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Paula Mcclelland
Mar 14, 2015
Paula Kay McClelland, 75, of Shippensburg, died peacefully Saturday, March 14, 2015, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on July 8, 1939, in Stubenville, OH, the daughter of the late Frank J. and Nell K. Jones McClelland and was raised in Weirton, WV. With impeccable manners and a kind hearted soul, Paula was loved by all that...
Stephen Fairchild
Mar 14, 2015
Stephen A. Fairchild, age 50, of Chambersburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 14, 2015. He was born on September 8, 1964, in Georgetown, KY, the son of G. Arthur and Ritta B. Beierle Fairchild. Stephen was a 1983 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, a member of the Glee Club, Esquires,...
Ethel Group
Mar 10, 2015
Ethel J. Group, 76, of Chambersburg, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born December 19, 1938 in Selinsgrove, Snyder County. Ethel was a daughter of the late Jacob and Carrie Wagner Swope. She retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. Ethel was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Chambersburg....
Lucia Chamberlin
Mar 9, 2015
Lucia F. Chamberlin, 89, of Shippensburg, died Monday, March 9, 2015 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born August 25, 1925 in Orrstown, Franklin County. Lucia was a daughter of the late Hayden and Ida Barrick Stitt. She was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. Lucia drove bus for both McBeth Busing Company and Head...
Mary Dyarman
Mar 8, 2015
Mary L. “Sis” (George) Dyarman, 83, of Chambersburg and formerly of Oakville, died on the afternoon of Sunday, March 8, 2015 at her daughter’s home surrounded by her loving family. Born August 19, 1931 in York, York County, she was a daughter of the late Ira L. and Velva P. Bowers George. She was a lifelong member of the Oakville...
Elmer Weaver
Mar 8, 2015
Elmer H. Weaver, 85, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 in Menno Haven, Chambersburg. He was born July 27, 1929 in Bowmansville, Lancaster County, PA. Elmer was the son of the late Elmer W. and Emma M. Horning Weaver. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Good Weaver who died May 20, 1985. Elmer was a...
Margaret Jumper
Mar 7, 2015
Margaret E. “Peg” Jumper, 83, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 6, 1932 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Roy A. and Ruth Gerhart Gipe. Peg was a member of the Ebenezer Church of God, Orrstown, she retired in 2009 from the Shippensburg University. Surviving are five sons, David Motter,...
Dennis Burkholder
Mar 5, 2015
Dennis W. Burkholder, 60, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, March 5, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Wednesday, November 10, 1954 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Wilbur K. and Laura M. Poper Burkholder. Dennis was of the Protestant Faith. He was a 1974 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He retired from Volvo and was...
Barbie Shauf
Mar 5, 2015
Barbie Jo Shauf, 39, of Orrstown, died unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital Wednesday, March 5, 2015. She was born September 29, 1975 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Barbie was a daughter of Robert D. Robinson of Mt. Holly Springs and the late Velva Grace Stouffer Robinson. She was a member of Mongul United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. Barbie was a beautician at...
Gladys Cramer
Mar 4, 2015
Gladys V. Cramer, 94, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born August 20, 1920 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Gladys was a daughter of the late Mathias J. and Helen M. Tritt Heller. She was the owner and operator of the former Cramer’s Music House in Shippensburg. Gladys was the organist at Christ United...
Kenneth Hall
Feb 28, 2015
Kenneth W. “Ken” Hall, 49, of Shippensburg, died in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 28, 2015, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on March 25, 1965, in Chambersburg, a son of Donald E. and Loretta J. Sheaffer Hall. Ken married Ms. Lisa A Gsell on June 9, 1984, at the Mt. Bock Brethren in Christ...
William Wright
Feb 24, 2015
William R. “Butch” Wright, Jr., 67, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at his home. He was born on May 6, 1947, in Johnstown, a son of the late William R. and Saundra Sanderson Wright, Sr. Butch was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, enlisting on June 14, 1965 and honorably discharged...
Theodore Hinton
Feb 24, 2015
Theodore A. Hinton, 85, a resident of Manor Care, Chambersburg, died on the morning of Tuesday, February 24, 2015. He was born on December 10, 1929, in Baltimore, MD, a son of the late Joseph T. and Anna K. Seidel Hinton, Sr. Theodore was a U.S. Air Force veteran, enlisting on February 8, 1949 and honorably discharged on October 7,...
Robert Halter
Feb 23, 2015
Robert E. Halter, 62, of Shippensburg, died Monday, February 23, 2015 in ManorCare, Carlisle. He was born January 21, 1953 in Carlisle, Cumberland County. Robert was a son of Calvin W. Halter of Shippensburg and the late Amy E. Byers Halter. A brother Ronald Halter is also deceased. Robert was employed by Amazon.com, Hazelton. In addition to his father he...
Freda Moore
Feb 18, 2015
Freda G. Moore, 89, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home and formerly of Upper Strasburg, passed away peacefully on the morning of Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the home. Born Sunday, February 7, 1926 in Meadow Gap, Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Paul S. and Zella M. Madden Brown. Freda retired from the Chambersburg...
N. Mildred Wetzel
Feb 18, 2015
N. Mildred Wetzel, 97, previously of Cumberland Avenue, Shippensburg, and a resident of Elmcroft Assisted Living, Shippensburg, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Elmcroft. Born August 24, 1917, in Waynesboro, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Jesse Galen and Albie Good Newcomer. She was the wife of Kenneth Gover Wetzel whom she married June 12, 1937 at...
Winnie Hess
Feb 18, 2015
Winnie M. Lehman Hess, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Providence Place in Chambersburg. Born August 14, 1931 in Waynesboro, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Glenn A. and Winifred McCune Lehman. She was the wife of the late Keith L. Hess who died September 16, 2014....
Janet White
Feb 17, 2015
Janet White of Boise, Idaho died peacefully in her sleep on February 17, 2015 surrounded by her family. During her long life, she lived in many places including San Francisco, California; Dunellen, New Jersey; New York City; Pakistan; Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; and Boise, Idaho. Janet and Jack, her twin, were born on September 30, 1930 to Harold and Edna (Mekemson) Swenson....
Barbara Timmons
Feb 16, 2015
Barbara A. Timmons, 70, of Newburg, died Monday, February 16, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born Tuesday, June 13, 1944 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Barbara was a daughter of the late John S. and Ruth A. Crider Davidson. She was past owner and operator of Johnnies Restaurant, Newburg, and also worked at G.S. Electric and Professional Billing Management...
Thomas Gilbert
Feb 16, 2015
Thomas H. Gilbert, 72, of Shippensburg died Monday, February 16, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Thursday, June 18, 1942 in Shippensburg. Thomas was a son of the late Charles and Ida Mellott Gilbert. Thomas retired from Local # 1180, Harrisburg. He is survived by three daughters, Cindy L. Gilbert and her husband Charles Laughman of Shippensburg, Brenda...
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