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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...
James Ferrell
Jan 22, 2017
James Phifer Ferrell, 95, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, January 22, 2017. He was born on September 22, 1921, in Claypool, VA, a son of the late O and Neva Altizer Ferrell. James retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot retiring as a mechanic. He was a lifetime member of...
Philip Hoover
Jan 21, 2017
Philip G. Hoover, 86, of Newburg, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. He was born March 20, 1930 in Newburg, PA. Philip was a son of the late Joseph and Grace Shuman Hoover. He was a member of the Newburg United Methodist Church. Philip retired from Exxon. He was a life and founding member...
Cory Thompson
Jan 20, 2017
Cory Austin Thompson, 21, of Newburg, Passed away, Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Saturday, July 29, 1995 in Marion, VA, he was a son of Melissa, Ann Armolt Hall and partner, April Lynn Myers of York and Bobby Wayne Thompson, Jr., of Rural Retreat, VA. Cory was a 2014 graduate of the Shippensburg...
Alma Hock
Jan 17, 2017
Alma R. Hock, 92, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, April 6, 1924 in Letterkenny Twp., Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Maurice B. and Martha Sollenberger Mentzer. Alma married Glen C. Hock January 17, 1943 whom passed away November 6, 1999. Alma was a member of the Ridge...
Hannah Neil
Jan 17, 2017
Hannah Nicole Neil, 19, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Born Tuesday, September 16, 1997 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Gregory A. and Cindy L. Ballance Neil of Shippensburg. Hannah had a strong faith in her Lord and was Baptized at the Upper...
Marlin Reiff
Jan 17, 2017
Marlin N. Reiff, 30, of Newville, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on September 2, 1986, in Shippensburg, a son of Lloyd and Edna Nolt Reiff. Marlin worked as a self-employed carpenter and was a member of the Locust Lane Old Order Mennonite Church. In addition...
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