Obituaries

Sally Anne (Baldwin) Wiker, 88, Ephrata, PA, passed away at Landis Homes, Lititz, PA on Sunday May 13, 2108 (Mother’s Day). Loving wife of the late Carl Wiker (1923-2014). Born to James and Gladys (Ebersole) Baldwin in Philadelphia, PA on December 27, 1929. Throughout her life, she lived in Philadelphia, PA; Virginia; Lancaster, PA; Willow Street, PA; Coudersport, PA; Newville,...

Randall “Randy” E. Stewart of Lancaster, PA died at age 80 at Moravian Manor, Lititz, PA on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.  Born May 10, 1937 in Patterson NJ, he was the son of the late Mae M. (Bender) Stewart and Randall E. Stewart, Sr.A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology in 1959, Randy joined Armstrong World Industries in November 1963...

Clair M. Shearer, 81, of Lancaster, passed away on May 10, 2018. He was the loving husband of Joan S. Shearer.  Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Fred M. and Kathryn (Baxter) Shearer.After graduating from high school, Clair spent much of his career with J.L. Clark retiring as the Director of Lithography.In his spare time,...

William Kenneth Groff, Sr. joined his parents, Nelda V. (Sheaffer) and Richard V. Groff, and brothers, Richard E. and John E. Groff, in heaven on May 5, 2018. He was born in Lancaster on February 6, 1934. He was a dedicated and proud citizen of the Red Rose city and raised his family here.He is survived by his beloved wife...

Barry J. Suter, 69, of Lancaster, passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018 at ManorCare. He was the loving husband of almost 47 years to Violetta Rose Suter (Bradley).Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Donald K. and Mildred (Rutter) Suter.As a truck driver, Barry had the opportunity to travel quite a bit and to see many...

Beth Flanagan Shoemaker, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on May 1, 2018 at Lancaster General Hospital. She was born in Philadelphia, PA and was the loving wife of Michael Shoemaker.She was an active member and volunteer of the Lancaster Elks #134, and adored her inside cats and the outside cats that adopted her.She is survived by her parents; Ray and...

Jean K. Conover, 93, of Lancaster, passed away on May 5, 2018 at Willow Valley Communities.  She was the loving wife of the late Arthur G. Conover, Jr.Born in Port Carbon, PA, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin G. and Katie Mae (Weinhold) Kantner. She grew up in Reading PA and moved to Ada Ohio while her husband...

David R. Boyd, Jr.(Chuck) 66, of Willow Street, passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 with his family by his side, after a long battle with cancer from Agent Orange. He proudly served his country in the US Army in Vietnam.He was the son of the late David R. Boyd, Sr. and Betty J. Wright. He is survived by his...

Juliann Erb, 91, formerly of East Petersburg, passed away on April 26, 2018 at Ephrata Manor.  Born in East Petersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late David and Carrie (Miller) Erb. Juliann was predeceased by two brothers, Hager Erb and Roger Erb and a sister, Suzann Shelly.Juliann graduated from both Hempfield High School and Beaver College. She then...

Sarah Francis (Foster) Hemphill of the Willow Valley Communities in Lancaster PA passed on to be with her Lord on Friday, April 27, 2018 at The Glen at Willow Valley Communities, Lancaster, PA.  Born October 18, 1925 on a dairy farm in West Goshen Township, PA, she was the youngest of four children born to Robert and Elizabeth Seymour Foster. ...

Jane May Conrad, 76, of Lancaster, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Services will be private at the convenience of the family.

William Ray “Bill” Pierce, Jr., 91, of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Jeannette, PA on December 13, 1926, Bill was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Grossman Pierce. He is survived by his daughter Sheri Pierce, son Scott and Joy Pierce, granddaughter Bethany and Eric Davis and great-grandson Scottie Davis.A...

Lawrence A. George, 79, of Lancaster, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Lancaster General Hospital.  He was the loving husband of Joyce (Amirault) George, to whom he was married for 56 years.Born in Boston, MA, he was the son of the late Aubrey and Grace (Patterson) George.After graduating from Malden High School, Larry’s professional career included thirty...

James Joseph Durkin, 65, of Lancaster, PA passed away on April 19, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Mary Rose, father of Caihlin, her husband Jacob, James Joseph III, future grandfather of Joshua James, brother of John Vincent Jr., his wife JoAnn, Kathleen McGarvey, and her husband William.Jim was born to John Vincent Sr. and Mary Catherine McAllister Durkin...

Florence Lynn Harris, age 103, of the Glen at Willow Valley, Lancaster, PA and formerly of Newark, DE, died on April 18, 2018.Florence was born April 8, 1915, in Bolivar, PA, and graduated from Bolivar High School in 1932.  She graduated from Penn State University in 1936 with a degree in agriculture.  At Penn State she met her husband, Dan. ...

Donald Floyd Strausbaugh, 87 of Lancaster, PA passed away at Lancaster Care & Rehabilitation Center on March 13, 2018.Born in York, PA he was the son of the late Floyd and Ethel Strausbaugh. He was married to Irene (Aldrich) Strausbaugh.Mr. Strausbaugh was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a graduate of Oklahoma University.He...

Stanley A Berk, 86, of Lancaster died early Tuesday morning, April 17, at Garden of Lititz where he resided for two weeks. Stan was the son of Morris and Gertrude Berk of Easton, Pa.  He was predeceased by a brother, Donald.Stan was a graduate of Easton High School and Penn State University.  Upon graduation he started a career of retailing...

Anna E. Mathis(Gaskill) age 97.  Born May 26, 1920 and departed this world on April 16, 2018 to join her husband, Norman, who passed away on April 18th, 2008.  She was born and raised in Tuckerton, New Jersey and resided in New Gretna, New Jersey until 2006 when they moved to the Shores of Wesley Manor.  While at the Shores,...

Lourane B. Spaar, age 95, of Willow Valley Communities, passed away April 15, 2018 at The Glen.Lourane was the daughter of Charles and Margaret Mutchler Bastian. She was a homemaker since her marriage to Leo Jesse Spaar on June 26, 1945. She was a graduate of Williamsport High School and Lycoming College.She had worked for the War Man Power Commission...

Patricia Ann Hunter Leithead of Lancaster, PA passed away peacefully on March 29th, 2018. Born in 1935, she was the only child of the late Donald James and Mary Elizabeth Moore Hunter of Carlisle, PA.  A 1953 graduate of Carlisle High School, Patricia “Pat” graduated in 1957 from The Pennsylvania State University with a BA in Journalism and Fine Arts.  ...