Obituaries
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Passed 7/1/2025
We celebrate the life of Derek (Pete) Eugene Smith, son of Butch Brown and the late Renee Smith. Derek was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He received his formal education in the Harrisburg School District and…
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Passed 6/24/2025
Marlon Lavern Jones, known as Julian, Ju or most importantly “Dad”, was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania to Inez Jones and Lee Bran. Julian moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was adopted by Iris and Kenneth Winters.…
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Passed 6/21/2025
Kerry C. Kerns, son of the late Clarence Kerns and Catherine Martz Kerns, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He received his formal education in the Steelton-Highspire School District graduating in 1964. Kerry…
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Passed 6/21/2025
John was born in Harrisburg, PA, to the late Joseph Brown and the late Georganna (Brown) Smith. He was the fourth of six siblings. He graduated from William Penn High School and subsequently enrolled at West Virginia…
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Passed 6/21/2025
JESSIE LAVERNE SOWELL SHARPE was born in High Point, North Carolina. Jessie was the second born child of Louis Richard Sowell (born in Marshville, NC) and Alease Marion Jones Sowell (born in Savannah, GA). Jessie was…
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Passed 6/15/2025
We honor and celebrate the life of Carolyn Hite, daughter of the late Eunice Minerva Walton Hite Green and the late Willie W. Hite and Joseph Green. Carolyn was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia, the fifth child of 12.…
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Passed 6/14/2025
Ilois McCleave of Stoney Run Road, Dillsburg, PA, departed this life on June 14, 2025. She was born in Gastonia, NC to the late Lorene Robinson McCleave and the late Isaac McCleave. She received her formal education…
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Passed 6/13/2025
Brandie Natazia Ross-Lester, the daughter of Yvette Williams and Brad Ross, was born in Harrisburg, PA. On Friday, June 13, 2025, God whispered in her ear saying, “Daughter, your journey is complete, it is time for…
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Passed 6/12/2025
Melvin F. Hinton Sr, the youngest of the late Wilson Hinton and the late Edith Sampson, was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He received his formal education in the Carlisle School System. Soon after he joined the…
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Passed 6/6/2025
Jerome “Tiff” Diggs, 60, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2025. A man of extraordinary kindness and deep faith, Jerome touched countless lives through his passion for cooking, his service…
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Passed 6/1/2025
We honor and celebrate the life of Rhoda Lynn Howard, daughter of the late McDaniel Howard and the late Rene C. “Miss Rene” Purdy, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She received her formal education in the…
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Passed 5/30/2025
Barbara Ann Edmonds, daughter of the late Leroy R. Edmonds and the late Mary M. Steele Edmonds, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Barbara received her formal education through the Harrisburg School District,…
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Passed 5/26/2025
Amos Estes Fitzgerald was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Amos and Lovely Marie (Fitzgerald) High. He received his formal education in Philadelphia and was a 1982 graduate of William Penn High School. Amos…
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Passed 5/20/2025
Arlington F. Jackson, 74, of Second Street, Harrisburg, departed this life on May 20, 2025 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was born in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Arlington L. and Beatrice Stickle…
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Passed 5/17/2025
Alice Ramona Thomas Adcox was born at the Harrisburg Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to the late Dorothy and James Thomas, Sr. She was the eighth child and last remaining of her generation. She received her…
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Passed 5/17/2025
Humanitarian and trailblazing educator, Dr. Alfreda A. Johnson was a resilient and gifted child of the US Black Migration. Nurtured by her family’s desire to make a better life, Alfreda pursued a lifelong quest to…
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Passed 5/13/2025
Sandra Leigh Rowland, known affectionately as Inky Dink, was the beloved daughter of the late Jack Paul McClinton, Sr. and the late Shirley Temple McClinton. She was born in Harrisburg, PA. On Tuesday, May 13, 2025…
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Passed 5/13/2025
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Harry Leroy Finley, Jr. , who departed this life on May 13th, 2025, at the age of 75, surrounded by his loving family in his home in Harrisburg,…
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Passed 5/4/2025
Donna Lee Madden, the daughter of the late Samuel E. Colbert ll and Jean Colbert-Dickey, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She received her formal education in the Steelton Public School District. After a…
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Passed 5/1/2025
Michael Clayborn Lucas, Sr. , age 77, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2025, in his home in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Michael was the beloved son of the late Ruth Virginia Wormley Grier…
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Passed 4/26/2025
In Loving Memory of Mrs. Willie Lee Screven, affectionately known to her family and friends as "Billie”. Billie Screven, 80, of Harrisburg (Susquehanna Township), PA, a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, cousin,…
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Passed 4/26/2025
Zaire Keyshaun Warren was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005 in Harrisburg, PA to Keith D. Warren, Jr. and Nzinga T. Clark. He received his formal education in the Harrisburg Public School District and would…
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Passed 4/21/2025
Grace B. Wiley-Thomas was born to the late Frances Wiley and the late Melvin Clea in Sumter, South Carolina. She started her early years in Steelton, Pennsylvania before her family relocated to Harrisburg,…
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Passed 4/18/2025
Betty Jane Summerford transitioned from her earthly body and received her wings to everlasting life on Friday, April 18, 2025 at the age of 94 years old. Born in Harrisburg, PA, she was the youngest of 11 children to…
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Passed 4/17/2025
Michael D. Goodman, Sr. "Goody", 68, of Penbrook PA, passed peacefully Thursday, April 17, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Buffalo, NY, on August 28, 1956, he was the son of the late Hattie (Hollins)…
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Passed 4/16/2025
Gloria Deloris Mosley Daniels, the seventh child of thirteen born to the late Lula Mae Boone Mosley and the late Henry Mosley was born in Steelton, Pennsylvania. “Glo” as she was affectionately called by family and…