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Deon Branche
Sep 5, 2012
Deon P. Branche, Shippensburg, infant son of Lance P. Branche and Cierra R. Gossert, died September 5, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Funeral services and burial will be private. Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com
William Riester
Sep 5, 2012
Surrounded by the presence and loving thoughts of the family he cared for deeply, William C. Riester, Sr., 94, left this world on September 5, 2012. A resident of Green Ridge Village in Newville, William died at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born August 29, 1918 in North Bergen, New Jersey, he was the son of the late George J....
Francis Major
Sep 5, 2012
Francis E. Major, Jr., 87, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Elmcroft of Shippensburg. Born April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Francis E., Sr. and Anna Dolphin Major. Francis was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church in Shippensburg. He was a retired printer for the A. Polmerantz Company...
Frank Mackey
Sep 4, 2012
Frank Harrison Mackey, 81, a resident of the Shook Home, Chambersburg, formerly of Horse Valley, Path Valley, and Burnt Cabins, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 from the home. Born Tuesday, November 18, 1930 in Horse Valley, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Harrison and Jessie C. Newman Mackey. His work...
Joseph Turpin
Sep 3, 2012
Joseph W. Turpin, 64, of Shippensburg, died Monday, September 3, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 1, 1948 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, he was a son of the late Harry and Grace Wendling Turpin. Joseph is survived by his wife, Sherri Sargeant Turpin, one son, Stephen E. Turpin of Marietta, two daughters, Nicole Witman Short and her husband Tony...
Dorothy Laughlin
Aug 25, 2012
Dorothy M. Laughlin, 90, a resident of the Sarah Todd Memorial Home, formerly of Newburg, died Saturday, August 25, 2012 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born October 5, 1921 in Shippensburg, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late John C. and Nannie Rebuck Dunlap. Dorothy was a member of Newburg First Church of God and a member...
Charles Black
Aug 25, 2012
Charles H. Black, 91, of Paxton Run Road, Newburg, died Saturday, August 25, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Thursday, June 16, 1921 in Three Springs, Huntingdon County, he was a son of the late Harvey Nelson and Ruth Marks Black. Charles was a United States Army Air Force Veteran serving in WWII. He retired from Letterkenny Army Depot as...
Evelyn Beidel-Reed
Aug 25, 2012
Evelyn D. Reed, 86, of Shippensburg, PA, died on the evening of Saturday, August 25, 2012. Evelyn, a life-long resident of Shippensburg, was a retired employee of Shippensburg University, and a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Samuel L. Reed, Sr.; her daughter, Martha Jane “Peaches” (David) Clayton of Lancaster;...
William Peightel
Aug 23, 2012
William Edgar Peightel, 85, of 517 Franklin Heights, Shippensburg, died August 23, 2012 at his home. Born July 27, 1927 in Huntingdon PA, he was the son of the late Edgar and Grace (Smith) Peightel of Huntingdon. Peightel attended the Huntingdon Public Schools graduating in 1945, and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Juniata College in 1949. He received...
Martha Reed
Aug 22, 2012
Martha I. Reed, 77, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 1, 1935 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Cora Belle Irene Holtry Baughman. Martha was a retired supervisor at Hoffman Mills and a member of Messiah United Methodist Church both in...
Robert Kyle
Aug 21, 2012
Robert L. “Bob” Kyle, 82, of Holswart Drive, Shippensburg, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at the Village of Laurel Run. Born Tuesday, October 26, 1929 in Newburg, he was the son of the late Joseph Kyle and Edna I. Hamilton. Bob was a United States Air Force Veteran serving in the Korean Conflict. He retired from Letterkenny Army Depot in...
Jane Perez
Aug 20, 2012
Jane M. Mason Perez, 43, of Chambersburg, died Monday, August 20, 2012 in Harrisburg Hospital. Born December 2, 1968 in Greensboro, NC, she was a daughter of Lydia M. Bumbaugh Mason of Chambersburg and the late Roy Jack Mason. Jane was a 1987 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. In addition to her mother she is survived by...
Richard Beam
Aug 16, 2012
Richard K. Beam, 76, of Pleasant Hall, died on the morning of Thursday, August 16, 2012, in Lewes, DE. His memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, August 20, 2012, at the Mongul United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. The Rev. Charles Beltz and Rev. David Crosby will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mongul Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Virginia Bowles
Aug 16, 2012
Virginia W. Bowles, 84, of Chambersburg, died on the morning of Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Menno Haven. She was born on June 29, 1928, in Roanoke, VA., a daughter of the late Clarence and Sally Maude Broghman Webb. Virginia married Mr. George M. Bowles, Jr., and they spent 43 years happily married together. He preceded her in death on...
Lester Whitmer
Aug 9, 2012
Lester J. Whitmer, 91, formerly of 155 Whitmer Road, Shippensburg, died Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 12:55 p.m. in the Shippensburg Health Care Center, where he had been a resident since December 2003. Born October 22, 1920 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late John B. and Margaret Hippensteel Whitmer. Early in life he worked...
Charles Stine
Aug 8, 2012
Charles W. Stine, 87, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on May 5, 1925, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Blain W. and Elsie Russell Stine. Charles served in the U.S. Army from July 2, 1943 to January 19, 1946. He was in the field artillery and...
Margaret Warren
Aug 7, 2012
Margaret “Peg” Etter Warren, 82, of Shippensburg, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Thornwald Home, Carlisle. Born Wednesday, April 23, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Andrew Etter and Ruth Hoover Etter Mowery Perry. Peg attended the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was employed at the Shippensburg University...
Mary Fogelsanger
Aug 6, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Fogelsanger, 92, of Shippensburg, died Monday, August 6, 2012 in Menno Haven, Chambersburg. Born Tuesday, November 25, 1919 in Southampton Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late James Garfield and Lilly M. Wagner Watson. Mary was a 1936 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She received a teaching degree from Shippensburg State Teachers...
Margaret Tritt
Aug 5, 2012
Margaret E. “ Marge “ Tritt, 70, of Upper Horse Valley Road, Upper Strasburg, died Sunday, August 5, 2012 at her home. Born Wednesday, December 31, 1941 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late William F. Sr., and Grace E. Holtry Washinger. Marge was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, a member of...
Nellie Draper
Aug 3, 2012
Nellie Mae (Holtry) Draper, 74, of Crossville, TN, formerly of Shippensburg; daughter of the late Eber J. and Pearl V. (Hollenbaugh) Holtry, Sr., died on Thursday, August 2, 2012. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Shippensburg. Interment will follow in the Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be one...
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