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Frances Hershey
Jan 6, 2011
Frances M. Hershey 1940 ~ 2011 Frances “Fran” Marie Hershey, 70, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on the morning of Thursday, January 6, 2011, surrounded by her family. Born on February 7, 1940 in Bunker Hill, WV, a daughter of the late Carl and Mary Frances Baumgardner Faircloth. She graduated from Carlisle High School in 2008. Frances married Mr. Ray...
Richard Mellinger
Jan 6, 2011
Richard L. “Rick” Mellinger, 54, of Newville, died Thursday, January 6, 2011 in the emergency room of the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born May 10, 1956 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Frank and Ruth Ile Mellinger. He was a life member of the North American Hunting Club and the National Rifle Association. Rick was a member...
Gerald Gayman
Jan 6, 2011
Gerald W. Gayman, 89 of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 6, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 13, 1921 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Albert and Elizabeth Faust Gayman. Gerald was a United States Army Veteran of World War II. Upon returning home from the war he worked as a milk tester for a period of...
Kristi Myers
Jan 4, 2011
Kristi Lynne Myers 1992 ~ 2011 Kristi Lynne Myers, 18, of Shippensburg, died on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, in Chambersburg. Born on May 22, 1992, in Carlisle, she was the daughter of Daryl E. and Beverly A. Piper Myers. Kristi was a 2010 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School and attended the Franklin County Career and Technology Center, for...
Lisa Wyrick
Jan 2, 2011
Lisa Jo “Wit” Wyrick, 45, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 2, 2011 at home. Born July 4, 1965 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Robert E. and Darlene M. Baughman Wyrick of Shippensburg. She volunteered at Mt. Rock Day Care for over seven years and prior to that volunteered at Wilson College, Archives at Shippensburg University, and with children...
Roberta Morrison
Jan 1, 2011
Roberta M. “Bertie” Morrison, 86, a resident of the Episcopal Home, died Saturday, January 1, 2011 in the home. Born November 2, 1924 in Saxton, she was a daughter of the late Caulder and Flo Truax Dickinson. She attended the Mongul United Brethren Church and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Durff-Kuhn VFW Post # 6168. She...
Donald Stouffer
Dec 31, 2010
Donald W. Stouffer, 78, of Lurgan, died Friday, December 31, 2010 in his home. Born March 31, 1932 in Lurgan, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Otmer F. and Anna P. Coleman Stouffer. He was a member of the Lurgan United Brethren Church. Donald was past secretary/ treasurer and member of the Lurgan Twp. Lions Club, a...
Max Cooley
Dec 31, 2010
Dr. Max G. Cooley, 88, 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown and formerly of Shippensburg, died Friday, December 31, 2010 at the Masonic Home. Born August 6, 1922, in East Towanda, PA, he was a son of the late Reed David and Mildred Cynthia Allen Cooley. He married the late B. Ruth Cowell of Rome, PA, on November 30, 1946. He graduated...
Albert Shore
Dec 27, 2010
Albert G. Shore, 72, of Burnt Cabins, died Monday, December 27, 2010 in his home along with his long time companion, Dorothy A. Rife. Born January 7, 1938 in Burnt Cabins, Fulton County; he was a son of the late Wilmer and Pauline Cutchall Shore. He retired from Knouse Foods in Peach Glen and years ago worked for the Mercersburg...
Dorothy Rife
Dec 27, 2010
Dorothy Alice Rife, 84, of 300 Grist Mill Road, Burnt Cabins, died Monday, December 27, 2010 at her home. Born June 14, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Christopher and Nettie Wright Beltz. Surviving are three daughters; Rosetta M. McClure and her husband Michael, Hagerstown, MD, Peggy Ann Sword and her husband James, Seabring, FL, and Lu...
Ralph Alleman
Dec 25, 2010
Ralph B. Alleman 1925 ~ 2010 Ralph B. Alleman, 85, of Shippensburg, died on Saturday, December 25, 2010, at his home. Born on January 7, 1925, in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, a son of the late John and Mabel Fields Alleman. Ralph was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, inducted on May 13, 1943 and honorably discharged on...
Margaret Loy
Dec 23, 2010
Margaret Means Loy 1923 ~ 2010 Margaret Means Loy, 87, of Palm Harbor, FL, formerly Newville, PA, died on December 23, 2010, in Clearwater, FL. She was born to Chalmers and Elizabeth McCune Means on January 12, 1923 in Newburg, PA. She graduated from Shippensburg High School in 1940 and Shippensburg State Teacher’s College in 1944. Margaret married Mr. Harold...
Harold Weaver
Dec 22, 2010
Harold L. Weaver, 77, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 5, 1933 in Centerville, Cumberland County; he was a son of the late Frank and Violet Showaker Weaver. He was the owner and operator of the former Weaver & Weaver Builders in Shippensburg and after retiring he had Weaver’s Woodcrafts. Harold was a...
Melvin Powell
Dec 21, 2010
Melvin D. Powell 62, of Needmore, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010 from the result of a logging accident. Born October 20, 1948 in Cumberland, Maryland, he was a son of the late Henry M. and Catherine Brown Powell. He was a member of the Newburg First Church of God. Melvin retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot and was working part-time...
Robert Tolbert
Dec 19, 2010
Robert E. “Bunk” Tolbert, 81, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, December 19, 2010. Born September 24, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Robert E. and Eva Nuckles Tolbert. He was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg. Bunk retired from the Shipping and Receiving Department at Letterkenny Army Depot in 1988, a United...
Catharine Hall
Dec 19, 2010
Catharine R. Hall 1914 ~ 2010 Catharine R. Hall, 96, a resident of Elmcroft, Shippensburg, died on Sunday, December 19, 2010. Born on February 7, 1914, in Upper Strasburg, she was a daughter of the late Susan “Flo” Leedy Nye. Catharine retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot., where she worked in administration, after thirty years of employment. She was a...
Dale Kendall
Dec 18, 2010
Dale E. Kendall Sr., 78, a resident at The Village of Laurel Run and formerly of Shippensburg Mobile Estates, died Saturday, December 18, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 15, 1932 in Newville, he was a son of the late Arthur Rosevelt and Effie Elizabeth Cover Kendall. Dale was a member of the Mainsville United Brethren Church. He retired...
Mary Gephart
Dec 14, 2010
Mary G. Gephart, 89, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in Penn Hall, Chambersburg. Born October 9, 1921 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Clark and Dora Bell Rosenberry Gephart. She was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg and taught in the Sunday school department for many years. She retired in...
Miles Daniels
Dec 14, 2010
Miles D. “Dan” Daniels, 88, of Menno Village, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in Chambersburg. Born June 28, 1922 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late Dewey D. and Florence E. Cassel Daniels. Dan was a1940 graduate of Highspire High School, a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII, he retired as a Machinist from Grove Manufacturing and...
Ethel Parks
Dec 12, 2010
Ethel L. Parks, 88, of Orrstown, died Sunday, December 12, 2010 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 14, 1922 in Mason-Dixon, Franklin County; she was a daughter of the late Lloyd L. and Mary A. Hippensteel Kitzmiller. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church and retired from Penn Pants Company both in Shippensburg. In...
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