Obituaries

John Edwin McClure, 93, of Elizabethtown, a graduate of Lebanon Valley College, passed away at home on Oct. 11, 2020.

Lee E. Bashore, 88, of Tulpehocken Twp., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, at his home.

Sarah L. Lapp, 71, of Lebanon, passed away in her residence on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020.

Edward C. Bender, 64, of Seven Valleys, PA passed away at his home on Oct. 11, 2020, after a year-long battle with cancer that took him too soon.

John Erwin Paddock, 75, passed away peacefully at his home in the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020.

Glenn E. Wolgemuth, 73, of Schaefferstown, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 at the Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital.

Retired District Court Judge Betty Ann Smith passed away on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at Spang Crest Manor, in Lebanon, Pa. She was 91.

Dale A. Ritchie, 57, of Bethel, passed away on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020.

Homer Kenneth Keller, of Londonderry Village, Palmyra, went home to be with his Lord on Oct. 9, 2020.

Karen J. Jones, 66, of Lebanon, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020.

Michael C. Johnson, 69, of Jonestown, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, at his home.

Nancy Wood Nicholas Wengert, 94, passed away at Willow Valley Communities in Lancaster, PA on Oct. 8, 2020.

Lloyd K. Pfautz, 79, of Lebanon, passed away Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 at Spang Crest Manor.

Gayle Ann Parana (Koza), formerly of Kane and Lebanon, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at the Bridges of Bent Creek home in Mechanicsburg, PA.  

Roy A. Schaeffer, 83, of Myerstown, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. He was the husband of Violet M. (Houtz) Schaeffer.