Obituaries

Jan 14, 2009

Richard Earl Felter passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy, after a long and courageous struggle with multiple myeloma. He was born June 9, 1931 to the late Jacob and Ida Felter.Richard is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Marilyn; three children, Carol (Eddie) Steele of Atlanta, GA, and Brandon,...

Jan 13, 2009

Walter F.”Jupe” Schleenbaker, 86, of Wickshire Circle, Lititz, formerly of Englewood, FL, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Walter F., Sr. and Florence Bowman Schleenbaker. He was married 68 years to Miriam Long Schleenbaker.Along with his family, Walter was part owner and operator of the National Novelty...

Jan 13, 2009

Dr. Thomas E. Wolf, 91, a dentist for many years in Lancaster, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, at Brethren Village following an illness.Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Charles F. and Emily Irene Rudisill Wolf.Dr. Wolf was a 1936 graduate of Lancaster Boys’ High School, where he played varsity football, and a 1940 graduate of Millersville...

Jan 12, 2009

Mrs. Geraldine Funk Alvarez died Monday, January 12, 2009. She was the wife of the late Colonel Antonio Alvarez. They were married 56 years.

She was born in Lancaster, daughter of the late Oscar and Myrtle Howry Funk, both of whose ancestors were among the first settlers of Lancaster County in the early 1700’s.

Mrs. Alvarez graduated from The Shippen School for...

Jan 10, 2009

Elizabeth L. Gibney, 102, of Greensboro, NC, formerly of Lancaster, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Yuninger Munson. She was the wife of the late Delmar Gibney in 1988, and the late Harold Landis.She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC, where she was a member...

Jan 1, 2009

Howard M. Weller, 91, of Lancaster, died Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.He was the husband of the late Greta Hoover Weller who died in 2003. Born in Ironville, he was the son of the late John C. and Helen J. McFadden Weller.Mr. Weller retired from the former New Holland Machine Co., now CNH...

Cornelia Anne Kolarich, known to her friends and family as ‘June’, 96, of Lancaster, passed away on May 11, 2022 at Lakeside at Willow Valley Communities. She was the loving wife of the late Thomas R. Kolarich.Born in East Orange, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Cornelia Ulmer. June graduated from East Orange High School and...

Floyd R. Jury, age 96, of Lancaster, passed away on May 10, 2022 at Willow Valley Communities.  He was born in Canton, OH to Cloyd Jury and Ada Ophelia (Laird) Jury.  He was married to his dear wife Erma from 1960 to 1982 until she passed away.  Floyd was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Landisville, PA.Floyd served...

Nancy Elaine (“Nan”) Netscher, 86, passed away peacefully Friday, April 29, 2022 at Moravian Manor Communities, where she lived with her husband, C. Nat Netscher.  During her final illness, she wrote the following summary of what she felt was most meaningful in her life.“I was born at home in Lititz, PA, on April 4, 1936, to Helen (Eshleman) and Tom...

Lowell L. Hoover, 87, of Lancaster, passed away on May 8, 2022 at his home. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Lloyd L. and Thelma Jane Grimley Hoover.Lowell was a 1952 graduate of J.P. McCaskey High School. In February 1953 he entered into the U.S. Marine Corps where he served in the 38thParallel in Korea...

Charles Yrigoyen, Jr., a resident of Willow Valley Communities, died May 9, 2022. Son of Rev. Charles Yrigoyen, D.D. and Erma Mae (Suters), he was born December 9, 1937 at Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School,  B.S.), Lancaster Theological Seminary (B.D.), Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Temple University (Ph.D.), he was awarded an...

Joyce Kay Peters, age 81 of Lancaster passed away May 4, 2022 at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy. Born in Lancaster the daughter of the late Joseph S. and Kathryn Munson Welk, she was predeceased by her husband Charles R. in 2016, her granddaughter  Bobby Leigh Flora, 2 brothers and 3 sisters.Mrs. Peters is survived by her daughters...

Sandra “Sandi” Kay McLaughlin Richard Wood, age 66, of Talmage, passed away on April 18, 2022, at her home. She was born on August 13, 1955 in Lodi, Ohio, the daughter of Wayne A. and Mary J. (Seaman) McLaughlin. She graduated from Norwayne High School (Creston, Ohio) in 1973 and went on to get her Bachelor’s of Science degree in...

Edwin A. Geisler, 88, of Lancaster, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at Woodcrest Villa. He was the loving husband of Sylvia (Burns) Geisler. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Theodore and Catherine Geisler.Ed spent much of his career as a Test Engineer for Acme Markets as head of its’ technology department developing two...

Virginia Felten Masterson, age 92, stepped peacefully into Eternity while in the presence of family on April 30, 2022 in Lakeside at Willow Valley, in Willow Street, PA.  She was the loving wife of the late James Everett Masterson to whom she was married for 67 years.Born in Sheboygan, WI, on May 9, 1929, Virginia “Ginny” was the daughter of...

Henry Chester Haverstick, born February 2, 1918, of Manor Township, passed on to his Heavenly home on April 28, 2022 at the Mennonite Home. He was the son of the late Harvey and Ada Stauffer Haverstick. Orphaned at the age of 10, he was raised by his newly married uncle, the late Benjamin G. and Martha Stauffer.The mother of his...

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33Norine E. Roth Grantz, 94, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday afternoon, April 24, 2022, in Milton, Massachusetts, after suffering a serious stroke.Norine was born on September 22, 1927, in Reamstown, PA, to Herbert and Ellen...

Vicki Lynn Kitch, 67, of Strasburg passed away on April 22, 2022. She was the loving wife of Wayne Kitch for 47 years. She struggled with stroke and Wallerian Degeneration for 7 years and finally cancer. Vicki was a 1972 graduate of Conestoga Valley High School and worked at various motels and department stores before establishing Kitch Tree Farm and...

On Good Friday April 15, 2022 at about 2:30 p.m., Jerry Baldwin entered into eternity with the Maker of Heaven and Earth, Jesus, God’s only Son.Jerry was a member of Wheaton College class of 1960. He graduated from Penn Dental School in 1964, and retired as a Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy in 1966.Jerry served as a dentist for 34 years...

Robert Claude Fryberger, 85, of East Petersburg, passed away the week of April 4th 2022. Robert was preceded  in death by his loving wife of 42 years, T.J. Fryberger.Born in Lancaster Pa, he was the son of the late Claude and Josephine (Greenawalt) Fryberger.Robert was a proud graduate of JP McCaskey High, class of 1954, where he was a student...