Loretta B. Lane, 88, of Harrisburg, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016, at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born on Nov. 8, 1927 in Carlisle, and was a daughter of the late Ernest L. and Catherine J. (Calaman) Bowers. She was the widow of Glenn E. Smith, who died in 1968 and Carter B. Lane, who died in 1986.

Loretta was a 1945 graduate of Carlisle High School and soon thereafter became the secretary to the Dean at the Dickinson School of Law. She retired after many years as an executive secretary for Nationwide Insurance Co. in Harrisburg. Loretta was a member of St. Luke's United Church of Christ in Malta and formerly attended Grace United Methodist Church, Carlisle and the Trinity United Methodist Church in New Kingstown.

She is survived by two sons; Rev. Michael H. (wife, Rev. Anne Smith) Smith of Conway, SC and Scott A. (wife, Ellen) Smith, Marietta, GA, one daughter, Winnie S. (husband, Dave) Evans of Harrisburg, one sister Patricia Fry of Newville, 5 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, several step grand and great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by one brother, Marlin Bowers and two sisters; Betty Stover and Evelyn Durnin.

A viewing will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 27, 2016 followed by the funeral service at 2:00 p.m. in the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, 630 S. Hanover St, Carlisle, with Rev. Mira Hewlett officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Boiling Springs.