Obituaries

Richard F. Kuhnert
Aug 28, 2010
Richard F. Kuhnert, 69, of Lancaster, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the Mennonite Home.He was the husband of the late Sally Prosser Kuhnert who died in 2008. Born January 30, 1941 in Oberlin, PA he was the son of the late Herman J. and Henlen Dengler Kuhnert.Mr. Kuhnert retired from the Elizabethtown Area School District where he had been...

Bruce Peale Ryder
Aug 24, 2010
Bruce Peale Ryder, a lifetime resident of Lancaster, PA died August 24, 2010 at Moravian Manor. Born on September 17, 1923, he was the son of the late Paul B. and Elizabeth Peale Ryder. He lived at 504 Race Ave., Lancaster, PA his entire life.Mr. Ryder was a member of First Presbyterian Church since 1934 and served as Deacon, Trustee...

Barbara J. Shea
Aug 21, 2010
Barbara J. Shea, 60, of 2959 Spring Valley Road, Lancaster, was called to glory by her Lord and Savior on August 21, 2010 after an 18-month battle with ovarian cancer.Born in York, PA, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Ruby Shultz of Red Lion, PA. She was faithfully married to the late Ronald E. Shea of Baltimore,...

J. Harold “Butch” Kauffman, Jr.
Aug 20, 2010
J. Harold “Butch” Kauffman, Jr., 88, of Landisville, was called from this earthly life to his eternal home by his Lord and Savior on Friday, August 20, 2010.Mr. Kauffman was married 61 years to the late Helen G. Reapsome Kauffman who died in 2008. Born in East Hempfield Twp., he was the son of the late J. Harold, Sr. and...

Harry L. Ammlung
Aug 20, 2010
Harry L. Ammlung, 92, a resident of the Willow Valley Retirement Communities died Friday, August 20, 2010 at the Glen at Willow Valley.He was the husband of Ruth D. Rauschenberger Ammlung. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Charles C. and Anna M. Berger Ammlung.Mr. Ammlung was a chemical engineer with the U.S. Government Dept. of Defense...

Gladys G. Carroll
Aug 18, 2010
Gladys G. Carroll, 102, of Lancaster, triumphed over a life well lived and crossed over into Glory and into the presence of Our God and Savior as she died at home on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 following a short illness.Born August 19, 1908 in Grantsburg, WI, she was the daughter of the late Albert C. and Esther Thorssen Swanson. In...

James R. Gast, Jr.
Aug 18, 2010
James R. Gast, Jr., 67, of Quarryville, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County.He was the husband of the late Pamela Miller Gast who died in 2004. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late James R., Sr. and Anna Sherts Gast.Mr. Gast was a truck salesman for many years and was last employed by...

John M. Buckwalter
Aug 11, 2010
John M. Buckwalter, chairman of the board of Lancaster Newspapers Inc., died unexpectedly Wednesday, August 11, 2010 while vacationing with family in Bar Harbor, Maine. He was 79.A businessman who understood the importance of local news in a community, Buckwalter devoted his life equally to the success of the business he led and the community in which he lived.Over a...

Regina F. Weatherlow
Aug 10, 2010
Regina F. Weatherlow, 90, passed away on Tuesday, August 10th, at Conestoga View. Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Bessie Viola Boas Smith. She was predeceased by her husband, Jules B. Weatherlow.Regina was a member of the last class (1937) of Girls High School, Lancaster. She was an accomplished artist and exhibited...

Earl V. Brodhecker
Aug 2, 2010
Earl V. Brodhecker, 79, of Lancaster, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at Lancaster General Hospital.He was the husband of the late Vivian Waltz Brodhecker who died in 1993. Born July 14, 1931 in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Earl R. and Esther A. Brodhecker.Earl graduated from J. P. McCaskey High School in 1949. He served in the...

John H. Siple, Jr.
Aug 2, 2010
John H. Siple, Jr., 87, of Lancaster, died Monday, August 2, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.He was married 64 years to Emma Killian Siple. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late John, Sr. and Sarah Young Siple.John had worked in the construction field and retired from Clyde Stumpf & Son. He was a...

Virginia S. Brinser
Aug 1, 2010
Virginia S. Brinser, 87, of Brethren Village, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2010. Born in Leola, she was the daughter of the late Claude R. and Dorothy Frey Stauffer. She was the wife of Jack W. Brinser.Virginia was a member of First United Methodist Church, Lancaster since age 11. She was very active in the church taking part in the...

Mary Kirkpatrick Brown
Jul 29, 2010
Mary Kirkpatrick Brown, musician, craftswoman, and editor of children’s folklore, died July 29, 2010 at her residence at Willow Valley Manor in Lancaster, PA. She was 91 and was the wife of the late Nicholas C. Brown.The daughter of the Rev. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick and Vernia Marks Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Brown was born in Greencastle, IN, studied piano at the American...

John A. “Jack” Dantinne
Jul 28, 2010
John A. “Jack” Dantinne, 91, passed away July 28, 2010 peacefully at the Glen in the Willow Valley Retirement Center.Born in Orwell, NY, his family then moved to southern New Jersey where Jack spent his childhood and eventually graduated from Salem New Jersey High School. He was the eldest son of George F. and Lillian M. Dantinne and had three...

Caroline Steinman Nunan “Carrie”
Jul 25, 2010
Caroline Steinman Nunan “Carrie,” 85, of Lancaster passed away Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late James Hale and Louise Tinsley Steinman. She was a graduate of the Shippen School for Girls in Lancaster, the Greenwood School in Maryland and the Katherine Gibbs School...

Frances Mary Augusta Marshall
Jul 23, 2010
Frances Mary Augusta Marshall died on July 23, 2010 after a long illness.A native of New York City, she moved to Lancaster in 1956 with her husband Victor, an employee of Warner-Lambert Company in Lititz. A mid-life graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, she worked for many years for the Lancaster YWCA.In the community, Frances became active in various retiree...

Harold A. White, Jr.
Jul 22, 2010
Harold A. White, Jr., 82, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2010, at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Columbia. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Harold A. Sr., and Helen Moore White. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth Heilman White who died in 2001.Harold was a 1950 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College earning his degree...

Janet Mae Magee
Jul 16, 2010
Janet Mae Magee, 86, of Lancaster, PA, died July 16, 2010, at the Lancaster County Regional Hospital after a brief illness.Born January 17, 1924, in Quarryville, PA, Janet was the widow of Thomas John Magee who died January 18, 1972. She was the daughter of Franklin Haines Newswanger and Grace Elizabeth Ankrim.A resident of Lancaster County since 1946, she retired...

Adolph Neuber
Jul 14, 2010
Adolph Neuber, 99, formerly of Lancaster and Owl’s Head, ME, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born in Litchfield, IL, he was the son of Edward O. Neuber and Bertha B. Pryor Neuber Cooper. Widowed twice, he was predeceased in 1980 by his first wife, Ruth Haverstick Shaub Neuber. In 1984 he married Anne Henderson...

Earl K. Diem
Jul 13, 2010
Earl K. Diem, 93, a resident of Brethren Village, passed away at Moravian Manor on Tuesday, July 13, 2010.Born in Lancaster County, he was the son of the late Wilson E. M. Diem and Mabel Kern Diem. He was the husband of M. Elizabeth Esbenshade Diem. They celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary June 15th, 2010.Mr. Diem graduated in 1935 from...