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Sherry Peck
Jan 31, 2011
Sherry K. Peck, 64, of Harrisburg, formerly of Newburg, went to be with the Lord Monday, January 31, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Born July 29, 1946 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late William F. and Evalyn M. Zullinger Allen. She was a member of the Caring Community Church of God in Hummelstown, the...
Dorothy Dyer
Jan 29, 2011
Dorothy Gephart Dyer, 98, died peacefully at her home in Shippensburg Saturday, January 29, 2011. Born August 14, 1912 near Shippensburg, she was one of four children of the late Clark Gephart and Dora Belle Rosenberry Gephart and grew up on the family farm just outside of town. She graduated from Shippensburg Normal School (now Shippensburg University) in 1930 and...
Dorothy Sweitzer
Jan 28, 2011
Dorothy Mae Sweitzer, 87, of Shippensburg, died Friday, January 28, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 31, 1923 in Orrstown, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Levi Franklin and Alice V. Snoke Porter. She retired from the housekeeping department of Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge in York after 19 years of employment. In addition to her parents...
Rev. Albert Robinson
Jan 27, 2011
Rev. Albert C. Robinson, 94 of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 in Greenridge Village, Newville, PA. Born October 11, 1916 in Berlin New Jersey, he was the son of Clarence W. and Miriam R. (Funkhouser) Robinson. On the death of his mother at childbirth, he was raised by his maternal grandparents, Orville and Almerta Funkhouser. Rev. Robinson was educated...
Ella Kalif
Jan 27, 2011
Ella M. Kalif, 86, of Heritage Ave, Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 18, 1924 in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the late James J. and Kelley Belle Millwood Fowler. Ella attended the Shippensburg Independent Baptist Church, and retired as a seamstress in 1972 after 12 years of service. Ella loved and...
Christopher Campbell
Jan 27, 2011
Christopher Ray Campbell, 18, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center from injuries sustained in a single-car automobile accident. Christopher was a member of the senior class of 2011 at Shippensburg Area Senior High School. Born December 20, 1992 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, he was a son of Kevin R. and Catherine M....
Anthony Gardner
Jan 26, 2011
Anthony C. “Tony” Gardner, 57, of Newburg, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 3, 1953 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Betty A. Gabler Gardner of Newburg and the late Charles B. Gardner. He was the Assistant Director of Utilities and Energy Management at Shippensburg University and was a part-time self employed mason. Tony...
Pauline Underwood
Jan 24, 2011
Pauline Catherine Champion Underwood died January 24, 2011, in Potomac, Maryland. She was born in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 1918, the daughter of Clyde R. Champion and Jennie Fraley Champion. Pauline attended schools in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, graduating from John Harris High School and later from Central Pennsylvania Business College. She and Roy F. Underwood were married on July 2,...
Dominique Henderson
Jan 23, 2011
Dominique Francoise Henderson 1945 ~ 2011 Dominique Francoise Henderson, 65, of Newburg and Shippensburg, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her husband and sons on January 23, 2011. Her frame contained a heart so full of love that one would have thought she was 100 feet tall. He family and friends, through blood or otherwise, spanned Europe, Africa,...
Kenneth Stoner
Jan 23, 2011
Kenneth E. “Whitey” Stoner, Sr. 83, of Shippensburg, went home to his Heavenly Father, Sunday, January 23, 2011 in ManorCare, Carlisle, PA. Born September 26, 1927 in New Franklin, PA, he was a son of the late Cyrus P. and Lela V. Miller Stoner. Kenneth served proudly with the United States Army during World War II as part of the...
Wallace Leach
Jan 18, 2011
Wallace “Wally” Leach, 89, of Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in the York Hospital. Born July 2, 1921 in Lykens, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Frances G. and Harriet Elizabeth Wallace Leach. After WW11 he received his Master’s in English Literature from Penn State University and was a graduate of the Shippensburg High...
Charles Ott
Jan 14, 2011
Charles L. “ Chig “ Ott, 84 of Scrafford Street, Shippensburg, died Friday, January 14, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 28, 1926 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Stiles E. Sr. and Margaret P. Durff Ott. Charles was of the Protestant Faith, he was a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII. He retired as...
Russell Allen
Jan 10, 2011
Russell H. Allen, 78, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 10, 2011 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born May 13, 1932 in Shippensburg, PA, he was a son of the late Howard and Mary Naugle Allen. He retired after 40 years of employment at Hoffman Mills in Shippensburg. Russell was a long time member of the Oscar M. Hykes American...
Lydia Keating
Jan 10, 2011
Lydia G. Keating, 94, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 10, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 17, 1916 in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Adam and Mary Klopp Borrell. She was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church and the Shippensburg Senior Center. Lydia retired from Penn Pants in 1978 after 45 years...
Tina Franklin
Jan 10, 2011
Tina N. Franklin, 42, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 10, 2011 in Manorcare, Chambersburg. Born July 19, 1968 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Ronald L. and Carol A. Sites Franklin of Shippensburg. She was employed by ABRAXAS in South Mountain and worked part-time at the Shippensburg American Legion. Tina was a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American...
Tommy Everett
Jan 9, 2011
Tommy G. Everett, 77 of Orrstown Road, Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 9, 2011 at his home. Born March 8, 1933 in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late Norman L. and Ella Smith Everett. Tommy was a 1950 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. He was a United States Air Force Veteran serving in the Korean War. Tommy was...
Betty Fresch
Jan 8, 2011
Betty L. Fresch, 79, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 from the result of an accident close to Frederick, MD. Her devoted husband, William E. Fresch, Sr. whom she married July 17, 1952, lost his life in the same accident. Born August 30, 1931 in Manila, Arkansas, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Gertrude E....
William Fresch
Jan 8, 2011
William E. Fresch, Sr., 85, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 from the result of an accident close to Frederick, MD. His devoted wife, Betty L. Roney Fresch whom he married July 17, 1952, lost her life in the same accident. Born January 12, 1925 in Vandergrift, PA, he was a son of the late Urvin S., Sr. and...
Grace Jones
Jan 7, 2011
Grace S. Jones 1930 ~ 2011 Grace S. Jones, 80, of Newburg, died on January 7, 2011 at the Kline Hospice House, Mt. Airy, MD. Born on August 4, 1930 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, a daughter of the late Otmer F. and Anna P. Coleman Stouffer. On September 19, 1953, Grace married Mr. Wilbur Jones in Waynesboro, PA. Grace...
Samuel Martin
Jan 7, 2011
Samuel I. Martin, 89, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, formerly of Walnut Bottom, died Friday, January 7, 2011 in the home. Born June 19, 1921 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Charles H. and Mary J. Gettle Martin. He retired after 31 years of service from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg and was a 1937 graduate...
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