Lancaster High School Alumni Obituaries

Steven L. Douglas age 48 of Almena WI died unexpectedly at the Cumberland Memorial Hospital in Cumberland WI on Wednesday October 1 2025. Steven Lee Douglas was born on April 261977 in Lancaster WI the son of Donald Barbara Myers Douglas. He grew up in Luck WI and attended Luck High School where he...

Donald Don Donnie Lee Hostrup age 72 of Lancaster Minnesota passed away peacefully on Sunday December 28 2025. Don was born in Hallock MN and spent his life rooted in the values of hard work family and friendship. He attended and graduated from Lancaster High School in 1971. Don married the love of...

Ronald Eugene Shepherd 95 of Kirksville Missouri passed away on Saturday January 31 2026 at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia Missouri. The son of Eugene Early Shepherd Jr. and Velma Ruth Gingerich Shepherd he was born on December 11 1930 in Kirksville Missouri. He was a graduate of th...

Nelson Lee Tallman 83 of rural Queen City Missouri passed away at the Schuyler County Nursing Home in Queen City Missouri on Monday January 26 2026. The son of Carl Edson and Beulah Maude Snider Tallman he was born on October 10 1942 in rural Queen City Missouri. He was a graduate of the Lancaster H...

Joan Dean Webster 91 of Queen City formerly of Glenwood Missouri passed away on Thursday January 8 2026 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville Missouri. The daughter of Leo Vicq and Mabel Louise Snowbarger Dean she was born on October 27 1934 in Coatsville Missouri. She was a 1953 gradua...

John Charles Farrell 80 of Lancaster Missouri passed away on Monday January 5 2026 at the Macon Health Care in Macon Missouri. The son of Charles Theodore and Nelle Clara West Farrell John was born on April 9 1945 in Kirksville Missouri. He was a graduate of Lancaster High School in Lancaster Missou...

Son of Kenneth and Eva Holman Larry was born on November 4 1946 in Keokuk Iowa. He was a 1963 graduate of Scotland County R1 High School a 1968 graduate of Northeast Missouri State College with a B.S. in Education and a 1972 graduate of Central Missouri State University with an M.S. in Education. He...

Gwenda Roene Bergman Jackson 85 of LaPlata Missouri formerly of Lancaster Missouri passed away at the LaPlata Nursing Home in LaPlata Missouri on Monday January 26 2026. The daughter of Harold Earl and Thelma Eudora Forbes Bergman she was born on October 23 1940 in Lancaster Missouri. She was a grad...

Jeff Redding was born in Kirksville Missouri and passed away unexpectedly at his home in Las Vegas Nevada at the age of 63. Jeff was blessed with a daughter Camryn Redding of Phoenix Arizona. He was the beloved son of Dianna Ledford Morgan and Ron of Lancaster Missouri. His brother Michael Jane Ann ...

Donna May Pruner Welte 76 of Springfield Missouri formerly of Lancaster Missouri passed away on Tuesday January 6 2026 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joesph Missouri. The daughter of John Eugene and Zelpha May Ruggles Pruner she was born on June 12 1949 in Centerville Iowa. She was a graduate of Kirksvi...

Ronald Allen Miller 66 of Lancaster Missouri formerly of Oskaloosa Iowa passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at the Schuyler County Nursing Home in Queen City Missouri. The son of Jimmy Allen and Mary Kathryn Cook Miller he was born on May 16 1959 in Burlington Iowa. He was a 1977 graduate of the S...

James David DeMartino 72 of Glastonbury CT. beloved brother of Chuck DeMartino passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday January 13 2026. Jim was born February 14 1953 in Lancaster PA to the late Charles and Patricia Shenk DeMartino. After growing up and graduating high school in Lancaster he mo...

Philip T. Lancaster Jr., 82, died following a very brief illness on January 25, 2026, days before his 83rd birthday. Phil was born on January 31, 1943 to Philip T. Lancaster, Sr. and Louise Burke Lancaster in Atlanta, Georgia. The family moved to Jonesboro, Georgia where Phil grew up. He started sch...

    Shirley Marlene Hall, 81, of rural Novelty, Missouri, passed away Monday, September 22, 2025, at the LaBelle Manor in LaBelle, Missouri.    She was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 25, 1944, the daughter of William Lorenzo and Louise Marie Derscheid Paulsen.    Sh...

