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Rhoda Carbaugh
May 15, 2017
Rhoda L. Carbaugh, 82, of Newburg, passed away Monday, May 15, 2017 at home. She was born May 24, 1934 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, PA. Rhoda was a daughter of the late Roy and Mary Snoke Davidson. She was a member of the Newburg United Methodist Church and a member of their Bible Sunday School Class. Rhoda was a...
Jay Hoover
May 10, 2017
Jay S. Hoover, 79, of Newburg, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Wednesday, September 8, 1937 in Newburg, he was a son of the late Joseph F. and Grace Shuman Hoover. Jay was a 1955 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He retired as a self- employed Dairy Farmer. Jay was a member...
Lois Ice
May 5, 2017
Lois Ann “Penny” Ice, 75, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, May 5, 2017. She was born on July 19, 1941, in Frostburg, MD, the daughter of the late Lloyd and Altha Mae Hockman Morton. Penny worked as a hairdresser throughout her life. She enjoyed going to the beach and just simply being around the water....
Patricia Baum
May 3, 2017
Patricia Elaine Baum, 61, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at home. She was born March 17, 1956 in Carlisle, PA. Patricia was a daughter of Preston James, Sr. and Cristabell Mae Potter Clouse. She is survived by two sons, Michael James Baum and Joseph Michael Baum. Funeral services will be private.
Kirk Gray
Apr 30, 2017
Kirk J. Gray, 57, of Newburg, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, April 30, 2017 in the Hershey Medical Center. He was born March 6, 1960 in Richmond, TX. Kirk was a son of the late Billy J. and Vera M. Schonert Gray. Kirk, known as Captain Kirk by his much loved colleagues, was...
Clarence Cramer
Apr 30, 2017
Clarence Edgar Cramer, 85, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Sunday, April 30, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on September 14, 1931, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Clarence Edgar and Sara Helen Ocker Cramer, Sr., and married Lena June Beidel on February 14, 1969, in their home. Clarence was born...
Kathryn Poe
Apr 29, 2017
Kathryn Elizabeth Brenize Poe, 101, of Orrstown, died April 29th, 2017, at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. Mrs. Poe was born February 28, 1916 in Mowersville, Franklin County, PA. She was a daughter of Zook Samuel Brenize and Clara Elizabeth Heberlig Brenize. She was the wife of the late John Howard Poe, of Orrstown, who died in 1981. They were married June...
Richard Mellott
Apr 27, 2017
Richard H. “Dick” Mellott, 75, of Newville, died Thursday, April 27, 2017. Born Saturday, February 7, 1942 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late William and Goldie May Barrick Mellott. Dick was of the Protestant Faith. He retired in April of 1999 from Carlisle Syn Tec with 28 years of service. Dick loved collecting antiques, going to auctions...
Kenneth Lynch
Apr 25, 2017
Kenneth E. “Drifter” Lynch, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation, Carlisle. Born August 25, 1936 in Cleversburg, PA, Kenneth was a son of the late William Herman and Nellie Helm Lynch. He retired from the Beistle Company, Shippensburg, after working there for over 25 years. Kenneth was a life member of...
Bonita "Bonnie" Crider
Apr 22, 2017
Bonita A. “Bonnie” Crider, 78, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, April 22, 2017, at her home, after a brief battle with cancer. She was born on January 3, 1939, in Chambersburg, the first New Year Baby recognized by the merchants of Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Orville R. and Mildred L. Foltz Martin. Bonnie...
Margie Shinn
Apr 22, 2017
Margie Ann Shinn, 83, of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 26, 1934 in Elmore, Ohio, Margie was a daughter of the late Edward R. and Margarthe C. (Depner) Fillmore. Margie worked for 31 years for the U.S. Government, first at Rossford Army Depot in Rossford, Ohio and transferred to Letterkenny Army Depot...
Kermit Mceldowney
Apr 21, 2017
Kermit Blair McEldowney, 79, of Ocala, FL, died Friday, April 21, 2017. A graveside service will be held Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. in Myers Cemetery with Pastor Kenneth Waggoner, Jr. officiating. Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.
Thomas Baker
Apr 21, 2017
Thomas Franklin “Tom” Baker, 72, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Friday, April 21, 2017, at his home. He was born on August 7, 1944, in Spring Run, the son of the late John G. and Vivian M. Edmonson Baker. Tom was a 1962 graduate of Fannett-Metal High School. He married Emma Jane Yohe on August 15,...
Marian Keller
Apr 21, 2017
Marian Maxine Imes Keller, 88, a resident of Elmcroft, Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Friday, April 21, 2017. She was born on October 19, 1928, in Mifflin, PA, Juniata County, a daughter of the late J. Neimond and Sylvia Smith Imes and step-mother, Marian Smith Imes. Marian married Dean G. Keller on April 24, 1954, at the...
Ruth Karper
Apr 20, 2017
Ruth A. Karper, 86, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, April 20, 2017, at her home. She was born on June 23, 1930, in Walnut Bottom, a daughter of the late George and Sarah Billman Kann. Ruth was a homemaker throughout her life, raising a very large family. She enjoyed sewing and quilting, crossword puzzles, gardening...
Lydia Durf
Apr 19, 2017
Lydia Belle Durf, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born March 21, 1939 in Cleversburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Bruce McCleary and Elva Ellen Jones Helm. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Remembrance Chapel at Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home...
Bernice Shifflett
Apr 17, 2017
Bernice H. Shifflett, 80, long-time resident of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Monday, April 17, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on November 20, 1936, in Staten Island, NY, a daughter of the late Gerald and Frances Hoyt Johanson. Bernice pursued a long and exciting life as a traveler and military wife. She was a...
Arthur Pisle
Apr 16, 2017
Arthur W. “Red” Pisle, 84, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at home. He was born August 14, 1932 in Scotland, PA. Arthur was a son of the late John W. and Sarah Catherine Perry Pisle. He was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. Arthur retired from Valley Quarries, working there for over 36...
Emma Atherton
Apr 15, 2017
Emma Grace Atherton, age 91 went home to be with her Father God from the Orrstown Personal Care Home on Saturday, April 15th. She was born July 20, 1925 in Nyesville, PA. Emma was a daughter of the late Eber and Grace Hammond Wenger. She attended school in Nyesville and Quincy. Mrs. Atherton worked at the former Stanley Company. She...
Raymond Miller
Apr 10, 2017
Raymond D. Miller, 69, formerly of St. Thomas, late of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, April 10, 2017, at his home. He was born on December 20, 1947, in Lewistown, the son of the late David L. and Jane K. Kenepp Miller. Raymond was a 1965 graduate of Chief Logan High School, Lewistown, and a 1967...
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