Arline M. Rottmund, 93, resident of Woodcrest Villa and formerly of Wabank Street, Lancaster, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2021 at The Mennonite Home. She was born in Columbia to
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, residents of Landis Homes would line a roadway into the Lititz campus on Friday afternoons, cheering on the retirement communityâs workers with signs and noisemakers as they left or arrived for work.
When the campus resident council suggested a more permanent show of appreciation, Landis Homes residents donated over $10,000 toward a Garden of Gratitude, a new park on two-thirds of an acre featuring walkways, greenery and a gazebo offering views of surrounding farmland.
Not every retirement community has such a tangible symbol of gratitude, but many share the sentiment.
âThe pandemic has brought out an appreciation of how good we had it before and has been a reminder of how important community and family are,â says Jonathan Hollinger, CEO of Pleasant View Communities.
This is such a difficult time to lose someone: grieving and social distancing just do not work together, wrote the daughters of one victim who died in April.
According to the county s coroner, as of March 26, 2021, some 974 people had died of COVID-19 here since the pandemic took its first local life a year ago, on March 26, 2020.
Many have had their lives recounted on the obituary pages of LNP | LancasterOnline, but only a small number of those tributes have publicly confirmed that their deaths were related to COVID-19.
Here are 85 coronavirus victims whose LNP | LancasterOnline obituaries or other reports publicly cited the disease s role in their deaths. They are but a fraction of the ongoing pandemic s local toll so far.
Here are some of the 600 lives we've lost to the coronavirus pandemic in Lancaster County lancasteronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lancasteronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.