Obituaries
Ann Steel Gigliotti
Dec 9, 2023
Ann Steel Gigliotti, passed away December 9, 2023 at the Glen at Willow Valley Communities, Lancaster PA. She was born August 16, 1938 and was raised in Pittsburgh PA and attended Shadyside School of Nursing and had a career as a nurse anesthetist.Ann moved to Delaware and met her future husband Dominick Gigliotti and they married July 30, 1966, Dom...
Anna M. Martin
Dec 9, 2023
Anna M. Martin of Millersville, went to be with her Savior on December 9, 2023, at St. Anne’s Retirement Community. She was 92 years young. The daughter of Ernest and Lillian Oettel, Anna was born in Lancaster, the second to youngest of seven children. She was the wife of Lewis C. Martin and they would have celebrated 71 years of...
Joyce W. Alexander
Dec 8, 2023
Joyce Weick Alexander, 94 years old, passed away on Friday, December 8,2023 at the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community.Joyce was born on August 13, 1929 in the Bronx, New York. She was predeceased by her parents Bertha and Frank Weick and her older sister Eileen Lackenback. She is survived by her loving cousins, Dorothea Smith Carson of Floral Park, NY and...
Carolyn M. McDonie
Dec 8, 2023
Carolyn M. McDonie, 93, passed away at Brethren Village, December 8, 2023. Born May 13,1930 in Charleston, WV, she was the daughter of the late Earl Q. and Susan A. Mollohan. She was the wife of the late Arthur F. (Pat) McDonie. At the time of his death in November 2012, they had been married for 63 years. A current...
Wilbur L. Slaymaker
Dec 4, 2023
Wilbur L. Slaymaker, age 92, passed away peacefully on December 4, 2023 at Willow Valley Communities,Lancaster, PA.Formerly of Kinzers, PA, he was born in 1931 in Warsaw, IN to Myron D. and Verna M. (Leedy) Slaymaker.Wil was one of four children, Dorothy Mitterling, of San Antonio, TX, Wayne D. Slaymaker (deceased) of Pierceton, IN, and Marilyn Kilgore (deceased) of San...
Shirley L Curry
Nov 30, 2023
Shirley Louise Curry, 84, of Lancaster, passed away November 30, 2023, at home under hospice care and with loved ones. She was the wife of the late George F. Curry, Jr. for 42 years until his passing in 2001. Born in Elizabethtown, she was the daughter of the late Bernard C. ‘Ace’ and Dorothy M. (Philips) Jacobs. A 1957 graduate...
Susan L. Ackerman
Nov 28, 2023
Susan L. (Smith) Ackerman, 77, formerly of Lancaster, PA, passed away into the loving arms of Jesus on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at her home – Traditions at Brookside – in McCordsville, IN. She fought a valiant five-year battle with Endometrial/Uterine Cancer.Born on October 4, 1946, in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. Smith and L....
Janet K. Sheely
Nov 25, 2023
Janet K. Sheely died on Saturday, November 25, 2023 of complications from a stroke earlier that week. She was in her 93rd year.Born in Lancaster in 1930, she was the daughter of the late Arthur S. Wiker and Esther Christ Wiker. Her brothers, Carl and Don, predeceased her. Janet started school in the Lampeter School District and graduated from J.P....
Rolf Hickman
Nov 24, 2023
Rolf Hickman (Professor Emeritus )Rolf Hickman died November 24, 2023, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was born in Pittsburgh and was preceded in death by two sisters and his wife of fifty-three years, Helen Carew Hickman, a noted ecclesiastical designer. He is survived by a niece, five nephews and their spouses.His early years were anything but typical. Intrigued by live theatre...
Janice Louise Lehman
Nov 20, 2023
Janice Louise Lehman, 96, of Willow Valley Communities, Lancaster passed away on November 20, 2023. She was the wife of the late Curtis Samuel Lehman with whom she celebrated 57 years of marraige. She is survived by her daughter Linda Louise Lehman, her spouse Sharon Christine Bumbarger, and their children and her beloved grandchildren: Kyra Kim, Tai Nicholas and Quin...
