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Esther Tosten
Dec 9, 2014
Esther L. Tosten, 76, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born April 25, 1938 in Newburg, Cumberland County. Esther was a daughter of the late Clarence W. Sr. and Violet Vaughn Holtry. She was also preceded in death by her brother, John H. Holtry. Esther was a member of the Ridge...
John Long
Dec 9, 2014
John Kenneth “Ken” Long, Jr., 73, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. He was born September 17, 1941 in Shippensburg, PA. Ken was a son of L. Kathryn Watson Long of Chambersburg and the late John Kenneth Long, Sr. After retiring from teaching Biology at Shippensburg Area School District for 32 years he worked...
Steward Lehman
Dec 8, 2014
Steward H. “Sam” Lehman, Jr., 49, of Shippensburg, died Monday, December 8, 2014 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born July 7, 1965 in Chambersburg, PA. Steward was a son of the late Steward H., Sr. and Gayle N. Mooney Lehman. In the past he worked for General Casting in Shippensburg. Steward was a graduate of the Shippensburg...
Steven Updegraff
Dec 7, 2014
Steven Eugene Updegraff, 40, of Chambersburg, passed unexpectedly Sunday, December 7, 2014. He was born March 29, 1974 in Chambersburg, PA. Steven was a son of Lawrence L. Updegraff of Fayetteville and the late B. Jean Short Updegraff. His brother Richard E. Updegraff is also deceased. He was employed for over 20 years at Grove Manufacturing in Shady Grove. Steven...
June Shuey
Dec 7, 2014
June B. Shuey, 83, a resident of Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle, formerly of Shippensburg, died Sunday, December 7, 2014 in the center. She was born October 2, 1931 in Shippensburg. June was a daughter of the late Leonard O. and Lilah B. Naugle Beidel. June was a 1949 graduate of the former Shippensburg High School. In addition to...
Robert Hinds
Dec 6, 2014
Robert N. Hinds, Jr., 83, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died Saturday, December 6, 2014 in the center. He was born October 8, 1931 in Linglestown, PA. Robert was a son of the late Robert N., Sr. and Alice Hinebaugh Hinds. He retired from Bethlehem Steel Corp., Steelton and was a member of the Newburg First Church...
Chester Jones
Dec 6, 2014
Chester B. Jones, Sr., 92, of Shippensburg died on the morning of Saturday, December 6, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on December 1, 1922, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Jesse Freet and Leora Booz Jones. Chester married Ms. Bermeda Clever on August 10, 1940, in Winchester, VA, before being inducted into the...
Doris Harry
Dec 6, 2014
Doris G. Harry, 75, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on the morning of Saturday, December 6, 2014, at her home. She was born on August 3, 1939, in Dry Run, a daughter of the late Wilbur and Ness Bair Allen. Doris married Raymond L. Harry on March 22, 1958, in Hagerstown, MD. Doris was employed at the...
Joseph Hubley
Dec 5, 2014
Joseph D. Hubley, 54, of Shippensburg, died Friday, December 5, 2014 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. He was born November 15, 1960 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Joseph was a son of the late John E. and Phyllis Malamos Hubley. Joseph was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg. He was a graduate of the Shippensburg High School and...
Sandra Disalvo
Dec 5, 2014
Sandra Kaye DiSalvo, 68, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Friday, December 5, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on July 24, 1946, in Newville, a daughter of the late Glen A. and Evelyn Enyeart Franklin. Sandra was most recently employed at Keystone Family Services, Chambersburg, as a Counselor, mainly for autistic children, retiring in 2010. Earlier...
Richard Reed
Dec 3, 2014
Richard L. Reed, 89, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 3, 2014. He was born on August 13, 1925, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Gordon and Mary Hippensteel Reed. Richard was a U.S. Navy Veteran of W.W. II, enlisting on November 9, 1943 and honorably discharged on May 3, 1946. He...
J. Leroy Bert
Dec 1, 2014
J. Leroy Bert, 84, of Newburg, went to be in the arms of his Heavenly Father on the morning of Monday, December 1, 2014. He was born on May 19, 1930, in Newburg, a son of the late Laban and Leah Musser Bert. Leroy married Dorothy Oldham on August 22, 1953, in Bedford County. Leroy was a life-long farmer. He...
Genevieve Reese
Dec 1, 2014
Genevieve R. Reese, 78, of Newburg, died in the early morning hours of Monday, December 1, 2014, at her home. She was born on June 29, 1936, in Spring Run, a daughter of the late Raymond and Clara Stake Rowles. On July 1, 1955, Genevieve married Chester L. ‘Chet” Reese in Hagerstown, MD, and was his caretaker for twenty one...
M. Luella Flowers
Dec 1, 2014
M. Luella “Toots” Flowers, 94, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the morning of Monday, December 1, 2014. She was born on August 27, 1920, in Harrisburg, a daughter of the late Lyman and Ella B. High Myers. Toots married Paul D. Flowers in November of 1947 in Harrisburg, PA. He preceded her in death in...
Debra Werner
Nov 29, 2014
Debra L. Werner, 57, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, November 29, 2014 in the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born September 18, 1957 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Stella L. Spangler Gallo. Debra was a 1975 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church...
Theresa Allen
Nov 29, 2014
Theresa A. Allen, 73, of Newburg, died Saturday, November 29, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 12, 1941 in Baltimore MD, she was a daughter of the late James George and Helen Fowler McCrosson. Theresa was a 1958 graduate of Seaton High School and a 1961 graduate of St. Agnes School of Nursing both in Baltimore, MD. She retired...
Alice Starliper
Nov 27, 2014
Alice A. Starliper, 80, of Newburg, died Thursday, November 27, 2014 at home. She was born May 9, 1934 in Orbisonia, Huntingdon County. Alice was a daughter of the late Howard and Rosa Lee Pyne Rowles. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Harold T. Starliper, Sr. who died July 6, 1993. A son, Robert E. Parson, a...
Edna O'Donnell
Nov 27, 2014
On November 27, 2014 Edna L. “Nanny” O’Donnell left her pain here on Earth to be with her Lord and Savior. She died at her Shippensburg home surrounded by the ones that she loved. She was born in Shippensburg on Friday, January 25, 1946. Edna was the daughter of the late Clyde E. Rotz and Martha (Warren) Rotz. Edna Attended...
Mildred Koontz
Nov 26, 2014
Mildred P. Koontz, 82, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 27, 1932 in Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late George E. and Lula Bowers Butts. Mid was retired from Letterkenny Army Depot, where she was an executive secretary at DESCOM. She was of the Lutheran faith and enjoyed gardening and travelling....
Lucille Rosenberry
Nov 23, 2014
Lucille A. Traxler Rosenberry, 90, of Fannettsburg, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2014 at Hershey Medical Center, with family by her side. She was born on September 21, 1924 in Chambersburg to the late Harvey A. and Grace North Traxler. Lucille spent her childhood years in Northern Pennsylvania and New Jersey due to the fact that her father was...
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