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Steven Myers
Jan 12, 2014
Steven R. Myers, 61, of Carlisle, died Sunday, January 12, 2014 in the Martinsburg VA Center. He was born June 27, 1952 in Chambersburg, PA. He was a son of Freda Heckman Myers of Shippensburg and the late Robert Myers. He was the owner and operator of the former Myer’s Total Maintenance in Carlisle. Steven was a member of the...
Helen Nickle
Jan 12, 2014
Helen A. Nickle, 70, of Newville, died on the afternoon of Sunday, January 12, 2014, at the Holy Spirit Hospital. She was born on August 11, 1943, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Clarence C. and Dorothy M. Craig. Helen was employed at the former Newville Shoe Factory, until its closing. She then worked at Manor Care, Carlisle, in...
Helen Morrow
Jan 11, 2014
Helen G. Morrow, 88, died Saturday, January 11, 2014 at home in Littleton, North Carolina. She was born March 29, 1925 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Helen was the daughter of the late James W. and Barbara Ruth Gettel. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Boyd G. Morrow. Helen lived the first 86 years of her...
Michael Ashway
Jan 9, 2014
Michael A. Ashway, 55, of Chambersburg, died Thursday, January 9, 2014 at home. He was born July 15, 1958 in Chambersburg, PA. Mike is survived by his parents, Arthur R. and Glenda M. Finkey Ashway of Newburg. He worked for Domestic Castings in Shippensburg and also T.B. Woods in Chambersburg. Mike is survived by one daughter, Nancy May Ambrose of...
Rev. Donald Feick
Jan 9, 2014
The Reverend Donald H. Feick, 93, of Hermitage, TN, died Thursday, January 9, 2014. Fr. Feick was a retired Episcopal priest who lived a life dedicated to serving God, country, and community. Born August 4, 1920, in Avalon, PA, he was the son of Harry W. and Pearl H. Feick. He studied economics at Grove City College; later, at the...
Ethel Snyder
Jan 7, 2014
Ethel F. “Peggy” Snyder, 85, a resident of Manor Care, Camp Hill, formerly of Hanover, died on the morning of Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at the Holy Spirit Hospital. She was born on September 26, 1928, in Shippensburg, the daughter of the late Lloyd Gutshall and Iona Soxman. Peggy was a Registered Nurse prior to starting her family. She then...
Hilda Humelsine
Jan 7, 2014
Hilda P. Humelsine, 89, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born February 16, 1924 in Chambersburg, PA. Hilda was a daughter of the late Robert H. and Fannie Pierce Kline. She was a member of the Newville First Church of God. Hilda taught...
Helen Eyler
Jan 7, 2014
Helen L. Coover Eyler, 92, of Charleston, SC. and formerly of Shippensburg, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, January 7, 2014 in Charleston, SC. Born August 14, 1921 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late William Clyde and Melva Shuman Coover. A graveside service will be held Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Spring Hill cemetery,...
Phyllis Douglas
Jan 7, 2014
Phyllis J. Douglas, 85, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 in Holy Spirit Hospital. Born Sunday, June 17, 1928 in Orrstown, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Paul Martin and Dorothy Naomi Baker Staver. Phyllis attended the Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg. She retired as a seamstress from both L’Aiglon and Towne Cleaners in Shippensburg. Phyllis...
John Ulsh
Jan 2, 2014
John D. Ulsh, 51, of Westminster, MD, formerly of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 2, 2014 in the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Unit, Baltimore, MD. John was born January 14, 1962 in Corpus Christi, TX. He was a son of Cyrus C. and Barbara Matheson Ulsh of Shippensburg. John worked for Greenway Lawns in Westminster, MD and was a 1980...
Nellie Pennabaker
Dec 29, 2013
Nellie M. Pennabaker, 90, a resident of the Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle, went to meet her husband in heaven on the morning of Sunday, December 29, 2013. She was born on October 21, 1923, in Cleversburg, a daughter of the late David and Dora Strayer Eutzy. Over the years, in addition to being a homemaker, Nellie had been employed...
George Holtry
Dec 25, 2013
George F. Holtry, 88, of Dream Highway, Newburg, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 in the Orrstown Personal Care Home. He was born February 5, 1925 in Shippensburg. George was a son of the late William and Curvey Myers Holtry. He retired from Letterkenny Army Depot and also was a self employed farmer. George was a member of the Ridge Church...
Betty Ott
Dec 23, 2013
Betty M. Ott, 86, of Gettysburg, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at Golden Living, Gettysburg. She was born June 6, 1927 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Betty was the daughter of the late Grace Kelley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. “Sig” Ott, a grandson, Richard Bradley Ott, and two sons, Richard and Dennis Ott. Betty...
Donald Koontz
Dec 22, 2013
Donald A. Koontz, 79, of Lenwood Park, Shippensburg, died Sunday, December 22, 2013 in the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Friday, January 5, 1934 in Hopewell Township, Bedford County, he was a son of the late Albert W. and Letha F. Mills Koontz. Donald was a graduate of the Hopewell Township High School in Bedford County. He was a...
Letha Leedy
Dec 21, 2013
Letha E. Leedy, 83, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Saturday, December 21, 2013, at her home. She was born on May 20, 1930, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Oscar and Esther Keefer Myers, Sr. On November 19, 1949, Letha married Mr. Harrison L. Leedy in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded her in death on March 14, 1992....
Evelyn Seibold
Dec 19, 2013
Evelyn N. Seibold, 94, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, December 19, 2013 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born September 10, 1919 in Milton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Cyrus Artman Neitz and his wife, Rebecca Gundrum Neitz. Prior to her marriage to the Rev. Dr. Robert Seibold in 1959, Evelyn was a supervisor at the Kodak Corp. in...
Betty Mackenzie
Dec 19, 2013
Betty J. MacKenzie, 81, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Thursday, December 19, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on November 3, 1932, in Fairfax, AL, a daughter of the late Ridley and Alma O. Waters Gann. Betty was a 1949 Graduate of Valley High High School and a 1955 graduate of Judson College with a B.S....
Edward Fleming
Dec 17, 2013
Edward A. Fleming, 63, of Fayetteville, died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at home. He was born July 23, 1950 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Edward was a son of the late John A. and Beulah Mae Kearns Fleming. He retired in 1999 from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. Edward was a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post #...
Evelyn Shearer
Dec 16, 2013
Evelyn M. Shearer, 87, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Monday, December 16, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on August 2, 1926, in Lurgan Twp., a daughter of the late George D. and Ethel P. Reed Beltz. Evelyn married Mr. Robert E. Shearer in 1942, before he left for the European Theater of WW II. He...
Blaine Brown
Dec 16, 2013
Blaine M. Brown, 92, of Carlisle, died Monday, December 16, 2013 in the Thornwald Home. Born December 6, 1921 in Jewell Ridge, VA, he was a son of the late John and Lucinda White Brown. He was the widower of Amy D. Bowers Brown. They were married August 2, 1947 in Chambersburg, PA. Amy died April 11, 2006. Blaine and...
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