Rev. Joseph R. Faith
Nov 20, 2023
Reverend Joseph R. Faith went to be with his Lord and Savior on 20 November, 2023. He was 97 years old. He was born in Camden, New Jersey, the son of Paul D. and Maggie Faith. He had two brothers and three sisters, all of whom predeceased him. His wife of 64 years, Norma E. Faith (nee Gaskell) passed on...
Sara Strathmeyer
Nov 18, 2023
Sara Strathmeyer, 63, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at her home in Lancaster.Born in Lancaster, PA she was the daughter of the late James M. and Helen (Martin) Strathmeyer.She graduated from Manheim Township High School in 1978.For 15 years, Sara was the primary care giver for her late mother, Helen Strathmeyer who passed away October 5, 2023...
Jose Ramon Rodriguez-Rodriguez
Nov 15, 2023
Jose Ramon Rodriguez-Rodriguez, 45, passed away on November 15, 2023.
He was the loving husband of Rebecca (Hernandez) Rodriguez.
Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, he was the son of Domingo and Rosa (Rodriguez) Rodriguez.
Prior to becoming disabled which unfortunately left him unable to work, Jose spent much of his professional career as a Medical Device Inspector.
In his spare time, Jose enjoyed playing...
Larry J. Coyle
Nov 12, 2023
Larry J Coyle, 68 of Lancaster PA passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2023. Born in Johnstown, PA, but his fondest memories were the years he spent in Holtwood, PA. He was the son of the late James R Coyle, Jr.A 1973 graduate of Penn Manor High School, Larry went on to make a career as a welder, pipefitter, and...
Kimberly Louise Rentschler
Nov 11, 2023
Kimberly L. Rentschler, 57, of Manheim Twp. passed away on Saturday, November 11 at Lancaster General Hospital from complications of a 45-year struggle with anorexia. She was born September 2, 1966 at the Reading Hospital, the daughter of Rochelle V. (Behney) Rentschler and David M. Rentschler. Her sister Melissa (Rentschler) R Kingsley and husband, Dirk were very close to her...
John “Jack” Bitzer
Nov 10, 2023
John “Jack” Bitzer, 88, of Lancaster, PA passed away on November 10, 2023 after a long illness. Jack was one of seven children of Clarence and Margaret Bitzer, who operated Bitzer’s Hotel in Bird in Hand. He was married for 68 years to the late Nancy (Kautzman) Bitzer. They had three children, Cynthia (Ned) Longenecker, the late Jeffery Bitzer, and...
Glenn A. Ezard
Nov 9, 2023
Glenn A. Ezard, 89, of Woodcrest Villa, formerly of 1018 Nissley Road, Lancaster, died November 9, 2023. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Arthur E. Ezard, Sr and Lauretta E. Ezard. He was the husband of Marie Ezard, who died in 2001. He was employed at Armstrong as a machinist for 40 years, retiring in 1992. He served...
Janice Louise Carpenter
Nov 8, 2023
Janice Louise Carpenter, 94, of Lancaster, passed away on November 8, 2023 at Homestead Village. She was the loving wife of the late Clair Carpenter.Born in Lancaster, PA she was the daughter of the late Howard and Miriam Luttenberger.After graduating from Manheim Township high school, Janice spent her life dedicated to her family as a homemaker.In her spare time, she...
Mary Joan Barney
Nov 7, 2023
Mary Joan Barney, 88, of Lancaster, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at Brethren Village, Lititz. Born in Brooklyn NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles F. Braught Sr. and Mary Hipple Braught. She was married for 48 years to the late David J. Barney.Joan was a 1953 graduate of Mount Joy High School. She was employed at...
Elizabeth Whetstone Booda
Nov 6, 2023
Elizabeth Whetstone Booda (Betty) slipped into the arms of her loving Savior on Monday, November 6, 2023 while residing at The Glen, Willow Valley Communities, Lancaster, PA. She was just shy of her 100 th Birthday.Betty was born on December 3, 1923 at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, PA; the daughter of the late Walter Warren Whetstone and Clara Grace Fulmer...
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