Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Jay Myers

Jay Myers

Sep 18, 2015

Jay Harold Myers, 81, Shippensburg, passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, December 3, 1933 in Newburg, he was a son of the late Samuel C. and Mary A. Ile Myers. Jay was a 1951 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was a member of the Newburg First Church of God where...

Mary Meredith

Mary Meredith

Sep 17, 2015

Mary “Ann“ Meredith of Shippensburg, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, September 17, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Shippensburg on June 6, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Harry L. and Mary Reed Shughart. Ann graduated from LPN school in 1971. She worked at the Franklin County Nursing Home, and later worked at...

Robert O'Hara

Robert O'Hara

Sep 17, 2015

Robert Lee “Bobby” O’Hara, 29, of Newville, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at his home. Born June 6, 1986 in Carlisle, he was the son of Robert Harry Thomas and Susan Lea O’Hara. Bobby enjoyed spending time with his Uncle Mike and Aunt Cathy, working on cars, riding 4-wheelers & dirt bikes. He was a hard worker and would...

Jenny Dako

Jenny Dako

Sep 16, 2015

Jenny Dako, 39, of Chambersburg, died Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at her home. Born June 22, 1976 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Martin Dako and the late Ann Louise Ridgley Dako. Funeral services and burial will be private. Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.

Timothy Thomas

Timothy Thomas

Sep 15, 2015

Timothy Joshua Thomas, 29, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born August 29, 1986 in Wilmington Delaware. Tim was a son of Timmy L. and Leslie D. Jenkins Thomas of Shippensburg. For years he worked for his parents business, New View Landscaping and also worked for various roofing companies. Tim...

Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson

Sep 8, 2015

Mary Margaret (McCaslin) Robinson, 99, passed peacefully from this life on the morning of Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Green Ridge Village, Newville, PA. She was born on February 20, 1916, in Butler, PA, the daughter of the late Wilbert J. and Barbara J. McCaslin. She grew up in Butler and graduated from the public high school. From there she...

Lauretta Franklin

Lauretta Franklin

Sep 6, 2015

Lauretta M. Franklin, 95, a resident of the Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, formerly of Upper Strasburg, went home to heaven on Sunday, September 6, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on May 22nd, 1920 on a small farm near Upper Strasburg, PA where she learned to live a simple contented lifestyle. Lauretta was a daughter of the...

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....