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Ruth Myers
Apr 24, 2011
Ruth N. Myers 1914 ~ 2011 Ruth N. Myers, 97, of Shippensburg, died on Sunday, April 24, 2011. Born on January 12, 1914, in Orrstown, a daughter of the late Charles Bayard and Daisy Tressa Parson Cisney. A 1932 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School, she married her husband Mr. William Bruce Myers in 1936. Ruth and her husband...
Earl Russell
Apr 23, 2011
Earl R. Russell, 82 of Shippensburg, died Saturday, April 23, 2011 in his home. Born March 5, 1929 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late George W. and Florence E. Durff Russell. He retired from SKF Industries in Shippensburg and for many years drove bus for the McBeth Bus Company in Walnut Bottom. Earl attended the Christian Missionary...
June Martin
Apr 22, 2011
June Martin, 84, of Means Hollow Road, Shippensburg, died Friday, April 22, 2011 in the Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, where she resided. Born May 26, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Bruce and Fredyth Swartz Hockersmith. June was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God and their Kings, Sons, and Daughters...
Mary Howland
Apr 21, 2011
Kay Michael Howland 92 Mary Kathryn Michael Howland of Shippensburg, PA, passed away, peacefully, Thursday, April 21, 2011, in Manor Care, Chambersburg PA, where she called home since January 2010. Born in Shippensburg PA, October 31, 1918, Kay was a daughter of the late Daniel Ernest and Mary Jane Shaeffer Michael. She graduated from Shippensburg High School in 1937, and...
Frances Highlands
Apr 21, 2011
Frances K. Highlands, 71, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, April 21, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 3, 1940 in Gettysburg, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Catherine Faulkner Shearer. Years ago she was employed at Forget-Me-Not Florists in Shippensburg and the Stanley Company in Chambersburg. Frances was a member of the Open Door Church in Chambersburg....
Robert Miller
Apr 17, 2011
Robert Ryder Miller Sr., 85, died on April 17, 2011 in St. George, UT. Born November 11, 1925 in Chambersburg, PA, he was a son of the late John and Ruth Miller. He married his college sweetheart Sarah (Sally) Seitz of Shippensburg, PA. He served in the Glider Infantry Division of the Army during World War II. After the war,...
Charity Lavoie
Apr 15, 2011
Charity A. Lavoie, 67, of Newburg, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family and friends Friday, April 15, 2011 in her home. Born May 28, 1943 in Richford, VT, she was a daughter of the late Scott and Della Lucas Wright. Charity was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church in Shippensburg and was a past...
Wilbur Baker
Apr 14, 2011
Wilbur K. Baker 1923 ~ 2011 Wilbur K. “Bake” Baker, 87, a resident of Menno Haven, formerly of Shippensburg, died on April 14, 2011. Born on November 17, 1923, in Sipesville, PA, the son of the late James W. and Anna Kline Baker. Wilbur was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, inducted on March 25, 1943 and honorably...
Thomas Neil
Apr 12, 2011
Thomas S. Neil of Northgate at Menno Haven, Chambersburg, PA passed away April 12 at Chambersburg Hospital. Tom was born in Belle Vernon PA on January 17, 1928, son of the late Thomas S. and Dorothy M. Hurst Neil. A native of Belle Vernon, PA, Neil graduated from Belle Vernon High School and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Immediately after...
Ruth Stouffer
Apr 10, 2011
Ruth V. Stouffer 1925 ~ 2011 Ruth V. Stouffer, 86, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, died on Sunday, April 10, 2011. Born on February 13, 1925, in West Pennsboro Twp., a daughter of the late Floyd T. and Bessie Foltz Gettle. On June 6, 1947, Ruth married Mr. John W. “Jack” Stouffer at the Newville First Church of...
Robert Leidig
Apr 10, 2011
Robert E. Leidig, Sr., 83, of Newburg, died Sunday, April 10, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 26, 1928 in Greencastle, he was a son of the late Edgar J. and Catherine Mae Hykes Leidig. He was a retired supervisor, working for over 46 years at Hoffman Mills in Shippensburg. Robert was a member of the Durff-Kuhn VFW Post...
Gerald Mendelson
Apr 9, 2011
Gerald Mendelson, 54, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, April 9, 2011 in the Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus, NJ. Born August 10, 1956 in Dade, FL, he was a son of the late Abe and Kathryn Richardson Mendelson. Gerald was a truck driver for Keystone Freight in North Bergen, NJ. He had two favorite pet Shelties named Princess and Elvis. Gerald is...
Gladys Adams
Apr 8, 2011
Gladys L. Adams, 82, a resident of Manor Care, Chambersburg, and formerly of Lurgan Ave. Shippensburg died Friday, April 8, 2011 in Manor Care. Born October 20, 1928 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was a daughter of the late Russell M. and Gladys G. Chestney Hill. She was of the Protestant faith and enjoyed going to yard sales. Surviving are one...
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...
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