Obituaries

Dorothy Schimp DuFrain passed quietly on November 22, 2012, at the age of 103, at Messiah Lifeways at Messiah Village in Mechanicsburg, PA.Born in Lancaster on October 25, 1909, Dorothy lived there until her retirement years which she spent in Florida.  She worked many years at Watt & Shand department store as buyer for Hazel Bishop and Dorothy Gray cosmetic...

Violet F. Erb, 94, a resident of Landis Homes Retirement Community, died Sunday, January 6, 2013.She was the wife of the late Martin Erb.  Born in Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late Oliver N. and Alma Stief Forrey.Violet had retired from the former Landis Poultry.  She enjoyed sewing, quilting, needlework and crocheting.  Many of the items she...

Jean H. Whittemore, 93, of Landisville, passed away on Monday, December 31, 2012 at her home.  She was the loving wife of the late Harold E. Whittemore.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Baird) Hall.She was a proud member of Bethany Presbyterian Church in Lancaster.She was a graduate of Larson’s College.In her...

Arthur E. Gaskill, 83, of Lancaster, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Hospice and Community Care, Lancaster.  Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Roy S. and Golden Wright Gaskill of Cape May Courthouse, NJ.  He was the husband of the late Esther Mann Gaskill who died in July of 2011.Arthur attended Middle Township High...

Marie Rutherford (nee Shorrock), 86, of Lancaster passed away at BrethrenVillage on Friday, December 28, 2012. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Nellie (Hodge) Shorrock. She was married to the late Russell H. Rutherford for 57 years and lived in the East Falls section of Philadelphia until 2006.Marie was a homemaker and also ran...

Jane L. Wenger, 92, of Stevens, PA and formerly of Lititz, PA died Tuesday, December 25that the Denver Nursing Home.  She was the widow of John A. Wenger who died August, 1992.  Born in Lancaster, PA she was the daughter of the late Harry J. and Elizabeth Leeds Lamparter.  She graduated from Linden  Hall in Lititz, PA.Jane was the first...

John Henry Kilheffer, 87, of Millersville, PA, passed away on December 27, 2012 in Millersville. He was the loving husband of Mary Ellen (Thomas) Kilheffer.He was born on December 28, 1924, in Lititz, Pennsylvania to the late Abram and Dorothy (Amand) Kilheffer.He was a member of the Sunnyside Mennonite Church where he served as a teacher and superintendent.John was a...

Naomi C. Russell, 86, of Lancaster entered into eternal rest Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Lancashire Hall following a lengthy illness.Born in Rohrerstown she was the daughter of the late Elmer L. and Naomi Ruth McQueney.A lifelong resident of Lancaster, Naomi, worked 27 years at the former Keppel’s Candy Factory.  She later retired from the former Kerr Glass Company after...

Florence A. Muehleisen, 95, of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 at Hospice and Community Care, Lancaster, PA.  A life-long resident of Lancaster, she resided at Willow Valley Retirement Communities for the past twelve years.   Born on October 4, 1917, she was the daughter of the late J. Landis and Anna M. Norbeck.   She was preceded in death...

Lois York West passed onto Heaven on December 24, 2012. Born in Mars Hill, Maine on May 29, 1929, she was the daughter of Violet Varney and Floyd E York.  Lois is survived by her devoted husband Kenneth A. West.  The Wests have resided at Calvary Fellowship Homes in Lancaster since September of 2007. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary...

Randy W. Angelo, 59, of Lancaster, died Friday, December 21, 2012 at Hershey Medical Center.He was married 22 years to Minda A. Seiple Angelo.  Born in Chester, PA he was the son of Hilda Lee Wilson Angelo of Marietta, and the late Frank A. Angelo.Randy was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.  He was employed in the sales...

Lloyd Metzler Weaver, 84, of Lancaster, passed to our Lord on Saturday,December 22, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Hospice and Community Care, Mt. Joy, PA.Born in Strasburg, he was the son of the late Jonathan R. and Anna Metzler Weaver.  He was the husband of Mary Jane Hersh Weaver.Mr. Weaver’s career began with his service in the U.S. Navy, followed...

Claude J. Bubb, Jr. went to the Lord on December 19, 2012.  Claude was born in Danville, PA December 3, 1919, the son of the late Claude J. and Hazel Bubb. Raised in Milton, he attended the First Methodist Church and graduated from Milton High School in 1937. In 1947, he graduated from Bucknell University with a B.S. degree in...

Vivian H. Erickson, 94, a resident of Conestoga View, died Thursday, December 20, 2012She was the wife of the late George F. Erickson who died in 1997.  Born July 7, 1918 in Oklahoma City, OK she was the daughter of the late Bill Wright and Veda Jordan Wright Kiker.Vivian was a homemaker.  She enjoyed Bible study, church activities, traveling and...

Beth passed away with her loving family by her side.Surviving are her husband of 53 years Don, daughter Jill, Son Jim, Jim’s wife Ronna and their daughters Nicole and Isabelle.  Beth’s first love was family.Services will be private.

Margaret (Esbenshade) Tate Lefever, 93, passed away, surrounded by her family, at her Lancaster home, on Tuesday December 11 after a lengthy battle with dementia.Born on July 7, 1919 in Lancaster, she was daughter of John W. and Grace M. Esbenshade. Margaret was a graduate of Manheim Township School District; received a bachelor’s degree in Education – Math and Sciences,...

Robert E Marion Jr., 79, of Lancaster, passed away at Essa Flory Hospice Center on December 9, 2012 surrounded by family.He was the husband of Barbara Rutter Marion and they celebrated fifty years of marriage on July 27, 2012. Born in Lancaster PA, he was the son of the late Robert E., Sr. and Marie Bowman Marion. Bob was employed...

Lydia M. Weaver, 102, of Lancaster passed away on Friday, December 7, 2012 at home with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late Earl L. Weaver. She was born in West Sadsbury, PA, the daughter of the late Robert H. Lesher & Myrtle Elizabeth (Radcliff) Lesher.She was a floor supervisor at the former Stehli Silk...

Lawrence H. Skromme, P.E., 99, an internationally renowned agricultural engineer, farmland preservationist, and antiques collector, died peacefully on Monday at home surrounded by his loving family.Hired as Sperry New Holland’s Chief Engineer in 1951, Skromme reorganized the engineering division, separating testing and design. He pioneered using teams of design, production and service engineers working with marketing specialists to create a...

Susan J. Liebig, 51, of Lancaster, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 1st, 2012 at her home. She was the loving wife of D. Michael Liebig.Born in Washington D.C., she was the daughter of Matthew C. Brandt Jr. and the late Dorothy Lou Brandt.She lived most of her years in the Millersville area attending Penn Manor High School and Millersville...