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Vivian Diller
Dec 24, 2022
Vivian I. Diller, 98, of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Tuesday, May 27, 1924 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Moses M. and Fannie Myrtle Diehl Ocker. Vivian was a 1943 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a Member of...
Leroy Martin
Dec 24, 2022
Leroy George “Buzz” Martin, 82, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022 at UPMC St. Margaret’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Born Saturday, May 11, 1940 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late John D. and Blanch E. Holtry Martin. Buzz was a 1958 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was a United States Navy...
Harold Weaver
Dec 23, 2022
Harold E. Weaver, 91, of Orrstown, passed away Friday, December 23, 2022. Harold was born May 11, 1931 in Orrstown, PA. He was a son of the late James and Ora Myers Weaver. Harold and his wife Betty K. Alleman Weaver were dairy farmers. Betty and Harold married April 20, 1950 in Frederick, Maryland. She passed away March 13, 2021....
Samuel Bubb
Dec 23, 2022
Samuel Elmer “Sam” Bubb, Jr., 70, of Upper Strasburg, PA, departed this life peacefully on the morning of Friday, December 23, 2022 at UPMC West Shore. He was born on January 17, 1952 in Carlisle, the son of the late Samuel E. Bubb, Sr. and Lois J. (Hill) Miller. Sam worked as a loom mechanic for the Newville Ribbon Company...
Barbara Clark
Dec 21, 2022
Barbara Ann Clark, 90, of Newburg, departed this life peacefully on the morning of Wednesday, December 21, 2022, in the presence of her family. She was born on December 3, 1932, in Greencastle, a daughter of the late Edgar J. and Catherine M. (Hykes) Leidig. Barbara married Lewis H. Clark on October 23, 1954. He preceded her in death on...
Virginia Starliper
Dec 21, 2022
Virginia G. (Geyer) Starliper, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away the evening of Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at home. She was born on October 25, 1939 in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Harold M. and Gail V. (Detrich) Geyer. Virginia was a 1957 graduate of the Shippensburg High School and received her bachelor’s degree from Shippensburg State College in 1965....
Dorie Rife
Dec 20, 2022
Dorie Jean (Reath) Rife, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away the morning of Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on July 15, 1938 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late William F. and Ruth (Witter) Reath. Dorie was a member of the Amvets Post #224 and VFW Post #1599, both of Chambersburg. In her spare time,...
Nancy Frohm
Dec 12, 2022
Our Angel got her Wings! Heaven welcomed Nancy Jane (Johnston) Frohm home Monday, December 12, 2022, just nine days after celebrating her 95th birthday. Nancy was born Saturday, December 3, 1927 in Shippensburg to the late George and Nancy (Reilly) Johnston. Early in her life, she realized how important family was. She stopped her education before graduating so that she...
Herbert Sommerville
Dec 12, 2022
Herbert A. “Herb” Sommerville, 82, lifelong resident of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Monday, December 12, 2022 at his home. He was born on April 20, 1940 in Carlisle, a son of the late Herbert Strayer and Anna Catherine (O’Donnell) Sommerville. He was adopted and raised by the late Wayne R. Sommerville. Herb was a United States Navy Veteran....
Alfred Hutchinson
Dec 11, 2022
Alfred L. “Hutch” Hutchinson, 86, of Pleasant Hall, PA, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, April 7, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Alfred and Helen Myers Hutchinson, Jr. Alfred was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He served in the National Guard. Alfred retired from Value...
Mary Fasso
Dec 10, 2022
Mary Elizabeth Fasso, 35, of Orrstown, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at her home. Born Tuesday, October 27, 1987 in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of Vincent A. and Alice L. Cunningham Fasso of Orrstown, PA. Mary was of the Christian Faith. She was very active in her children’s sporting events, and helped coach her...
Elmond Bietsch
Dec 10, 2022
Elmond “Ray” Bietsch, Jr., 83, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022. He was born November 28, 1939 in Shippensburg, PA. Ray was a son of the late Elmond R., Sr. and Mildred M. Weaver Bietsch. Ray retired from Sprint where he was an Outside Facilities Technician. He was a United States Navy veteran serving on the Forrestal. Ray...
Jane Carl
Dec 9, 2022
Jane Linda Carl (Age 81), legendary high school teacher of Social Studies and English to hundreds of students, died Friday, December 9, 2022 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA of an ischemic stroke. Born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania in 1941, she was the only child of the late Chick C. Mellott and D. Hazel (Kauffman) Mellott. Jane was a SASHS...
Betty Seibert
Dec 9, 2022
Betty Jean (Cressler) Seibert, 91, departed this life on the evening of Friday, December 9, 2022, in Grand Rapids, MI. She had lived most of her life in the Shippensburg, Boiling Springs, and Carlisle areas. Betty has been residing with her daughter, Dotty and husband Brett, in Grand Rapids for the past ten years. She was born on February 17,...
Patricia Mason
Dec 8, 2022
Patricia Worthington Mason, 84, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, December 8, 2022, at her home. She was born on September 24, 1938, in Pawtucket, RI, a daughter of the late Howard and Margaret (Nickson) Worthington. Pat graduated from West Pawtucket High School and from Bryant College in Providence, RI. Pat worked in a variety of...
Martha Kirby
Dec 8, 2022
Martha Rae Kirby, 67, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, December 8, 2022, at her home. She was born on April 26, 1955, in Shippensburg, a daughter of Mary “Susie” (Helm) Suders and the late Chester Bruce Suders. She married Kelly Kirby, Jr., in 1971. Martha retired from Sheetz after over twenty years of employment. When...
Kimberly Martin-Shope
Dec 7, 2022
Kimberly R. Martin-Shope, 63, lifelong resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at her home. She was born on March 11, 1959, in Chambersburg, daughter of the late Alvin “Ike” and Goldie E. (Zimmerman) Martin. Kim was a 1977 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. She married G. Alan Shope on May 13,...
Lena Cramer
Dec 6, 2022
Lena June Cramer, 89, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at home. She was born June 29, 1933 in Willow Hill, Franklin County, PA. Lena was a daughter of the late John A. and Sarah E. Wilson Beidel. She was a longtime member of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren. Lena worked for many years at the Beistel...
Almeda Lehman
Dec 6, 2022
Almeda R. Wadel Martin Lehman, 87, died Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at her residence in Shippensburg, PA. She was born September 5, 1935 to the late Laban A. and Frances R. (Hock) Wadel. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ray E. Martin, and her second husband, Walter Lehman, Jr. Almeda is survived by six children, Faye Brougher...
Phillip Dorosh
Dec 5, 2022
Phillip Metro Dorosh, 83, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Monday, December 5, 2022, at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on December 6, 1938, in Carlisle, a son of the late Metro Phillip and Neoma L. (Zeigler) Dorosh. Phillip was a United States Air Force veteran, enlisting on July 17, 1956, and honorably discharged on July...
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