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Rachel Cover
Dec 27, 2012
Rachel V. Cover, 78, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, December 27, 2012 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Rachel was born May 1, 1934 in Pond Bank, Franklin County. She was a daughter of the late Samuel B. and Anna Scott Shoemaker. Rachel was a member of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church in Chambersburg. For many years she cared for...
Charles Chamberlin
Dec 27, 2012
Charles E. Chamberlin, 76, of Chambersburg, died Thursday, December 27, 2012 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Saturday, July 18, 1936 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Robert and Lula Shockey Chamberlin. Charles retired from Letterkenny Army Depot as an Optical Instrument Repairman. He was a United States Marine Corps Veteran and a member of the...
Lincoln Reed
Dec 26, 2012
Lincoln E. Reed, 49, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 in his home. He was born January 16, 1963 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Lincoln was a son of Helen R. Dyarman Reed of Shippensburg and the late Glen H. Reed, Sr. Lincoln attended the Shippensburg Church of the Nazerene. He most recently worked for L.R. Four Roofing, Shiremanstown. Lincoln...
Roy Myers
Dec 24, 2012
Roy L. Myers, Sr., 71, of Shippensburg, died Monday, December 24, 2012 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Roy was born October 29, 1941 in Newville, Cumberland County. He was a son of the late Wilbur and Helen Holtry Myers. Roy retired after over 35 years of employment at the former Newville Shoe Company. He was a member of the...
Robert Rhone
Dec 19, 2012
Robert L. Rhone, 82, of Shippensburg, died on December 19, 2012, at his home. He was born on August 14, 1930, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Harry and Anna Perry Rhone. Robert was retired from the former Hoffman Mills, Shippensburg, after over fourty years of employment. He enjoyed hunting, putting together jigsaw puzzles, and was a big fan...
David Sandoval
Dec 15, 2012
David Anthony Sandoval, 58, of Upper Strasburg Road, Pleasant Hall, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at his home. Born Sunday, September 19, 1954 in Nashville, TN, he was a son of the late Julia A. and Lorraine Vannetta Sandoval. David was a Christian and a United States Army Veteran. He loved fishing, playing cards and going to the casino. He...
Beth Kugler
Dec 11, 2012
Beth A. Kugler, 52, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born March 20, 1960 in Chambersburg, PA. Beth was a daughter of Nancy L. Lynch Hippensteel of Shippensburg and the late Barry R. Hippensteel. Beth was currently employed by P.R. Hoffman Machine Products in Carlisle as a quality control specialist. She was a...
Thema Fortna
Dec 10, 2012
Thelma Jean Fortna, 83, a resident at The Shook Home, Chambersburg and formerly of Lurgan Ave., Shippensburg, died Monday, December 10, 2012 in the home. Born Thursday, May 2, 1929 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late William M. and Carrie A. Lindsay Fortna. Thelma was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church. Thelma is survived by...
Helen Cressler
Dec 3, 2012
Helen L. Cressler, 95, residing at the Cottages of Luther Ridge, Chambersburg, died on the morning of December 3, 2012, at her home. She was born on March 4, 1917, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Clyde A. and Agnes C. Shoffner Laughlin. Helen was a 1935 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Helen was a homemaker throughout her life....
Harold Lehman
Dec 2, 2012
Harold L. Lehman, 93, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, formerly of the Episcopal Home in Shippensburg and Broad Street in Chambersburg, died Sunday, December 2, 2012 in the home. He was born Sunday, March 16, 1919 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County. He was a member of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren. Harold was a retired jeweler,...
W. Gettel
Dec 2, 2012
W. Leroy Gettel, 81, a resident of Elmcroft, Shippensburg, died on the evening of Sunday, December 2, 2012. He was born on July 6, 1931, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Walter B. and Amanda Wenger Gettel. On June 7, 1958, Leroy married Ms. Anna Grace Crider at the Myersville Brethren in Christ Church. Leroy worked as a Custodian...
Rosemary Zullinger
Nov 28, 2012
Rosemary Zullinger, 59, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on May 13, 1953, in Norfolk, VA, a daughter of the late John Richard and Martha Catherine Eshpeter Zullinger. Rosemary was very accomplished academically, culminating with earning her Masters Degree in Reading, from Shippensburg University. Rosemary was employed by...
Kimberly Hancock
Nov 26, 2012
Kimberly Sue “Kimmy” Hancock, 47, of Shippensburg, died unexpectedly Monday, November 26, 2012 at her home. Born Sunday, October 24, 1965 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late William C. and Mary Louise Sharp Hancock. Kimmy was a 1983 graduate of Shippensburg Senior High School. She was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church, Shippensburg....
Stanley Walker
Nov 26, 2012
Stanley D. Walker Stanley Duane Walker, 72, of Carlisle and formerly of Shippensburg, is now at rest after passing Monday morning, November 26, 2012, at the Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle. Born on December 4, 1939, in Torrington, Wyoming, he was the son of the late Wallace F. Walker and Marie Brewer Walker. Stanley leaves behind his loving wife...
Wesley Keefer
Nov 22, 2012
Wesley Eugene ‘Wes” Keefer, 63, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Thursday, November 22, 2012, at ManorCare, Chambersburg. He was born on October 29, 1949, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Donald and Dorothy Melius Keefer. Wes has been employed for over 41 years at the Grove/Manitowoc Co., Shady Grove, currently as a forklift operator. Wes is survived...
Florence Greey
Nov 19, 2012
Florence Greey, 101, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the evening of Monday, November 19, 2012, at the Health Care Center. She was born December 5, 1910, in Brooklyn, NY, a daughter of the late Edward A. and Charlotte Martin Greey, and grew up in Princeton, NJ. Florence was a graduate of Princeton High School, Adelphia...
Anna Norcross
Nov 18, 2012
Anna Lee Norcross, 86, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on the morning of Sunday, November 18, 2012, at Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle. She was born on November 15, 1926, in Marion, PA, a daughter of the late Daniel Albert and Marion Arietta Kitzmiller Orris. Anna Lee was employed at the Shippensburg Area School District, from 1944...
Kent Seavers
Nov 17, 2012
Kent W. Seavers, 81, of Walnut Bottom, died Saturday, November 17, 2012 at his home. Born Sunday, August 30, 1931, in Hockersville, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Guy W. and Sodessa P. Brechbiel Seavers. His working career included Phoenix Iron & Steel, Cumberland Farm Bureau, and Letterkenny Army Depot where he retired from as a Computer...
Eli Byler
Nov 17, 2012
Eli S. Byler, 79 of Newburg, died Saturday, November 17, 2012 at home. Born January 18, 1933 in New Wilmington, Lawrence County, PA, he was a son of the late Samuel and Martha Kurtz Byler. He was employed for over 18 years at B & B’s Grocery Store, Newburg. Eli was preceded in death by his first wife, Rebecca Stoltzfus...
Kenneth Boyd
Nov 16, 2012
Kenneth E. Boyd, Sr., 49, of Shade Gap, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 16, 2012 in Lurgan Township. Born Saturday, June 29, 1963 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Ray E Boyd and the late Linda Rae Varner Sprenkle. Kenneth was a welder by trade and was presently employed at Trafcon Industries Inc., Mechanicsburg, and formerly...
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