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Barbara A. Herring 1943-2025

Barbara Ann (Fiscel) Herring (82) a loving and devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother was surrounded by the love and comfort of her family when she entered into Eternal Peace on Sunday, June 29th, at York Hospital.

Barbara A. Herring
Barbara A. Herring

Born March 25, 1943 in Gettysburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Paul A. Fiscel and the late Stella K. (Rickard) Fiscel.

She was a 1961 graduate of Gettysburg High School where she played Flute and Piccolo in the Jr. and Sr. High school bands and sang in the Sr. High chorus.

After serving 22 years, she took early Federal retirement from the Farmers Administration in Gettysburg in 1994 to care for her Mother and Father.

Also she had a deep love for domestic and wild animals as well as working in her flower beds and the vegetable garden that her parents shared with her family and neighbors. Most of all she enjoyed the love and time spent with her husband, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild.

Barbara is survived by her loving husband Ronald, her children Randall (Judy) and Deann (Eric), her grandchildren Brian (Kristen), Thomas (Marissa), Matthew (Mariah) Lehman and Allison and Lauren Herring and great-grandchild Levi Lehman.

A Memorial service will take place on Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. from Monahan Funeral Home in Gettysburg, PA.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from Noon until the time of the service.

Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery following the service.

Online obituary and condolences available at the funeral home’s website.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of her can be made in Barbara’s name and sent to the Adams County SPCA, 11 Goldenville Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325.


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