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Madeline Brown
Nov 16, 2012
Madeline B. Brown, a resident of Penn Hall, Chambersburg, died in her sleep Friday, November 16, 2012 in the home. She was 94. Family members remember her as an avid reader, an accomplished cook, and a vivacious hostess who grasped a notion of 'living' akin to that seen in Rosalind Russell's cinematic portrayal of Auntie Mame. She was born July...
Dennis Bender
Nov 15, 2012
Dennis W. Bender, 63 of Syracuse, NY, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2012 in the Crown Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Cortland, NY. He was born October 13, 1949 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA. Dennis was a son of the late Kenneth H. and Elizabeth B. Reineman Bender. Dennis served in the United States Navy for 22 years and was...
Larry Lipus
Nov 13, 2012
Larry W. Lipus, 72, of Lenwood Park, Shippensburg, died Tuesday, November 13, 2012 in Manorcare, Chambersburg. Born Wednesday, September 25, 1940 in Harmarville, he was the son of the late John and Genevieve Mae Lewetag Lipus. Larry was of the Protestant Faith. He was a 1959 graduate of Franklin High School, Los Angeles, CA. He was a United States Navy...
Charlotte Vaughn
Nov 11, 2012
Charlotte L. Vaughn, 76 of Chambersburg, began her greatest adventure on the morning of Sunday, November 11, 2012. Born Sunday, January 26, 1936 in Newburg, she was a daughter of the late Elmer A. and Anna Mary Halter Hurley. Charlotte was the wife of Victor H. Vaughn, Sr. and was married 58 years. She was a life member of the...
Roy Wenger
Nov 7, 2012
Roy C. Wenger, 85, a life-long resident of Newburg, died on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at his home. He was born on December 28, 1926, in Newburg, a son of the late Harry L. and Ruth L. Coleman Wenger. Roy was a 1944 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Upon graduation, Roy enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve in WW...
Vesta Pittman
Nov 6, 2012
Vesta B. Pittman, 90, a resident of the Menno Village, Chambersburg, died on the evening of Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on March 20, 1922, in Orrstown, a daughter of the late Zook S. and Clara Heberlig Brenize. Vesta was a 1939 graduate of Shippensburg High School and a 1943 graduate of the Shippensburg...
Richard Butler
Nov 4, 2012
Richard S. Butler, 49, of Newville, died on the morning of Sunday, November 4, 2012, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. He was born on October 5, 1963, in Carlisle, the son of Roy W. and Reba C. Shunk Butler. Richard was currently employed as a Director at the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (P.H.E.A.A.), in Harrisburg, where he had...
John Watson
Nov 3, 2012
John E. Watson, 56, of Santee, CA and formerly of Shippensburg, died Saturday, November 3, 2012 at home. Born November 9, 1955 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Helen M. Witter Watson, of Shippensburg and the late John E. Watson. He was employed by General Atomics Aeronautical, Poway, CA. He was a graduate of Cuyamaca College, San Diego, CA...
Bertram Mackey
Nov 2, 2012
Bertram J. “Bert” Mackey, 71, of Shippensburg, died Friday, November 2, 2012 at home. Born May 6, 1941 in Chicago, IL, he was a son of Bertha Mackey of Chambersburg and the late Paul F. Mackey. He was a member of the Shippensburg Church of Christ. Bert worked for T.B. Woods in Chambersburg, the Letterkenny Army Depot, and retired from...
Gail Newman
Oct 31, 2012
Gail B. “Jigs” Newman, 84, of Chambersburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on December 3, 1927, in New Grenada, PA, the son of the late Ila Queen Benson. Gail was a 1948 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. On December 28, 1965, Gail married Ms. Arlene D. Drumheller at...
Jeanette Burkett
Oct 29, 2012
Jeanette L. Burkett, 38, of Newburg, died on the morning of Monday, October 29, 2012, at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born on October 1, 1974, in Carlisle, a daughter of James E. and M. Jane McCorkel Cohick. Jeanette was a 1993 graduate of Chambersburg High School and a 2007 graduate of the Penn State University Nursing Program....
Isabelle Myers
Oct 29, 2012
Isabelle A. Myers, 97, of Orrstown and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, October 29, 2012 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born Monday, March 1, 1915 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late John B. and Sara E. Brubaker Pomeroy. Isabelle was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. Surviving are three sons; Robert E. Myers and...
Grace Runshaw
Oct 28, 2012
Grace V. Runshaw, 91, of Shippensburg, peacefully went home to be with the Lord with her family by her side, on the evening of Sunday, October 28, 2012. She was born on November 9, 1920, in Newburg, a daughter of the late Jesse and Mae Piper Rhoads. On March 22, 1937, Grace married Mr. Paul R. Runshaw in Hagerstown, MD....
Katherine Palmer
Oct 23, 2012
Katherine Elizabeth “Betty” Wood Palmer, 96, a resident at Penn Hall, Chambersburg, died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, August 12, 1916 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late G. Herbert and Elizabeth S. Reed Wood. Betty was a 1934 graduate of the Chambersburg Senior High School and attended Business College in Baltimore. She...
Jane Middaugh
Oct 23, 2012
Jane L. Middaugh, 59, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in LifeCare Hospitals of Mechanicsburg. Born Tuesday, August 11, 1953 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Frank L. Ridley, Sr., and Hazel L. Devor Handshew of Centerville. Jane was a graduate of Shippensburg Senior High School. She was of the Protestant Faith and worked as a...
Charles Cook
Oct 21, 2012
Charles Lee Cook, 64, died Saturday, October 21, 2012. A native of Newport News, he was a 1966 graduate of Newport News High School after which he joined the Army and served four years. He worked as a pipefitter at Metro Machine in Norfolk for 18 years. Charles enjoyed football, especially the Pittsburgh Steelers, collecting and firing handguns, and loved...
H. Wayne Farner
Oct 19, 2012
H. Wayne Farner, 79, of Shippensburg, died Friday, October 19, 2012 at home surrounded by his loving family. Wayne was born November 9, 1932 in Greene Township, Franklin County. He was the son of the late Homer M. and Nellie I. Wiles Farner. Wayne retired from SKF Industries in Shippensburg after 44 years of employment. He was a member of...
Gerald Wise
Oct 16, 2012
Gerald A. Wise, 88, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at his daughter’s home in Halifax. Born April 12, 1924 in Orrstown, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Raymond A. and Dorthea M. Miller Wise. Gerald retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg and was a United States Army Veteran of World War II. He...
James Miller
Oct 15, 2012
James W. Miller, 83, of Walnut Bottom, passed away Monday, October 15, 2012 in the Life Care Hospital, Mechanicsburg. Born Thursday, July 11, 1929 in Mechanicsburg, he was a son of the late Joseph A. and Dorothy Snoderly Miller. James was a United States Army veteran serving in the Korean Conflict and then enlisted in the Army Reserves from 1954...
Dorothy Powell
Oct 14, 2012
Dorothy M. Sites Powell, 84, of Newburg, passed away on Sunday, October 14, 2012 in Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. Born Wednesday, December 21, 1927 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late George O. and Mary Catherine Treher Sites. Dorothy was an accomplished seamstress and in the late 1960’s started a Girl Scout Troop in Newburg. She volunteered...
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