Obituaries
Katharine "Kit" E. Seidel
Mar 24, 2009
Katharine “Kit” E. Seidel, 91, of Willow Valley Manor North, formerly of Hershey’s Mill, West Chester, PA, died March 24, 2009 at Lancaster General Hospital.Born in Mount Vernon, NY, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Alfred C. and Alma Batty Emmel.She attended Northfield Seminary and graduated from Mount Holyoke College. Her working career culminated as an Administrative Assistant...
Anna Mcmillen Kraft
Mar 24, 2009
Anna McMillen Kraft, 98, of Masonic Village, formerly of 209 Ruby St., Lancaster, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.Born in Columbia, she was the widow of Edward C. Kraft, Sr. and daughter of the late George and Ella Hubley McMillen.Mrs. Kraft was a long-time member of First Reformed U.C.C. of Lancaster.She taught in a one-room schoolhouse for one year...
Ruth Marian Alexander Zimmerman
Mar 23, 2009
Ruth Marian Alexander Zimmerman, 91, of Woodcrest Villa, Lancaster went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 23, at 10:15 p.m. at the Mennonite Home. She was the wife of the late John H. Zimmerman.Born in Lancaster, the former Alexander’s Grocery Store on Main St. in Manheim was her parents’ business and her original home. After graduating from...
Ruth W. Williams
Mar 21, 2009
Ruth W. Williams, 76, of Lancaster, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Hospice of Lancaster County while under the loving care of her family and Hospice after a five-year battle with cancer.Born May 5, 1933 in Moosic, PA, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Nellie Ramage White. She was the wife of J. Barry...
Reta R. Hake
Mar 21, 2009
On Saturday, March 21, 2009, Reta R. Hake, 79, of Conestoga, surrounded by her loving family passed peacefully and went home to be with the Lord.She was born on February 23, 1930 in Talmage, PA to the late Spencer A. and Ruth G. Rupp.On August 1, 1953 she married Gerald C. “Joe” Hake and they reared their three children: Jerry...
Frederick R. Strock
Mar 19, 2009
Frederick R. Strock, 87, of Lancaster, died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Lancaster General Hospital.He was the husband of Dorothy Buckley Strock Born in Minneapolis, MN, he was the son of the late Rev. Dr. Henry B. and Katharine Reiley Strock.Mr. Strock retired from Wachovia Bank. He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.Surviving besides his wife is a...
Luther D. “Luke” Dunlap
Mar 18, 2009
Luther D. “Luke” Dunlap, of Willow Street, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at Lancaster Regional Medical Center. Born in Lancaster on July 26, 1922, he was the son of the late John Mylin and Stella Goss Dunlap. He was a 1941 graduate of J.P. McCaskey High School, and attended Stevens Trade School. He then worked at Bearings Company from 1941...
Helen V. Norbury Musselman Clayton
Mar 12, 2009
Helen V. Norbury Musselman Clayton, 97, of Ephrata, PA passed away on Thursday, March 12th, following a short illness.Helen was born April 26, 1911 in Port Deposit, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Charles Y. and Bertha (Wayne) Musselman. She was the wife of the late Albert E. Clayton. Helen was a former member of the Eastern Star...
Eugene Frederick Resh, Jr.
Mar 12, 2009
Eugene Frederick Resh, Jr., 83, of Lancaster, passed away, Thursday, Mar. 12, 2009 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mt. Joy. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Eugene F. Sr., and Elizabeth M. Baker Resh. He was married for 32 years to Carol Ann High Resh.Eugene worked for 33 years for Alcoa in security. During WWII, he...
Lillian P. Jester
Mar 10, 2009
Lillian P. Jester, 92, a resident of the Willow Valley Retirement Community, Lancaster, PA died at the home on Tuesday, March 10, 2009.She was married 63 years to Walter H. Jester. Born in Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Damian and Mary Bartkow Perozok.Lillian was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Church in Lancaster.Surviving besides her...
John C. “Sonny” Hohenadel, Sr.
Mar 9, 2009
John C. “Sonny” Hohenadel, Sr., 80, of New Providence, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.He was married 58 years to Dolores Benedict Hohenadel. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Frank F. and Margaret A. Rhoads Hohenadel.Sonny retired from Aggregates in Leola and had started his working career at the...
Hazel E. Welsh
Mar 7, 2009
Hazel E. Welsh, age 91, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Willow Valley in Lancaster.The daughter of the late Lewis and Helen Welsh, she was born in Wilmington, DE and lived there until moving to Pennsylvania in 1986.She was employed at the Del Chapter of the American Red Cross during WWII and also served as a volunteer for over 25...
Dorothy E. "Dottie" Kowerski
Mar 7, 2009
Dorothy E. “Dottie” Kowerski, 61, of 633 Poplar St., Lancaster, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Moravian Manor, Lititz, PA after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Lawrence M. Kowerski, Jr., to whom she was married for 36 years.Born in Lancaster County, Dottie was the daughter of the late William J., Sr. and Elizabeth Zook Baughman.A long-time and...
Howard Lloyd (Bud) Hofer
Mar 5, 2009
Howard Lloyd (Bud) Hofer, age 83, formerly of Wilmington, DE, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2009 with his family at his side.Born in Wilmington, DE, Bud was the son of the late, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew D. Hofer. He graduated from Wilmington High School in 1943.Bud served in the Navy during World War II on the U.S.S. Hermitage. Later,...
Mildred Dochterman
Mar 3, 2009
Mildred Dochterman, 99, formerly of Rohrerstown, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at the Mennonite Home, where she had resided for the past eight years.She was the wife of the late Clayton W. Dochterman who died in 1961. Born in East Lampeter Township, she was the daughter of the late Amos and Mary Harnish Huber.Mrs. Dochterman had worked at the Central...
Ida M. Hoover
Feb 23, 2009
Ida M. Hoover, 91, a resident of Landis Homes Retirement Community, formerly of Mountville, died Monday, February 23, 2009 at the Essa Flory Hospice Center.
She was the wife of the late Malvin E. Hoover who died in 1999. Born February 11, 1918 in Pequea Twp., she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Fannie Mellinger Sangrey.
Mrs. Hoover was a...
Curtis Samuel Lehman
Feb 22, 2009
Curtis Samuel Lehman, 83, of Willow Valley Manor, Lancaster, died Sunday, February 22 at Arbor View of Willow Valley after gracefully enduring years of declining health. He and his wife, Janice Weaver Lehman, have celebrated 57 years of marriage. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Linda Lehman, her life partner, Sharon Bumbarger and their children...
Betty Jane Frey Fridinger
Feb 22, 2009
Betty Jane Frey Fridinger, 82, of Lancaster, died Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.She was the wife of the late Charles R. Fridinger, Sr. who died January 29, 2009. Born in Smithville, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester A. and Florence N. Kline Frey.Mrs. Fridinger was a self- employed beautician for 31...
Joan H. Stauffer
Feb 21, 2009
Joan H. Stauffer, 76, of Lancaster, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Edgar M. and Mary E. Pyle Houck. She was the wife of the late Donald A. Stauffer who passed away in January of 2007. They had been married for...
Maryellen Reynolds Sebastian
Feb 16, 2009
MaryEllen Reynolds Sebastian, in her 73rd year, died at her home on February 16, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer.Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Walter Worth Reynolds and Marie Kuhnle Kreider and the stepdaughter of the late J. Mark Kreider. She is survived by two daughters, Caren S. Sebastian of Lancaster, and Cindy S....
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