Jay M. Groff
Jun 30, 2022
Jay M. Groff, 91, a resident of Landis Homes, formerly of Bird –In-Hand, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Born in Bird-In-Hand on May 8, 1931, he was the son of the late Martin R. and Edna M. Groff.
He was the husband of the late Doris E. Landis Groff for 67 years, who...
Judith A. Wert
Jun 29, 2022
Judith A. Wert, age 74 of New Providence, entered into her Heavenly home on Tuesday, June 29, 2022. She was the wife of the late Elvin R. Wert who passed in 2016. She was born in Lancaster, daughter to the late Richard V. and Elizabeth M. Toms Frick. She was a member of Providence Church. She enjoyed working outside...
Evelyn R. Handel
Jun 28, 2022
Evelyn R. Handel, age 86, formerly of Holtwood, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at the Newport Meadows Nursing Center. She was the wife of the late Fred C. Handel. Born in Marion, VA, she was the daughter of the late James V. and Anna Ruth Gore Hash. She was a member of St....
Robert L. "Mike" Margerum
Jun 27, 2022
Robert L. "Mike" Margerum, age 79, formerly of Columbia, PA, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022 at Calvary Fellowship Homes, Lancaster.  Born in Mount Holly, NJ, he was the son of the late Clarence E. and Marjorie Willitts Margerum.  He was the husband of the late Kathleen M. Hallock Margerum for 31 years.  He is survived by his daughter...
Donald L. Yost
Jun 27, 2022
Donald L. Yost, age 90, formerly of Gap, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022 at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. He was the husband of the late Betsie L. Birchfield Yost who passed away on January 21, 2006 and the late Janet Wise Yost who passed away on June 16, 2013. Born in Lancaster, he was the son...
John J. Baker
Jun 27, 2022
John J. Baker of Evergreen Estates, Lancaster, PA formerly of Gap passed away June 27, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years Joan (Scarborough) Baker in 2010, his parents and sister Meta Marion Baker. Born in Lancaster the son of Guy H. and Kathryn (Kissinger) Baker. John was employed by Conestoga National Bank later...
Tyler J. Zook
Jun 25, 2022
Tyler J. Zook, 17, of Lancaster, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022.
Tyler had completed his junior year at Conestoga Valley High School where he played on the offensive line for the Varsity football team. Tyler's favorite place to be was on the football field from the time he was six years old when...
James L. Chambers
Jun 24, 2022
James L. Chambers, age 80 of Quarryville, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2022 at the Lancaster General Hospital. He was married on April 18, 1958 to the late Charlotte L. Stricker Chambers who passed away on February 9, 2022. Born in Maryland, he was the son of the late John R., the late Violet Wolf Chambers, and the...
Dorothy E. Smith
Jun 24, 2022
Dorothy Elizabeth Mowery Smith, 85, of Lancaster, entered eternal rest on Friday, June 24, 2022 at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin M. and Dorothy Keeports Mowery.
Dotty graduated for West Lampeter High School. Following her graduation, she moved from her rural Lancaster County family...
Shirley J. Maxwell
Jun 22, 2022
Shirley J. Maxwell, age 67 of Peach Bottom, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at home. She was the wife of Donald Maxwell. Shirley was born in West Chester, daughter of the late Garfield and Edna Mains Davis. Shirley enjoyed spending time with family when possible. Surviving besides her husband are 6 children; Joseph Wargo of N.C., Steven...
Joseph K. Owen
Jun 14, 2022
Joseph K. Owen, age 93, of Washington Boro, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 after a very short stay at the Mt Joy Hospice and Community Care facility. He was the husband of the late Claudia Mae Wiggins Owen and the late Gladys H. Rineer Owen. Born in North Carolina, he was the son of the late Harvey...
Robert F. Jones Jr.
Jun 11, 2022
Robert F. "Bob" Jones Jr., age 68 of Columbia, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 11, 2022 after a brief battle with cancer. He was born in Lancaster, son of the late Robert F. Jones Sr. and Marian G. Jones. Bob loved the outdoors; bird watching, observing animals, spending time with his dogs,...
Amos F. Stoltzfus
Jun 10, 2022
Amos F. Stoltzfus, age 63 of 606 White Horse Road, Gap, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022. He was the husband of Barbara E. King Stoltzfus. He was born in Parkesburg, son of the late Amos E. and Mary Fisher Stoltzfus. Amos was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Surviving besides his wife are...
Owen Clarence Reeves-Jones
Jun 6, 2022
Owen Clarence Reeves-Jones, stillborn infant son of Samantha L Reeves and Warren A. Jones of Kirkwood, passed away at the Women & Babies Hospital on Monday, June 6, 2022. Surviving besides his parents is a big brother Jesse Reeves of Kirkwood, grandparents: Steve & Michelle Wright Reeves of Kirkwood, Aunt Brandi Jones (James Frizzell) of Lancaster, Uncle Steven...
Lois Ann Risser
Jun 5, 2022
Lois Anne Risser, 89, of Lancaster, PA passed away at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital on Sunday, June 5, 2022. She was the wife of the late Jay Martin Risser who died January 29, 2019. Born in Washington, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alvin D. and Ellen McCarrell Carter.
Lois...
Frank Chester Berkey
Jun 3, 2022
Frank Chester Berkey, aka Frankie and Bubba, age 74 of Kirkwood died peacefully in his sleep on Friday, June 3rd, 2022, at the home of his caregiver, Denise Temple with whom he resided with for the last 11 years. After a brief stay in the hospital the week of April 27, 2022, Frankie was released to return home with...
Lydia F. Glick
Jun 3, 2022
Lydia F. Glick, age 79, of 439 Springville Road, Quarryville, passed away on Friday, June 3, 2022 at home. She was the wife of the late David K. Glick. Born in Gordonville, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Barbara King Esh. Lydia was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Surviving are 9 children:...
Ruth H. Book
Jun 1, 2022
Ruth H. Book, 89, of Ronks, PA went to be with the Lord peacefully on June 1, 2022 at Hospice and Community Care. She was the loving wife of Roy H. Book. Roy and Ruth were married for 69 wonderful years. Born in Paradise, she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Esther Burkhart Hershey.
John W. "Bill" Kauffman
May 29, 2022
John W. "Bill" Kauffman, age 99, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Garden Spot Village. He was born on May 3, 1923, son of the late Elam S. & Martha S. Hartzler Kauffman. He was the husband of the late Wanita Shivery Kauffman, who passed away on September 23, 2004. Bill has been a member of Bellevue...
Samuel L. King
May 25, 2022
Samuel L. King, age 69 of 456 Lynch Road, New Holland, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the Lancaster General Hospital. He was the husband of Malinda S. Glick King. Born in Gap, he was the son of the late Christ B. and Lydia Lapp King. Samuel was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Surviving...
