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Donald F. Geist

Donald F. Geist

Jan 28, 2013

Donald Franklin Geist, age 82, of 225 E Main Street, Hegins, passed away Monday, January 28, 2013 at The Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center, Lititz. He was born on Tuesday, May 20, 1930, in Hegins, a son of the late Guy and Beulah Wiest Geist. He was a 1948 graduate of the former Hegins Twp High School. He served...

Dennis J. Lucas

Dennis J. Lucas

Jan 20, 2013

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Dennis. Dennis J Lucas, age 52, of 260 Specktown Road, Lykens, passed away Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He was born on Sunday, November 20, 1960, in Lykens, a son of the late Charles and Grace Fenstermacher Lucas. He was a painter/sandblaster for District Council 21, Painters Local...

Nancy I. Otto

Nancy I. Otto

Dec 26, 2012

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Nancy. Nancy I Otto, age 76, of Fountain, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at York Terrace Nursing Center, Pottsville. She was born on Monday, May 4, 1936, in Hegins, a daughter of the late Mark and Margaret Scheib Deitrich. She was a 1954 graduate of the former Hegins Twp High School....

Brenda Lee Kuntzleman

Brenda Lee Kuntzleman

Dec 18, 2012

Brenda Lee Kuntzleman age 52, of 480 S Goodspring Road, Hegins, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born on Monday, June 13, 1960, in Pottsville, a daughter of Mary Jane Eisenhauer Morgan of Williamstown and the late Milton J Morgan. She was of the Protestant Faith. She was a member and president of the...

Wallace E Knorr

Wallace E Knorr

Dec 16, 2012

Wallace E Knorr, age 80, of 2105 E Main Street, Valley View, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He was born on Saturday, July 9, 1932, in Lykens Twp, a son of the late Edwin W and Meta M Klinger Knorr. He was a coal miner and a farmer. He had worked in numerous area...

Ruth N. Kieffer

Ruth N. Kieffer

Dec 4, 2012

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Ruth. Ruth N Kieffer, age 68, of 4449 Line Mountain Road, Klingerstown, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at her residence. She was born on Monday, October 16, 1944, in Pottsville, a daughter of the late Henry and Dorothy Eckler Wedde. She was a 1962 graduate of Tri-Valley High School and a...

Frances I. Herb

Frances I. Herb

Nov 29, 2012

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Frances. Frances Isabel Herb, age 81, of 104 Gap Street, Valley View, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Monday, January 19, 1931, in Valley View, a daughter of the late Harrison and Tillie (Schwalm) Stutzman Updegrave. She...

Ronald R. Hatter

Ronald R. Hatter

Nov 29, 2012

Ronald R Hatter, age 61, of 20 Kengrey Drive, Carlisle, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 at Harrisburg Hospital. He was born on Saturday, March 10, 1951, in Pottsville, a son of the late Leo F and Verna M Schmeltz Hatter. He was a 1969 graduate of Tri-Valley High School. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Health and Physical Education...

Robert M. Machamer, Sr

Robert M. Machamer, Sr

Nov 27, 2012

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Bob. Robert M Machamer, Sr, age 73, of 1176 E Main Street, Hegins, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 in Hegins Twp. He was born on Thursday, July 13, 1939, in Lykens, a son of the late Roland and Elsie Hummel Machamer. He was a 1957 graduate of the former Williamstown High...

Gladys E Fessler

Gladys E Fessler

Nov 23, 2012

Gladys E Fessler, age 89, of 610 Fairview Street, Pottsville, passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 at Seton Manor, Orwigsburg. She was born on Saturday, April 14, 1923, in Valley View, a daughter of the late Jonathan and Maggie Williamson Hutton. She was a 1941 graduate of the former Gilberton High School. She served in the WAVES in the US...

Earl W. Kieffer

Earl W. Kieffer

Nov 21, 2012

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Earl. Earl W Kieffer, age 83, of 216 Grove Drive, Hegins, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Schuylkill Medical Center- S. Jackson, Pottsville. He was born on Wednesday, May 22, 1929, in Leck Kill, a son of the late Harry and Pearl Dietz Kieffer. He was a graduate of the former...

Charles R Smith

Charles R Smith

Nov 11, 2012

Charles Robert Smith Sr., age 82, of 2134 E Main St, Valley View, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Schuylkill Medical Center- S. Jackson St., Pottsville. He was born on Saturday, October 18, 1930, in Ithica, NY, a son of the late Charles R. Smith and Bertha (Erdman) Smith-Bowman. He was a farmer having been employed by the former...

Anna Marie Dougherty

Anna Marie Dougherty

Nov 10, 2012

Anna Marie Dougherty, 85, of 764 Specktown Rd, Lykens passed away, Saturday, November 10, 2012 at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband Earl "Docker" Dougherty who died in December 24, 1980. Born Saturday, July 09, 1927 in Newtown, PA she was a daughter of the late Phillip and Jen Stine She attended schools...

Darlette C. Acker

Darlette C. Acker

Nov 8, 2012

To View The Online Memorial Please Click Here Darlette C. Acker, age 73, of 207 Morea Rd, Frackville, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2012 at Schuylkill Medical Center- E Norwegian, Pottsville. She was born on Sunday, June 18, 1939, in Hegins, a daughter of the late Jacob and Lillie (Strausser) Masser She was a graduate of Tri Valley High School...

Sue Ann Greene

Sue Ann Greene

Nov 5, 2012

Sue Ann Greene, age 67, of 297 Hill Road, Hegins, passed away Monday, November 5, 2012 at her residence. She was born on Tuesday, August 14, 1945, in Salem, NJ, a daughter of the late Samuel and Kathryn Friant Smith. She was a member of Friedens Lutheran Church, Hegins. She is survived by a son Fred Hauser of Donaldson; three...

Mary L Shade

Mary L Shade

Nov 3, 2012

Mary L Shade, age 87, of 1511 W Main Street, Valley View, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012 at the Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center, Tremont. She was born on Thursday, July 16, 1925, in Pueblo, CO, a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Chular Trenchak. She was a graduate of Central High School Pueblo, CO. She was a...

Gladys May Herb

Gladys May Herb

Oct 26, 2012

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Gladys. Gladys May Herb, age 74, of 1102 W Walnut Street, Valley View, passed away Friday, October 26, 2012, with family by her side, at the Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center, Tremont. She was born on Monday, May 30, 1938, in Upper Paxton Twp, a daughter of the late Russell H and...

Ernest R Morgan

Ernest R Morgan

Oct 19, 2012

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Ernest Ernest Roy Morgan, age 86, of Rolling Hills Manor, Millmont, formerly of Valley View, passed away Friday, October 19, 2012 at Rolling Hills Manor. He was born on Friday, June 4, 1926, in Valley View, a son of the late Roy and Lillie Shaffer Morgan. He served in the US Army...

Jadwiga Maurer

Jadwiga Maurer

Oct 16, 2012

Jadwiga Maurer, scholar, writer, and Holocaust survivor, died October 16, 2012, at the Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana IL. Jadwiga was born in Kielce, Poland on September 24, 1930, to Baruch and Hanna Graubard. Arriving in Germany with her immediate family as displaced persons after World War II, Jadwiga received her Ph.D. from the University of Munich with highest honors....

Bruce B. Brosius

Bruce B. Brosius

Oct 3, 2012

Bruce B Brosius, age 87, of 2101 East Main Street, Valley View, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at his residence. He was born on Sunday, November 9, 1924, in Valley View, a son of the late Daniel and Ethel Adams Bloch. He attended the former Hegins Twp High School and Steven's Trade School, Lancaster. He served in the US...

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