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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...
Bonnie Rhone
Oct 26, 2013
Bonnie S. Rhone, 67, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, October 26, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 21, 1946 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Bonnie was a daughter of the late Harman H. and Evelyn L. Shuman Reed. She worked at both the Carlisle Barracks and the former Hughes Super Thrift in Shippensburg. Bonnie was a graduate of Shippensburg...
John Foltz
Oct 25, 2013
John E. Foltz, 72, of Newburg, died on the afternoon of Friday, October 25, 2013, at the Sarah Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle. He was born on January 5, 1941, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Merle E. “Pappy” Foltz and Louise H. Griffith Foltz Shoap. John was veteran of the United States Marine Corp. John retired from the Shippensburg...
Lewis Swartz
Oct 23, 2013
Lewis D. “Lewie” Swartz, 90, of Newburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, October 23, 2013. He was born on July 20, 1923, in Hopewell Twp., a son of the late Samuel and Mary Thrush Swartz. On May 27, 1944, Lewis married Vera Brenize in Hagerstown, MD. She preceded him in death on July 14, 2012. Lewis was a self-employed...
Evelyn Helm
Oct 18, 2013
Evelyn L. Helm, 87, a resident at Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Friday, October 18, 2013 in the Carlisle Regional Medical center. Born Thursday, September 2, 1926 in Dayton, PA, she was a daughter of the late James O. and Ruth Holtry Baer. She attended the Shippensburg First Church of God and their Berean...
Martha Muhs
Oct 16, 2013
Martha Ann Muhs, 72, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, October 16, 2013. She was born on July 11, 1941, in Hagerstown, MD, the daughter of the late Karl and Bernice Barron Stoner. Years ago, Martha was employed at the former Stanley Co., Chambersburg and had also worked in Food Service for the Chambersburg Area School District. Martha...
Elizabeth Ott
Oct 11, 2013
Elizabeth V. “Betty” Ott, 90, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Center, died on the morning of Friday, October 11, 2013. She was born on February 6, 1923, in Middle Spring, a daughter of the late James Quiqley and Mabelle Crawford Means. A 1941 graduate of the Shippensburg High School, Betty married Mr. Elmer M. Ott on August 1,...
Ronald Keefer
Oct 5, 2013
Ronald E. Keefer, Sr., 57, of Orrstown, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at home from the result of a tractor accident. He was born February 20, 1956 in Chambersburg. Ronald was a son of the late Paul C. and Elsie V. Byers Keefer. Ronald served as a Medic with the United States Army for nine years, and was currently working...
Kermit Wells
Oct 2, 2013
Kermit Fredrick Wells, 71, of Newburg, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 in McVeytown, Mifflin County as a result of a logging accident. He was born Thursday, May 14, 1942, in Boggs Twp., Centre County. He was a son of the late Thomas and Mary Matilda Meckley Wells. Kermit was a member of the Carlisle Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He worked as...
Lenore "Lee" Bannon
Sep 28, 2013
Lenore “Lee” Bannon, 71, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Saturday, September 28, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on August 8, 1942, in Pottsville, PA, the daughter of the late James Bernard and Lenore Niece McKeon. Lenore worked for both the Federal Government and the Pennsylvania State Department of Labor and Industry, as a Human Resource...
Clara Johanson
Sep 26, 2013
Clara A. Johanson, 95, formerly of Upper Strasburg, PA, died on the morning of Thursday, September 26, 2013, at Ravenwood, Hagerstown, MD. She was born on March 31, 1918, in Upper Strasburg, a daughter of the late John F. and Amelia Gipe Rosenberry. On December 2, 1942, Clara married Mr. Arthur Johanson in Chambersburg. He preceded her in death on...
Margaret Pletcher
Sep 26, 2013
Margaret Ann Pletcher, 94, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, died on the morning of Thursday, September 26, 2013. She was born on August 15, 1919, in Johnstown, PA, the daughter of the late Charles E. and Catherine Thomas Allison. Margaret was a member of the Newville Church of the Brethren. She was a 1937 graduate of Ferndale High...
Denise Sheaffer
Sep 25, 2013
Denise Lee Devore Sheaffer, 61, of Shippensburg, passed away due to complications of end stage renal disease, on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 25, 2013. She was born on January 31, 1952, in Carlisle, a daughter of Rodney C. and Edwina L. Kauffman Devore. In the past, Denise had been employed as a Switchboard Operator at Shippensburg University and also...
Donna Gruver
Sep 23, 2013
Donna N. Gruver, 81, a resident of Green Ridge Village and a life- long resident of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Monday, September 23, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on March 4, 1932, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Roy C.and Ardella M. Sites Naugle. On August 25, 1950, Donna married Mr. Robert J. Gruver...
Heather Cummings
Sep 21, 2013
Heather Rotz Cummings, 44, of Chambersburg, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at home. She was born Saturday, October 5, 1968 in LasVegas, NV. Heather was a daughter of Robert L. and Susan E. Berkheimer Rotz of Shippensburg. Heather was employed as a CNA at ManorCare in Chambersburg. She was a United States Marine Corp. Veteran. Heather was a graduate of...
June Killian
Sep 20, 2013
June Ellen Holtry Killian, 97, of Upper Strasburg, died Friday, September 20, 2013 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born Tuesday, March 21, 1916 in Upper Strasburg, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late John F. Daugherty and Blanche Weist Daugherty Nichol. June worked as a presser at the former J. Schoeneman Company in Chambersburg. She was a member...
Helen Hoffman
Sep 18, 2013
Helen P. Hoffman, 90, of Newburg, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 in Manorcare, Chambersburg during her rehabilitation. She was born July 24, 1923 in Greene Township, Franklin County. Helen was a daughter of the late Chester and Elsie Cosey Statler. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer O. Hoffman who died August 11, 1982, and three brothers,...
Janet Fridinger
Sep 16, 2013
Janet (Louise) Fridinger, 85, of 25 Larch Dr. Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at Manor Care of Chambersburg. Born January 10, 1928 in Chambersburg, was the daughter of the late Raymond and Elsie Porter Shannon. She was a member of The Church of The Nazarene in Shippensburg and worked at the Grief Clothing Company of Shippensburg with...
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