Obituaries

Michael John Lafferty, 54, of Landisville, PA, died Sunday, August 7th, 2011 at Hospice of Central PA, Harrisburg, PA. He was the husband of Alcira Maldonado Lafferty with whom he would have celebrated 28 years of marriage November 5, 2011. Born in Boston, MA, he is the son of Edward Lavelle and Margot Footer Lafferty of Waban, MA. He was...

Ruth Sanders Verwohlt, of Homestead Village, Lancaster, PA, died on August 4, 2011.Born Ruth Burriss Sanders on August 12, 1916 in Follansbee, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Howard Byron and Mary ­Burriss Sanders.Raised in Follansbee, West Virginia, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio & St. Clairsville, Ohio, she was a 1934 graduate of St. Clairsville High School.She married Harold...

Joseph L. Hall, 79, of ­Lancaster, died Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at Oak Leaf Manor in Landisville.He was married 52 years to Shirley Barr Hall. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late James A. and Miriam Ressler Hall.Joseph was a construction electrician with IBEW for 38 years. He was also employed as the plant engineer at Dutch...

Florence E. Dando of Lancaster, PA, formerly of Glenside, PA and Avalon, NJ, died July 29, 2011 at The Glen at Willow Valley.Born February 10, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA she was the daughter of the late Samuel Wylie Brown, Jr. and Florence (White) Brown. She was married to the late Charles A. Dando. She was predeceased by her brother Samuel...

Anna “Ann” Gol, 80, of Akron, and formerly of Lititz, passed away on Wednesday, July 27th, at Moravian Manor in Lititz. She was the loving wife of the late Andrew Gol who died in 2000.Ann was a courier for over 15 years, traveling many miles from Lititz to Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, Connecticut and many points in between. She...

Anna “Ann” Gol, 80, of Akron, and formerly of Lititz, passed away on Wednesday, July 27th, at Moravian Manor in Lititz. She was the loving wife of the late Andrew Gol who died in 2000.Ann was a courier for over 15 years, traveling many miles from Lititz to Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, Connecticut and many points in between. She...

John L. (Jack) Hampton, 79, beloved husband of Judy Miller Hampton, passed away peacefully July 25 at Homestead Village after battling cancer for 18 months. He was the son of John L. Foy and Dorothea Flanagan Foy and was adopted by P.T. Hampton and ­Regina Foy Hampton following his mother’s death.Jack grew up in Meyersdale, Pa. After an honorable discharge...

Paul E. Grossglass, 85, of Lancaster, died Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.He was married 63 years to Janet A. Martin Grossglass.  Born in Beaver Falls, PA he was the son of the late Otto C. and Verna Shanor Grossglass.Paul retired from Watt & Shand after 34 years of employment. At the time of...

Adeline C. Holliday, 90, of Willow Valley, Lancaster, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 24, 2011. Born June 19, 1921, at Old Forge, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Martha Williams Curnow. She was predeceased by her husband, Alan S. Holliday, on January 8, 2010. They had celebrated 64 years of marriage at the time of his...

Ellen C. “Dolly” St. Arnaud, 70, of Lancaster, died Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy after a lengthy illness.Born in Quincy, MA she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Pinnette and Anthony and Elsie (Brayall) Polini.Ellen had worked as an auditor for Lancaster County Mental Health and Metal Retardation (MH/MR) for 20 years...

Esther R. Gaskill, 80, formerly of 121 Crestmont Ave., Lancaster, PA, died Thursday, July 21st at Hospice of Lancaster. She was the loving wife of Arthur E. Gaskill with whom she had been married 60 years.Born in Creswell, PA, Mrs. Gaskill was the daughter of the late Gilbert K. and F. Lena Wade Mann. She was a member of Grace...

Jack L. Fields, 87, of Lancaster, died peacefully at sunset on July 15, 2011, at LGH after a brief illness. Jack and Priscilla “Pat” Fagan Fields, his wife of 63 years, previously had lived in Beaver and Coraopolis, PA, before moving to Lancaster in October of 2009. Jack read the Lancaster newspaper from cover to cover as a way of...

Bree “Breezy” Taryn Caffey, 22, went home to Jesus on Friday, July 15, 2011 at home surrounded by her family. She had fought a courageous 11 month battle with Burkitt’s lymphoma.Born January 31, 1989 in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of Jeffrey D. and Robin L. (McFadden) Caffey of Willow Street. She graduated from Penn Manor High School in...

Anne M. Glowa, 95, of Landisville, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2011 with her family by her side at Oak Leaf Manor North.Born in New York City, Anne was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Maria (TanZone) Muccio. She was married for 48 years to John P. Glowa, who died in 2005. Early in her career she worked...

John C. Buch, Jr., 92, formerly of 1961 Drexel Avenue, Lancaster, died Friday, July 8, 2011, at Masonic Homes in Elizabethtown.He was the husband of the late Miriam E. (Leonard) Buch who died in 2003. Born July 7, 1919 in Lancaster, he was the son of the late J. Calvin and Dora Gainor Buch.Mr. Buch was a Corporal in the...

Judy L. Kushner, 62, of Lancaster, died unexpectedly Thursday, July 7, 2011 at her home.She was the wife of the late Thomas Kushner who died in 2004.  Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Frank, Jr. and Arlene Finefrock Fletcher.Judy thoroughly enjoyed her employment as a teacher’s aide with IU13. Previously she had worked at R. R....

Mark R. Eaby, Jr., 88, of Brownstown, PA passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz, PA.  Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Mark R. and Margaret Mowery Eaby. He was married to his wife,  M. Joan Eaby, for 65 years.A lifetime resident of Lancaster County, Mr. Eaby graduated from Franklin and...

Elizabeth Augusta Claus Reilly, 89, died July 6th, 2011 at Mount Joy Hospice of Lancaster County, surrounded by family.Born in Naumburg, Hesse, Germany, Oct. 2, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Marie (Weinrich) Claus.The family emigrated in 1923 and settled in the Philadelphia. Betty worked in family-owned bakeries throughout her teen years. During WWII, she worked...

Helen Marie Lamparter Unger died in Christ June 29th at the age of 101. She was the wife of the late John H. Unger who died in 1995.  They were married on February 10, 1943. Born in Lancaster, PA on April 2, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Lorenz and Lizzie Metzler Lamparter. She attended the Lancaster public...

Nancy H. Bare, 91, of 665 Willow Valley Square died on July 1, 2011 at The Glen at Willow Valley. Born December 3, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin B. and Leah Bard Herr. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Kendig C. (“Casey”) Bare, who died in 1989. After graduation from the...