Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Genevieve Nave

Genevieve Nave

Sep 3, 2015

Genevieve L. Nave, 83, of Shippensburg, PA died Thursday, September 3, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born in Cumberland, MD, a daughter of the late William H. and Wilda M. Maxson Boor. She is survived by her husband of over 59 years, Glenn E. Nave, one daughter, Linda S. Campbell and her husband, Royce of York, PA and...

Mack Everetts

Mack Everetts

Sep 1, 2015

Mack L. Everetts, Jr., 63, of Orrstown, died Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born December 20, 1951 in McConnellsburg, Fulton County. Mack was a son of Marian Defibaugh Everetts of Cooks, and the late Mack L. Everetts, Sr. He retired from Ingersoll-Rand in Shippensburg. Mack was a member of the Lone Star Hunting Club in...

Robert Alspaugh

Robert Alspaugh

Aug 31, 2015

Robert Lee Alspaugh, II, of Shippensburg, died Monday, August 31, 2015 at home. He was born June 8, 1958 in Carlisle, Cumberland County. Bob was a son of Pricilla N. Shaffer Alspaugh of Mechanicsburg and the late Robert Lee Alspaugh. He was an active member of Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg where he was on the Church Council and served...

Janet  Hershey

Janet Hershey

Aug 28, 2015

Janet Hershey, 85, of Orrstown, died unexpectedly during the late evening hours of Friday, August 28, 2015, at her home. She was born on November 7, 1929, in Lurgan, a daughter of the late Norman and Marget Daugherty Diehl, Sr. Janet married Bruce C. Hershey on May 21, 1949, in West Virginia. He preceded her in death just four months...

Kenneth Asper

Kenneth Asper

Aug 27, 2015

Kenneth D. Asper, 72, of Shippensburg, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2015, at home with his family by his side. He was born March 22, 1943 in Shippensburg. Kenneth was a son of the late Hugh H. and Frances L. Stoey Asper. He was a dairy farmer earlier in life and then retired from the Shippensburg Borough. He was...

Lisa  Mentzer

Lisa Mentzer

Aug 26, 2015

Lisa Ann Mentzer, 52, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Carlisle, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at her home. Her funeral services have been entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Inc., Shippensburg. There will be no public viewing or visitation. Interment will be private.

Rachel O'Donnell

Rachel O'Donnell

Aug 24, 2015

Rachel Martha O’Donnell, 92, a resident of Luther Ridge, Chambersburg, died Monday, August 24, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born July 12, 1923 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Rachel was a daughter of the late William Norman and Anna Martha Hammond Miller. She retired in 1978 form the Marion Elementary School where she was a First Grade Teacher. Rachel...

Paul Hutchison

Paul Hutchison

Aug 23, 2015

Paul Edwin Hutchison, 80, a resident at the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died Sunday, August 23, 2015 at the home. Born March 18, 1935 in Mifflintown, Juniata County, he was a son of the late William J. and Florence M. Reynolds Hutchison. Funeral services and burial will be private. Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of funeral arrangements. Online...

Sandra Cramer

Sandra Cramer

Aug 22, 2015

Sandra G. Cramer, 64, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, August 22, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 27, 1950 in Rochester, NY. Sandra was a daughter of the late William and Dorothy Clark Porter. Years ago Sandra worked at Hoffman Mills and West Mart in Shippensburg. Sandra was a graduate of Geneseo High School in Rochester, NY, and...

Teddy Mitten

Teddy Mitten

Aug 16, 2015

Teddy Earle Mitten met his Father face to face on August 16, 2015. Ted was born May 11, 1947 to Lewis and Dolora (Scott) Mitten. He was a 1965 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School, a 1973 graduate of Messiah College, and a 1979 graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary (OH). With a heart for the Lord, he became a pastor...

Edna Thrush

Edna Thrush

Aug 14, 2015

Edna Bell Smith Thrush, 89, of Shippensburg, and a resident at Manor Care, Carlisle, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015 in the home. Born July 23, 1926, in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late James Brady and Meda Francis Shank Smith. Edna was a 1945 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She retired from the former...

Betty Evelhoch

Betty Evelhoch

Aug 12, 2015

Betty J. Evelhoch, 94, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, went to be with the Lord with her family by her side, on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 12, 2015. She was born on September 10, 1920, in Newville, a daughter of the late David and Clara Kennedy Nailor. Betty married James A. “Monk” Evelhoch, Sr. on August 2,...

John Eckenrode

John Eckenrode

Aug 12, 2015

John J. Eckenrode, 86, of Newville died Wednesday, August 12, 2015 in Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle. He was born June 9, 1929 in Amberson. John was a son of the late Ray and Ruth Timmons Eckenrode. He retired from the former Cumberland Woodcrafters in Carlisle. Years ago John worked for the former Pearless Furniture Co. in Shippensburg and C.V....

Robert Runk

Robert Runk

Aug 9, 2015

Robert E. “Gene” Runk, Sr., 66, of Chambersburg, died on the evening of Sunday, August 9, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on April 25, 1949, in Chambersburg, a son of Robert B. and Velma (Hockenberry) Runk. Robert was an honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He married Doris ‘Jean” Hasting on January 28, 1967,...

Virginia  Chain

Virginia Chain

Aug 5, 2015

Virginia May ‘Ginny” Chain 1930 ~ 2015 Loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, who lit up the world with her smile, Virginia May “Ginny” Chain, 84, passed away on the morning of Wednesday, August 5, 2015. She was born on September 2, 1930, in Haddonfield, NJ, a daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Lillian Wright Ramsden, Sr. Ginny...

Dorothy Daniels

Dorothy Daniels

Aug 4, 2015

Dorothy E. Daniels, 93, a resident of Menno Haven, died on the morning of Tuesday, August 4, 2015. She was born on April 1, 1922, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late William and Anna H. Hammond Miller. Dorothy married Miles D. “Dan” Daniels on August 2, 1947. He preceded her in death on December 14, 2010. Dorothy was employed...

M. Louise Sheaffer

M. Louise Sheaffer

Aug 4, 2015

M. Louise Sheaffer, 93, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at the Pendelton Manor, Franklin, West Virginia. She was born on September 21, 1921. Louise was the daughter of Norman and Betsy Hemminger, Walnut Bottom, PA. Her husband, Reuben M. Sheaffer, preceded her in death in 1999. Louise is survived by her sons Gary L Sheaffer, Shippensburg,...

Donald Stouffer

Donald Stouffer

Aug 4, 2015

Donald R. “Dick” Stouffer, 89, of Willow Drive, Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Friday, April 2, 1926 in Lurgan, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Frank Edwin and Laura Gertrude Baker Stouffer. Dick was a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII. He retired in 1989 from SKF Industries after...

Wilbur Coy

Wilbur Coy

Aug 1, 2015

Wilbur Thomas Coy, 69, of Shippensburg, died on Saturday, August 1, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 7, 1946, in Cleversburg, a son of the late Errol and Curvey Stine Coy. Wilbur worked for PennDot for thirty-nine and a half years, retiring as a Highway Foreman in 2006. He also worked for McCune Lumber for a...

Minnie Thomas

Minnie Thomas

Jul 27, 2015

Minnie Pearl Thomas, 70 a resident at Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, July 27, 2015 at the home. Born April 28, 1945 in Newville, she was a daughter of the late Howard W. and Fleta Marie Franklin Burkett. Minnie was of the Presbyterian Faith. She retired as Manager from the Texaco Gas Station, Carlisle,...