Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Earl Smith

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

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

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

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...

Marion Reeder

Marion Reeder

Dec 18, 2011

Marion G. Reeder, 97, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, died on Sunday, December 18, 2011. Born on January 26, 1914 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Eber E. and Mabel S. Wolf Reeder, Marion was a 1933 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School and a 1938 graduate of Shippensburg State Teachers College. She was a 4th grade...

Donald Chamberlin

Donald Chamberlin

Dec 14, 2011

Donald Reese Chamberlin, 79 of Herlong, CA, formerly of Shippensburg, died Wednesday December 14, 2011 in the Renown Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV following a lengthy illness. Born March 17, 1932 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Charles E. and Velva P. Bowers Chamberlin. Years ago Donald was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot and then transferred and...

Glen Shew

Glen Shew

Dec 14, 2011

Glen H. Shew, 82, of Shady Road, Newburg, died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Friday, August 9, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Garnet and Pearl M. Cosey Shew. Glen was a 1947 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He retired in 1994 from Nitterhouse Concrete Products Inc....

Larry Worthington

Larry Worthington

Dec 10, 2011

Larry E. Worthington, Sr., 55, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, December 10, 2011 in the emergency room of the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 24, 1956 in Bedford, PA, he was a son of the late Fred C. and Blanche D. Geyer Worthington. Larry was employed by Dean’s Roofing in Newburg. He was a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion...

John Aby

John Aby

Dec 10, 2011

John E. Aby, 92, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, December 10, 2011 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born December 8, 1919 in Middle Spring, PA, he was a son of the late Edward C. and Florence E. Russell Aby. Many years ago he worked at Shirt Craft in Shippensburg. He is survived by his wife Dorothy R. Myers Aby, a...

Pamela Martin

Pamela Martin

Dec 9, 2011

Pamela K. Martin, 63, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2011, at her home. She was born on October 11, 1948, in Pond Bank, a daughter of George R. Wagaman, Sr. and the late Ruth N. McNew Wagaman. Pamela was a 1967 graduate of Chambersburg Area High School and on March 15, 1969, she married Mr. Rodney L....

M. Louise Karper

M. Louise Karper

Dec 9, 2011

M. Louise Karper, 90, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Health Care Center. She was born on February 18, 1921 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Jesse and Leora Booz Jones. Louise was employed at Shippensburg University, where she worked in the Athletics Laundry Department, retiring in 1981. She...

Pearl Weibley

Pearl Weibley

Dec 8, 2011

Pearl E. Weibley, 83, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, December 8, 2011 in ManorCare, Carlisle. Born April 2, 1928 in Oakville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Bruce and Jeanette Rhoades Jumper. Pearl was a member of the Oakville United Methodist Church. She is survived by four sons, Charles O. Weibley and his wife Nancy of Newville, Steward O....

Bazil Doyle

Bazil Doyle

Dec 8, 2011

Bazil F. Doyle, Sr. 80, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, December 8, 2011 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born March 30, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John F. and Anna M. Hancock Doyle. Bazil retired from Dechene Logging and then worked during the construction of the Shippensburg Township Park. He was a United States Army...

Barry Ochs

Barry Ochs

Dec 8, 2011

Barry O. Ochs, Ph.D., 74, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2011, in the Chambersburg Hospital after battling a brief period with cancer. Born on October 10, 1937, in Reading, PA, he was a son of the late Aaron D. and Mildred E. Ochs. A 1955 graduate of Muhlenberg High, Barry earned his Bachelors of Science from Albright College in...

Anita Marshlick

Anita Marshlick

Dec 7, 2011

Anita Louise Marshlick, 64, of Newville, died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 in her home. Born May 3, 1947 in Leesburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Ross and Thelma Eckenrode Keys. Anita worked at Maslands in Carlisle for over 20 years, managed numerous local motels and most recently worked for Skills of PA. She was a member...

Mary Showvaker

Mary Showvaker

Dec 7, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Showvaker, 86, of Shippensburg, died on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on July 27, 1925 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late William Norman and Anna Martha Hammond Miller. She was a 1942 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School and also graduated from the former Carlisle Commercial College in 1943. On August 30, 1947,...

Janette Wyrick

Janette Wyrick

Dec 7, 2011

Janette E. Wyrick, 88, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1923 in Newburg, she was a daughter of the late Roy V. and Leona Mabel Parson Speck. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post # 223...

Donald Finkey

Donald Finkey

Dec 6, 2011

Donald L. Finkey, 62, of Shippensburg, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on January 26, 1946 in Carlisle, a son of the late Robert and Catherine Hall. Donald worked as a cook at the former All American Truck Stop, now Petro Truck Stop of Carlisle, retiring in 2001. He liked to watch old Western movies,...

Norman Diehl

Norman Diehl

Dec 4, 2011

Norman E. Diehl, 74, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, December 4, 2011 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born January 12, 1937 in Orrstown, he was a son of the late Norman A. and Margaret R. Daugherty Diehl. He retired from the Beistle Company in Shippensburg after over 33 years of employment. Norman was a member of the Lurgan United Brethren...

Elnora Mowery

Elnora Mowery

Dec 4, 2011

Elnora Mae Manning-Mowery, 48, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 4, 2011, at Meritus Health Center, Hagerstown, MD, surrounded by her loving family. Born on July 16, 1963 in Chambersburg, PA, a daughter of Charles A. Manning and the late Barbara J. (Layton) Manning. Elnora was a 1981 graduate of James Buchannon High School, Mercersburg...