Obituaries
Almira (Allie) Veghte Shaffer
Apr 17, 2010
Almira (Allie) Veghte Shaffer, 93, a resident of Willow Valley Manor North, Lancaster, PA, died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at her residence.Born in Griggstown, NJ, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Cora Davis Veghte. She was a graduate of Somerville, NJ public schools and Rider College (now University) in NJ.Allie was employed as a medical secretary...
Harriet (Chua) Yang
Apr 14, 2010
Harriet (Chua) Yang, 88, of Lancaster, PA, peacefully entered eternal life on Wednesday, April 14 at The Glen of Willow Valley.The third of 13 children, she was born in Xiamen (Amoy), China on July 20, 1921 and lived in China and the Philippines prior to her arrival in the U.S. in 1949. In addition to her schooling in China, she...
Mary K. Hemperly
Apr 14, 2010
Mary K. Hemperly, 87, formerly of W. Lemon St., Lancaster, died Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the Mennonite Home.Mary was the wife of the late J. Walter Hemperly, Jr. who died in 2006. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Clayton and Cecelia Forry Keller.Mrs. Hemperly was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist...
Roberta W. Nelson
Apr 10, 2010
Roberta W. Nelson, 93, a lifelong resident of Bainbridge, PA, died Saturday, April 10, 2010 at the Rheems Nursing and Rehab Center.Born in Bainbridge, she was the daughter of the late Ethel Wile. She was the wife of the late Joseph W. Nelson who died in 1977.Roberta graduated from the former Maytown High School and attended the Lancaster Business School....
Walter E. Herman
Apr 6, 2010
Walter E. Herman, 85, of Lancaster, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County.He was the husband of the late Myra Williams Herman who died in 1996. Born February 23, 1925 in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Edwin and Esther Adamire Herman.Mr. Herman retired from Nabisco where he had been employed as a truck driver...
I. Lorraine Healy
Apr 5, 2010
I. Lorraine Healy, 91, of 250 Parkview Heights Rd., Ephrata, PA died Monday, April 5th, at home. Formerly of Pleasure Rd., Lancaster, PA, she was the widow of V. Roger Healy who died August of 1994. Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Iona Little Walters. She was a member of Grandview United Methodist...
Jane M. Schultz
Apr 4, 2010
Jane M. Schultz, 87, of 1402 Hollywood Dr., Lancaster, died Sunday, April 4, 2010 at home. Born in Clarks Summit, she was the daughter of the late Harry G. and Erie Eber Murphy. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, William R. Schultz, who died in April of 2007. Also, she was preceded in death by...
Virginia M. Freeman
Mar 30, 2010
Virginia M. Freeman, 83 of 2301 James Buchanan Dr., Elizabethtown, PA died Tuesday, March 30th at the Lancaster General Hospital. She was the widow of Clarence C. Freeman, Jr. who died February 19, 2007.Born in Lancaster, PA she was the daughter of the late Jacob E. and Margaret Hull Miller. Mrs. Freeman was a 1944 graduate of J. P. McCaskey...
Helen M. Martin
Mar 30, 2010
Helen M. Martin, 94, formerly of Marietta Ave., Lancaster, passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Columbia. Born in Marietta, she was the daughter of the late J. Raymond and Dorothea Huzzard Miller. She was married to Harold E. Martin and celebrated 62 years of marriage last November.A homemaker, she also worked as a clerk for...
Diana Jangdhari
Mar 29, 2010
Diana JangDhari, 83, of Lancaster, passed away Monday, March 29, 2010 at Lancaster General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Joseph JangDhari, who passed away in 1969.She was born in Trinidad, where she grew up with her 13 brothers and sisters. She and her husband later moved to the United States. She will be remembered for her strong...
Donald G. Boughman
Mar 29, 2010
Donald G. Boughman, 87, of Lancaster, died peacefully at Mennonite Home, surrounded by family, on Monday, March 29, 2010. Born in Walnut Bottom, PA, he was the son of the late Emory and Harriet Hefflefinger Boughman. He was married for 62 years to the late Audrey Leininger Boughman, who passed before him in January of 2006.Don was an active member...
Charles A. Kraft
Mar 27, 2010
Charles A. Kraft, 72, of Mifflin, PA and formerly of Lancaster, PA, died Saturday March 27, 2010. Born in Lancaster, PA he was the son of the late Edward C. Sr. and Anna McMillen Kraft. He was a 1956 graduate of McCaskey High School. Charlie spent most of his life as an auto mechanic at various locations in Lancaster. He...
Nancy B. Siegler
Mar 25, 2010
Nancy B. Siegler, 77 of Lancaster, PA died Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County. She was the wife of Paul L. Siegler II, and in October, 2010 they would have celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary.Born in Manheim, PA she was the daughter of the late Leo F. and Elma Brandt Blanck. Mrs. Siegler was a member of...
Frances R. Greenawalt
Mar 23, 2010
Frances R. Greenawalt, 92, a resident of the Mennonite Home, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy.She was the wife of the late Ralph E. Greenawalt who died in 1978. Born in Manor Twp., she was the daughter of the late Daniel M. and Esther A. Rutt Mellinger.Frances had been employed at the former...
Edwin J. Barber
Mar 19, 2010
Edwin J. Barber, 95, of Willow Valley Lakes Manor, Willow St., PA, formerly of Wilmington, DE died Friday, March 19, 2010.Born on a farm near Onarga, IL, he graduated from the University of Illinois in 1940 and earned a Master’s Degree from Virginia Tech in 1941.He was a supervisor in government ammunition manufacture during World War II and later a...
Peter D. Williams
Mar 19, 2010
Peter D. Williams, 52, of East Petersburg, passed away Friday, March 19, 2010 at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Sarah Zerphy Williams of East Petersburg, and the late Jacob H. Williams.Peter was a 1980 graduate of Millersville State College. He worked as a packaging buyer for Hershey Foods. He was...
William F. Kinderwater
Mar 18, 2010
William F. Kinderwater, 84, of Lancaster, died peacefully at his home on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Bill was the husband of Frances S. Kinderwater.He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Joseph and Ida Kinderwater. He served his country in the US Navy in the South Pacific during WWII. Following his service, Bill graduated from the University of Minnesota with...
Clarence Huse Groah
Mar 18, 2010
Clarence Huse Groah, 88, of Lancaster, died Thursday, March 18, 2010.He was married 68 years to Emily J. “Lee” Fulton Groah.Mr. Groah retired from RCA where he had been employed for over 40 years. He had been a Freemason for over 50 years.Surviving besides his wife is a son, Clyde Huse Groah of Lititz; five grandchildren; one great grandchild; and...
Charles R. Slaugh
Mar 12, 2010
Charles R. Slaugh, 97, died Friday, March 12 at Homestead Village. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late William and Lena Schwan Slaugh. He was married to Verna (Campbell) Slaugh for 52 years, until her death in 1988. He later married Dorothy Kessler, who died in 2001.Charles joined the Lancaster County National Bank in 1929 as a...
Helen E. Wesley
Mar 10, 2010
Helen E. Wesley, age 101, formerly of Lancaster, died at Cornwall Manor Nursing Home on March 10, 2010, from natural causes.She was born in Lancaster on September 22, 1908, to the late Jacob B. and Elizabeth (Buckwalter) Bowman. Helen was the wife of the late Howard C. Wesley who died in 1979.Helen was a legal secretary for many years, retiring...
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