Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Mahlon Thrush
Jan 20, 2015
Mahlon W. Thrush, 66, of Gardners, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at his home. He was born November 9, 1948 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Mahlon was a son of the late John J. and Rozella Mae Hoover Thrush. He was also preceded in death by a brother, John H. Thrush. Mahlon was the owner and operator of Thrush’s Lawn Service,...
Hazel Hudson
Jan 18, 2015
Hazel Jane “Nanny” (McConaughey) Hudson, 89, of Shippensburg, went home to be with the Lord, January 18, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. Born Tuesday, March 3, 1925 in Saltillo, Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Harry Andrew and Rachel Leona (Hampton) McConaughley. She worked for Derose Homes, U Wanna Wash and Penn and Pants...
Isabel Mackey
Jan 18, 2015
Isabel G. Mackey, 98, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, formerly of Upper Horse Valley Road, Upper Strasburg, died Sunday, January 18, 2015 in the home. She was born November 4, 1916 in Fort Loudon, Franklin County. Isabel was a daughter of the late Fred S. and Clara E. Zeis Leab. She retired from the H.J. Heinz Company,...
Dorothy Wadel
Jan 14, 2015
Dorothy B. Wadel, 93, of Shippensburg, a woman who pursued God, loved the family, and served God by giving to others, died on the morning of Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on February 28, 1921, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Jacob and Edith Hock Bard, and married Mr. Albert S. Wadel on...
Valeria Hull
Jan 11, 2015
Valeria D. Hull, 77, of Chambersburg, died on the morning of Sunday, January 11, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on January 10, 1938, in Mongul, a daughter of the late David and Edna Cover Stouffer. On October 27, 1963, Valeria married John W. Hull. He preceded her in death on December 9, 1995. Valeria was a homemaker...
Coleta Wahl
Jan 6, 2015
Coleta Ann Wahl, 85, a resident at Providence Place, Chambersburg, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Born Friday, November 1, 1929 in Friars Hill, WV, she was a daughter of the late John Stuart and Nora Spangler Wyatt. Coleta Ann was a graduate of Williamsburg High School in Williamsburg, WV. She received her Bachelor of Science in...
Deborah Brenize
Jan 5, 2015
Deborah R. Brenize, 61, of Shippensburg went to be with her Heavenly Father Monday, January 5, 2015 in the Hershey Medical Center. She was born June 20, 1953 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Deborah was a daughter of the late Walter B. and Dorothy L. Reddig. She was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Shippensburg, where she taught...
Sara Pugh
Jan 5, 2015
Sara Bert Pugh, 89, of Orrstown, died Monday, January 5, 2015, at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. She was born March 4, 1925, in Roxbury. Sara was the daughter of the late Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rosenberry Bert and Jesse H. Bert of Lurgan. She was the wife of the late Andrew R. Pugh of Orrstown. They were married December 11, 1945. Sara is...

Marie "Thelma" Singer
Jan 4, 2015
Marie “Thelma” Singer, 83, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Sunday, January 4, 2015, at her home. She was born on January 12, 1931, a daughter of the late Richard and Marjorie Blizzard. Marie was employed as a seamstress at several of the former local garment factories in Shippensburg and Mt. Holly Springs. She also worked at Martin’s Famous...

Barbara Wilt
Jan 1, 2015
Barbara Jane Wilt, 70, of Orrstown, died on the evening of Thursday, January 1, 2015, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born on July 30, 1944, in Baltimore, MD, a daughter of the late James and Evelyn Braun Watson. Barbara worked at various different places throughout her life, but was primarily a housewife. She loved to travel...
Renee Avara
Dec 28, 2014
Renee Kay Mowery Avara, 33, of Newburg, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 at home. Born November 22, 1981 in Carlisle, she was the daughter of Robert B. And Teresa A. Stevens Mowery, of Newburg. She was employed as an Instructional Design Specialist at Shippensburg University. Renee was a 2000 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, received her Bachelor’s...
June Coldsmith
Dec 28, 2014
June A. Coldsmith, 84, of Means Hollow Road, Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, August 31, 1930 in Three Springs, Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth VonMous Meck. June was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church. She retired as a seamstress from the former L’aiglon...

Janet Richardson
Dec 23, 2014
Janet Marie Richardson, 69, of Shippensburg Mobile Estates, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. Born Wednesday, May 16, 1945 in Muir, Schuylkill County, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Albert and Stella May Turnbaugh Wagner. Janet is survived by her husband of 50 years, Ralph James Richardson, Jr.,...

Bertha Clever
Dec 23, 2014
Bertha M. Clever, 54, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 23, 1960 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Bertha was a daughter of the late Leland Q. and Wanda R. Smith Campbell. She was also preceded in death by her husband Kevin W. Clever, Sr. who died August 9, 2003 a daughter, Sabrina...
Lee Mclean
Dec 17, 2014
Lee Duncan McLean, 66, of Shippensburg, PA, died on the morning of December 17, 2014, at his home. He was born on February 27, 1948, in Washington, DC, a son of the late Albert and Betty Colbert McLean. Lee was a U.S. Army Ranger who served in the Vietnam War, enlisting on May 12, 1967 and honorably discharged on December...
Mary Burkholder
Dec 17, 2014
Mary L. Burkholder, 93, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at home. She was born November 6, 1921 in Walnut Bottom, Cumberland County. Mary was a daughter of the late Simon E. and Viola C. Beecher Russell. Her husband, Lester D. Burkholder died January 8, 2005. Mary also was preceded in death by one son, David Lee Burkholder and...
Marlin Stevens
Dec 17, 2014
Marlin Lee Stevens, 73, of Mechanicsburg, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born Tuesday, July 22, 1941 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Wilbur W. and Julia M. Gilbert Stevens. Marlin was of the Methodist Faith. He retired from Roadway Express in Carlisle as a driver where he worked from September 1988...
Mary Lewis
Dec 9, 2014
Mary Irene Lewis, 87, died peacefully Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born December 13, 1926 in Toronto, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Anna Pavlinak Borovatz, but she always called Pennsylvania her home. Mary worked for many years ensuring retired military were paid correctly at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN, but mostly she...

Christine Carr
Dec 9, 2014
Christine K. Carr 1954 ~ 2014 Christine K. Carr, 59, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at her home, with her husband by her side. She was born on January 11, 1954, in Philadelphia, the daughter of the late William D. and June Gilbert Kirk. Christine worked along-side her husband, mainly as the Comptroller and...
Audrey Chamberlin
Dec 9, 2014
Audrey L. Chamberlin, 62, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born January 18, 1952 in Chambersburg, PA. Audrey was a daughter of the late Richard E. and Irene Engle Snook. She was a member of the Mt. Pleasant United Brethren Church, Chambersburg. Audrey worked for the Stanley...