Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Irvin Gipe

Irvin Gipe

Feb 8, 2013

Irvin Jackson Gipe, 92, of Roxbury, died Friday, February 8, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Thursday, April 22, 1920 in Roxbury, he was a son of the late William David and Bessie M. Vaughn Gipe. Irvin retired from Carlisle Tire and Rubber as an Inspector. He was a United States Army WWII POW and a member of...

Ronnie Mangle

Ronnie Mangle

Feb 3, 2013

Ronnie L. Mangle, 74, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, formerly of Shippensburg, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 in the home. Ronnie was born August 1, 1938 in Shippensburg. He was a son of the late Marion and Helen Hall Mangle. Ronnie was a member of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren, Shippensburg. He was the owner and operator...

Robert Willhide

Robert Willhide

Jan 30, 2013

Robert Leo “PAP” Willhide, 89, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Tuesday, January 1, 1924 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Leo and Beulah Motz Willhide. Robert was a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII. Bob retired in 1984 from Letterkenny Army Depot as a Carpenter. He was...

Gertrude  Lucas

Gertrude Lucas

Jan 29, 2013

Gertrude M. Lucas, 87, a resident of the Inn at Luther Ridge, died on the morning of Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at her residence. She was born on March 20, 1925, in Coulter, PA, the daughter of the late Robert M. and Rachel Hill Mahoney. On November 21, 1942, Gertrude married Mr. James J. Lucas in Pittsburgh, PA. He preceded...

Gladys Longacre

Gladys Longacre

Jan 29, 2013

Gladys Wilson Longacre, born on June 30, 1926 in Schenectady, New York, passed from this life into the eternal care of Jesus Christ on January 29, 2013, at Chambersburg Hospital. She was a resident of Chambersburg and formerly of Broomall, PA. She was the wife of the late John R. Longacre, who died on February 15, 2003. Prior to moving...

Rosey Stoner

Rosey Stoner

Jan 28, 2013

Rosey M. “Rose” Marie Stoner, 83, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 28, 2013 in the Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle. She was born June 26, 1929 in Walnut Bottom, PA. Rose was a daughter of the late George A. and Nellie Grace Zell Bowermaster. Rose retired from Shippensburg University in 1990, where she was a custodial supervisor. She was...

Harold Diehl

Harold Diehl

Jan 28, 2013

Harold L. Diehl, 78, of Orrstown, died Monday, January 28, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Monday, January 14, 1935 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. He was a son of the late George M. and Hazel R. Myers Diehl. Harold was a member of Orrstown United Brethren Church. He retired in 1998 from the Stanley Company in Chambersburg. He...

Roy Butts

Roy Butts

Jan 27, 2013

Roy Z. Butts, 93, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Sunday, January 27, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 10, 1919, in Middle Spring, Cumberland County, a son of the late William and Jennie Rebuck Butts. Roy worked for SKF Industries, for over 30 years, retiring in 1982, as a machinist. He was a member...

Galen Nye

Galen Nye

Jan 25, 2013

Galen L. Nye, 65, of Shippensburg, died Friday, January 25, 2013 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital. Galen was born March 2, 1947 in Chambersburg. He was a son of the late Willis J. and Ethel W. Bistline Nye. Galen was a member of the Mongul United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. He retired from Brechbill & Helman Construction Company...

Clifford Robinson

Clifford Robinson

Jan 25, 2013

Clifford E. Robinson, 85, a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, formerly of Lurgan, died Friday, January 25, 2013 in the center. Clifford was born March 10, 1927 in Greencastle. He was a son of the late Earnest F. and Mary E. Bryan Robinson. Clifford retired from the Penn Central Rail Road in 1978 where he...

John Mccann

John Mccann

Jan 23, 2013

John E. McCann, 80, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, November 26, 1932 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Albert Edward and Lenna S. Squires McCann. John was a graduate of the former Shippensburg High School and a 1953 graduate of Shippensburg University. He taught for two years at Central...

Frederick Crawford

Frederick Crawford

Jan 22, 2013

Frederick L. Crawford, Jr., 46, of Newburg, formerly of Altoona, died Tuesday, January 22, 2013 in the Life Care Hospital of Mechanicsburg. Fred was born December 9, 1966 in Altoona, PA. He was a son of Frederick L., Sr. and Beryl A. Wilkinson Crawford Fred was a 1984 graduate of the Altoona High School and was employed by the Falling...

Dorothy  Reddig

Dorothy Reddig

Jan 21, 2013

Dorothy L. “Dot” Reddig, 89, of Fayetteville, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 21, 2013 in the Village of Laurel Run. Born August 8, 1923 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Brinton D. and Velma Alloway Laidig. Dot retired in 1993 from the Shippensburg University Book Store, where she was employed for 22...

Sandra  Weller

Sandra Weller

Jan 19, 2013

Sandra M. Weller, 64, of Walnut Bottom, died on Saturday, January 19, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on May 22, 1948, in Carlisle, a daughter of the late Peter and Arlene Hysick, Sr. Sandra had worked at the former Kinney Shoe, Carlisle, retiring on December 19, 1989. In the past, she attended the First Wesleyan Church, Walnut...

Edna Tarner

Edna Tarner

Jan 19, 2013

Edna V. Tarner, 84, a recent resident of Providence Place in Chambersburg and formerly of Shippensburg, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 5, 1928 in Newville. She was a daughter of the late John and Grace Zinn Barrick. Edna retired from Shippensburg University after 29 years of service. She was a member of the First...

Sheldon Dettwiler

Sheldon Dettwiler

Jan 19, 2013

Sheldon Lorne Dettwiler, 43, of Shippensburg, died unexpectedly on January 19, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on February 15, 1969, in Ephrata, a son of Noah Lorne Dettwiler of Womelsdorf and Anna Marie Johnson Dettwiler of Shippensburg. Sheldon was a member of the Rowe Mennonite Church. He was employed as a mechanic at Shank’s Lawn Equipment in Marion, PA,...

Westley Parks

Westley Parks

Jan 18, 2013

Westley J. Parks, Sr. 75, of Willow Hill, died on the morning of Friday, January 18, 2013, at his home. He was born on April 18, 1937, in Willow Hill, a son of the late William Henry and Mary Worley Parks. Westley had worked at the Rosenberry Bros. Saw Mill for many years. He always loved to take his grandson...

Dorothy Elder

Dorothy Elder

Jan 18, 2013

Dorothy M. Elder, 93, a resident of the Church of God Home, Carlisle, formerly of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on the evening of Friday, January 18, 2013. She was born in Beulah, Clearfield County, PA, a daughter of the late Charles E. and Johanna Lindenburg Miller. A 1937 graduate of Madera High School, she went on to...

Yvonne Friese

Yvonne Friese

Jan 17, 2013

Yvonne Marie “Vonnie” Friese, 76, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 17, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Vonnie was born Friday, April 10, 1936 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. She was a daughter of the late Homer M. and Nellie I. Wiles Farner. Vonnie was a member of Mongul United Brethren Church. She and her husband Henry...

Helen Sobrito

Helen Sobrito

Jan 17, 2013

Helen Marie Sobrito, 93, passed away on the afternoon of Thursday, January 17, 2013. Helen had been residing at Green Ridge Village for the past four years. Helen was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, William and is survived by her three sons, William, Robert, and Edward; her daughter, Loree; three daughter-in-law; thirteen grandchildren; and twenty one...