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Jacob Kling
Dec 2, 2013
Jacob C. ‘Jake” Kling, 82, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on the morning of Monday, December 2, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on May 3, 1931, in Lewistown, PA. Jake was the son of the late Mr. George Edward Kling and Mrs. Ida Pauline (Earnest) Kling of Lewistown, PA and was the step-son of...
Elmer Naugle
Dec 1, 2013
Elmer E. Naugle, 89, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg. Born Friday, October 31, 1924 in Chambersburg, he was son of the late Carl A. and Nellie I. Campbell Naugle. Elmer was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and received his Bachelor’s Degree from Bucknell University. He was a WWII Army...
Audrey Chamberlin
Nov 26, 2013
Audrey E. Chamberlin, 91, a resident of Penn Hall, died peacefully on the evening of Tuesday, November 26, 2013. She was born on June 12, 1922, in Pond Bank, PA, a daughter of the late Bruce and Amanda Gilbert Myers. Audrey worked at the former Shirt Craft and U-Wanna-Wash Frock Co’s., Towne Cleaners, all of Shippensburg, and the former Stanley...
Kenneth Yeatter
Nov 21, 2013
Kenneth A. “Ken” Yeatter, 73, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Thursday, November 21, 2013, at his home. He was born on April 7, 1940, in Doylesburg, a son of the late Herman H. and Celesta F. Harris Yeatter. Ken was a U.S. Army veteran, inducted on August 13, 1963, honorably discharged from active duty on August 3, 1965,...
Maruja Hudgins
Nov 20, 2013
Maruja Alvarez Hudgins, 84, a resident of Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in the home. She was born December 10, 1928 in Pola de Lena, Spain. Maruja was a daughter of the late Jose Carlos and Nieves Castanon Alvarez. She was the owner and operator of the former Ana’s Consignment Shop in Rockville, Maryland. Maruja...
Mildred Foltz
Nov 18, 2013
Mildred G. Foltz, 102, of Newville, died on the afternoon of Monday, November 18, 2013, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born on January 10, 1911, in Bluefield, WV, a daughter of the late Walter Frank and Elizabeth Baldwin Elswick. Mildred worked as a fitter, at the former Marden Clothing Co., Shippensburg, retiring in 1976. She was a...
Joyce Wyrick
Nov 18, 2013
Joyce E. Wyrick, 87, of Shippensburg, died Monday, November 18, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born April 23, 1926 in Carlisle. Joyce was a daughter of the late Jacob Foster and Helen Hoffman Shank. Joyce was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg and the Senior Citizens Group # 1, Orrstown. She enjoyed flower gardening, bird watching,...
Pauline Mowery
Nov 17, 2013
Pauline C. Mowery, 94, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the morning of Sunday, November 17, 2013. She was born on June 19, 1919, at Newburg, PA, a daughter of the late Ezra and Carrie Hock Bert. On May 30, 1940 Pauline married Mr. John Mowery at the Bert home near Newburg. He preceded her in...
Timothy Hovetter
Nov 15, 2013
Timothy G. Hovetter, 53, of Carlisle, died Friday, November 15, 2013 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Born Tuesday, April 12, 1960 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late William F. and Edna Devore Hovetter. Tim was of the Protestant Faith. He was presently employed at EXEL in Carlisle with 34...
Clarence Mooney
Nov 14, 2013
Clarence E. "Buddy" Mooney, Jr., 83, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, November 14, 2013, at home. Born November 5, 1930, in Greene Township, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence Mooney, Sr. and the late Margaret (Witter) Mooney. He attended schools in the Chambersburg School District. In his early years, he learned about the operation of...
Genevieve Parks
Nov 13, 2013
Genevieve E. Parks, 76, of Willow Hill, died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 18, 1937 in Orrstown, PA. Genevieve was a daughter of the late Hubert I. and Bertha A. Secrist Starr. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Westley J. Parks. One...
Mary Burkholder
Nov 12, 2013
Mary Catherine Burkholder, 90, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, formerly of Cumberland Highway, Newburg, was called home by her Lord and Savior on the morning of Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Born on October 22, 1923, in Lurgan Twp., Franklin Co., Mary was a daughter of the late John and Susan Burkhart Burkholder. Mary was the last surviving...
Thelma Allison
Nov 9, 2013
Thelma R. Allison, 81, formerly of 408 Maple Hill Ave., Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Saturday, November 9, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on February 3, 1932, in Mt. Union, Huntingdon, Co., a daughter of the late Charles and Marie Price Secrest. On November 1, 1953, Thelma married Mr. Carl D. Allison in McVeytown. He preceded...
Miriam Hock
Nov 7, 2013
Miriam E. Hock, 84, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Thursday, November 7, 2013, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born on January 24, 1929, in Newville, she was a daughter of the late David F. and Rhoda Hoover Ocker. On May 4, 1957, Miriam married Mr. Walter E. Hock in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded her in death on...
Kathleen Bell
Nov 6, 2013
Kathleen I. Bell, 84, of Newville, died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born September 29, 1929 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County. Kathleen was a daughter of the late Charles M. and Ruth V. Wenger Rife. She was a member of Hays Grove United Methodist Church, Newville, and a member of their Pollyanna Social...
John "Jack" Trant
Nov 4, 2013
John “Jack” J. Trant, Jr., 83, of Shippensburg, formerly of Cambridge, MA, died on the evening of Monday, November 4, 2013, at his home, with his family at his side. He was born on November 6, 1929, in Cambridge, MA, a son of the late John J. and Elizabeth D. Daily Trant, Sr. Jack was a U.S. Coast Guard Veteran...
Vivian Peters
Nov 4, 2013
Vivian J. Peters, 86, of Shippensburg, died Monday, November 4, 2013 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born Thursday, December 16, 1926 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Anna Hammond Miller. Vivian was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. She retired...
Jay Davidson
Nov 2, 2013
Dr. Jay Frank Davidson, 80, of New Cumberland, died Saturday, November 2, 2013, at his home. Born September 29, 1933 in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late Frank and Gladys (RIFE) Davidson. Both of Jay’s parents tragically died when Jay was a youngster of 10 years old. As was the custom in the close-knit Newburg rural farm community...
Brenda Steigleman
Nov 2, 2013
Brenda S. Steigleman, 66, of New Market, VA, died on the evening of Saturday, November 2, 2013, at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA. She was born on November 27, 1946, in Washington, D.C. a daughter of Maurice E. and Gladys Coble Weiss. On March 13, 1967, Brenda married Mr. Marlin E. Steigleman, Jr., in Arlington, VA. Brenda was a...
John Pharo
Oct 27, 2013
John G. Pharo, 71, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at home. He was born May 5, 1942 in Quincy, Franklin County, PA. John was a son of the late John G. and Louise V. Haugh Pharo. He was the owner and operator of the former Pharo’s Truck Stop in Shippensburg. Many years ago John was a self employed...
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