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Samuel Bender
Nov 9, 2015
Samuel A. Bender, 95, departed this life during the late evening hours of Monday, November 9, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on June 27, 1920, in Lurgan, a son of the late David H. and Florence I. Kauffman Bender. Samuel was a U.S. Army veteran of W.W. II, inducted on April 16, 1942 and...
Esther Wadel
Nov 9, 2015
Esther May Byers Wadel, 91, of Shippensburg went to be with Jesus, Monday, November 9, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born May 14, 1924in Mongul, Frankiln County. Esther was a daughter of the late David and Ruth Johns Byers. She is survived by her husband, Ira H. Wadel who she married July 10, 1948, one daughter, Fay R....
Jane Lynch
Nov 9, 2015
Jane I. Lynch, 66, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 in the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born August 8, 1949 in Mt. Union, PA. Jane was a daughter of the late James E. and Mary Louise Benson Branthafer. Jane retired from the Beistle Company after 25 years of service. After retiring she has been a cook at...
C. Burns
Nov 9, 2015
C. Arlene Burns, 66, of Marco Circle, Shippensburg, died Monday, November 9, 2015 at her home. Born Monday, May 6, 1949 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Wilbur W. and Margaretta Louise Carmack Kennedy, and the wife of the late Joseph P. Burns who passed away March 4, 2010. Catherine was a 1967 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior...
William Rosser
Nov 7, 2015
William R. Rosser, 79, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, November 7, 2015, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. He was born on August 30, 1936, in Scranton, the son of the late William W. and Dorothy C. Carbaugh Rosser. William attended Shippensburg High School and was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Armored Division....
Roy Myers
Nov 5, 2015
Roy H. ‘Mousy” Myers, 86, life-long resident of Roxbury, went to be with Jesus on the evening of Thursday, November 5, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on November 20, 1928, in Roxbury, in the same house where he passed, a son of the late Hugh Jacob and Rosella Margaret Reed Myers. Roy was a...
Richard Bushman
Nov 3, 2015
Richard Lewis Bushman, 68, of Spring Run, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born in Bellevue, PA, the son of the late Jacob H. and Alberta LaRue Lewis Bushman. Richard was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, enlisting in 1965 and honorably discharged on May 5, 1967....
Julia Coy
Nov 2, 2015
Julia L. Coy, 61, of Shippensburg, died Monday, November 2, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born October 2, 1954 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Julia was a daughter of the late William J. and Mary Jane Johnston Hartman. She worked for Lehman’s Egg Services in Chambersburg for 23 years. Julia was a member of the Abundant Life Chapel, Chambersburg and...
Charles Hamilton
Oct 31, 2015
Charles J. Hamilton, 90, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died Saturday, October 31, 2015 in the center. He was born October 19, 1925 in Newburg, Cumberland County. Charles was a son of the late Clarence and Dora Mae Farner Hamilton. Charles retired from the Cumberland Valley Co-Op, Shippensburg. Earlier in his life he was a Dairy Farmer....
Donald Winters
Oct 31, 2015
Donald E. “Shorty” Winters, 83, of McCulloch Road, Shippensburg, passed away on the morning of Saturday, October 31, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born Sunday, May 8, 1932 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Jacob Lawrence and Minnie Anna Mooney Winters. Don was of the Protestant Faith. He retired in 1994...
Harry Rebok
Oct 29, 2015
Harry W. Rebok, 86, of Newburg, PA died Thursday, October 29, 2015 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Sunday, December 16, 1928 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late William and Clara Yohe Rebok. Mr. Rebok attended the Upper Strasburg Church of God. He was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Korean...
Nelson Baer
Oct 25, 2015
Nelson Leroy Baer, 96, a resident of the Mennonite Fellowship Home, Hagerstown, MD, departed this life in the early morning hours of Sunday, October 25, 2015. He was born on August 15, 1919, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Adam and Ella Martin Baer. Nelson was the former owner and operator of the Pinola Feed Mill and also Baer’s...
Grace Adams
Oct 23, 2015
Grace V. Adams, 88, of Shippensburg, departed this life in the early morning hours of Friday, October 23, 2015, at her home. She was born on August 25, 1927, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Guy and Jeanette Henderson Varner. She was the widow of Harold G. Adams who preceded her in death on March 16, 1996. Grace worked...
Sarah Sipes
Oct 22, 2015
Sarah Ellen Sipes, 93, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life in the late evening hours of October 22, 2015, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center, where she had resided for years. She was born on August 15, 1922, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Stewart W. and Annie M. Tarner Bigler. Sarah was a seamstress over a forty...
Ronald Eutzy
Oct 16, 2015
Ronald W. “Buck” Eutzy, Sr., 72 of Pine Grove, PA, died Friday, October 16, 2015 at home. He was born March 27, 1943 in Cleversburg, Cumberland County. Ronald was a son of the late Pearl Dutrey. He was a Forklift Operator at Carlisle Cement Products in Carlisle. Ronald was especially talented with his hands. In addition to his mother he...
Jack Umbrell
Oct 16, 2015
Jack A. Umbrell, 80, of Fannettsburg and a resident at the Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center passed away peacefully Thursday, October 16, 2015 at the home. Born Saturday, November 24, 1934 in Willow Hill, he was a son of the late Newton Alexander and Grace Ann Neil Umbrell. He was a 1952 graduate of Metal Township High School. He...
Ruschelle Henry
Oct 15, 2015
Ruschelle L. Henry, 31, of York, formerly of Shippensburg, died Thursday, October 15, 2015 in York. She was born April 13, 1984 in Chambersburg. Ruschelle was a daughter of Russell L. Henry and Kimberly R. Martin Shope and step-father, G. Alan Shope all of Shippensburg. She earned her Medical Assistant degree from the Thompson Institute. Ruschelle graduated from the Shippensburg...
Duane Frazier
Oct 13, 2015
Duane D. “Funk” Frazier, 54, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Born November 6, 1960 in Bedford, he was a son of M. Virginia Strayer Frazier of Chambersburg, and the late Dale Kirt Frazier. Duane was a 1978 graduate of Chambersburg...
Darlene Porter
Oct 12, 2015
Darlene A. Porter, 77, a resident of Green Ridge Village and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, October 12, 2015 in the home. She was born November 28, 1937 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Darlene was a daughter of the late Raymond and Rose Mumma Porter. She was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg. Darlene retired...
Michael Swartz
Oct 11, 2015
Michael B. Swartz, Sr., 69, of Shippensburg, died in the late evening hours of Sunday, October 11, 2015, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. He was born on February 8, 1946, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Max and Ottie McManus Swartz. Mike was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam war, enlisting on January...
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