Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Harold Weaver
Apr 19, 2012
Harold H. Weaver, Sr., 82 of Newville, died Thursday, April 19, 2012. He was born February 21, 1930 in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Samuel and Leah Hertzler Weaver. Harold was a member of the Stoughstown Mennonite Church, Newville and was a retired electrician and farmer. He was active in the extension of the...
Isaac Rife
Apr 17, 2012
Isaac H. “Ike” Rife, 60, of Newville, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in the Emergency Room of the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born May 6, 1951 in Newville, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Robert, Sr. and Ida Enyeart Rife. Ike retired from the Mechanicsburg Naval Depot and was currently employed by Exel-Unilever in Carlisle. He was...
Gary Barges
Apr 17, 2012
Gary E. Barges, 48, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in his home. Gary was a member of the Freedom in Christ Church in Chambersburg. Funeral services will be private. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mercersburg. Arrangements are being handled by the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc., Shippensburg.
Donald Gayman
Apr 17, 2012
Donald R. Gayman, 92, a resident of Menno Haven, Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Born December 17, 1919 in Pleasant Hall, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Albert and Rebecca Eyer Gayman. Donald retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot after 35 years of service. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church...
Harold Holtry
Apr 16, 2012
Harold L. “ Slim “ Holtry, 83, of Middle Spring Road, Shippensburg, died Monday, April 16, 2012 at his home. Born Tuesday, June 12, 1928 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Lawrence A. and E. Pauline Snoke Holtry. Harold retired in 1983 from Letterkenny Army Depot as an Ammunition Supervisor. He was a member of the Memorial...
Mary Wadel
Apr 14, 2012
Mary A. Wadel, 94, of Chambersburg, died Saturday, April 14, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 13, 1917 in Shippensburg, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Reuben and Rebecca Horst Ebersole. Mary was a member of the Strasburg Mennonite Church, Chambersburg. She was preceded in death by her husband, Noah B. Wadel, Sr. who died January...
Robert Ocker
Apr 11, 2012
Robert L. “Bob” Ocker, 79, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at his home. He was born on August 21, 1932, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Ralph W. and Edna G. Piper Ocker. On August 25, 1956, Robert married Ms. Delores J. Winters, at the home of Rev. O.A. Kearns, in Orrstown. Robert...
Mimi Garro
Apr 7, 2012
Mimi Garro, 93, a resident of Elmcroft, Shippensburg, formerly of Springfield, PA, died on the evening of Saturday, April 7, 2012, at Elmcroft. She was born on October 20, 1918, in Philadelphia, PA, a daughter of the late Vittorio and Ottavia Pierucci. On April 18, 1953, Mimi married Mr. Joseph Garro, Sr., in Philadelphia, becoming a homemaker, as she and...
June Kirby
Apr 6, 2012
June E. Kirby, 77, of Shippensburg, died Friday, April 6, 2012 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born July 2, 1934 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin F. Keck, Sr. and Ruth Keck Hauk of Shippensburg. June worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse at various nursing homes and retired from Green Ridge Village in Newville. June...
Harold Wilson
Apr 4, 2012
Harold Lee Wilson, 76, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, April 4, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital’s Emergency Room. Born November 14, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Harry C. Wilson who was killed in action during World War II and the late Dorothy M. Zimmerman Wilson. Harold worked at the former Cressler’s Fruit Market for over 34 years and...
Leonard Neil
Apr 3, 2012
Leonard R. “Lenny” Neil, Sr. 61 of Airport Road, Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at his home. Born Tuesday, March 6, 1951 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late William C. “Chet” Neil and Ruth Ellen Fields Neil of Shippensburg. Lenny was a 1970 graduate of Shippensburg Area Senior High School, he was the owner and...
Alice Starliper
Mar 30, 2012
Alice “Joyce” Monn Starliper, 75, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Friday, March 30, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on October 10, 1936, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Alfred and Irene Evelyn Trace Monn. On May 21, 1955, she married Mr. Robert “Rip” Burke Starliper. After 56 years together, he preceded her in death...
Woodrow Stitt
Mar 28, 2012
Woodrow C. Stitt, 72, of Shippensburg died on the morning of March 28, 2012. He was born on January 14, 1940, in Carlisle, a son of the late Earl Andrew and Elizabeth Duncan Stitt. On January 23, 1958, Woody enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged, after several reenlistments, on February 28, 1978. He was awarded the Good...
Carol Seilhamer
Mar 28, 2012
Carol Ann “Penny” Seilhamer, 64, a resident of ManorCare, Chambersburg, died on the evening of Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at ManorCare. She was born on January 15, 1948, in Chambersburg, a daughter of Robert J. Pringle, Jr. and the late Helen A. Alleman Pringle. She was a 1965 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School. Carol was a homemaker throughout...
Merle Diehl
Mar 28, 2012
Merle A. Diehl, 49, of Jacksonville, NC, formerly of Olde Scotland Road, Chambersburg, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Born March 28, 1963 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, he was a son of Henry A. Diehl of Chambersburg and the late Vivian E. Horst Diehl. Merle was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He was a manager of WB...
Carl Martin
Mar 27, 2012
Carl S. Martin, 90, of Newburg, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in his home. Born February 18, 1922 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Isaac Carl and Grace E. Sollenberger Martin. Carl was a member of the Rowe Mennonite Church, Shippensburg. He was a self employed dairy farmer, a heavy equipment operator...
Robert Starliper
Mar 25, 2012
Robert B. “RIP” Starliper, 76, of Dwelling Court, Shippensburg, died Sunday, March 25, 2012 at his home. Born August 2, 1935 in Hamilton Township, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Cyrus Samuel and Rosie Mae Burkholder Starliper. RIP was formerly employed by Bartlett Tree Experts as an Arborist with 36 years of service and later continued his...
Lucy Pharo
Mar 25, 2012
Lucy P. Pharo, 79, of 1213 Forge Hill Road, Roxbury, died Sunday, March 25, 2012 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born October 4, 1932 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late George and Bertha Mathna Clough. Lucy retired from Pharo’s Truck Stop in Shippensburg. She was a member of the Roxbury United Methodist...
Thelma Linn
Mar 24, 2012
Thelma R. Linn, 89, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, March 24, 2012 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center.Born November 15, 1922 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Walter D. “Abe” and Hazel V. Perry Wingerd.Thelma retired from the former Marden Clothing Company in Shippensburg.She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Sheldon M....
Gordon Neidigh
Mar 24, 2012
Gordon W. Neidigh, 62, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, March 24, 2012 at his daughter’s home in Newburg. Born November 23, 1949 in McCrea, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Russell and Mary Miller Neidigh.Gordon was a social member of the F.O.E Post # 1299, Carlisle, Minnequa Social Club, Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post #223 and Durff-Kuhn...