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Janet Arnold Mose
Mar 8, 2024
Janet Arnold Mose, 89, resident of Providence Place Senior Living, passed away the morning of Friday, March 8, 2024. She was born on Saturday, August 4, 1934 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Paul G. and Frances E. Dunlap Swartz. Janet was a 1952 graduate of Shippensburg High School and member of the Lurgan United Brethren Church. She worked...
Glenn Linn
Mar 5, 2024
Glenn L. “Butch” Linn, II, 68, of Newburg, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at his home. Born Monday, June 20, 1955 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Glenn L. and Emma M. Miller Linn, Sr. Butch was a 1974 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He was the owner and operator of the former Linn’s...
Adrian Boyd
Mar 4, 2024
Adrian L. “Adie” Boyd, 86, of Lurgan, passed away the afternoon of Monday, March 4, 2024 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on Friday, May 21, 1937 in West Virginia, a son of the late Clifford and Lucy McMullen Boyd. He married Peggy A. Stouffer on September 3, 1960. She preceded him in death on November 28, 2021. Adie...
Grace Foust
Mar 3, 2024
Grace M. Foust, 97, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, March 3, 2024, at Menno Haven – Chambers Pointe. She was born on January 15, 1927, in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, a daughter of the late Samuel C. and Rena Mae (Russell) Jones. Grace married Ira F. Foust, Jr., on June 14, 1946, in Chambersburg. He...
Doreen Holtry
Feb 25, 2024
Doreen E. Holtry, 96, of Orrstown Personal Care passed into eternal rest on February 25, 2024. Born on December 10, 1927 in Shippensburg, she was one of six children of the late Lester M. Wadel, Sr and Jean M. (Sowers) Wadel. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother: Lester M. Wadel, Jr. and three...
William Greenawalt
Feb 24, 2024
William Paul “Bill” Greenawalt, 90, life-long resident of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 28, 1933, in Newburg, the son of the late Paul H. and Nellie (Mitchell) Greenawalt. Bill was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War era. He married Rita...
Jack Mellott
Feb 23, 2024
Jack G. “Digger” Mellott, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, February 23, 2024 at Luther Ridge, Chambersburg, surrounded by his loving family. Born Tuesday, March 2, 1926 in McConnellsburg, Fulton County, he was a son of the late Ahimaaz “Jack and Bertha Mabel May Mellott. Jack was a United States Navy Veteran serving at Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Guam, and Nagasaki...
Robert Traylor
Feb 22, 2024
Robert E. “Bob” Traylor, 67, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2024 at his home. Born Sunday, September 23, 1956 in Plainfield, NJ, he was a son of the late James E. and Gladys Kirkendall Traylor. Bob was a United States Marine Corps Veteran serving during the Vietnam War. He retired from Shippensburg Leasing as a mechanic with over...
William Hutchinson
Feb 17, 2024
We celebrate the life of Bill Hutchinson, a gentle person who touched many lives with his generosity, hospitality, wit, and intellectual pursuit. Those most graced by his presence were his family members: his wife, Barbara, and their two sons, Andrew (and his life-partner Adrena Williams), and Phillip, along with his niece Diana Smedley (and her husband Gabe Luber), his sister-in-law...
John Stark
Feb 16, 2024
John H. Stark, 82, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, February 16, 2024, at his home. He was born on July 6, 1941, in Brooklyn, NY, a son of the late John and Norma Stark. John was a 1959 graduate of the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York City. He...
Danielle Rhone
Feb 13, 2024
Danielle Lee Rhone, 38, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at her home. She was born on June 30, 1985, in Carlisle, a daughter of the late Ricky A. and Charlotte M. (Rhone) Clark. Danielle was a 2003 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and attended the Thompson Institute and HACC. She...
Glenn Mcmullen
Feb 12, 2024
Glenn L. McMullen, 76, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 12, 2024 at his home. Born Sunday, August 24, 1947 in Shippensburg, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Noah J. and Nancy A. Naugle McMullen. Glenn was a 1965 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. He served in the United States Air Force, and the...
Judy Wyrick
Feb 10, 2024
Judy Hippensteel Wyrick, 79, of Shippensburg, departed this life to be with her Lord on the morning of Saturday, February 10, 2024, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Judy was born in Chambersburg, on May 16, 1944, the daughter of the late George W., Sr. and Florence L. (Trail) Hippensteel. She was a 1962 graduate of Shippensburg High School and...
John Cronin
Feb 8, 2024
John M. Cronin, 87, of Marshfield, MA, formerly of Shippensburg, joined Our Lord on the morning of Thursday, February 8, 2024, at the Life Care Center of the South Shore, Scituate, MA. He was born on October 27, 1936, in Cambridge, MA, the son of the late Timothy and Elizabeth (Shugrue) Cronin. John married Alice C. Murphy on September 19,...
Marjorie Killian
Feb 7, 2024
Marjorie E. Killian, 94, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation & Wellness Center, Chambersburg. She was born on December 24, 1929, in Orrstown, a daughter of the late Wendell M. and Elsie M. (Hoover) Shoop. Marjorie married Paul J. Killian on July 24, 1948, in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded...
Gertrude Johnson
Feb 6, 2024
Gertrude A. “Trudy” Johnson, 88, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at The Shook Home in Chambersburg. Born Friday, July 12, 1935 in Erie, PA, she was a daughter of the late Albert Scott and Gertrude Hattie Bemis. Trudy was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church, Shippensburg. She is survived by...
Kathryn Hershey
Feb 5, 2024
Kathryn J. “Nanny” Hershey, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Monday, February 5, 2024 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Thursday, October 17, 1940 in Oakville, the daughter of the late Theodore and Anna Rhoades Proctor. Kathryn was a 1959 graduate of the Shippensburg High School and past member of the Oakville...
William Brown
Feb 3, 2024
William D. Brown, 78, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, February 3, 2024, at his daughter’s home. He was born on August 4, 1945, in Chambersburg, a son of the late William B. and Dorothy J. (Wise) Brown. Bill was a United States Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, enlisting on August 15, 1963, and...
Donald Linard
Feb 2, 2024
Donald E. Linard, 77, of Shippensburg, passed away on February 2, 2024 at Select Specialty Hospital in Harrisburg, PA. He was born in Gettysburg, PA, a son of Charles and Ruth Shetter Linard. He was a 1964 graduate of Biglerville High School and served in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. He was a Pennsylvania State Trooper and owner of Don’s...
Carroll Pearson
Jan 28, 2024
Carroll A. Pearson, 93, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, January 28, 2024, at his home. He was born on October 16, 1930, in Farnsworth, TX, a son of the late Miles F. and Maggie (Anderson) Pearson. Carroll spent a year at the former Arizona State Teachers College enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in 1951....
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