Obituaries

Douglas Dean Davis, 63, of Dillsburg died Monday, January 5 2015 after a brief illness.  He was preceded in death by his life partner of Cynthia Gulage Dagen.Born in Lewistown, PA, on April 25, 1951, he was the son of Joyce Metzger Davis and the late Dean Doyle Davis.   In addition to his mother, Douglas is survived by two sisters...

Frank P. Farkas, a resident of Pleasant View Retirement Community since 1996, passed away at his home on Monday, December 22, 2014. He was born in Budapest, Hungary on September 22, 1921, the only child of Ferenc Pal and Emma Farkas. Due to the invasion and occupation of his country at the start of World War II, he relocated to...

Marybelle (Crawford) Enslen, 93, of Lancaster, PA, died on Tuesday, December 30, 2014, after a year of rapidly declining health during which she lived with grace, faith and fortitude. She was the daughter of the late Glenn M. and Mabel Montgomery Crawford.She was born on May 31, 1921, in Latrobe, PA. Marybelle went on to graduate from Allegheny College in...

Sharon Swope Schmid passed away peacefully on Friday, January 2, 2015 at Hospice and Community Care, Mt. Joy, PA with family by her side following a serious illness of several years. Born January 5, 1945 in Lancaster County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Margaret R. and Henry M. Swope.  She married Dennis C. Schmid in 1965 who...

Mildred G. Albright, 90, a resident of the Mennonite Home, died Sunday, December 28, 2014.She was the wife of the late Ross E. Albright, Jr. who died in 1999.  Born in New Holland, she was the daughter of the late Amos and Bertha Frank Smith.Mildred had worked many years at the former Hubley Toys.  She was a member of Covenant...

Emmet “Jim” C. Eckman II, 79, a Lititz resident and a life-long resident of Lancaster County, entered into rest on December 27, 2014.Emmet was the son of Emmerson F. and Maud M. (Myers) Eckman.   He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Edna M. Eckman and sister Betty Mandros.   He has 2 children, Emmet C. Eckman, III husband of...

Terrance “Terry” R. Sheaffer, 85, of Lancaster, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Christmas Eve, 2014, at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy, surrounded by his daughter Ann Sheaffer and his caregiver Gail Barnes, both of whom he resided with. Born in Lancaster, PA in 1929, he was the son of the late A. Paul and...

Howard D. Eckhart, 89 of Lancaster, PA passed away peacefully at his home on Christmas Eve, December, 24, 2014. Born in Hopeland, PA on January 9, 1925, he was the son of the late Stuart E. and Maude Dailey Eckhart. He was the husband of Jessie Jones Eckhart to whom he had been married 67 years.Dr. Eckhart attended a 2...

Lillian M. Nissley, 97, currently of Camp Hill, PA, passed away peacefully, to meet her lord, with her family by her side on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Manor Care Health Services in Camp Hill, PA. She was the loving wife of the late Wayne C. Nissley, Sr.Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Albertus and...

Patricia S. Jensen, 84, of Willow Street, PA shared her life with her husband, Richard W. Jensen, for the past 61 years. She died December 20, 2014 at the Lakeside Skilled Care Facility at Willow Valley.Born in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth A. and Frances Pickens Smith. In 2004 she and her husband moved to...

Randall Lewis Gillett, 65, of Lititz, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Iowa City, IA in 1949, he was the son of Phyllis Teasdale and the late Frank Albert Gillett. Randy was the husband of Sonja “Soni” Kelley, of Lititz, with whom he spent 6 ½ years of loving marriage.Randy graduated from...

Betty M. Cornell was born on November 23, 1921 in Lancaster, PA to her parents Robert G. and Goldena C. Houser.  She passed away at the age of 93 on December 14, 2014 in Ft. Myers, FL.Betty was a resident of Ft. Myers Beach since 1982 and was formerly of Lancaster, PA.  She retired from RCA after working there for...

Eleanor Budding Yohn, 98, of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2014 at her home. Born in Lancaster in 1916, she was the daughter of the late William D. and Anna (Weller) Budding. She was the wife of Clarence E. “Judge” Yohn, who died in 1996.After graduating from Stevens High School, she went on to get her Associates Degree...

Frank G. Goodhart, Jr., 86, of Lancaster,  went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 15, 2014 at Hospice & Community Care surrounded by his loving family.  He was the husband of Margaret “Peggy” (Vinson) Goodhart who was his “sweetheart” for 66 years.Born in Lancaster, PA., he was the son of the late Frank G. Goodhart, Sr. and...

Doris Marie Neiman Leibold, age 86, died peacefully at Conestoga View, Lancaster, on Sunday, December 14.She retired in 1986 from Armstrong World Industries after 38 years of service. She was a supervisor in the Floor Order Sales and Services Department, and served on the Executive Board for the Activities Association for more than 25 years.She was a member of St....

Dorothy Lorraine Herr Sangrey, 97, of Brethren Village, Lancaster, died unexpectedly of natural causes Thursday at Bob Fryer & Family Inpatient Center, Hospice and Community Care, in Mt. Joy.The daughter of Harry Herr and Henrietta Smith Herr, she was born on April 9, 1917 in Baltimore, MD, and moved at age 4 to Conestoga.  Dorothy played piano by ear by...

Rev. Jonathan Currier, 57, of Lancaster, PA passed away Wednesday December 10th 2014 He was the Rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church inManheimTownship for the past five years. Prior to that he was the Rector of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in NewCarrollton, MD for seventeen years. He graduated from Harvard University in 1979 with a BA in Near Eastern Languages...

Dennis “Denny” C. Rice, Sr., 66, of Conestoga, went home to be with Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ on December 10, 2014.  He leaves behind his beloved wife of 36 years Marina (Jung) Rice.Born and raised in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of Pauline Rice.He retired from Kellogg’s after 21 years of employment, prior to that he was...

Ann Smithgall Rineer, 82, of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2014 after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Edna Smithgall, of Lancaster. She was the wife of the late Richard D. Rineer.Born in Lancaster in 1932, she was a graduate of J.P. McCaskey High School.Ann was a member of both the Rodney...

On Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 11:00 A.M., after a brief battle with cancer, surrounded by family and friends, on a rainy morning befitting the way all who knew him felt after his passing, Arthur “Artie” Delmont Calvert, Jr., left this world and passed onto the next.Born January 3, 1954, Artie who was 60 years old and who was described...