Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Margaret Clark
Apr 23, 2013
Margaret A. "Margie" Clark, 95, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully of natural causes with family at her side in Hagerstown, Maryland on April 23, 2013. She was born 'the 5th child, on the 5th day of the 5th month,' May 5, 1917, at home, 118 North Prince St. in Shippensburg, to the late Charles A. and Grace I. Myers...
Daryl Isble
Apr 22, 2013
Daryl E. Isble 55, of Tampa, FL., and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, April 22, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. in Tampa General Hospital. Born July 21, 1957 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was a son of the late Lois Isble Inman and step father Kenneth Inman. Daryl worked for the Roxbury Treatment Center in Shippensburg as a driver and loved hunting...
William Montague
Apr 22, 2013
William Budd Montague, II, 81, of Shippensburg, died Monday, April 22, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Budd was born June 24, 1931 in Chestnut Hill, PA. He was a son of the late William E., II and Mildred Stout Montague. Budd was a Letter Carrier at the Shippensburg Post Office from 1957 until 1989, then for the next ten years...
Joanna Jorgensen
Apr 20, 2013
Joanna D. Jorgensen, 80, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, April 20, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital Emergency Room. She was born August 17, 1932 in Middlesex, New Jersey. Joanna is survived by her husband, Robert A. Jorgensen, one daughter Debra Fitzgerald of Carlisle, and one son, Robert A. Jorgensen, Jr. of New Jersey. At the discretion of the Jorgensen family the...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...