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Obituaries

Obituaries

James R. Gast, Jr.

James R. Gast, Jr.

Aug 18, 2010

James R. Gast, Jr., 67, of Quarryville, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County.He was the husband of the late Pamela Miller Gast who died in 2004. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late James R., Sr. and Anna Sherts Gast.Mr. Gast was a truck salesman for many years and was last employed by...

Gladys G. Carroll

Gladys G. Carroll

Aug 18, 2010

Gladys G. Carroll, 102, of Lancaster, triumphed over a life well lived and crossed over into Glory and into the presence of Our God and Savior as she died at home on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 following a short illness.Born August 19, 1908 in Grantsburg, WI, she was the daughter of the late Albert C. and Esther Thorssen Swanson. In...

John M. Buckwalter

John M. Buckwalter

Aug 11, 2010

John M. Buckwalter, chairman of the board of Lancaster Newspapers Inc., died unexpectedly Wednesday, August 11, 2010 while vacationing with family in Bar Harbor, Maine. He was 79.A businessman who understood the importance of local news in a community, Buckwalter devoted his life equally to the success of the business he led and the community in which he lived.Over a...

Regina F. Weatherlow

Regina F. Weatherlow

Aug 10, 2010

Regina F. Weatherlow, 90, passed away on Tuesday, August 10th, at Conestoga View. Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Bessie Viola Boas Smith. She was predeceased by her husband, Jules B. Weatherlow.Regina was a member of the last class (1937) of Girls High School, Lancaster. She was an accomplished artist and exhibited...

Earl V. Brodhecker

Earl V. Brodhecker

Aug 2, 2010

Earl V. Brodhecker, 79, of Lancaster, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at Lancaster General Hospital.He was the husband of the late Vivian Waltz Brodhecker who died in 1993. Born July 14, 1931 in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Earl R. and Esther A. Brodhecker.Earl graduated from J. P. McCaskey High School in 1949. He served in the...

John H. Siple, Jr.

John H. Siple, Jr.

Aug 2, 2010

John H. Siple, Jr., 87, of Lancaster, died Monday, August 2, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.He was married 64 years to Emma Killian Siple. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late John, Sr. and Sarah Young Siple.John had worked in the construction field and retired from Clyde Stumpf & Son. He was a...

Virginia S. Brinser

Virginia S. Brinser

Aug 1, 2010

Virginia S. Brinser, 87, of Brethren Village, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2010. Born in Leola, she was the daughter of the late Claude R. and Dorothy Frey Stauffer. She was the wife of Jack W. Brinser.Virginia was a member of First United Methodist Church, Lancaster since age 11. She was very active in the church taking part in the...

Mary Kirkpatrick Brown

Mary Kirkpatrick Brown

Jul 29, 2010

Mary Kirkpatrick Brown, musician, craftswoman, and editor of children’s folklore, died July 29, 2010 at her residence at Willow Valley Manor in Lancaster, PA. She was 91 and was the wife of the late Nicholas C. Brown.The daughter of the Rev. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick and Vernia Marks Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Brown was born in Greencastle, IN, studied piano at the American...

John A. “Jack” Dantinne

John A. “Jack” Dantinne

Jul 28, 2010

John A. “Jack” Dantinne, 91, passed away July 28, 2010 peacefully at the Glen in the Willow Valley Retirement Center.Born in Orwell, NY, his family then moved to southern New Jersey where Jack spent his childhood and eventually graduated from Salem New Jersey High School. He was the eldest son of George F. and Lillian M. Dantinne and had three...

Caroline Steinman Nunan “Carrie”

Caroline Steinman Nunan “Carrie”

Jul 25, 2010

Caroline Steinman Nunan “Carrie,” 85, of Lancaster passed away Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late James Hale and Louise Tinsley Steinman. She was a graduate of the Shippen School for Girls in Lancaster, the Greenwood School in Maryland and the Katherine Gibbs School...

