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Linda Besore
Feb 11, 2013
Linda S. Besore, 55, of Shippensburg, died Monday, February 11, 2013 in Lifecare Hospitals of Mechanicsburg. Born September 19, 1957 in Charleston, WV, she was a daughter of John C. Brightwell of Wilmington, DE and the late Corrine Miller Brightwell. She most recently was employed by the former Ingersoll Rand Company in Shippensburg and years ago worked for GS Electric,...
Gretchen Wyrick
Feb 9, 2013
Gretchen C. Wyrick, 72, of Shippensburg, left the burdens of this world for eternal peace on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at her home. Born Sunday, February 9, 1941 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Harold S. “Blondie” and Hazel Blowers Cressler. Gretchen was a 1957 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and a 1959 graduate...
Oliver Rotz
Feb 9, 2013
Oliver R. “Junior” Rotz, Jr., 85, of Oakville Road, Newville, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 in the Emergency Room at the Chambersburg Hospital. Oliver was born December 5, 1927 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. He was a son of the late Oliver R., Sr. and Edna DeHart Rotz. Oliver retired after 40 years of employment from Domestic Castings in Shippensburg as...
Irvin Gipe
Feb 8, 2013
Irvin Jackson Gipe, 92, of Roxbury, died Friday, February 8, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Thursday, April 22, 1920 in Roxbury, he was a son of the late William David and Bessie M. Vaughn Gipe. Irvin retired from Carlisle Tire and Rubber as an Inspector. He was a United States Army WWII POW and a member of...
Ronnie Mangle
Feb 3, 2013
Ronnie L. Mangle, 74, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, formerly of Shippensburg, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 in the home. Ronnie was born August 1, 1938 in Shippensburg. He was a son of the late Marion and Helen Hall Mangle. Ronnie was a member of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren, Shippensburg. He was the owner and operator...
Robert Willhide
Jan 30, 2013
Robert Leo “PAP” Willhide, 89, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Tuesday, January 1, 1924 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Leo and Beulah Motz Willhide. Robert was a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII. Bob retired in 1984 from Letterkenny Army Depot as a Carpenter. He was...
Gertrude Lucas
Jan 29, 2013
Gertrude M. Lucas, 87, a resident of the Inn at Luther Ridge, died on the morning of Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at her residence. She was born on March 20, 1925, in Coulter, PA, the daughter of the late Robert M. and Rachel Hill Mahoney. On November 21, 1942, Gertrude married Mr. James J. Lucas in Pittsburgh, PA. He preceded...
Gladys Longacre
Jan 29, 2013
Gladys Wilson Longacre, born on June 30, 1926 in Schenectady, New York, passed from this life into the eternal care of Jesus Christ on January 29, 2013, at Chambersburg Hospital. She was a resident of Chambersburg and formerly of Broomall, PA. She was the wife of the late John R. Longacre, who died on February 15, 2003. Prior to moving...
Rosey Stoner
Jan 28, 2013
Rosey M. “Rose” Marie Stoner, 83, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 28, 2013 in the Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle. She was born June 26, 1929 in Walnut Bottom, PA. Rose was a daughter of the late George A. and Nellie Grace Zell Bowermaster. Rose retired from Shippensburg University in 1990, where she was a custodial supervisor. She was...
Harold Diehl
Jan 28, 2013
Harold L. Diehl, 78, of Orrstown, died Monday, January 28, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Monday, January 14, 1935 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. He was a son of the late George M. and Hazel R. Myers Diehl. Harold was a member of Orrstown United Brethren Church. He retired in 1998 from the Stanley Company in Chambersburg. He...
Roy Butts
Jan 27, 2013
Roy Z. Butts, 93, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Sunday, January 27, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 10, 1919, in Middle Spring, Cumberland County, a son of the late William and Jennie Rebuck Butts. Roy worked for SKF Industries, for over 30 years, retiring in 1982, as a machinist. He was a member...
Galen Nye
Jan 25, 2013
Galen L. Nye, 65, of Shippensburg, died Friday, January 25, 2013 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital. Galen was born March 2, 1947 in Chambersburg. He was a son of the late Willis J. and Ethel W. Bistline Nye. Galen was a member of the Mongul United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. He retired from Brechbill & Helman Construction Company...
Clifford Robinson
Jan 25, 2013
Clifford E. Robinson, 85, a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, formerly of Lurgan, died Friday, January 25, 2013 in the center. Clifford was born March 10, 1927 in Greencastle. He was a son of the late Earnest F. and Mary E. Bryan Robinson. Clifford retired from the Penn Central Rail Road in 1978 where he...
John Mccann
Jan 23, 2013
John E. McCann, 80, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, November 26, 1932 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Albert Edward and Lenna S. Squires McCann. John was a graduate of the former Shippensburg High School and a 1953 graduate of Shippensburg University. He taught for two years at Central...
Frederick Crawford
Jan 22, 2013
Frederick L. Crawford, Jr., 46, of Newburg, formerly of Altoona, died Tuesday, January 22, 2013 in the Life Care Hospital of Mechanicsburg. Fred was born December 9, 1966 in Altoona, PA. He was a son of Frederick L., Sr. and Beryl A. Wilkinson Crawford Fred was a 1984 graduate of the Altoona High School and was employed by the Falling...
Dorothy Reddig
Jan 21, 2013
Dorothy L. “Dot” Reddig, 89, of Fayetteville, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 21, 2013 in the Village of Laurel Run. Born August 8, 1923 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Brinton D. and Velma Alloway Laidig. Dot retired in 1993 from the Shippensburg University Book Store, where she was employed for 22...
Sandra Weller
Jan 19, 2013
Sandra M. Weller, 64, of Walnut Bottom, died on Saturday, January 19, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on May 22, 1948, in Carlisle, a daughter of the late Peter and Arlene Hysick, Sr. Sandra had worked at the former Kinney Shoe, Carlisle, retiring on December 19, 1989. In the past, she attended the First Wesleyan Church, Walnut...
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...
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