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Richard Hench
Sep 30, 2016
Richard M. Hench, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, July 6, 1935 in Loysville, PA, he was a son of the late Dewey M. and Della M. Cope Hench. Richard was a United States Army Veteran. He was a member of the Bloserville God’s Missionary Church. Richard was a lifelong farmer...
Virginia Fry
Sep 28, 2016
Virginia Esther Fry, 95, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, September 28, 2016 in her home. She was born January 5, 1921 in Orrstown, PA. Virginia was a daughter of the late Paul M. and Dorothy N. Baker Staver. Her husband, Andrew Z. Fry, a daughter, Beverly Ann George, a granddaughter, Bethany Christine Fry, a daughter-in law, Ralma C. Fry, a brother,...
Doris Brenize
Sep 27, 2016
Doris Marie Brenize, 79, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born December 3, 1936 in Newburg, PA. Doris was a daughter of the late Jacob and Martha Rine Crider. One son, James E. Brenize and one brother Melvin Crider are also deceased. She was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist...
Charles Heckman
Sep 27, 2016
Charles William, “Tuffy” Heckman, Sr., 92, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Saturday, August 30, 1924 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late John Edgar and Nellie Irene Holtry Heckman. Charles was the owner/operator of Heckman’s Electric for 60+ years retiring in 1989. He was a United States Army...
Jadyn Zimmerman
Sep 26, 2016
Jadyn Eric Zimmerman, 4 months old of Newville, passed away on to his eternal reward, lovingly held by his mother on September 26, 2016 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Jadyn was born May 5, 2016 and is survived by his parents; James F. and Maryetta Leid Zimmerman, paternal grandparents; Daniel M. and Erla Reiff Zimmerman, maternal grandparents; Paul...
Nellie Robinson
Sep 24, 2016
Nellie M. Robinson, 83, a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, formerly of Lurgan, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, September 24, 2016. Born on November 28, 1932, in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Roy Edward and Ruth Pauline Reeder Armstrong. Nellie married Clifford E. Robinson on April 28, 1951. He...
L. Long
Sep 23, 2016
L. Kathryn Long, 99, a resident of Shook Home, Chambersburg, departed this life on the evening of Friday, September 23, 2016. She was born June 22, 1917, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late James Garfield and Lilly Mae Wagner Watson and was a 1935 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Kathryn married J. Kenneth Long, Sr. on September 30, 1938,...
Warren Boggs
Sep 22, 2016
Warren G. Boggs, 80, of Orrstown, departed this life on the evening of September 22, 2016, at his home. He was born on August 3, 1936, in Dry Run, a son of the late Alfred M. and Annie J. Doyle Boggs. Warren worked as a logger for Johnson Logging and also as a paver operator for Hammaker-East. He enjoyed fishing...
Erma Gettel
Sep 19, 2016
Erma M. Gettel, 88, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, September 19, 2016, at her home. She was born on April 20, 1928 in McConnellsburg, a daughter of the late Norman H. and Eva Winger Alleman. Erma married Jay Gettel on March 11, 1950, also in McConnellsburg, at the same house she was born in. Erma...
Michael Gardner
Sep 15, 2016
Heaven became a much livelier place on September 15, 2016, when Michael C Gardner, aged 64, of Newburg, passed away suddenly at his home. Mike will be remembered for being an amazing husband, father, grandfather, uncle, son, brother, and friend; as well as his ability to make friends wherever he went. Mike was born in Chambersburg on August 9, 1952,...
David Jeffries
Sep 14, 2016
David Edward Jeffries, Jr., 49, of Chambersburg passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. David was born November 2, 1966 in Blain to the late David E. Jeffries, Sr. and Linda L. (Sweger) Jeffries Miley of Orrstown. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents, Miles & Dorothy Jeffries, Robert M. Sweger, Mabel R. (Jacobs)...
Gladys Rawls
Sep 13, 2016
Gladys H. Rawls, 73, of Means Hollow Road, Shippensburg and formerly of Smyrna, TN died Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born October 9, 1942 in Charlottesville, VA, she was a daughter of the late Albert Frank and Mary Grace Moore Henwood. Gladys worked as an LPN at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, TN. She...
Bertha Davis
Sep 9, 2016
Bertha (Birdie) Peltz Davis, 89, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Buford, GA, departed this life on the morning of September 9, 2016, at The Sunrise of Johns Creek Assisted Living Home. Born on September 5, 1927, in Westminster, MD, she was a daughter of the late Charles Peltz and Adeline Snader Peltz and a sister to Mary Florence Peltz Smith,...
Rose Mcbeth
Sep 8, 2016
Rose Marie “Molly” McBeth, 64, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, September 8, 2016, at LifeCare Hospital, Mechanicsburg. She was born in Shippensburg, on May 25, 1952, on the property that she has lived on for her entire life, a daughter of the late Roy and Rosella Kelley Orndorff. Rose worked for the former Hoffman Mills...
Lawrence Mason
Sep 6, 2016
The Reverend Dr. Lawrence Harold Mason, 88, died Tuesday, September 06, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born to Dr. Harold L. and Maude M. Mason on July 16, 1928, in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Mason graduated from Rochester Senior High School in 1946. He received a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut in 1950, earned a...
Franklin Wilson
Sep 3, 2016
Franklin J. Wilson, 88, of Orrstown, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2016 in ManorCare, Chambersburg. He was born March 18, 1928 in Blairs Mills, PA. Franklin was a son of the late James Joseph, Sr. and Verda Marie Fortney Wilson. He retired from General Motors in Pontiac Michigan, working there for over 37 years. Franklin was a United States Army...
Ray Holtry
Sep 2, 2016
Ray E. Holtry, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 in Greenridge Village, Newville. He was born March 31, 1938 in Shippensburg, PA. Ray was a son of the late Walter S. and Helen L. Hawk Holtry. Ray was a retired brick layer, working for various contractors. He was a member of the Local Bricklayers Union #23, Harrisburg....
Dolores Keefer
Sep 2, 2016
Dolores I. Keefer, 81, of Orrstown, died Friday, September 2, 2016 in Manor Care Health Services of Chambersburg. Born November 28, 1934 in Mercersburg, she was a daughter of the late Earl S. and Thelma Mae Perry Schnabel. She was employed at the former Cressler’s Market and the former Stanley Company both in Chambersburg. Dolores is survived by her companion...
Mervin Carver
Aug 31, 2016
Mervin F. Carver, Jr., 86 of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born September 2, 1929 in Carlisle, PA. Mervin was a son of the late Mervin F., Sr. and Anna E. Shank Carver. He also was preceded in death by his first wife, Winona Wadel Carver, and a son, Roger...
Jesse Rhone
Aug 31, 2016
Jesse A. Rhone, 34, a resident of the Margaret E. Moul Cerebral Palsy Home, York, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at the home. He was born September 21, 1981 in Carlisle, PA. Jesse was a son of Randy and Karen D. Martin Winter of Newville. Jesse attended Capitol Area Intermediate at Oak Flat Elementary School, Newville. He always had...
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