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Donald Davidson
Apr 9, 2017
Donald H. Davidson, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at home. He was born May 1, 1938 in Newburg, PA. Donald was a son of the late Harold and Gladys Fogelsonger Davidson. He was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church, Newburg. Donald drove truck for SKF Industries and then retired from Giant Foods. In addition to...
Ira Wadel
Apr 8, 2017
Ira H. Wadel, 90, of Shippensburg passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Chambers Point, formerly Penn Hall. He was born April 4, 1927 in Shippensburg. Ira was a son of the late William and Anna Shriner Wadel. Ira retired from Pet Ritz, worked for the H.J. Heinz Co. and was a farmer. He attended the Shippensburg Independent Baptist Church....
Jay Beltz
Apr 4, 2017
Jay Stephen “Jaybird” Beltz, 62, a resident of the Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, April 4, 2017. He was born on September 14, 1954, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Raymond C. and D. Jean Nunnemaker Beltz, Sr. and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Jay once worked as a...
Stanley Cohick
Apr 1, 2017
Stanley E. Cohick, 92, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017 in the home. He was born December 24, 1924 in Newville, PA. Stanley was a son of the late John and Florence Piper Cohick. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Carlisle. Stanley retired from Fickes Silo Company, Newville....
Shirley Lindsay
Mar 31, 2017
Shirley Jane Lindsay, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 31, 2017 at her home. Born Wednesday, February 10, 1937 in Mansfield, OH, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Helen L. Karper Gipe. Shirley worked as a seamstress at the former Stanley Company with 34 years of service and was an employee at the...
William Rogers
Mar 30, 2017
William E. Rogers, 94, a resident of Greenfield Assisted Living, Hagerstown, MD, formerly of Mercersburg and Orrstown, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 in the home. He was born September 13, 1922 in Ogallah, KS. William was a son of the late Charles N. and Maude Oelkers Rogers. He retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. William was a United...
Lurea Stake
Mar 25, 2017
Lurea Ann ‘Rae Ann” Stake, 66, formerly of Amberson, late of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, March 25, 2017, at her home. She was born on June 19, 1950, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Herb and Helen Barnhart Pechart. Rae Ann worked as a self-employed nurse’s aide. She was a member of the Amberson...
Logan Coy
Mar 24, 2017
Logan Andrew Coy, 27 years young, departed this life on the afternoon of Friday, March 24, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family and friends. Born on June 29, 1989, in Carlisle, a son of the late Wilbur Thomas Coy and Vivian F. Watson Coy. He was a 2007 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Logan was most recently...
Jack Goodhart
Mar 19, 2017
Jack E. Goodhart, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Pinnacle Health, West Shore. Born July 23, 1930 in Shippensburg, PA, Jack was a son of the late Carl E. and Dorothy I. Zullinger Goodhart. Jack retired in 1992 as a Fifth Grade Teacher at Coldbrook Elementary School, Chambersburg. After retiring, Jack was a courier for the...
Robert Zeigler
Mar 15, 2017
Robert Bryan “Bobby” Zeigler, 45, of Carlisle and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born Thursday, June 10, 1971 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Gloria Diane Kriner Zeigler of Carlisle and Robert Carroll Zeigler of Chambersburg. Bobby worked for the Park and Recs Department at the Carlisle Fair Grounds....
Alice Bender
Mar 14, 2017
Alice Louise Fields Bender of Pleasant Hall, Pa, went to be with the Lord March 14, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Born October 6, 1930 in Orrstown, she was the daughter of George W. S. Fields and Edith (Smith) Fields. She was married to Richard George Bender, Sr. on January 3, 1948 and they raised seven...
Genevieve Smith
Mar 9, 2017
Genevieve A. Smith, 85, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, March 9, 2017, at her home. She was born on February 13, 1932, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Harry J. and Iva L. Rowe Smith. Genevieve was a 1949 graduate of Shippensburg High School and earned a Bachelor’s and also a Master’s...
Martha Jones
Mar 9, 2017
Martha L. Jones, 90, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, March 9, 2017. She was born on November 18, 1926, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Jerry C. and Violet Fitzgerald Thomas, Sr. Martha was a 1944 graduate of Shippensburg High School and married William C. Jones on July 2, 1949, in Hagerstown,...
Jennifer Mower
Mar 8, 2017
Jennifer LeAnne Mower, 23, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at her home. Born May 9, 1993 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Michelle A. Mower of Shippensburg. Jennifer was a 2012 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of the Oasis of Love Church, Shippensburg. Jen was a life member of...
John Winters
Mar 8, 2017
John Edwin Winters, 75, of Shippensburg, Passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Monday, September 1, 1941 in Cogan Station, PA., he was a son of the late Russell A. and Grace Briggs Winters. John was of the Lutheran Faith. He was a United States Navy Veteran serving in the Vietnam War. John worked...
Charlotte Commerer
Mar 7, 2017
Charlotte B. “Char” Commerer, 71, beloved wife and mother, departed this life on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born on April 29, 1945, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late William and Florence Henshaw Brinkerhoff and married George David Commerer on December 31, 1999 at their home. Char retired from...
Joseph Isaac
Mar 7, 2017
Joseph B. Isaac, 93, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at his home. Born Monday, October 29, 1923 in Washington, D.C., he was a son of the late Elmer E. and Grace D. Becker Isaac. Joseph was of the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Faith. He was a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII with the 24th Calvary...
Kenneth Reisinger
Mar 5, 2017
Kenneth R. Reisinger, 87, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, March 5, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 10, 1929 in Academia, PA, a son of the late James and Ethel Powell Reisinger. Kenneth was a veteran of the United States Army, inducted on April 10, 1951, transferred to the reserves on...
Thomas Hockersmith
Mar 5, 2017
Thomas William Hockersmith, 60, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, July 8, 1956 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Charles Samuel Hockersmith and Marietta Maxine Potter Hockersmith of Shippensburg. Thomas was a United States Army Veteran serving during the Vietnam War. He was presently employed at Letterkenny Army Depot...
Jose Figueroa
Feb 27, 2017
Jose Luis Figueroa, 58, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Sunday, February 22, 1959 in Bronx, NY, he was a son of the late Jose D. Figueroa and Luz Maria Acevedo Figueroa of Miami, FL. Jose was of the Catholic Faith. He was a 1977 graduate of James Monroe High...
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