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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...
Rachael Hurst
Dec 6, 2010
Rachael R. Hurst, 96, of Glen Burnie, MD, died on Monday, December 6, 2010, at her home. Private graveside services will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2010, in the Spring Hill Cemetery. Her funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Inc., Shippensburg.
Richard Smith
Dec 4, 2010
Richard D. Smith, 64, of Newburg, died Saturday, December 4, 2010 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born December 22, 1945 in Upper Mifflin township, Cumberland County; he was a son of the late Herman D. and Lucy C. Negley Smith. He retired from the New Cumberland Army Depot. He was a 1964 Graduate of Big Spring High School. Richard...
Paul Culbertson
Dec 4, 2010
Paul K. Culbertson, 87, of Shippensburg, died peacefully with his family by his side in his daughter’s home on Saturday, December 4, 2010. Born February 5, 1923 in Oakville, Cumberland County, he was the son of the late P. D. and Lula M. Bistline Culbertson. He was a member of the Newburg First Church of God, a past missionary treasurer,...
Earl Mays
Dec 1, 2010
Earl Page Mays, 86, Shippensburg Mobile Estates, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born July 6, 1924 in Lynchburg, VA, he was a son of the late Moses and Francis Johnson Mays. Earl retired as a foreman from SKF Industries and was a United States Navy veteran serving during WWII. Surviving are two daughters; Deborah...
Martha Suders
Nov 30, 2010
Martha Susan Whaler Suders, 86 of West Orange Street, Shippensburg, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 14, 1924 in Wrightsville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Annie Tome Whaler. Martha worked as a seamstress at the former Penn Pants and L’agilon Company both in Shippensburg and later worked as a Nurse’s...
Mae Linn
Nov 29, 2010
Mae H. Linn 1920 ~ 2010 Mae H. Linn, 90, of Shippensburg, died on Monday, November 29, 2010, at her home, with her family by her side. Born on April 25, 1920, in Amberson, PA, a daughter of the late Roy & Janetta Culbertson Stake. On October 22, 1938, Mae married Mr. Sherwood P. Linn, in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded...
E. Baltimore
Nov 21, 2010
E. Mai Baltimore, 70, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, November 21, 2010 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born December 8, 1939 in Carlisle, PA; she was a daughter of the late Carl James, Sr. and Elnor B. Lane Nocho. Mai retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot near Chambersburg. She was a member of the St. Peter’s AME Church in Shippensburg...
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