Obituaries

Glenn C. Randa
Jul 5, 2010
Glenn C. Randa, 82, a resident of Willow Valley Retirement Community in Willow Street, Pennsylvania, died July 5, 2010, of cancer. He was born in Chicago on December 10, 1927, but grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1945, he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and in 1950 graduated from Columbia University with Bachelor and...

Ronald B. Hill
Jul 3, 2010
Ronald B. Hill, 62, of Lititz, PA died Saturday, July 3rd, at the Lancaster General Hospital. He was the husband of Janice Spotts Hill and father of Stephanie M. Hill. He was also the former husband of Barbara Brubaker Hill King, father of Sean Ronald Hill, and grandfather of Josiah Shea Hill, all of Lancaster.Born in Lancaster, PA, he was...

Robert A. Smith
Jul 3, 2010
Robert A. Smith, 70, of Buck, PA died after a fall, on Saturday, July 3rd. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Herbert and Dorothea (George) Smith. Bob attended J.P. McCaskey High School before enlisting in the U.S. Army where he served thirty years including four campaigns in Vietnam.After retiring from the Army, Bob owned and...

Mildred R. Ulrich
Jun 28, 2010
Mildred R. Ulrich, 96, of Lancaster, formerly of Tucson, AZ, died Monday, June 28, 2010 at Manorcare Health Services. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Minnie Doster Rill. She was the wife of the late Dr. William O. Ulrich who died in April of 1992.Mildred attended Stevens High School and worked as an...

Douglas W. Herr
Jun 27, 2010
Douglas W. Herr, 40, of Leola, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, June 27, 2010, at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of William F. Jr., and Thelma Hoober Herr of Leola.He was a graduate of Conestoga Valley High School, Class of 1988 and attended New Mexico State University. He worked as a senior account manager for...

Hiram L. “Bud” Walls
Jun 22, 2010
Hiram L. “Bud” Walls, 86, formerly of Lancaster, passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at his home in Lititz. Born in Millington, MD, he was the son of the late Hiram T. and Catherine S. Moffett Walls. He was married to Jane E. Rogers Walls.Bud served as a CPO in the U. S. Navy during WWII. He and his family...

Richard B. “Dick” Imhoff, Sr.
Jun 22, 2010
Richard B. “Dick” Imhoff, Sr., 63, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully into the arms of the Lord surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at home. He was the loving husband of Carol M. Wanger Imhoff, his beloved wife of 42 years. Born in Lancaster on December 31, 1946, he was the...

Dr. John Clark May
Jun 22, 2010
John Clark May, 75, of Lancaster, PA, died on June 22. A lifelong resident of Lancaster, he was married to Edith Zimmerman May. They would have celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on July 1. He was the son of the late George D. and Bernice C. May. A graduate of The Hill School in Pottstown, PA, Princeton University, the University...

Helen R. Musser
Jun 21, 2010
Helen R. Musser, 93, formerly of Rohrerstown, passed away at Luther Acres, Lititz, on Monday, June 21, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Abram and Elsie Gross Rudisill. She was the wife of the late Henry Jay Musser who passed away in September of 1971.Helen was born and lived most of her life in the Rohrerstown area. She...

Wayne A. Godfrey
Jun 20, 2010
Wayne A. Godfrey, 92, of Homestead Village in Lancaster, PA, died Sunday, June 20, 2010. He was born in Clarkston, Utah. He was the husband of the late Mary H. (Gutridge) Godfrey who died in 1976 and the husband of the late Barbara (Stovall) Godfrey who died in 2007.An Army veteran, Wayne served in Europe during World War II. After...

Philip Colton Gordon
Jun 18, 2010
Philip Colton Gordon, age 79, died at Hospice of Lancaster PA on June 18, 2010. He was a resident of Willow Valley Retirement Community in Willow Street, PA. Born in Upper Marion Township, PA, he was the son of the late Philip William Gordon and Grace Colton Gordon. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Clarissa Huntington Dyer...

Clyde M. Whitaker
Jun 18, 2010
Clyde M. Whitaker, 91, of 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia, PA died June 18, 2010 at St. Anne’s Retirement Community.Born in Lancaster on September 11, 1918, he was the son of the late Ira and Gertrude Mays Whitaker. He had been married to the late Ethel Falk who died in February, 2000.Mr. Whitaker was a graduate of the former Lancaster Boys...

Robert H. Ranck
Jun 17, 2010
Robert H. Ranck, 89, died Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Landis Homes, 1001 East Oregon Rd., Lititz, PA.Born July 22, 1920 in Rohrerstown, he was the son of the late David H. and Susan (Hostetter) Ranck. He was a lifelong member of the Rohrerstown Mennonite Church.He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Alta (Hoover) Ranck and six children,...

Anne E. Peifer
Jun 16, 2010
Anne E. Peifer, 93, of 1520 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Born in Salunga, she was the daughter of the late J. Howard and Maude Peifer.She graduated from the former Millersville State Teachers College in 1939. In 1963, she received her MS in Elementary Education from Temple University. Her teaching career began in 1940 in a one...

Capt. Gunvald Gundersen
Jun 16, 2010
Capt. Gunvald Gundersen March 5, 1912-June 16, 2010He was born in Arendal, Norway to Carl and Frieda Gundersen and immigrated to the United States as a young man. He lived with his family in Brooklyn, NY and in New City, NY before moving to Willow Valley North in Lancaster, PA.Gunvald was married to Clara Tellefsen for 64 years. He was...

Richard Lawrence Falk
Jun 15, 2010
Richard Lawrence Falk, 88, of Millersville, PA, passed away June 15, 2010. He was the husband of the late Margaret Russell Falk who died in 1991.A graduate of Manor High School, now Penn Manor High School, and an alumnus of Millersville State Teachers College, now Millersville University, Falk was a musician, teaching piano and organ. He was also an organist...

William W. Moyer
Jun 14, 2010
William W. Moyer, 61, of Lancaster died unexpectedly on June 14 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Sunbury, he was the son of the late George W. and Helen Y. Moyer. Bill was the husband of Melanie (Molly) Everts Moyer, with whom he would have celebrated 39 years of marriage on August 22. In addition to his wife, Bill is...

Patricia Stokes Gagnon
Jun 14, 2010
Patricia Stokes Gagnon, 70, of Smithfield, VA, passed away Monday, June 14, 2010. A native of Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Bernice Cuddy Smith. Patricia had been a Smithfield resident for the past 6 years.A beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Patricia enjoyed bingo, cooking classes and church activities. She was a member of...

J. Albert Seldomridge
Jun 12, 2010
J. Albert Seldomridge, 81, of Lancaster, died at Landis Homes on Saturday, June 12, 2010 of complications due to Parkinson’s Disease.Al was the husband of Shirley Warner Seldomridge, with whom he celebrated 57 years of marriage on March 21.Born in New Holland on March 16, 1929, he was the son of the late Paul W. and Estella Keckler Seldomridge.He was...

Dorothy K. Hess
Jun 11, 2010
Dorothy K. Hess, 85, of Willow Street, died Friday, June 11, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.Mrs. Hess was married 63 years to Walter E. Hess. Born January 25, 1925 in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Ada Kreider Gochnauer.Dorothy was a homemaker who earlier in life had worked at Central Market and...