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Mary Shields
Jan 14, 2012
Mary Grace Shields, 87, of Newburg, died Saturday, January 14, 2012 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born July 15, 1924 in Newville, she was a daughter of the late Harvey T. and Anna Grace Gettel Bitner. She was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church, Newburg. Years ago Mary was employed by Howard Johnson’s on the PA Turnpike, the Beistle...
Gerald Magee
Jan 14, 2012
Gerald C. Magee, 65, of 101 S. High St., Newburg, died Saturday, January 14, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 31, 1946 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, he was the son of the late Clyde and Audrey Rhoades Magee. He was retired from the Pennsylvania Game Commission with 35 years of service. He was also a former Deputy Game...
H. Kenneth Hopkins
Jan 13, 2012
H. Kenneth Hopkins, 82, of Walnut Bottom, died Friday, January 13, 2012 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born March 30, 1929 in Altoona, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence J. and Margaret Gauntner Hopkins, and his mother who raised him, Ethel Spangler Hopkins. Ken was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Walnut Bottom....
Roswitha Diehl
Jan 13, 2012
Roswitha M. “Rose” Diehl, 59, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord surrounded by her family Friday, January 13, 2012 after a long courageous battle with ALS. Born January 3, 1953 in Hohmuhlbach, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Hermann and Hildegard Fritz Lemke. Rose was a member of the Green Spring First Church of God and...
Gloria Gilbert
Jan 12, 2012
Gloria J. Gilbert, 59, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 12, 2012 in the Harrisburg Hospital. She was born April 25, 1952 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Betty Johnston Perry of Shippensburg and the late John Perry. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge # 2500, and the Ladies Auxiliary...
Ray Mixell
Jan 11, 2012
Ray “Tim” Mixell, 61, of Martinsburg, WV, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, in the Martinsburg City Hospital. Born August 2, 1950, in Newville, PA, he was a son of the late Lewis Freemont and Winifred Grace Morrison Mixell. Tim was a member of the New Beginning Full Gospel Church in Martinsburg and was a 1969 graduate of Big Spring High...
Hazel Shields
Jan 11, 2012
Hazel C. Shields, 57, of Chestnut Grove Road, Shippensburg, passed away after a brief battle with cancer, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 in her home. Born April 22, 1954 in Fannettsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late William Samuel and Bertha Elizabeth Geyer Parks. Hazel attended the Messiah United Methodist Church. She loved spending time with her family, especially...
Jeanne Noaker
Jan 11, 2012
Jeanne L. Noaker, 88 years of age, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, from her home in Shippensburg, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by one son, Randy Noaker, and his wife Janet, of Carlisle; two daughters, Nancy Noaker Snyder, and her husband Rick, of Levittown, and Jill Noaker Luck, and...
Edgar Stine
Jan 10, 2012
Edgar V. Stine, 77, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Born March 8, 1934 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Blaine W. and Elsie J. Russell Stine. Edgar retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and raising cattle. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by four sisters, Curvey Coy,...
Kenneth Orndorff
Jan 8, 2012
Kenneth L. Orndorff, 61, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 8, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 8, 1950 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Roy R., Sr. and Rosella P. Kelley Orndorff. He retired from the Beistle Company after 31 years of employment and then worked for the Carlisle Area School District’s Custodial Department for 5...
Mary Good
Jan 6, 2012
Mary A. Good, 88, a resident of Green Ridge Village, formerly of Roxbury Road, Shippensburg, went to be home with her Lord Friday, January 6, 2012 in the home. Born May 21, 1923 in Littlestown, Adams County, she was a daughter of the late James G. and Mary A. Wolf Straley. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church...
Kathryn Geesaman
Jan 5, 2012
Kathryn Madeline Geesaman, 91, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, entered into eternal peace on Thursday, January 5, 2011 at the Health Care Center. She was born on November 28, 1920, in Quincy, a daughter of the late Josiah E. and Violetta M. Snyder Geesaman, Sr. Kathryn was afflicted with polio as a young child and despite being...
Pauline Singer
Jan 4, 2012
Pauline M. Singer, 73, of Shippensburg, formerly of North Harmon Road, Newburg, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Born February 12, 1938 in Newburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Harry Paul and Vesta Belle Rhoades Miller. She attended Blue Mountain Brethren in Christ Church, Newburg and was a member of the Minnequa Social Club in Shippensburg. In addition...
Sara Kipe
Dec 31, 2011
Sara E. (Alleman) Kipe, 91 years of age was peacefully called to her heavenly home early Saturday morning, December 31st. She resided at Menno Haven, Chambersburg, PA. Sara was born in Shippensburg on September 13, 1920. Sara served with her husband in numerous capacities for the Brethren in Christ Church for over 50 years. She greatly enjoyed and loved her...
Mabel Garman
Dec 28, 2011
Mabel E. Garman, 89, of Chambersburg, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Menno Haven. Born October 27, 1922 in Mongul, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Purus W. and Sarah E. Burdge Scott. She was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren, Shippensburg and many years ago worked at Shirt Craft, L’Aiglon, Monarch and the U-Wanna-Wash...
Maria Witmer
Dec 27, 2011
Maria “Marcy” Joy Witmer, 37, of Chambersburg, died Tuesday, December 27, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 27, 1974 in Costa Rica, she was a daughter of Robert M. and Sharon J. Lehman Witmer of Chambersburg. In addition to her parents she is survived by her daughter, Cheyanne A. Witmer, a sister, Melinda S. Ocker and her husband Ken...
Earl Smith
Dec 26, 2011
Earl Raymond Smith, 77, of Camp Hill, died Monday, December 26, 2011 in the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle. Born February 15, 1934 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Ervin and Sarah K. Moyer Smith. Earl retired from the Maintenance Department at the Carlisle Hospital. Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of funeral arrangements. Services...
Teresa Hockenberry
Dec 25, 2011
Teresa A. Hockenberry, 47, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, December 25, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 14, 1964 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Walter Leo and Patricia Ann Foltz Miller. Teresa worked for the Mental Health Association in Chambersburg. She was a graduate of Shippensburg University and a 1982 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior...
Nellie Nenninger
Dec 24, 2011
Nellie ‘Nell’ Carrie Daihl Nenninger, 90, formerly of 55 Naugle Road, Shippensburg, died on Christmas Eve at seven o’clock p.m., in the home of her son Rev. James David Nenninger. Nell was the fifth of eleven children born to Joseph Clever Daihl and Hazel Edna Husler Daihl, and was the last surviving member of her family. In addition to her...
Elmer Ressler
Dec 21, 2011
Elmer Ressler, 86, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011. Born August 7, 1925 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Amos and Martha Shindledecker Ressler. He was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church. Elmer was a retired dairy farmer and a United States Army Veteran of World War II. He is survived by his...
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