Obituaries

M. Joan Yeager, 89, died at the Masonic Village Health Center, Elizabethtown on Friday, November 27, 2020. She was the loving wife of the late George R. Yeager with whom she shared sixty-nine years of marriage before he passed in 2017. She was born in Lancaster to the late Mary B. (Smithson) Herr.Joan was employed by the Hamilton Watch Co....

Donald L. Grier, 87, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Masonic Villages Elizabethtown.Born in Lock Haven, PA he was the son of the late James F. and Helen K. (Long) Grier. He was the loving husband of Joan M. (Purcell) Grier for 64 years, before her passing in 2019.Don served four years in the United States Navy onboard...

Robert Delano Pennington, age 87, of Brethren Village, passed away unexpectedly November 24, 2020 at UPMC Kissel Hill hospital. He was born March 27, 1933 in Horman, West Virginia to Russel and Lina Bell (Lambert) Pennington. His parents named him after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.Robert served two years of I.W. service 1953-1955 in the Maintenance Department of Lancaster General Hospital....

Ann E. Sidebothom, 84, of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2020. She was the loving wife of the late William C. Sidebothom.Born in Collingdale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clarence D. and Violet M. (Ressler) Nagle.Ann was a woman who valued education. She was Head of the Teacher Education Department at Bryan College (Dayton, TN)...

Norma B. Hopkins, 93, passed away on November 24, 2020 at Kadima Nursing after suffering a stroke. She was born in Quarryville to the late Robert J. and Elsie Fox Lincoln.Norma attended McCaskey High School but left before graduating to work at RCA during WWII.She met the love of her life, James “Jim” Hopkins at the old Fullers Confectionary. He...

Philip D. Wynn, 84 of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2020 at Homestead Village.  Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late J. Doremus and Elizabeth M. (Robb) Wynn.Philip was a 1954 graduate of Spring City High School, Chester County, PA. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Millersville State Teacher’s College in 1958,...

Mary Jane Witman, 95, of Lancaster, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Mennonite Home. She was the loving wife of the late Jack H. Witman.  Born in Reading, PA, she was the daughter of the late Claude E. and Katherine (Reicheneder) March.She graduated from Shillington H.S. and from Albright College with a BS degree in Home Economics.Jane was...

E. Anne Conybeare Trach, formerly of North Bausman Drive, Hershey Heritage/ Kensington Club Apartments, and Oak Leaf Manor South, died November 21, 2020 at Hospice & Community Care. She was the daughter of the late Samuel E. and Elizabeth (Furniss) Conybeare. Her husband, Richard W. Trach died in 2000.A graduate of McCaskey High School Class of 1944, Anne attended Mary...

Nancy E. Adamire, 92 of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 20, 2020 at Ephrata Manor.Born in Lancaster, Nancy was the daughter of the late Esta Peters. She was a 1946 graduate of J.P McCaskey High School. She was the loving wife of sixty-two years to the late Robert C. Adamire.  Nancy was a faithful, lifelong member of St....

Doris Ann Mentzer, 82 of Newville, PA passed away on November 18, 2020 at Oak Leaf Manor in Landisville.  She was the loving wife of James A. Mentzer, Sr.  Born in Derry Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harvey G. and Erma P. (Renshaw) Hein.She spent much of her professional career as a music teacher.Doris and her...

Ruth Ann Esh, 79, of Lancaster entered into the arms of Jesus with her family by her side on Friday, November 13, 2020.  She was the wife of Jacob M. Esh, they just observed their 60thwedding anniversary.She was born in Gap, PA and was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Hannah (Lantz) Stoltzfus.She is survived by children, Martha (Douglas)...

Susan J. Wallin, age 70, of Lancaster, passed away on November 9, 2020 at Brethren Village. She was the beloved sister of Richard P. Wallin and David O. Wallin.She was born on August 31, 1950 in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida to Jane (Oakes) Wallin and Dr. Paul E. Wallin who was a Captain in the USAF.She was a graduate...

Faith M. Barnett “Faye”, age 79 of Manheim passed away at her home under Hospice care on October 29, 2020. Born in Paterson NJ she was the daughter of the late Robert A. and Elsie M. Young Beeck. Faye had been a paralegal for Zimmerman,Pfannebecker,Nuffort and Albert of Lancaster.Surviving are her sisters Sandra Riger of Manheim, and Diane Beeck of...

Carol Y. Sherr, 82, of Lancaster, passed away on November 8, 2020 at Lancaster General Hospital, due to complications from a fall. She was the loving wife of R. Kearney Sherr who preceded her in death in 2014.Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Roy L. and Carolyn (Betz) Young.A 1956 graduate of Hempfield High School,...

Elizabeth Wingender, 93, of Lancaster, passed away on November 5, 2020.She is survived by a daughter, Karen (William) Hobbs of NC, a granddaughter, Amy (Gerard) Smith of CO, two great-grandsons, Aidan and Elliott Smith of CO, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene C. Wingender.Services will be private at the convenience of the...

BELOVED SISTERAUNT, GREAT AUNTGREAT GREAT AUNTFRIENDThe Angels ushered Florence Hallman into the arms of her Lord Jesus Christ on November 5, 2020 with her family by her side at the Mennonite Home, Lancaster, PA.  We can almost hear Jesus saying “Well Done thou good and faithful Servant.  Enter thou into the JOY of the Lord” (Matthew 25:22)Born in Shamokin, PA...

Ronald “Ronnie” W. Groff, Sr., 73 of Terre Hill, Pennsylvania, passed away on November 2, 2020Born in Blue Ball, Pennsylvania to the late Samuel W. Groff and Louella M. Leed Groff.He was the loving husband of Luz Marina Groff. They celebrated their 42nd anniversary this past July.Ronnie, a 1st Class Specialist retired from United Sates Navy in 1986 after 21...

Stephanie (Webber) Brewer, 43, of Lititz, PA, passed away on November 2, 2020 from breast cancer. She was first diagnosed in 2012 and bested the disease for more than 8 years. She knew her years would be fewer than we know she deserved, so she made every one of them count.Stephanie was born in Albany, Georgia, to George and Cathleen...

Doris E. (Mylin) Biechler, 91, of Lancaster and formerly of Merion, PA, passed away on October 29, 2020 at Willow Valley Retirement Community with her daughter by her side. She was preceded in death by her loving and fun filled husband of twenty years, William McKinley Biechler, Jr.  She was also preceded in death by six siblings: John C. Mylin...

Shelly Gherke, age 60, of Lancaster PA, passed away on October 24, 2020.  She is survived by her two children, Rachel and Michael David Gherke. Shelly graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. She spent her career caring for others as a dietician in numerous hospitals and nursing homes, including Lancaster Regional Medical...