All Obituaries

Renold Eugene Bretz, nicknamed ”Renny”,of Shermans Dale age 74, passed from this Earth to join his Heavenly Father on October 30, 2020.  Renold was born on May 2, 1946 in Harrisburg to the late Woodrow and Mary Ellen (Seiders) Bretz.  He was a hard working devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.  In addition to his parents, Renold is preceded in death by his first wife, Pamela Lynn (Hunsinger) Bretz. Renold is survived by his loving wife Leah...

Faith Evelyn (Kretzing) Bentzel, age 94, passed from this Earth to join her Heavenly Father on October 23, 2020.  Born on December 10, 1925 at home to the late Paul R and Effie May (Long) Kretzing, Sr. of Saville. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  In addition to her parents, Faith is preceded in death by her husband, William Bentzel, her son, William Bentzel, Jr., three brothers:  Paul Kretzing, Jr. of Washington DC, Jacob Kretzing of...

Paul Richard Crozier, age 85, joined his Heavenly Father on October 12, 2020.  Born on November 25, 1934 at home to the late George and Ruth (Comp) Crozier of Landisburg, he was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.  Paul is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Janet (Neely) Crozier, and their two daughters:  Cynthia and husband, Craig, Womer of Landisburg and Sherri Dobbs of Enola.  He was the grandfather to ten grandchildren and twelve...

Tyler David Shanafelter died unexpectedly on October 10, 2020, at the age of 18.  Known to some of his friends by the nicknames “Ty” or “T-Shan”, Tyler was born in Harrisburg on February 25, 2002 to Anthony Shanafelter of Shermans Dale and Laura {Barker) Shanafelter of Shippensburg.  In addition to his parents, Tyler is survived by two sisters:  Courtney Druck of Mechanicsburg and Alexandria Druck of York, Grandmother Liz Shanafelter of Shermans Dale,...

On October 7, 2020, Gloria Jean (Reitenbach) Turman lost her courageous and lengthy battle against cancer at age 73.  She had several nicknames that she was known by:  “Aunt G”, “Little Lady”, and “GiGi”  She was born at home on February 5, 1947 to the late Lester Russell and Violet Mary Elizabeth (Kauffman) Reitenbach of Enola.  She is survived by her husband of 25 years, George W Turman of Blain, a daughter Tracy Brown of...

John William Swailes was born on Oct. 26, 1957.  His parents were the late William Swailes and M. Fay (Kessler) Swailes. He fought a courageous battle with lymphoma.  He was called to his heavenly home by his Lord and Savior on Oct. 7, 2020.  John graduated from West Perry High School and attended Thompson Institute.  He liked all things "mopar" and enjoyed flying radio control airplanes and race cars.  In his early career he was employed by Sheaffer Bros....

On October 6, 2020, Randall “Bing” Lightner, Sr., gained his angel’s wings at age 74.  He was born at home on September 6, 1946 to the late A. Jean (Lightner) Kuhn of Landisburg.  He is survived by three children:  Randall Lightner, Jr. and his wife Shana of Landisburg, Jay Lightner and his wife Amy of Dillsburg, and Colette Mittelstadt and her husband Darrell of Slidell, LA.  In addition to his children, Bing is survived by seven grandchildren: ...

Kenneth Bender, 70, of Landisburg, PA entered into eternal rest on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at UPMC Carlisle, PA.  Kenneth was born on March 7, 1950 in Landisburg, PA.  He was the son of the late Donald and Alverta (Garber) Bender.  He is survived by his wife Sharon (Shuman) Bender to whom he was married for 47 years.  He is also survived by a son, Barry, and his wife Rebecca, of Shermans Dale, two grandsons, Dakoda and Wyatt, a brother, Wayne Bender and his wife Liz of...

Susan (Morrow) Shearer, age 65, joined her Heavenly Father on Friday, October 2, 2020.  Sue was born January 5, 1955 at home to the late Grant Earl and Esther (Reisinger) Morrow of Landisburg.   She is survived by her only daughter, Erin Morrison and her husband Jim, and their two sons Dillon and Cole Morrison, all of Landisburg.  In addition to her daughter and her family, Susan is survived by a sister, Jane Armstrong and a brother, Gary Morrow, both of Landisburg. ...

Tracy Wenger, age 48, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on October 1, 2020. She was born September 12, 1972 in Mechanicsburg to Richard and Susan (Blass) Garber of Landisburg. In addition to her parents, Tracy is survived by her sister, Krista Jones of Mechanicsburg and her brother, Rick Garber of Landisburg.  She is also survived by her maternal grandmother, Joan Blass of Mechanicsburg, and her paternal grandfather, Donald Garber of Landisburg. Tracy...