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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...
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...
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