Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Joann Ketterer
Feb 27, 2017
Joann B. Ketterer 1941 ~ 2017 Joann B. Ketterer, 75, of Newville, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 in the Hershey Medical Center. She was born Monday, December 8, 1941 in Grant Township, Indiana County. Joann was a daughter of the late Elmer and June Burns Buterbaugh. . Joann was a 1959 graduate of the Marion Center High School in...

Charles "Rick" Wingerd
Feb 25, 2017
Charles M. “Rick” Wingerd, 74, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, February 25, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on October 1, 1942, the son of the late Harold C. Wingerd and Mabel V. Shoop Wingerd Jones and step-father Leslie K. Jones. Charles was a 1965 graduate of Shippensburg State College, earning a Bachelor...
Amos Neil
Feb 22, 2017
Amos Earl Neil, 80, of Orrstown, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at the Harrisburg Hospital. He was born on January 20, 1937, in Willow Hill, a son of the late Howard C. and Edith A. Devor Neil and married Nora V. Freet on January 29, 1972, in Hagerstown. Amos was employed at T.B. Woods,...
Daisy Allen
Feb 17, 2017
Daisy R. Allen, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born Friday, May 24, 1935 in Walnut Bottom. PA. Daisy was a daughter of the late Benjamin J. and Lula May Eutzy Ott. Daisy was a devoted caregiver to her youngest daughter, Cassandra. She enjoyed photography, especially outdoors. Daisy attended Cleversburg United...
Elizabeth Reber
Feb 17, 2017
Elizabeth Lewis Reber, 95, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Farnham, VA, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 17, 2017. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, a retired Assistant Vice President for Riggs National Bank in Washington, DC, the daughter of Mitchell and Eula Lewis, and the widow of Charles William Reber. She is survived by...
Samuel Gehrett
Feb 15, 2017
Samuel E. “Sam” Gehrett, 88, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born July 21, 1928 in Chambersburg, PA. Sam was a son of the late Walter and Zelda Stenson Gehrett. He retired from Charles Karper Trucking, Chambersburg, where he drove for over 25 years. Prior to driving truck he worked at Domestic...
Betty Beam
Feb 15, 2017
Betty Pauline Beam, 86, of East Burd Street, Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Thursday, October 30, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Emma Beam but raised by Melvin and Rose Scherick. Betty was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg. She...
Frank Groce
Feb 14, 2017
Frank Kenneth Groce, 87, of Midwest City, OK, formerly of Orrstown, PA, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in the Norman Veteran’s Center, Norman, OK. He was born July 15, 1929 in Middle Spring, PA. Frank was a son of the late Lester M. and Blanche Smith Groce. He retired from the Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colorado. Frank was...
Nancy Koser
Feb 14, 2017
Nancy L. Koser, 70, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at the Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Chambersburg. Born Monday, May 6, 1946 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Clendening and Ruth Ann Warren Hoover. Nancy was a 1965 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a former member...
Mary Rebuck Fears
Feb 11, 2017
Mary H. Hinkle Rebuck Fears, 85, a longtime resident of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on the morning of Saturday, February 11, 2017. She was born on March 27, 1931, in Chambersburg, the daughter of the late Robert and Dora Rotz Hinkle. Mary was employed at the Letterkenny Army Depot and also the Mechanicsburg Naval Depot, where she...
Michael Vaughn
Feb 9, 2017
Michael A. Vaughn, 59, of Gettysburg, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017 in the Gettsyburg Hospital. He was born Friday, October 18, 1957 in Chambersburg. Michael was a son of Edgar S. Vaughn of Gettysburg and the late Peggy L. Mowery Vaughn. He was a self-employed computer programmer. In addition to his father he is survived by his long-time companion,...
Dorothy Ferrell
Feb 7, 2017
Dorothy J. Ferrell, 89, a resident of Green Ridge Village formerly of Orrstown, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born February 8, 1927 in Mt. Union, PA. Dorothy was a daughter of the late Clinton and Frances Hockenberry. She retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot, was a homemaker and a loving wife and...
Wilma Martin
Feb 6, 2017
Wilma J. Martin, 70, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, February 6, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on April 14, 1946, in Greencastle, a daughter of Richard Lehman and the late Betty Snoke Lehman. Wilma was a 1964 graduate of Chambersburg High School. She married Larry L. Martin on April 14, 1973 at...
Daniel Mixell
Feb 6, 2017
Daniel C. “Danny” Mixell, 65, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born May 2, 1951 in Chambersburg, PA. Danny was a son of the late Dean S. and Daisy Ingram Mixell. He retired from PPG, where he was a glass processor and currently was working part-time at LaQuinta in Chambersburg. He was...
Mildred Stine
Jan 31, 2017
Mildred V. Stine, 90, of Shippensburg, passed away at her home to be with her Lord, Tuesday, January 31, 2017. She was born October 8, 1926 in Mercersburg. Mildred was a daughter of the late Peter N. and Esther V. Keesey Lininger. She was a member of the Orrstown United Brethren in Christ Church. Mildred retired from ORWECO Frocks and...
Shirley Neil
Jan 30, 2017
Shirley Elizabeth Neil, 73, of Newville, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 30, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Tuesday, May 23, 1943 in Willow Hill, she was a daughter of the late Ella Jane Hobble Parks. Shirley was a member of the Local Gathering Nazarene Church of the Nazarene. She retired in 2009 from Knouse...
Monica Baldoni
Jan 29, 2017
Monica M. Baldoni, 93, of Newville, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born June 30, 1923 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County. Monica was a daughter of the late Vincent and Josephine Straubinger Berzinskas. She was a member of the Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church, Shippensburg. In addition to her parents...
Janice Porter
Jan 26, 2017
Janice Mary Porter, 82, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, January 26, 2017. She was born on April 7, 1934, in Montsera, Cumberland County, PA, the daughter of the late Richard D. and Margaret Rice Davis. She was a 1951 graduate of Carlisle High School and married Jack E. Porter...
Edna Kerns
Jan 24, 2017
Edna Elizabeth Kerns, 92, a resident of Penn Hall, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, January 24, 2017. She was born on March 6, 1924, in Newburg, daughter of the late Adam and Lenora DeShong Daihl. Edna was a 1942 graduate of Shippensburg High School and married Clare A. Kerns on August 9, 1946 in the Messiah United...
Irene Strohm
Jan 23, 2017
Irene B. Strohm, 94, of Shippensburg, passed away, Monday, January 23, 2017 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. She was born October 12, 1922 in Scotland, Franklin County, PA. Irene was a daughter of the late James Grover and Mary Jane Bishop Henry. She was a member of the Oakville United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Irene was a 1940 graduate of the Shippensburg...