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Joyce Yocum
Mar 16, 2024
Joyce D. Yocum, 77, 514 N. Earl St., Shippensburg, died at home on Saturday, March 16, 2024 after a courageous three-year battle against ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Born on March 3, 1947 in Shippensburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur C. “Doc” Wyrick and Edna P. Wyrick. Joyce graduated from SASHS in 1965. While she and her husband...
Terry Foltz
Mar 16, 2024
Terry E. Foltz, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2024 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born on Sunday, May 16, 1943 in Chambersburg, a son of the late Perry William and Eva B. Cisney Foltz. Terry was a 1961 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. After graduation he began working for his parents...
Pennelope Sommerville
Mar 15, 2024
Pennelope A. “Penny” Sommerville, 75, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Friday, March 15, 2024 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on September 27, 1948 in Canandaigua, NY, a daughter of the late Edward M. Holmes and June L. Noragong. She married Herbert A. “Herb” Sommerville on April 21, 1979. He preceded her in death on December 12,...
James Witter
Mar 13, 2024
James Calvin Witter went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. He was 87 years old and had been a resident of Menno Haven for the past three years. He was born on November 8, 1936 to James and Grace (Lehman) Witter. Prior to living at Menno Haven, he had been a lifelong resident of Shippensburg....
Jay Clouse
Mar 13, 2024
Jay “Randy” Clouse, 60, of Dry Run, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, March 13, 2024. He was born on July 23, 1963, in Carlisle, a son of Jay and Loretta (Mellinger) Clouse. Randy was a 1981 graduate of Shippensburg Senior High School. He married Nancy S. Clark, in Shippensburg. Randy was a mechanist by trade, last employed...
Bradley Myers
Mar 11, 2024
Bradley K. Myers, 63, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024 at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on Wednesday, November 2, 1960, a son of Peggy (Suders) Myers and the late Richard E. Myers. Bradley worked at Walmart as a custodian for many years. In his free time he loved listening to music, especially Elvis and...
Janice Hockenberry
Mar 9, 2024
Janice M. Hockenberry, 87, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, formerly of Newville, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, March 9, 2024. She was born on September 12, 1936, in Fayetteville, a daughter of the late John C. and Mary G. (Winger) Forrester. Janice married Paul L. “Huck” Hockenberry, on September 9, 1957, in Smithsburg, MD....
Janet Arnold Mose
Mar 8, 2024
Janet Arnold Mose, 89, resident of Providence Place Senior Living, passed away the morning of Friday, March 8, 2024. She was born on Saturday, August 4, 1934 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Paul G. and Frances E. Dunlap Swartz. Janet was a 1952 graduate of Shippensburg High School and member of the Lurgan United Brethren Church. She worked...
Glenn Linn
Mar 5, 2024
Glenn L. “Butch” Linn, II, 68, of Newburg, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at his home. Born Monday, June 20, 1955 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Glenn L. and Emma M. Miller Linn, Sr. Butch was a 1974 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He was the owner and operator of the former Linn’s...
Adrian Boyd
Mar 4, 2024
Adrian L. “Adie” Boyd, 86, of Lurgan, passed away the afternoon of Monday, March 4, 2024 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on Friday, May 21, 1937 in West Virginia, a son of the late Clifford and Lucy McMullen Boyd. He married Peggy A. Stouffer on September 3, 1960. She preceded him in death on November 28, 2021. Adie...
Grace Foust
Mar 3, 2024
Grace M. Foust, 97, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, March 3, 2024, at Menno Haven – Chambers Pointe. She was born on January 15, 1927, in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, a daughter of the late Samuel C. and Rena Mae (Russell) Jones. Grace married Ira F. Foust, Jr., on June 14, 1946, in Chambersburg. He...
Doreen Holtry
Feb 25, 2024
Doreen E. Holtry, 96, of Orrstown Personal Care passed into eternal rest on February 25, 2024. Born on December 10, 1927 in Shippensburg, she was one of six children of the late Lester M. Wadel, Sr and Jean M. (Sowers) Wadel. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother: Lester M. Wadel, Jr. and three...
William Greenawalt
Feb 24, 2024
William Paul “Bill” Greenawalt, 90, life-long resident of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 28, 1933, in Newburg, the son of the late Paul H. and Nellie (Mitchell) Greenawalt. Bill was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War era. He married Rita...
Jack Mellott
Feb 23, 2024
Jack G. “Digger” Mellott, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, February 23, 2024 at Luther Ridge, Chambersburg, surrounded by his loving family. Born Tuesday, March 2, 1926 in McConnellsburg, Fulton County, he was a son of the late Ahimaaz “Jack and Bertha Mabel May Mellott. Jack was a United States Navy Veteran serving at Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Guam, and Nagasaki...
Robert Traylor
Feb 22, 2024
Robert E. “Bob” Traylor, 67, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2024 at his home. Born Sunday, September 23, 1956 in Plainfield, NJ, he was a son of the late James E. and Gladys Kirkendall Traylor. Bob was a United States Marine Corps Veteran serving during the Vietnam War. He retired from Shippensburg Leasing as a mechanic with over...
William Hutchinson
Feb 17, 2024
We celebrate the life of Bill Hutchinson, a gentle person who touched many lives with his generosity, hospitality, wit, and intellectual pursuit. Those most graced by his presence were his family members: his wife, Barbara, and their two sons, Andrew (and his life-partner Adrena Williams), and Phillip, along with his niece Diana Smedley (and her husband Gabe Luber), his sister-in-law...
John Stark
Feb 16, 2024
John H. Stark, 82, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, February 16, 2024, at his home. He was born on July 6, 1941, in Brooklyn, NY, a son of the late John and Norma Stark. John was a 1959 graduate of the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York City. He...
Danielle Rhone
Feb 13, 2024
Danielle Lee Rhone, 38, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at her home. She was born on June 30, 1985, in Carlisle, a daughter of the late Ricky A. and Charlotte M. (Rhone) Clark. Danielle was a 2003 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and attended the Thompson Institute and HACC. She...
Glenn Mcmullen
Feb 12, 2024
Glenn L. McMullen, 76, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 12, 2024 at his home. Born Sunday, August 24, 1947 in Shippensburg, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Noah J. and Nancy A. Naugle McMullen. Glenn was a 1965 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. He served in the United States Air Force, and the...
Judy Wyrick
Feb 10, 2024
Judy Hippensteel Wyrick, 79, of Shippensburg, departed this life to be with her Lord on the morning of Saturday, February 10, 2024, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Judy was born in Chambersburg, on May 16, 1944, the daughter of the late George W., Sr. and Florence L. (Trail) Hippensteel. She was a 1962 graduate of Shippensburg High School and...
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