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Raymond Miller
Apr 16, 2015
R. Max Miller, age 90, resident of the Episcopal Home in Shippensburg, passed away on April 16, 2015 in Chambersburg. Born October 12, 1924 in Meadville, PA, he was the son of the late John R. and Mabel Karn Miller. Max graduated from Berea High School in Berea, Ohio and was in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945. He...
Patsy Myers
Apr 16, 2015
Patsy B. Myers, 73, a resident at the Shippensburg Health Care Center and former resident at Manor Care in Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Prior to her numerous illnesses, her home was on Dead End Lane, Shippensburg. Born Tuesday, September 2, 1941 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late...
Harold Shetter
Apr 15, 2015
Harold W. Shetter, 72, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, entered Glory Wednesday, April 15, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born August 31, 1942 in Shippensburg. Harold was a son of the late Delbert L. and Katherine E. Gettel Shetter. Harold retired in 1995 from SKF Industries where he was a process operator. He was a...
Maurice Martin
Apr 14, 2015
Maurice M. Martin, 88, of Rockville, MD, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Maurice was born on May 4, 1926 in Greenvillage, PA to Charles S. and Laura B. Millhouse Martin. He attended a two room school house where he received an outstanding education referring to it as the...
Frances Swartz
Apr 12, 2015
Frances G. Swartz, 91, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Sunday, April 12, 2015, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on October 2, 1923, in Allen, PA, a daughter of the late Lester and Mary Peiffer Gross, was a 1941 graduate of Mechanicsburg High School, and a U.S. Navy veteran of W.W. II, enlisting on February...
Miriam Porter
Apr 11, 2015
Miriam L. Crouse Porter of Shippensburg passed away on April 11, 2015 at 5:40 p.m. She was born in Decorum, PA on September 26, 1926, a daughter of the late Henry and Ethel Kerlin Crouse. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Dale age 2, Kenneth, Donald, and Radford Crouse and by three sisters, Althea Cisney, Edith Jones, and...
Patricia Hawkins
Apr 5, 2015
Patricia Ann Hawkins, 73, of Newville, died Sunday, April 5, 2015 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born Saturday, August 23, 1941 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late James E. and Stella E. Strayer Waugh. Patricia was a member of the Green Spring Brethren in Christ Church and recently attended the Green Spring First Church...
Upton Funk
Apr 4, 2015
Upton K. Funk, 75, of Shippensburg, died on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at his home in Winter Haven, FL. He was born on September 17, 1939, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Upton L. and Beulah Kendig Funk. Upton married Ms. Doris Pugh on March 3, 1962 at the Memorial Lutheran Church, Shippensburg. He was then inducted into the...
Brenton Bailey
Apr 4, 2015
Brenton Ellis Bailey, 42, of Newburg, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at home. He was born February 17, 1973 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Brenton was a son of Tonya D. Bailey Burks of Chambersburg. He was a United States Marine Corps Veteran. Brenton was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and a member of the Minnequa Social...
Betty Holtry
Apr 2, 2015
Betty G. Holtry, 84 of Shippensburg, died Thursday, April 2, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, July 7, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Herbert Irvin and Virginia Dair Hayes Guyer. Betty retired as an Electronics Analyst May 26, 1992 from Reeve’s Hoffman in Carlisle. She was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church...
Velva Bistline
Apr 2, 2015
Velva E. Bistline, 97, a resident at Shippensburg Health Care Center, and earlier of Green Ridge Village, Newville, formerly of Shippensburg Mobile Estates, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015. Born December 13, 1917 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, she was the daughter of the late James F. and Emma E. Negley Mowery. Velva was a member of the Prince Street...
Martin Reese
Apr 2, 2015
Martin J. “Marty” Reese, 87, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, April 2, 2015 at his home. He was born December 22, 1927 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Marty was a son of the late Paul and Edna M. Swanger Reese. Marty was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church, Newburg and a lifetime member of the Newburg-Hopewell Volunteer Fire Company. He...
Howard Strawmyre
Mar 29, 2015
Howard R. “Doc” Strawmyre, 95, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, March 29, 2015. Born September 11, 1919 in Altoona, he was a son of the late Charles F. and Ella Dull Strawmyre. He retired in 1985 from the Chambersburg Area School District with 28 years of service as a biology and driver’s education teacher. Howard was a 1939 graduate of Altoona...
Ronald Rine
Mar 29, 2015
Ronald J. ‘Jack” Rine, 71, of Orrstown, died on the morning of Sunday, March 29, 2015, at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. He was born on July 11, 1943, in Orrstown, a son of the late Harry “Mike” and Vera Culbertson Rine. He married Ms. Jane A. Diehl on May 4, 1963 in Hagerstown, MD. Jack was a stone and...
Robert Millhouse
Mar 29, 2015
Robert E. “Pete” Millhouse, Jr., of Chambersburg, died Sunday, March 29, 2015 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Wednesday, May 6, 1959 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the Late Robert E. Millhouse, Sr. and Maude B. Dunlap Millhouse of Chambersburg. Pete was a former employee of Brake Trucking and David H. Martin Trucking as a driver, and...
Nelson Perry
Mar 24, 2015
Nelson L. Perry, 80, of Chambersburg, died on the evening of Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at his home. He was born on July 29, 1934, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Lester S.. Perry and the late Rhoda Baker Perry Sollenberger and step-father, Arthur B. Sollenberger. Nelson went to elementary school in Greenvillage, a small school with only a...
Richard Gardner
Mar 24, 2015
Richard M. Gardner, 75, of Newburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at his home. Born Saturday, June 17, 1939 in Newburg, he was a son of the late Bryce Samuel and Edna Beatrice Heberlig Gardner. Richard was a 1957 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, and a...
The Rev. Janice Fritz
Mar 21, 2015
The Rev. Janice L. Fritz, 63, of Boiling Springs, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born June 25, 1951 in Bethlehem, PA, she was the daughter of the late Attorney Samuel C. and Jeanette M. McCandless Vary. The Rev. Janice Fritz was a “cradle” Episcopalian and a young member...
Elizabeth Myers
Mar 21, 2015
Elizabeth D. Myers, 93, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 in her home. She was born February 9, 1922 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Elizabeth was a daughter of the late Samuel W. and Velva Commerer Diehl. She was a former member of the Memorial Lutheran Church and a current member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church in Shippensburg. Elizabeth...
Cynthia Willis
Mar 16, 2015
Cynthia L. Merry Willis, 63, of Orrstown, PA, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 16, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family and other loved ones after a long battle with cancer. Born Wednesday, April 18, 1951 in Zanesville, OH, she was a daughter of the late John Edward and E. Jean Hicks Merry, of Norwich,...
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