Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Zayden Raifsnider

Zayden Raifsnider

Apr 19, 2013

Zayden Paul Raifsnider, eight months old, of Walnut Bottom Road, Shippensburg, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Friday, August 31, 2012 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Bart Andrew Raifsnider Jr., and Kelsey Jo Donaldson. In addition to his parents, Zayden is survived by a brother, Urijah Gavin Raifsnider and a sister, Izzebella Marie...

Larry Dell

Larry Dell

Apr 14, 2013

Larry R. “Buck” Dell, 59, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the Fulton County Medical Center. He was born January 14, 1954 in Shade Gap, Huntingdon County. Larry was a son of the late Richard B. and Mildred M. Parsons Dell. He currently was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. Larry was a 1971 graduate of the Southern...

Shirley  Mogerman

Shirley Mogerman

Apr 14, 2013

Shirley A. Mogerman, 65, of Shippensburg, passed Sunday, April 14, 2013 at home surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was born November 5, 1947 in Chambersburg. She was a daughter of the late Gerald A., Sr. and Emma F. Beidel Diehl. Shirley retired from the Transportation Department of the Shippensburg Area School District after 33 years of employment. She was...

Theodore  Horn

Theodore Horn

Apr 13, 2013

Theodore J. “Ted” Horn, 77, of West King Street, Shippensburg, died Saturday, April 13, 2013 at his home. Born Saturday, January 11, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late George Lee and Vera Elizabeth Wright Horn. Ted was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Korean Conflict. He was formerly employed as a heavy equipment operator...

Victoria Mozingo

Victoria Mozingo

Apr 12, 2013

Victoria J. “Vickie” Mozingo, 64, of Newburg, died on the evening of Friday, April 12, 2013, at her home. She was born on April 15, 1948, in Walnut Bottom, a daughter of the late Ray A. and Mildred M. Kline Coy. Vickie then married Mr. Gary L. Mozingo, Sr., on October 30, 1965, at the Prince Street United Brethren Church,...

Betty Helm

Betty Helm

Apr 4, 2013

Betty L. Helm, 57, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord surrounded by her loving family in the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, April 4, 2013. She was born June 19, 1955 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Betty was a daughter of Hazel L. Gilbert Mooney of Shippensburg and the late Floyd L. Mooney. She retired in 2002 from the Beistle...

James Powell

James Powell

Apr 2, 2013

James O. Powell was born on February 2, 1927, in Newburg, Pennsylvania. He was raised by his adoptive father and mother, David “Ollie” Powell and Bessie Kane Powell and lovingly taught to be a gentleman by Mrs. Maud Bobletz. As a teenager, Jim was eager to join the Navy and go to war. He convinced his father that he should...

M. Mccrae

M. Mccrae

Apr 1, 2013

M. Winifred “Winnie” McCrae, 98 of Shippensburg, died Monday, April 01, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Thursday, September 3, 1914 in Roxbury, she was a daughter of the late John A. and Jenney G. Gabler McKee. Winnie was a member of the Roxbury United Methodist Church where she was the organist for many and served on the...

Mary Naugle

Mary Naugle

Mar 30, 2013

Mary E. Naugle, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, September 7, 1915 in Southampton Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Charles A. and Estella D. Masters Ewan. Mary was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church and the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Post...

Ruth  Hoch

Ruth Hoch

Mar 28, 2013

Ruth M. Hoch, 89, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Moravian Manor, Lititz, PA. She was born on December 23, 1923, in Shippensburg, the daughter of the late Arthur P. and Bertha May Thrush Mell. Ruth worked as a machine operator at the Beistle Company, putting the springy arms and legs on all...

J. Harold  Holtry

J. Harold Holtry

Mar 27, 2013

J. Harold Holtry, 96, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born January 24, 1917 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Harold was a son of the late Herman L., Sr. and Mabel Fitzgerald Holtry. He was a lifelong dairy farmer and a member of Messiah United Methodist Church. Harold was a life member of the...

Donald  Foore

Donald Foore

Mar 25, 2013

Donald R. “Tiny” Foore, 70, of Orrstown, died on the morning of Monday, March 25, 2013, at his home. He was born on March 26, 1942, in Huntingdon, PA, a son of the late Allen and Rosella Seilar Foore. Donald was employed at Nitterhouse Concrete, Chambersburg, as a truck driver, retiring after 40 years of work. He was a member...

Guy Johnson

Guy Johnson

Mar 22, 2013

Guy E. Johnson, Sr., 89, of Chambersburg, died Friday, March 22, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born November 10, 1923 in Horse Valley, Franklin County. Guy was a son of the late Robert I. and Ruth Wright Johnson. He retired in 1980 from the Letterkenny Army Depot and was a United States Army Veteran of World War II....

Hazel Diller

Hazel Diller

Mar 19, 2013

Hazel S. Diller, 90 of Mechanicsburg, PA, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 19, 2013. She was born July 11, 1922, daughter of the late Roy and Margaret Garman. Hazel was born in Hays Grove, PA. After living in New York and Massachusetts, she returned to Hays Grove in 1963, where she raised her five children at the base of her...

Gloria Wrights

Gloria Wrights

Mar 19, 2013

Gloria Grace Wrights, 57, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Friday, November 18, 1955 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Ray W. and Pearl C. Biser Elliott. Gloria was a 1973 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was presently employed by the Naval Depot of Mechanicsburg and...

Dewayne Negley

Dewayne Negley

Mar 16, 2013

DeWAYNE EUGENE NEGLEY, 51, of Old Barnwell Rd., Windsor, SC, died Saturday, March 16, 2013. A native of Shippensburg, PA, DeWayne was a son of Wesley Eugene Negley and Vivian Carol Nehf Negley. He had made Windsor his home since 1994 and was a truck driver for Waste Management of Augusta/Aiken for close to twenty years. He was a member...

Leroy Coy

Leroy Coy

Mar 15, 2013

Leroy W. Coy, Jr. 81, of Shippensburg, formerly of Middletown, died on the evening of March 15, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on August 21, 1931, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Wallace and Ethel Ingram Coy. Leroy was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, enlisting on April 1, 1949 and honorably discharged on...

Calvin Horn

Calvin Horn

Mar 14, 2013

Calvin C. Horn, 79, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of March 14, 2013, at his home. He was born on May 29, 1933, in Freestone, PA (Upper Horse Valley), a son of the late George L. and Vera E. Wright Horn. Calvin was a veteran of the U.S. Army Airborne, enlisting on July 28, 1950 and honorably discharged on...

Dorothy Rosenberry

Dorothy Rosenberry

Mar 13, 2013

Dorothy Virginia Rosenberry, 87, of Mountain Road, Orrstown, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at home. Dorothy was born October 11, 1925 in Willow Grove, Franklin County on a farm that is now part of Letterkenny Army Depot. She was the daughter of Howard H. and Elizabeth Hoover Hoover. Dorothy was a member of the Upper Strasburg Bible Church. She enjoyed...

Richard Middaugh

Richard Middaugh

Mar 10, 2013

Richard Lee Middaugh, 70, a resident at Claremont Nursing & Rehab Center in Carlisle and formerly of Newville, died Sunday, March 10, 2013 in the home. Born Friday, September 18, 1942 in Doylesburg, he was a son of the late Randall Lee Middaugh, Sr. and Marie J Denny Dunn. Richard was a member of the Friends in Christ Church. He...