Obituaries

Katherine W. “Billie” Mowday Messer, of Conestoga, died Monday, February 8, 2010.She was the wife of the late Charles J. Messer, Jr. who died August 2, 1996. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Ida Katherine Shenk Mowday.She was a 1952 graduate of Manor-Millersville High School, now Penn Manor. Billie was a secretary at...

Jane Esther Pugh, 89, formerly of Rockville, MD, died Saturday, February 6th, at the Glen at Willow Valley. Born in Norwalk, CT, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Jennie Gray Pugh.Mrs. Pugh was a member of the Rockville United Methodist Church in Rockville, MD. She attended Ohio University and was a budget analyst for the office of...

George H. McBride, 93, of 675 Willow Valley Square, Lancaster, PA died Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Glen at Willow Valley. He was the husband of Jean Schoffstall McBride and they celebrated 72 years of marriage. Born in Clifton Heights, PA he was the son of the late John and Janet Curruthers McBride. He was a member of First...

Constance A. McCartney, 89, died Friday, January 29, 2010 at Audubon Villa in Lititz.She was the wife of the late John McCartney who died in 1975. Born in Bremerton, WA she was the daughter of the late Edwin F. and Mildred Abrams Anderson.Constance was employed at Armstrong World Industries as an interior designer for over 30 years. She was a...

William Wheeler Boyce III, 63, of Lititz passed away suddenly on Friday, January 29, 2010 at Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center, Lititz, PA.Born in Baltimore, MD, son of the late William W., Jr. and Nancy Wiley Boyce, Bill spent most of his youth in the Lancaster area – specifically Grandview Heights and he attended Manheim Township Schools. He graduated...

Kathryn T. Hebbe, 101, formerly of Lancaster, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at the Rheems Nursing Center. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John G. and Minnie Fritz Haselwander. She was the wife of the late Richard P. Hebbe who died in 1982.A homemaker, she also worked at the Bayuk Tobacco Co. She was a...

Mary E. Steffy, 85, a resident of Audubon Villa in Lititz, formerly of Paradise, died Monday, January 25, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County.She was married 61 years to the late David L. “Chew Tobacco” Steffy who died in 2006. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Harry A. and Theresa Ream Frankhouser.Mrs. Steffy worked as a...

R. Gordon Yoder, 91, of Meadow Ridge, Willow Valley, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2010. Born in McPherson, KS, he was the son of the late Rev. W. H. and Elva Herr Yoder. He was married to Glee Goughnour Yoder who died in 2005 after 66 years of marriage.A graduate of Orange Township High School, South Waterloo, Iowa, and...

Evelyn K. Cottrell, 93, a resident of Country Meadows, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.She was married 65 years to the late Richard B. Cottrell who died in 2004. Born in Bradford, OH, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Orissa Orndorf Katherman.Mrs. Cottrell was a homemaker and a member of...

Fay L. Minnig, 89, of Lancaster, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the Mennonite Home.She was married 67 years this past Saturday to Morris W. Minnig. Born in Tremont, PA she was the daughter of the late William and Carrie Oxenrider Adams.Mrs. Minnig was a registered nurse, graduating from the Reading Hospital School of Nursing, and retired from Lancaster General...

Mina Elizabeth “Bets” Rill, of Lancaster, passed away Monday, January 18, 2010 at her home. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Minnie Doster Rill.A 1941 graduate of J. P. McCaskey High School, she worked for the former RCA and retired from Hamilton Watch Co. She was a member of Salem United Church of...

Almira S. Ashley, 100, a resident of the Mennonite Home died Saturday, January 16, 2010. She was born October 6, 1909 in Bridgeton, NJ.She was the wife of the late Norman D. Ashley who died in 1988.Mrs. Ashley was a Pediatric and Public Health Nurse in South Jersey for many years. She moved to Lancaster in 1988 and had resided...

Godfrey Engle, a native Lancastrian, graduated from Lancaster Boys High in 1937 and Franklin and Marshall College in 1941. During WWII, he served as a chemist at the Oakridge facility in Tennesse. He retired from Armstrong World Industries as a Production Chief Chemist in 1982, after 37 years of service. He was a charter member of Hamilton Park United Church...

Ada Reba “Arbee” Buchwalter Bachman of Lancaster went Home to be with her Lord on Friday, January 15th, 2010.She was the wife of John N. Bachman, Sr. They celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary on June 15, 2009.Born in Lancaster City on July 22, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Omar Neff and Ada Ranck Buchwalter.In addition to her...

Ruth Brain, 75, went home to be with the Lord whom she loved on January 14, 2010 at Calvary Fellowship Homes where she was a long-term resident. Ruth, born February 19, 1934, was the daughter of Dow and Amelia Stam Brain. Just minutes before she entered the presence of the Lord, a small group of choir members from her church...

Dorothy C. Graves, 87, of Lancaster died at home on Thursday, January 14, 2010.She was the wife of the late Lee Dale Graves who died in 1991. Born in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Miriam Smith Funk.Mrs. Graves retired from Millersville University where she had been employed as a secretary to the vice president for...

June E. Ammlung, 90, a resident of Lakeside at Willow Valley, Willow Street, PA died at the home on Wednesday. January 13, 2010.She was the wife of the late Charles C. Ammlung, Jr. who died in 2002. Born in Narberth, she was the daughter of the late Barry S., Sr. and Rosalind Clover Hall Mellor.Mrs. Ammlung was a homemaker and...

Marion S. Walton, 96, of 400 St. Luke Dr., Lititz, PA died Monday, January 11th, at Lancaster General Hospital. She was the widow of Earl R. Walton who died September, 1975. Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Gardner A. and Lillian Denlinger Sayres. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lancaster.Mrs....

George H. Breniser, 86, of Lancaster, died Sunday, January 10, 2010 at The Glen at Willow Valley.He was the husband of the late Loretta J. Bayler Breniser who died in 2002. Born in Slaymakertown, PA he was the son of the late Benjamin, Sr. and Georgiana Erb Breniser.Mr. Breniser had owned George’s Garage and then had worked for Daffin, Inc....

Marjorie Louise Krepp, born August 3, 1923, in Rocky Grove, PA, to Bert B. and Edna Rose Wertman, died January 9, 2010, in Lancaster, PA.Hers was a life well lived. A graduate of Grove City College, Mom was an innate educator coaxing even the most reluctant learners through A Tale of Two Cities and the pluperfect tense in Spanish. She...