Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Violet Meily

Violet Meily

Sep 13, 2012

Violet L. Meily, 92, a resident of Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle, formerly of West Main Street, Walnut Bottom, died Thursday, September 13, 2012 in the Center. Born February 24, 1920 in Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Cambridge and Myrtle Locke Snyder. Years ago Violet was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church...

Charles Scheaffer

Charles Scheaffer

Sep 13, 2012

Charles J. Scheaffer, Jr., 82, a resident of the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, Hollidaysburg, PA, died on the evening of Thursday, September 13, 2012. He was born on August 19, 1930, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Norman C. and Bertha Scheaffer, Sr. Charles was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, inducted on July 9, 1952 and honorably...

Wilbur Piper

Wilbur Piper

Sep 10, 2012

Wilbur J. Piper, Jr., 74, of Shippensburg, died Monday, September 10, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 15, 1937 in Newville, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Wilbur J., Sr. and Tressa E. Earley Piper. Wilbur was a member of the Leesburg United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. He retired from the Big Spring School District where he...

Gary Keefer

Gary Keefer

Sep 10, 2012

Gary L. Keefer, 60, of Shippensburg, died Monday, September 10, 2012 in the Forest Park Health Center in Carlisle. Born July 23, 1952 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Harold L. and Mildred E. Myers Keefer. In addition to his parents, Gary was preceded in death by a brother Harold L. Keefer, Jr. Gary was...

Felix Goodwin

Felix Goodwin

Sep 6, 2012

Felix Harold Goodwin, 20, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, September 6, 2012 in Vineland NJ.Born December 8, 1991 in Van Wert, Juniata County, he was a son of David Conrad and Starla Delp Sollenberger Goodwin. Felix was a member of the Shippensburg Christian Fellowship Church, he was presently employed at Blue Mountain Woodcraft, Shippensburg. In addition to his parents, he is...

Jason Jumper

Jason Jumper

Sep 6, 2012

Jason Eugene Jumper, 39, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, September 6, 2012 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center’s emergency room. Born August 14, 1973 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, he was a son of Miley H., Jr. and Kathie L. Showers Jumper of Carlisle. For the last 18 years he was employed at Green Ridge Village, Newville. For the past 12 years...

Deon Branche

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...