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Gary Burkett
Nov 5, 2011
Gary L. “BIG RED “ Burkett, 65, of North Penn Street, Shippensburg, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, October 22, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Guy I. and Mildred M. Henderson Burkett. Gary retired from the former Ingersoll-Rand, Shippensburg, where he worked as a forklift operator. Gary was a United...
Clair Johnson
Nov 5, 2011
Clair S. Johnson, 79, of Tim Road, Orrstown, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at his home. Born Tuesday, June 28, 1932 in Orrstown, he was a son of the late Clarence and Hester Horn Johnson. Clair retired in 1972 from Hempt Brothers, Pittsburgh as an operating Engineer and then retired in 1975 from Letterkenny Army Depot. He was a United...
D. Lee Wenger
Nov 3, 2011
D. Lee Wenger, 73, of York, formerly of Shippensburg and Newburg, died Thursday, November 3, 2011 in his home. Born February 4, 1938, he was a son of the late Harry L. and Ruth Coleman Wenger. Lee retired from SKF Industries after 41 years of services working in Shippensburg, Hanover, and York. He was a 1955 graduate of Shippensburg Area...
Josephine Lytle
Nov 2, 2011
Josephine M. Lytle, 92, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, November 2, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 16, 1919 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Frank J. and Gertrude M. Mills Allen. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. Josephine worked at U-Wana-Wash-Frock Company, Shirt Craft and helped on the family’s dairy farm. Josephine is...
Elizabeth Holtry
Oct 29, 2011
Elizabeth J. Holtry 1930 ~ 2011 Elizabeth J. Holtry, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on May 5, 1930, in Letterkenny Township, a daughter of the late Clarence and Eva Clever Forrester, Sr. On August 24, 1950, Elizabeth married Lester L. Holtry at the Ridge Church of the Brethren, Shippensburg, PA....
Daniel Webb
Oct 27, 2011
Daniel Gary Webb 1983 ~ 2011 Daniel Gary Webb, 28, of Fayetteville, died on October 27, 2011, at UPMC Montefiore, Pittsburgh, PA. Born on October 14, 1983, in Hagerstown, MD, the son of John L. Webb and Linda A. Durbin Conrad. Daniel was a 2001 graduate of North Hagerstown High School. Daniel is survived by his mother, Linda A. (Brian...
Melody Rhone
Oct 26, 2011
Melody K. Rhone, 50, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 24, 1960, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the Kermit J. and Betty G. Carbaugh Rhone. She is survived by two daughters, Rebecca Rhone and Elizabeth Marie Romero, 5 sisters, Charlotte Clark, Cindy Shew, Mary Runk, Peggy Gilbertson, and Linda Humwood, and...
Anthony Coons
Oct 25, 2011
Anthony Lee “Tony” Coons, Sr., 51, of Ridge Road Shippensburg, died Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at his home. Born Wednesday, May 18, 1960, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Jackie I. and Anna “Barb” Cummings Coons of Shippensburg. Tony was of the Protestant faith. He was presently employed at R.J.C. Industries of Carlisle where he worked as a diesel...
Violet Like
Oct 25, 2011
Violet I. Like, 94, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg for the past eight years, died Tuesday, October 25, 2011 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Thursday, September 13, 1917 in Southampton Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late David and Lizzie B. Coy Varner. Violet retired from the former L’agilon Company as a Floor Manager...
Victor Bermes
Oct 25, 2011
Victor Bermes 1948 ~ 2011 Victor Bermes, 63, formerly of Philadelphia, died on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at the Martinsburg VA Hospital, Martinsburg, WV. He was born on January 17, 1948, in Westrhauderfehn, Germany, and is survived by his mother, Zina Trifan-Pintozzi and step-father, Andrew Pintozzi, Jr.; sisters, Olga Gadomski and Mary Glunt; and brothers, Michael and Peter Bermes. Victor...
Irene Coons
Oct 21, 2011
Irene E. Coons, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 21, 2011 surrounded by her loving family at the home of her granddaughter, Michelle R. Stouffer and her husband Andy. Born October 25, 1913 in McConnellsburg, she was a daughter of the late John Elmer and Alice Annie McCullough Rhodes. Irene was a member of the Church of...
Elizabeth Nispel
Oct 20, 2011
Elizabeth (Libby) Nispel, 89, of Shippensburg passed away at Menno Haven Nursing Home on October 20th. She was born April 23, 1922, in Shippensburg, PA, the daughter of the late John C. and Anna Myrtle Gardner Reeder. A 1940 graduate of Shippensburg High School, she earned two degrees from Shippensburg State College: a Bachelor of Science in 1943 and a...
George Stache
Oct 20, 2011
George W. Stache, 59, of Chambersburg, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011 at his home.Born February 22, 1952 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Frank W. and Laura B. “Dolly” Furry Stache.George attended Chambersburg area schools and earned his GED. He was a United States Navy Vietnam Veteran. George worked for T.B. Woods Orchards for six years...
Bessie Stine
Oct 18, 2011
Bessie M. Stine 1915 ~ 2011 Bessie M. Stine, 96, a resident of Menno Haven, Chambersburg, died on Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Born on August 31, 1915, in Cleversburg, PA, a daughter of the late James and Laura Kelly Stine. Bessie was a 1933 graduate of Chambersburg High School. During her working years, Bessie was employed as a seamstress at...
Richard Miller
Oct 17, 2011
Richard B. Miller, Sr., 81, of Shippensburg, died Monday, October 17, 2011 at his son’s home. Born August 12, 1930 in Peters Township, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Earle G., Sr. and Esther Brindle Miller. He was a member of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren. Richard retired from Cressler Trucking in Shippensburg and previously drove...
Ethel Smith
Oct 16, 2011
Ethel M. Smith, 83, a resident at the Penn Hall Nursing Center, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 in the home. Born December 6, 1927 in Needmore, PA, she was a daughter of the late Nebraska H. and Pearl M. Mellott DeShong. Ethel was a graduate of the Warfordsburg High School. She was a member of the Calvary United Methodist Church,...
Shelby Neil
Oct 14, 2011
Shelby A. Neil 1948 ~ 2011 Shelby A. Neil, 63, of Orrstown, passed away at the Spring Creek Nursing Home, Harrisburg, on Friday, October 14, 2011. Born on July 16, 1948, in Blairs Mills, PA, a daughter of the late Elder and Elsie Gipe Parson. On June 25, 1966, Shelby married Mr. Dwight R. Neil at Valley’s United Methodist Church,...
Eugene Reed
Oct 12, 2011
Eugene C. Reed, 76, of St. Thomas, died Wednesday in his home. Born September 8, 1935 in Spring Run, he was a son of the late Martin and Ethel Shoemaker Reed. He was a member of the Lurgan United Brethren Church. Eugene retired from DeRose after 29 years of employment and was a self employed carpenter. He was a veteran...
Anna Macpherson
Oct 9, 2011
Anna S. MacPherson, a resident at the Episcopal Home, Shippensburg, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born May 25, 1924 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late William and Edith Whorley Seavers. She was a 1942 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. She retired from Letterkenny Army Depot where she worked as a...
Richard Shoop
Oct 7, 2011
Richard F. Shoop, 89, of Shippensburg, died Friday, October 7, 2011 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born June 30, 1922 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Frank A. and Irene Horst Shoop. Richard was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church, a past member of their local Board of Administration, and a member of the Men’s...
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