Obituaries

Janet E. Barthe, 92, went home to be with her heavenly father on May 26th, 2020 at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness.  She had been living at Mt. Hope Nazarene Retirement Community for the past year.  She was preceded in death by her loving husband Frank E. Barthe whom they shared 69 years of marriage.  Janet was a...

Matthew Charles Brandt, Jr., 88, of Millersville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on June 22, 2020. Matthew was an Army Veteran, having served during the Korean War. He retired from working with Yellow Freight as a driver. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Matthew relocated to Millersville, PA with his 2nd wife, Dorothy, and raised his new family. Matthew was the...

Lorraine M. Brandau,91, of Lancaster, passed away on May 20, 2020 from a 13 year battle with Alzheimer’s and dementia.  She was the loving wife of the late Clyde M. Brandau.Born in Mahoney, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Edna (Taylor) Jones.,After graduating from high school, Lorraine spent much of her life as a homemaker dedicating...

Thomas Pravata, 74, of Lancaster, passed away on May 17, 2020 at Conestoga View. He was the loving father of Jennifer Prisco, Lancaster and Danny Pravata of Staten Island, NY. He was a wonderful grandfather to Taylor, Kaitlyn, Anthony and Madeline Prisco, and Danny and Scarlett Pravata.In addition to his children and grandchildren, he is survived by a favorite son-in-law,...

Carole Lee Schweitzer, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 18, 2020. She wasborn in Great Falls, Montana and was a long-time resident of Altoona, Pa until she moved toLancaster to be closer to family.Carole was an avid painter and sculptor and especially loved creating works featuring animals and nature. She was passionately involved in the Altoona (Blair County)...

Our kindhearted ray of sunshine, Annie Cibula, peacefully joined her heavenly family on May 16, 2020, just five days shy of her 98th birthday, at the home of her daughter. She was the last of ten siblings of the Roberts family. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Talcot and Mary Roberts and was the widow of...

Jeffrey Diffenderfer, age 62, who grew up in Lititz, PA, went Home to be with the Lord on May 11, 2020.We who loved Jeff will miss him greatly, but for Jeff, his escape to heaven from the pain that has increasingly plagued him over the past decade is cause for rejoicing!! From the beginning of his life, Jeff was a...

Jeremiah Russel Graul, Jr. age 76, died on May 11, 2020 from covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. At the time of his death, he was living in a senior care memory center in Annandale, VA, but lived much of his life in Lancaster, PA. Always known as Jerry, he was born with cerebral palsy and lived a remarkable...

Floyd Eugene Bantz died on May 12, 2020.He was born on November10,1925 in North Manchester, IN, to the Rev. Wilbur Monroe Bantz and Martha Ida Blessing Bantz.Mourning his death are his wife of nearly 75 years, Alta Ruth Zook Bantz and their five children: Cheryl Ruth Bantz Westley (Arlot (Bill) Hall), Anchorage, AK; Martha Christine Bantz Johns (Robyn), Elizabethtown, PA;...

Thomas W. Schuck, 71, formerly of East Petersburg, passed away on May 12, 2020 at Hospice & Community Care.  He was the loving husband of Joan (Shultz) Schuck to whom he was married to for 50 years.Born in Ashland, PA, he was the son of the late John A. and Elizabeth J. (Mouery) DeMarco and the late Edward Schuck.After graduating...

William J. Fry III (Jeff), of Mount Gretna, passed away on May 5, 2020, after struggling for several years with a terminal illness, a struggle he bravely described shortly before his death as a “long haul.” He was 74 years old.Jeff was born in Abington, Montgomery County, in 1945, the son of William J. Fry Jr. and Esther Brittain Fry,...

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Rosemary Ann Schrom, 68, of Lancaster, passed away on May 6th, 2020.  She was the loving wife of the late Robert G. Schrom who preceded her in death in 1995.Born in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul C. and Reba C. (Collins) Wiley. She was predeceased by a sister Betty Jane Miller and a brother Richard.She...

Yoneichi “Bill” Uyeda, 96, formerly of 1924 Pine Drive, Lancaster, PA, and more recently of Homestead Village Retirement Community, also in Lancaster, passed away on April 30, 2020.Born in Tacoma, WA, on June 15, 1923, Bill was the son of the late Hideichi and Asako Takahashi Uyeda. He was the husband of Kazuko T. Uyeda for 73 years. He is...

Marjorie Robson Buzby peacefully passed on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at the age of 99 at the Glen at Willow Valley Retirement Communities in Lancaster, PA.She was born in Charleston, South Carolina but grew up in Somerville, New Jersey. She graduated from Somerville High School. Marjorie was very active in the First Methodist Church in Somerville her whole life. She...

Mary E. Long, 75, of Lancaster, passed away on May 2, 2020 at the Pocopson Home in West Chester from COVID- 19. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late James P. and Helen (Drake) Papez. She was preceded in death by husbands John Bernhardt and Donald Long Sr., and her daughter Brenda Bascone in 2018.Mary was employed...

Joanne Brubaker May passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 5 at the age of 89. Joanne was born to Lester Houser Brubaker and Ada Gamber Brubaker on Feb 8, 1931 in Lancaster on the Strasburg Pike. She graduated in 1949 from West Lampeter Township High School and attended Wheaton College for 1 year.She...

Catherine Ocker Mills, 74, of Willow Street PA, passed away on May 2, 2020 at Hospice & Community Care after a long illness.  She was the loving wife of Roger A. Mills for 55 years and mother of 3 children Darrel, Michael, and Denise. Born in Franklin County PA, she was the daughter of the late Aaron G. Ocker Sr....

William R. Hemperly, Jr., 92, of Lancaster, passed away on May 2, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late William and Fannie (Wiker) Hemperly. He was married 59 years to the late Betty J. (Harple), before she passed in 2015.Bill was in the high school trade program at J.P. McCaskey and...

W. Edward Pederson of Lititz passed away Tuesday morning at Luther Acres from complications due to COVID-19. He was 92. Mr. Pederson was born in Superior, Wisconsin, to the late Wellington and Susie Pederson.  His wife of 53 years, Josephine Groseclose Pederson, died in 2005.He served in the U.S. Navy during the final days of World War II and attended...