Frances Mary Augusta Marshall

Frances Mary Augusta Marshall

Jul 23, 2010

Frances Mary Augusta Marshall died on July 23, 2010 after a long illness.A native of New York City, she moved to Lancaster in 1956 with her husband Victor, an employee of Warner-Lambert Company in Lititz. A mid-life graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, she worked for many years for the Lancaster YWCA.In the community, Frances became active in various retiree...

Harold A. White, Jr.

Harold A. White, Jr.

Jul 22, 2010

Harold A. White, Jr., 82, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2010, at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Columbia. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late Harold A. Sr., and Helen Moore White. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth Heilman White who died in 2001.Harold was a 1950 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College earning his degree...

Janet Mae Magee

Janet Mae Magee

Jul 16, 2010

Janet Mae Magee, 86, of Lancaster, PA, died July 16, 2010, at the Lancaster County Regional Hospital after a brief illness.Born January 17, 1924, in Quarryville, PA, Janet was the widow of Thomas John Magee who died January 18, 1972. She was the daughter of Franklin Haines Newswanger and Grace Elizabeth Ankrim.A resident of Lancaster County since 1946, she retired...

Adolph Neuber

Adolph Neuber

Jul 14, 2010

Adolph Neuber, 99, formerly of Lancaster and Owl’s Head, ME, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born in Litchfield, IL, he was the son of Edward O. Neuber and Bertha B. Pryor Neuber Cooper. Widowed twice, he was predeceased in 1980 by his first wife, Ruth Haverstick Shaub Neuber. In 1984 he married Anne Henderson...

Earl K. Diem

Earl K. Diem

Jul 13, 2010

Earl K. Diem, 93, a resident of Brethren Village, passed away at Moravian Manor on Tuesday, July 13, 2010.Born in Lancaster County, he was the son of the late Wilson E. M. Diem and Mabel Kern Diem. He was the husband of M. Elizabeth Esbenshade Diem. They celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary June 15th, 2010.Mr. Diem graduated in 1935 from...

Glenn C. Randa

Glenn C. Randa

Jul 5, 2010

Glenn C. Randa, 82, a resident of Willow Valley Retirement Community in Willow Street, Pennsylvania, died July 5, 2010, of cancer. He was born in Chicago on December 10, 1927, but grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1945, he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and in 1950 graduated from Columbia University with Bachelor and...

Robert A. Smith

Robert A. Smith

Jul 3, 2010

Robert A. Smith, 70, of Buck, PA died after a fall, on Saturday, July 3rd. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Herbert and Dorothea (George) Smith. Bob attended J.P. McCaskey High School before enlisting in the U.S. Army where he served thirty years including four campaigns in Vietnam.After retiring from the Army, Bob owned and...

Ronald B. Hill

Ronald B. Hill

Jul 3, 2010

Ronald B. Hill, 62, of Lititz, PA died Saturday, July 3rd, at the Lancaster General Hospital. He was the husband of Janice Spotts Hill and father of Stephanie M. Hill. He was also the former husband of Barbara Brubaker Hill King, father of Sean Ronald Hill, and grandfather of Josiah Shea Hill, all of Lancaster.Born in Lancaster, PA, he was...

Mildred R. Ulrich

Mildred R. Ulrich

Jun 28, 2010

Mildred R. Ulrich, 96, of Lancaster, formerly of Tucson, AZ, died Monday, June 28, 2010 at Manorcare Health Services. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Minnie Doster Rill. She was the wife of the late Dr. William O. Ulrich who died in April of 1992.Mildred attended Stevens High School and worked as an...

Douglas W. Herr

Douglas W. Herr

Jun 27, 2010

Douglas W. Herr, 40, of Leola, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, June 27, 2010, at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of William F. Jr., and Thelma Hoober Herr of Leola.He was a graduate of Conestoga Valley High School, Class of 1988 and attended New Mexico State University. He worked as a senior account manager for...

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