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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
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
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
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
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
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...
Glenn Butts
Jan 16, 2013
Glenn E. Butts, 89, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, formerly of West Creek Road, Newburg, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 29, 1923 in Newburg, PA. Glenn was a son of the late William C. and Jennie S. Rebuck Butts. Glenn...
Linda Brown
Jan 16, 2013
Linda D. Brown, 49, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born on September 12, 1963, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Dale E. and Nancy J. Heefner Kendall, Sr. Linda had worked as a Teacher’s Aide at the Shippensburg Head Start. She attended both the Green...
Eunice Russell
Jan 15, 2013
Eunice Mabel Russell, 94, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in her home. Eunice was born February 10, 1918 in Liverpool, England. She was a daughter of the late William and Mabel Miller and the widow of Howard Edwin “Russ” Russell who died August 27, 2007. Eunice was a member of the Shippensburg Presbyterian Church. She is survived by...
Catharine Martin
Jan 15, 2013
Catharine N. Martin, 90, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of January 15, 2013, at her daughter’s home, surrounded by her family. She was born on August 27, 1922, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late David and Fannie Martin Frey. Catharine was a homemaker throughout her life and was a member of the Burns Valley Mennonite Church. She is...
Robert Gochenauer
Jan 14, 2013
Robert J. Gochenauer, Sr., 91, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Monday, January 14, 2013. He was born on April 1, 1921, in Lurgan Twp., Franklin Co., a son of the late Bruce W. and Laura M. Duke Gochenauer. Robert was a U.S. Army Air Corp. veteran of World War II, enlisting on September 4,...
Elizabeth Ewan
Jan 13, 2013
Elizabeth B. “Libby” Ewan, 100, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Pittsburgh. Born December 19, 1912 in Brooklyn, NY, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Melinda Naugle Blynn. Libby was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. She retired from the former Shippensburg High School where she worked in the cafeteria....
John Mccay
Jan 10, 2013
John D. McCay, 76, of Michael Court, Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 10, 2013 in Green Ridge Village. Born Saturday, March 21, 1936 in New York City, NY, he was a son of the late Daniel and Anne Kavanagh McCay. John retired from the Nassau County Police Headquarters; he was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church, Shippensburg...
Ross Peterson
Jan 10, 2013
Ross E. Peterson, Sr. 87, of Lower Horse Valley, Upper Strasburg, died Thursday, January 10, 2013 at home. He was born June 20, 1925 in Shippensburg. Ross was a son of the late Ross E. and Ardella C. Helm Peterson. He retired in 1987 from the Scotland School for Veterans Children and was a member of the Upper Strasburg Church...
Madison Perry
Jan 10, 2013
Madison J. Perry, 24, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 10, 2013 in the York Hospital. He was born June 30, 1988 in Carlisle. Madison was a member of the Sons of the American Legion Post # 223, Shippensburg and was part of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School Class of 2006. He enjoyed golfing, music, the beach, and most of...
Cindy Holsopple
Jan 8, 2013
Cindy Lou Holsopple, 59, of Sycamore Grove Road, Chambersburg, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Wednesday, August 26, 1953 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Chester Hays and Myrtle H. Cave Mickley. Cindy is survived by her husband of 43 years, Michael G. Holsopple, Sr. a son Michael G. Holsopple, Jr.,...
Ray Brown
Jan 7, 2013
Ray W. Brown, 89, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 7, 2013 in the emergency room of the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 6, 1923 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late David and Nan Finkey Brown. Ray was a self employed auto mechanic and a United States Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Prince...
Marie Baughman
Jan 7, 2013
Marie L. Baughman, 88, a resident of the Quarters at Shook Home, Chambersburg, formerly of Musser Road, Shippensburg, died Monday, January 7, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital as a result of injuries from a fall. She was born February 13, 1924 in Shippensburg, PA. Marie was a daughter of the late John E. and Grace E. Burkhart Booz. She was...
Stanley Coons
Jan 5, 2013
Stanley L. Coons, Sr., 80, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, January 5, 2013 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. He was born October 20, 1932 in McConnellsburg, PA. Stanley was a son of the late David F. and Irene Elizabeth Rhoades Coons. Stanley retired from Conrail and was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member...
Clarence Martin
Jan 5, 2013
Clarence R. Martin, 90, a resident of Penn Hall, died on the morning of Saturday, January 5, 2013. He was born on October 17, 1922, in Marion, PA, a son of the late Clyde W. and Ella B. Heckman Martin. On January 24, 1945, Clarence married Ms. Thelma L. Gettel in Hagerstown, MD. Clarence was a self employed dairy farmer,...
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