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Wanda Sommerville
Apr 7, 2011
Wanda H. Sommerville, 85, a resident of Greenridge Village, Newville, formerly of 45 Hale Road, Shippensburg went home to be with the Lord surrounded by her family Thursday, April 7, 2011 in the home. Born October 15, 1925 in Newburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Richard and Eleanor Bricker Hoch. She was a Registered Nurse retiring...
Reba Payne
Apr 7, 2011
Reba B. Payne, 62 of Shippensburg, died Thursday, April 7, 2011 in her home. Born December 29, 1948 in Newton Hampton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Minnie Thompson Kelley. She enjoyed bingo and activities at Lutheran Home Care Services in Chambersburg. Reba was a sewing machine operator at the former R & S Dress Factory...
Brenda Karper
Apr 6, 2011
Brenda K. Karper, 60, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 21, 1950 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, she was a daughter of Ruth A. Kann Karper of Shippensburg and the late Luther W. Karper, III who died July 24, 2003. Brenda was a 1968 graduate...
Jane Plasterer
Apr 5, 2011
Jane E. Plasterer, 96, of Shippensburg, went to be with her Lord and Savior, on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at the Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born of May 19, 1914, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Bigler and Annie Martin Plasterer. Jane worked at Beistle, as a floor manager for many years, but left to help take care of...
Esther Parson
Apr 4, 2011
Esther Mae Parson, 65, of Britton Road, Shippensburg, died Monday, April 4, 2011 in Holy Spirit Hospital. Born June 15, 1945 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur A. and Helen C. Holtry Myers. Esther retired in 1996 from the former Greif Clothing Factory in Shippensburg as a seamstress. She was a member of the Shippensburg Church...
Miriam Stitt
Apr 3, 2011
Miriam M. Stitt, Shippensburg, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Manor Care, Chambersburg. Born December 30, 1917 in McConnellsburg, she was a daughter of the late William and Florence Baker Hopkins. Miriam was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg, a chapter member of the Valley Cedarettes and Fort Morris AARP. She was a 1934 graduate...
Brian Mckenrick
Apr 2, 2011
Brian F. “Bubba” McKenrick, 27, of Biglerville, died Saturday, April 2, 2011 from the result of injuries sustained during an automobile accident on Interstate 81 in Greene Township, Franklin County. Born April 28, 1983 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, he was a son of Lloyd R. and Kay J. Berrier McKenrick of Chambersburg. For the past 7 years he was employed...
Grace Killian
Apr 1, 2011
Grace M. Killian 1924 ~ 2011 Grace M. Killian, 86, of Shippensburg, died on Friday, April 1, 2011 at Elmcroft. Born on October 20, 1924, in Mongul, the daughter of the late John D. and Martha J. Mathna Runshaw, Sr. Grace was employed at Shippensburg University, in the housekeeping department, retiring after over fifty years of employment. She was a...
Ruth Miller
Mar 31, 2011
Ruth I. Miller 1932 ~ 2011 Ruth I. Miller, 78, of Walnut Bottom, died on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Manor Care, Carlisle. Born on November 15, 1932, in Carlisle, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Edith Mae Finkenbinder Weary. On July 10, 1953, Ruth married Mr. James Wilson Miller, in Shippensburg. Ruth was employed at the former Stanley...
Fred Dillner
Mar 30, 2011
Fred D. Dillner, 80, 217 Means Hollow Road, Shippensburg, “Blythstead,” died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at home. Born April 6, 1930 in Bairdford, PA, he was a son of the late Louis and Ethel Dillner, and was raised on the family farm. He was a teacher for 41 years, retiring in 1993 as a Young Adult Farmer instructor in the...
George Rasy
Mar 27, 2011
George Danny Rasy, Jr. 32, of Marbeth Avenue, Carlisle, died Sunday, March 27, 2011 at his home. Born Saturday, January 27, 1979, in Queens, New York, he was a son of the late George Danny Rasy, Sr., and Wanda Suzette Traynor Rasy of Shippensburg. George was a 1997 Graduate of Shippensburg High School and previously drove taxi for the AAA...
Richard White
Mar 26, 2011
Richard C. “Dick” White, 67, of Pleasant Hall, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 in his home. Born April 19, 1943 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Cecil and Marie Ripple White. Dick was a member of the Salem Lutheran Church in Pleasant Hall and was a life member and past vice-president of the Pleasant Hall Volunteer Fire...
Julia Dean
Mar 24, 2011
Julia A. Dean, 77 Peoria, AZ and formerly of Burket Drive, Shippensburg, died Thursday, March 24, 2011 in the Elite Group Home, Peoria, AZ. Born Sunday, July 23, 1933 in Fort Fairfield, ME, she was a daughter of the late Alfred A. and Mary Boulier. She was of the Catholic Faith. Julia is survived by three sons; Allen A. Mazerolle,...
Saundra Thomas
Mar 17, 2011
Saundra L. Thomas, 74, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, March 17, 2011. She was born December 27, 1936 in Shippensburg. Saundra was a daughter of the late Albert Stanton and June A. Robinson Dorsey. She retired from the former American Can Company in Chambersburg. Saundra was a member of the Brownsville Church of God and taught the Adult Women’s Sunday School...
Terry Brown
Mar 16, 2011
Terry L. Brown 1946 ~ 2011 Terry L. Brown, 64, of Chambersburg, died on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at his son’s home, in Shippensburg. Born on November 12, 1946, in Chambersburg, PA, a son of Clair F. and Mary J. Varner Brown. Terry was employed as a truck driver and previously worked for the former Fickes Silo earlier in life....
Warren Zullinger
Mar 13, 2011
Warren V. Zullinger, Jr. 1918 ~ 2011 Warren V. Zullinger, Jr., 92, of Newburg, died on Sunday, March 13, 2011, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born on April 8, 1918, in Letterkenny Twp., Franklin County, a son of the late Warren V. and Viola Sandoe Zullinger, Sr. A U.S. Army Medic, a veteran of World War II, inducted on...
W. Goodhart
Mar 13, 2011
W. Edward Goodhart, 78, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 in his home. Born September 27, 1931 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Wilber E. and Mildred Isabelle Kimpton Goodhart. He was currently a member of the Shippensburg Borough Council and Chairman of the Shippensburg Water Authority. Ed retired in 1989 from the United States Department...
F. Genevieve Burkholder
Mar 8, 2011
F. Genevieve “Jean” Burkholder, 97, a resident at Menno Haven, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 in the home. Born November 2, 1913 in Fannettsburg, she was a daughter of the late William M. and Mary Catherine Slike Kent. She was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church in Shippensburg and their Sunday school class. Jean was a 1931 graduate...
David Russell
Mar 7, 2011
David E. Russell, 80, of Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, March 7, 2011 in Manorcare, Chambersburg. Born February 26, 1931 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Frank and Elsie Coffey Russell. David retired from the H.J. Heinz Company and the T.B. Woods both in Chambersburg. He was preceded in death by his wife Hazel M. Kane...
David Deal
Mar 6, 2011
David E. Deal, 60, of Shippensburg, PA, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 in his home. David was born August 26, 1950 in Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA, he was a son of the late Clyde W. and Isabelle Sprenkle Deal. He was the owner and operator of Ideal Heating and Air Conditioning in Shippensburg. David was a graduate of the Smithsburg...
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