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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...
Marie Myers
Mar 4, 2011
Marie Adeline Myers 1920 ~ 2011 Marie Adeline Myers, 90, of Shippensburg, died on March 4, 2011 at Swaim Health Center, Newville. Born on May 25, 1920, at the family farm in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Clarence E. and Sarah Helen Ocker Cramer, Sr. She was a 1938 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School and a 1942...
William "Bill" Wert
Mar 3, 2011
William G. “Bill” Wert 1945 ~ 2011 William G. ‘Bill” Wert, 65, of Newville, died on March 3, 2011 at the Forrest Park Health Center, Carlisle. Born on November 15, 1945, in Carlisle, a son of Paul Wert and the late Viola Thumma Wert. Bill was employed as a driver for Overnight Freight, which became part of UPS Freight, Mechanicsburg....
Jessie Solomon
Mar 2, 2011
Jessie Leach Solomon, was born August 2, 1919 in Judson Mill, SC. She died March 2, 2011 at her home in Carlisle, PA. She passed away after a prolonged illness. Jessie graduated from Burlington High School, Burlington, NC in 1937. She then attended bookkeeping school. She married Leonard Solomon in 1951 that ended her career in bookkeeping and started her...
William Rinehart
Feb 27, 2011
William E. “Gene” Rinehart, 88, formerly of Shippensburg, and a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 in the home. He was born January 13, 1923 in Broad Top, Huntingdon County. Gene was a son of the late Harry and Hazel Brown Rinehart. He worked 37 years for Penelec, retiring in 1986. Gene was a...
Kenneth Kaufman
Feb 26, 2011
Kenneth R. Kaufman, 84, of Upper Strasburg, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born June 20, 1926 in Maple Grove, Franklin County. Ken was a son of the late Herbert Rhodes and Ida Louise Kissinger Kaufman. He was a member of the Upper Strasburg United Methodist Church and was a 1943 graduate of the Chambersburg...
V. Louise Staver
Feb 25, 2011
V. Louise Staver, 91, of Shippensburg, died Friday, February 25, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born January 21, 1920 in Fannettsburg, Franklin County. Louise was a daughter of the late William and Mary Slike Kent. She was a member of the Shippensburg Presbyterian Church and retired from the former Marden Clothing Company in Shippensburg. Louise was a 1938...
Mary Holtry
Feb 25, 2011
Mary Alice Holtry, 88, a resident of the Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle, formerly of 1032 Ridge Road, Shippensburg, died Friday, February 25, 2011 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born March 20, 1922 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Mary was a daughter of the late Irvin Charles and Sevilla Golden Killian. She was a member of the...
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