Born December 3, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin B. and Leah Bard Herr. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Kendig C. (“Casey”) Bare, who died in 1989. After graduation from the...

Robert T. Lore Jr.Robert T. Lore Jr., 97, of Willow Street, formerly of Collingswood, New Jersey died Tuesday, June 28th, at Lakeside at Willow Valley. He was the loving husband of the late Janet Green Lore and devoted father of the late Robert T. Lore III. Born in Camden, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Robert T....

David M. Wilson, 76, of Lancaster, died Monday, June 27, 2011 at M o r a v i a n Manor in Lititz.  He was married 33 years to Jerry L. Ryan Wilson. Born in Norristown, he was the son of the late Lawrence E. and Dorothy Marshall Wilson. David graduated from the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA and the...

Diane Fullerton, 54, formerly of Lancaster, died Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Holly S p r i n g s , Georgia, where she had resided the past 3 years. She was the wife of Frank Fullerton. Born in Belleville, NJ, she as the daughter of Gladys M. Romanick Fitz- Patrick of Lancaster and the late Robert Fitz-Patrick. Diane enjoyed...

Ronald C. Usner Sr., 74 of Lancaster died Sunday June 5th at home. He was the husband of the late Sally Christ Usner. He was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. He is survived by a daughter Deborah Homsher and a son Ronald C. Usner Jr., 6 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren,...

John Munnelly, 82, of ­Willow Valley, a devoted husband, loving father and proud grandfather, died peacefully on Thursday, June 30, 2011.  Born April 2, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, John was the oldest child of the late John and ­Margaret Munnelly.John attended Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn, St. Francis College and St. John’s Law School.  John was a practicing...

Miriam L. Schleenbaker, 89, formerly of Englewood, FL, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 3, 2011 at Moravian Manor in Lititz.  She was married 68 years to the late alter F. ” J u p e ” Schleenbaker who died in 2009. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Edgar L. and Miriam Stradtman Long. Miriam was...

Vera Jane Latshaw, 89, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at Luther Acres, Lititz. Jane, as she was known to her many friends, was the daughter of the late Richard M. and Esther (Kurtz) Stockton. She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard K. (Bud) Stockton and half-sister, Dorothy Hamp Goodman.  Born and raised in Lancaster County, Jane...

Kathryn L. Smaling, 100, formerly of Lancaster, died Monday, May 23, 2011 at Westminster Village in Dover, DE.She was the wife of the late John F. Smaling who died in 1973. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Richard P. and Clara Ludwig Haas.Mrs. Smaling had been employed as the manager of Barrcrest Apts. in Lancaster...

G. Aaron Smith, Jr., 87, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011 at Homestead Village. Born in Quarryville, he was the son of the late George A. Smith, Sr. and Emma Walters Smith.  He was married to Dorothy Rose Smith.He was a graduate of F&M College and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and served in the...

David K. Bortzfield, 59, of Lititz, died at home on Friday, May 20, 2011.Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late J. Robert Bortzfield and Virginia Stinson Habegger.David was a member of First Reformed United Church of Christ in Lancaster. He was a graduate of J. P. McCaskey High School and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. David was...

Colonel Donald B. Wren, USAF (ret)Donald Bruce Wren died Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at the Glen at Willow Valley where he had lived for the past four years.  He was born in Concordia, KS on July 24, 1920 to the late George B. and Hazel Whittaker Wren.He enlisted in the Army Air Corps immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Kenny Russell Watson, 72, of Mountville, died Sunday, May 15th at home.  Born in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, he was the son of the late J. Earl and Dorothy Jones Watson.  He is survived by his wife, Susan A. Watson.Kenny graduated from Guilford College, NC and then served on the USS Piedmont AD-17 during his years in the U.S. Navy....