Obituary Listing

Mar 3, 2013

The Reverend Mervin S. Gerhart, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Reading, died on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; he was 88 years of age. Rev. Gerhart was pastor for 28 years at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Milltown, NJ until retiring as Pastor Emeritus in 1989. He previously served the Orangeville, PA...

Mar 2, 2013

Ruth E. Fehr, 91, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Oley, PA, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Esta (Gift) Kauffman. She was married for 68 years to Russell E. Fehr of Elizabethtown. Mrs. Fehr was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown. She enjoyed playing Bridge...

Feb 28, 2013

Joanne F. (Dohner) Martin

Joanne Faye (Dohner) Martin, 73, of Palmyra, passed away with her loving family by her side on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the home of her daughter in Lebanon. She was born Monday, January 29, 1940 in Lebanon to the late Clarence and Florence Dohner. She was predeceased by her loving husband Nathaniel...

Feb 27, 2013

Feb 26, 2013

Ethel L. Zarfoss, 93, resident of Retirement Living at Masonic Village, Elizabethtown, died on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. She was a 1937 graduate of the former Lemoyne High School and a 1940 graduate of the former Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital School of Nursing in Harrisburg. A registered nurse, Mrs. Zarfoss worked at the infirmary in Brookley Field, Mobile, Alabama during...

Feb 25, 2013

STANLEY T. HOLLINGER Stanley T. Hollinger, 92, of Mount Gretna, passed away peacefully at Life Care Hospital, Mechanicsburg, PA, on Monday, February 25, 2013. Stanley was born on August 9, 1920 in Highspire, PA to the late Blaine & Sarah (Trostle) Hollinger.  He graduated from the former Highspire High School and had attended Indiana College of Technology in Fort...

Feb 24, 2013

Miriam Elizabeth Brubaker, formerly of Elizabethtown, passed away peacefully at Masonic Village in Elizabethtown on Sunday, February 24, 2013 one day after her 94th birthday. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Charlotte Gast. She was the wife of the late Paul H. Brubaker who died in 1967. She was preceded in death by...

Feb 24, 2013

Anna M. Schnoke, 83, of Hershey, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Twin Oaks Nursing Center, Palmyra. Born in Pine Grove Twp., she was the daughter of the late Paul S. and Grace (Raudenbush) Aungst. She was the wife of Clifford W. Schnoke who died in 2002.

Anna enjoyed gardening and cooking, and loved her...

Feb 22, 2013

Michael F. Verderame Sr. passed away peacefully on February 22, 2013 with his wife and 3 sons by his side. He was 88 years old. He grew up in Paterson, NJ and after serving in the US Army Air Corps during WW II he settled in Hawthorne, NJ to raise his family. During this period he was actively involved...

Feb 21, 2013

Dorothy I. Weaver, 97, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2013. Born in Elizabethtown, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Edith (Bricker) Kreider. She was the wife of the late Albert E. Weaver who died in 1993. Mrs. Weaver retired from the Savoy Shoe Factory in 1971 where she was employed as an inspector....

Feb 20, 2013

ANTHONY F. CIOFFI

Anthony F. Cioffi, 90, of Mount Joy, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Manor Care, Elizabethtown.

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Feb 20, 2013

Eugene R. “Geno” Roeting

Geno Roeting, 67, of Elizabethtown, passed away Wednesday morning, February 20, 2013 at Hospice & Community Care, Mount Joy, with his loving wife by his side. Born in Elizabethtown, he was the son of the late Francis and Alice (Brosey) Roeting. Geno worked as a maintenance mechanic at NCR, Mount Joy and retired...

Feb 18, 2013

Doris Mae (Graves) Collins, 93, of Lebanon, passed away with her loving family by her side on Monday, February 18, 2013 in ManorCare, Lebanon. She was born Friday, September 26, 1919 in Chillicothe, OH. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Frederick B. Collins in 1992; and daughter, June Marie Collins in 1963. She was the owner and operator of...

Feb 15, 2013

WILBUR E. “BUD” WEAVER

Wilbur Ebersole “Bud” Weaver was born on December 3, 1915 in West Donegal Township, R.D. Elizabethtown, PA 17022, one of seven children of Frank Horst and Sarah Ober Ebersole Weaver....

Feb 15, 2013

Edward Paul Michalek, 85, formerly of Hershey and Palmyra, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 15, 2013 at the MS Hershey Medical Center. He was born Thursday, December 8, 1927 in Lebanon to the late John S. and Anna (Matula) Michalek. He was predeceased by his loving wife Louise (Sardino) Michalek; two brothers, Frank and Joseph Michalek; a sister, Regina...

Feb 14, 2013

HOWARD C. SIPLING

Howard C. Sipling, 87, of The Masonic Village, Elizabethtown and formerly of Marietta, passed away on Thursday, February 14,...

Feb 14, 2013

Winifred Margaret (Leahy) Skorski, 95, of Dumont, NJ passed away with family by her side on Thursday, February 14, 2013. She was born Sunday, May 6, 1917 in Union City, NJ to the late David and Margaret (Moran) Leahy. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Anthony Marion Skorski.

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Feb 13, 2013

Feb 13, 2013

Elizabethtown native, Marie C. (Heilman) Lesher, 86, passed away on February 13, 2012 at the Masonic Villages in Elizabethtown, PA. She was the daughter of Milton and Eva Heilman and was born on April 30, 1926. Preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Robert G. Lesher, Marie is survived by her daughter Ann Suknaic (Steve); her son...

Feb 13, 2013

Dolly M. Rhine, 91, of Palmyra, died February 13, 2013, in the Royer House, Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, because of complications from a stroke. Dolly, born on November 18, 1921, was the oldest child of the late Walter R. and L. Anna (Krall) Diller of Dillsburg, PA. In her mid teens, she began doing domestic work. At the onset...