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Dorothy Butts
Sep 8, 2014
Dorothy W. Butts, 90, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, died on the morning of Monday, September 8, 2014. She was born on March 22, 1924, in Hopewell Twp., Cumberland County, a daughter of the late John and Mary Jane “Jennie” Snoke Davidson. In her younger years, Dorothy worked at the former Shirt Craft Co., Shippensburg, for about...
Thelma Strohm
Aug 31, 2014
Thelma E. Strohm, 99, a resident at Green Ridge Village, and formerly of Fish Hatchery Road, Newville, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014 in the home. Born Wednesday, November 4, 1914 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late G. Emory and Bertha I. Guyer Kann. Thelma was a 1933 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. She...
Lynelle Nolt
Aug 31, 2014
Lynelle Rose Nolt, 18, of Shippensburg, peacefully passed to her eternal reward on Sunday, August 31, 2014 at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh after a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. She was born in Shippensburg on March 4, 1996. Lynelle was the beloved daughter of Jay P. and Edna Mae (Hoover) Nolt, granddaughter of Phares W. and Anna Mae (Sensenig) Nolt...
Joan Brown
Aug 28, 2014
Joan Marie “Joanie” Brown, 47, of Newburg, died on the morning of Thursday, August 28, 2014, at her home. She was born on December 22, 1966, in Bristol, PA, a daughter of the late Raymond P. Brown and Mary J. Palmer. Joan had been employed as a Tax Preparer for Jackson Hewitt Tax Services. She was very active and involved...
Barbara Rife
Aug 22, 2014
Barbara J. Rife, 58, of Newville, died Friday, August 22, 2014 at her home. Born July 17, 1956 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Charles D. and Jean Elizabeth Piper Thomas. Barbara enjoyed making crafts, traveling and spending time with her family especially her grandchildren. Surviving is one son, Kenneth E. “Ken” Rife and his wife Gabrael,...
Leonard Martin
Aug 20, 2014
Leonard H. Martin, 17, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center from the result of a farming accident. Leonard was born March 20, 1997 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. He was a son of Allen Z. and Arlene E. Hoover Martin of Shippensburg. Leonard worked on the Martin’s Family Dairy Farm and attended the Shippensburg...
David Bowers
Aug 15, 2014
David J. Bowers, Jr., 41, of Shippensburg, died in the early morning hours of Friday, August 15, 2014, at his home. He was born on October 2, 1972, in Carlisle, the son of David J. and Dottie M. Carmack Bowers, Sr. David was currently employed as a Welder at Shippensburg Pump Co. and had previously worked at Volvo Inc., Shippensburg,...
Evelyn Rasmussen
Aug 15, 2014
Evelyn C. Rasmussen, 88, a resident of Menno Haven, Chambersburg, and formerly of Yeadon and Havertown, died Friday August 15, 2014 in Menno Haven. Born September 1, 1925 in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Alexander B. and Reba Mellinger Cameron. During her life Evelyn worked for the Julian B. Slevin Company, East Lansdowne. She was a member...
Matthew Sensenig
Aug 13, 2014
Matthew Newswanger Sensenig, newborn son of Mark Z. and Ada Mae (Newswanger) Sensenig, of Shippensburg, was born on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 and died on the evening of Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. In addition to his parents, Matthew is survived by his sister, Karen N. Sensenig; paternal grandparents, Christ S. and Esther (Zimmerman) Sensenig...
Florence Horst
Aug 7, 2014
Florence Z. Horst, 57, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2014 in the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center due to injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. Born Monday, May 6, 1957 in East Earl, PA., she was a daughter of the late Henry S. and Edna W. Zimmerman Horst. She was a member of the Locust Lane Groffdale Conference,...
Esther Byers
Aug 6, 2014
Esther A. Byers, 87, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Hershey Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born on April 17, 1927, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Arthur and Anna Varner Hancock and attended Shippensburg Area schools. Esther married Frank D. Byers at the Missionary Alliance Church in Shippensburg....
Betty Geedy
Aug 6, 2014
Betty L. Wadel Geedy, 87, a resident at Green Ridge Village, Newville, and formerly of Shippensburg passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2014 in the home. Born Saturday, August 14, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Sarah Ingram Bigler. Betty was a member of the Newburg First Church of God Betty worked as a...
Mary Heckman
Aug 5, 2014
Mary Catherine “Cass” Heckman, 83, a resident at The Village of Laurel Run, and formerly of Lantern Lane, Chambersburg, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, June 23, 1931 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Miley and May V. Brown Eichelberger. Mary was a 1949 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High...
Korie Bender
Aug 3, 2014
Korie E. Bender, 74, of Shippensburg, passed away on August 3, 2014, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born on August 13, 1939, in Belleville, a son of the late Daniel W. and Arie (Peachey) Bender. Korie married Ms. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kanagy Bender on November 19, 1959. Korie worked in the Furniture Restoration trade for 40 years of...
Eugene Mccurdy
Aug 2, 2014
Eugene H. McCurdy, 65, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Saturday, August 2, 2014, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born on December 2, 1948, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Harold C. and Lois Ann Staver McCurdy and was a 1968 graduate of Shippensburg Senior High School. Eugene was employed as a House Parent at...
George Geedy
Jul 30, 2014
George A. Geedy, Jr., 88, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at Green Ridge Village, Newville. He was born on Saturday, August 29, 1925, in Carlisle, a son of the late George A. and Sara Hurley Geedy, Sr. George was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII enlisting February 22, 1945 and being Honorably discharge November...
David Wright
Jul 29, 2014
David Eugene “Buck” Wright, 77 of Upper Strasburg, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, from the Chambersburg Hospital, after a yearlong courageous battle with cancer. His loving wife and daughters were by his side. Born Monday, April 12, 1937 in Upper Strasburg, he was a son of the late Curtis William and Dorothy Isabelle...
W. Rodney Poe
Jul 26, 2014
W. Rodney Poe, 64, of Shippensburg, died Monday, July 28, 2014 at his home. Born November 25, 1949 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Wilbur Raymond and Margaret Louise Leberknight Poe. Rodney was a 1968 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was a member of the Orrstown Lutheran Church, Lodge # 262 F. &...
Vera Rebuck
Jul 25, 2014
Vera C. Rebuck, 89, of Ridge Road, Shippensburg, died Friday, July 25, 2014 in Menno Haven, Chambersburg. Born Monday, July 13, 1925 in Newburg, she was a daughter of the late Purus W. and Sarah Elizabeth Burdge Scott. Vera was a member of the Newburg First Church of God. She retired from the Shippensburg University as a custodian, loved crocheting,...
Robert Mclaughlin
Jul 23, 2014
Robert C. McLaughlin, 88, of Philadelphia Avenue, Chambersburg, died Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, December 14, 1925 in Lees Cross Roads, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late James M. and Elizabeth Shields McLaughlin. Robert worked as an electrician at the United States Army War College, Carlisle, was a member of the Messiah...
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