Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Nancy Mccullough

Nancy Mccullough

Aug 22, 2013

Nancy L. McCullough, 60, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at home. She was born March 27, 1953 in Carlisle. Nancy was a daughter of the late Walter R. and Janet E. Halter Foltz. She retired from the Naval Ships Control Center in Mechanicsburg after 41 years of service. Nancy was a member of the Oakville United Methodist Church,...

Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson

Aug 21, 2013

Robert G. “Bob” “Chief” Johnson, 68, of Scotland, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born November 12, 1944 in Newville. Bob was a son of the late George L. and Marian Weigle Johnson. Bob was a 1963 graduate of Shippensburg Area Senior High School and then graduated from Barber School in Harrisburg. He worked in...

Donna Laughman

Donna Laughman

Aug 19, 2013

Donna Lee Laughman, 62, a resident of South Mountain Restoration Center, formerly of Chambersburg, died Monday, August 19, 2013 in the center. She was born December 27, 1950 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County. Donna was a daughter of Robert C. Laughman of Chambersburg and the late Bertie I. Atwood Laughman. In addition to her father she is survived by four...

Simon Alleman

Simon Alleman

Aug 18, 2013

Simon E. Alleman 1929 ~ 2013 Simon E. Alleman, 83, a resident of the Sarah Todd Nursing Home, Carlisle, formerly of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Sunday, August 18, 2013. He was born on October 8, 1929, in Pleasant Hall, a son of the late David and Mae Stouffer Alleman. On July 26, 1955, Simon married Ms. Vesta L....

Christopher  Thomas

Christopher Thomas

Aug 18, 2013

Christopher Lee Thomas, 26, of Lancaster, formerly of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Sunday, August 18, 2013. He was born on October 26, 1986, in Wilmington, DE, a son of Karen K. and Rodney D. Baugher. Chris was a 2004 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School, where he was a member of the Track & Field and Cross Country...

Don Clever

Don Clever

Aug 16, 2013

Don Juan Clever went to be with God on Friday, August 16, 2013. He was born February 11, 1933 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania to John Samuel and Pearl Armstrong Clever. He graduated from Shippensburg Area Joint High School in 1950. Over a 22-year period he attended several colleges and universities, including Ohio’s Kent State University, as a part-time student to obtain...

Anna  Yohe

Anna Yohe

Aug 14, 2013

Anna Marie Yohe, 85, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on January 16, 1928, in Orrstown, a daughter of the late Hubert and Bertha Seacrest Starr, Sr. Anna was of the Catholic faith. She was a homemaker throughout her life and was very family oriented, dedicating her life...

Mildred  Myers

Mildred Myers

Aug 12, 2013

Mildred L. Myers, 87, a resident of The Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, died on the morning of Monday, August 12, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on August 11, 1926, in Mt. Pleasant, PA, a daughter of the late Charles B. and Gertrude Wiles Newell. Mildred worked as a seamstress at the former Greif Co., Shippensburg, retiring...

Frank Marzullo

Frank Marzullo

Aug 9, 2013

Frank “David” Marzullo, 37, a resident at the Selinsgrove Center, formerly of Shippensburg, died Friday, August 9, 2013 at the center. Born Thursday, December 25, 1975 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Frank J. and Joyce P. Shaffer Marzullo of Chambersburg. David was of the Protestant Faith. He enjoyed going to Knoebel’s Amusement Park and going out to eat....

William Bilchak

William Bilchak

Aug 9, 2013

William Bilchak, 91, of Shippensburg, died Friday, August 9, 2013 at home. Born May 21, 1922 in Port Homer, Ohio, he was a son of the late John and Julia Choma Bilchak. Bill was employed at Brainard Steel, then Daniels Motor Freight, and retired from Trumball Memorial Hospital all in Warren Ohio. He was a United States Army Veteran of...

Richard Holtry

Richard Holtry

Aug 7, 2013

Richard S. Holtry, 87, Shippensburg, PA, died on August 7, 2013 at 8:50 a.m. Born on July 25, 1926 in Shippensburg, he was one of five sons of the late Walter S. and Helen L. Hawk Holtry. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers: Walter Eugene (died at birth), Robert E. and Glenn O....

Daniel Payne

Daniel Payne

Aug 6, 2013

Daniel C. Payne, 80, of Middle Spring Avenue, Shippensburg, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at home. His funeral services have been entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Inc., Shippensburg. Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.

Mary  Shearer

Mary Shearer

Aug 4, 2013

Mary Leo Shearer, 94, formerly of Hershey, Shippensburg and Mt. Holly Springs, died Aug. 4, 2013, at Green Ridge Village senior living community in Newville. Born in Halifax Jan. 14, 1919, daughter of Concetta (Magnelli) and Leonard Samuel Leo, she was the widow of John O. Shearer, first president and business manager of Local 464 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco...

Mary  Gayman

Mary Gayman

Jul 31, 2013

Mary E. Gayman, 89, of Nicholasville, KY, formerly of Orrstown, died on the morning of Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She was born on February 15, 1924, in Mt. Union, Huntingdon Co., a daughter of the late Vincent S. and Tressie A. Kelley Blake. Mary was a self-employed beautician for 18 years and had previously worked for...

Jay  Chamberlin

Jay Chamberlin

Jul 28, 2013

Jay E. Chamberlin, 85, of Maclays Mill Road, died Sunday, July 28, 2013 at his home. Born Wednesday, May 30 1928 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Adam Reese and Mary Benita Fogelsonger Chamberlin. Jay was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church. He was a farmer all his life owning and operating Chamberlin Farm and...

Margie Clough

Margie Clough

Jul 28, 2013

Margie R. Clough, 88, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, died on the morning of Sunday, July 28, 2013. She was born on September 1, 1924, in Carlisle a daughter of the late Harry and Elsie Mae Singer. Margie attended the Shippensburg First Assembly of God. She was a homemaker throughout her life. Margie had a great love for...

Ronald Galbraith

Ronald Galbraith

Jul 21, 2013

Ronald H. ‘Giz” Galbraith, 73, of Newville, died on the afternoon of Sunday, July 21, 2013, at his home, with his wife and close friends who were visiting, by his side. He was born on November 26, 1939, in Carlisle, a son of the late Harry and Beatrice Shearer Galbraith. Ronald was a graduate of Boiling Springs High School and...

Doris Sheaffer

Doris Sheaffer

Jul 15, 2013

Doris J. Sheaffer, 73, of Orrstown, formerly of North Fort Myers, FL, died on the evening of Monday, July 15, 2013, at her son’s home, with her family at her side. She was born on July 25, 1939 in Red Oak, IL, the daughter of the late Merle and Grace Nicholson Weaver. On January 18, 1958, Doris married Mr. H....

Betty Ingram

Betty Ingram

Jul 13, 2013

Betty J. Ingram, 83, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Elmcroft in Shippensburg. She was born October 1, 1929 in Newville, Cumberland County. Betty was a daughter of the late John and Maude Stevick Varner. Betty was a member of South Mountain Brethren in Christ Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Daniel  Middaugh

Daniel Middaugh

Jul 6, 2013

Daniel H. “Ducky” Middaugh, 64, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the evening of Saturday, July 6, 2013. He was born on August 14, 1948, in Doylesburg, a son of the late Raymond and Margaret Stoner Middaugh. Daniel married Alice Shearer on June 24, 1966 in Alexandria, VA. Throughout his life, Daniel worked as a truck...