William Robert Kynoch, 85, passed away peacefully on January 13, 2026. He was born February 28, 1940, in West Springfield, Massachusetts to William Alexander Kynoch and Jean Marie Spooner. After his father was killed in World War II, the family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lan...

Patrick Daniel McGraw 79 passed away on February 2 2026 at Lakeview Healthcare and Rehab in Boonville MO. His last year was challenging as he dealt with Parkinsons disease and Lewy Body Dementia but he kept a positive attitude. Dan was the first New Years baby of 1947 in Lancaster OH born to the lat...

Gerald J. "Jerry" Lancaster, 88, of Ridgeley, WV, passed away January 18, 2026, at Cumberland Healthcare Center after an extended illness.Born September 9, 1937, in LaVale, MD, he was the son of the late Gerald H. Lancaster and Fanny A. (Kessell) Lancaster.  In addition to his parents, he was p...

Raymond Francis Lancaster, 85, of Cumberland, MD, passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at Peace Healthcare at The Lions Center.Born April 26, 1940, in Cumberland, he was the son of the late John Robert and Georgiana Lancaster. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, ...

t is with deep sadness we announce the passing of the beloved Reverand John Henry Jabo Cornelius who has been called home to the Lord and entered his eternal rest on January 28th 2026. Born on July 15th 1947 in Lancaster South Carolina Rev. Cornelius known affectionately as Jabo received his early e...

Mrs. Annie Mae Lancaster Morgan a former longtime Washington NC resident and a current resident of Spring Arbor Assisted Living of Greenville age 101 passed away on Saturday January 31 2026. Mrs. Morgan was born in Beaufort County on July 2 1924 and grew up on Charlotte Street. She graduated from th...

Funeral services will be 1200 noon Saturday January 3 2026 at Ebenezer AME Zion Church in Smyrna SC with Rev. Alvin Murdock officiating and Rev. Dennis McCleave eulogizing. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens in York SC. The family will receive friends from 600 to 700 pm Friday January 2 2...

"For a day in thy courtsisbetter than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." As always stated Im still on the waiting list in the comfort of her home Mother Alta Mae Weldon Townsend peacefully found rest just beyond the river Januar...

Ron was born on January 17 1944 in Hot Springs SD to Harvey and Mae Denton Lancaster. When he was two years old the family moved to Custer State Park where his father was a park ranger and his mother a cook at the Game Lodge. The hills behind their house were their playground where Ron spent much of...

Charles David Lindsey Dave died peacefully in the presence of his family Thursday February 13th 2020. He was born March 27th 1951 the son of the late Melvin L. Lindsey and Juanita J. Lindsey of Lancaster Ohio. After attending Lancaster High School he went on to earn a degree in Civil Engineering fro...

BATH Jean Ward Frank died peacefully Tuesday March 13 2018 in her home with her husband by her side. She was 91. Mrs. Frank was born May 14 1926 in Lancaster Pa. the daughter of B. Frank Ward and Mary Hartman Ward. She was a graduate of McCaskey High School and Millersville State Teachers College. ...

BATH Lewis B. Frank died peacefully Feb. 11 2019 after a long full life and a brief illness. He was 94. Lew was born Feb. 20 1924 in Lancaster Penn. the son of Lewis B. Frank Sr. and Ethel Mae Bletcher Frank. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall Academy in Lancaster and earned a BA degree from F...

Sunbury John Crause Ditty was born on September 17 1944 in Belleville IL. He was the second of five sons born to the late John Henry and Vera Mitten Ditty. John passed into our Lord Jesus arms on September 27 2025 at his home with family beside him. John graduated from Sunbury High School in 1962 ...

It is with profound sadness that we must announce that Derek Michael DiPaolo unexpectedly passed away at his home in Stroudsburg PA on January 22 2026. Despite being born in Lancaster PA he spent much of his time in the Key West area as a boat captain and fisherman. As a handsome young man with a ...

Paul S. Hess 84 a resident of Landis Homes was called home to be with his Good Shepherd on January 24 2026. He was the son of the late Jacob G. and Mary W. Stauffer Hess and is survived by his loving wife of 59 years Nancy L. Nissley Hess. Born on January 22 1942 the oldest of eleven children Paul g...

Born in 1933 Shirley was a lifelong resident of Lancaster County. Shirley attended St. Joseph Elementary School and was a 1951 graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School. She worked as an office clerk with Hager Brothers and later with Wisconsin Electric Power Company before returning to the workfor...