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William Patrick "Bill" Diehl
May 17, 2025
William Patrick “Bill” Diehl, 72, of Clearfield, departed this life on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
He was born on April 22, 1953, in Philadelphia, a son of the late Raymond and Margaret (Cronin) Lockwood. Bill was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War era, enlisting on October 14, 1970, and honorably discharged on May 8, 1972.
Bill worked as a musician...
Gary L. Porter
May 16, 2025
Gary L. Porter, 87, of Palm City, FL., and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 16, 2025 surrounded by his loving wife and two daughters.
Born Saturday, October 9, 1937 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late George D. and Edith Holtry Porter.
He was a 1956 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. He served...
V. Sophia Nelson
May 15, 2025
V. Sophia Nelson, 89, formerly of Newburg, late of Florence, MT, departed this life on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
She was born on March 1, 1936, in Newburg, a daughter of the late Wilmer and Carrie (Shuman) Hensel. Sophia was a 1954 graduate of Shippensburg High School and a 1958 graduate of Shippensburg University. She earned a Master’s in elementary education...
Lois Jean Foltz
May 15, 2025
Lois Jean Foltz, 94, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2025 at the Thornwald Home, Carlisle, PA.
Born Tuesday, June 10, 1930 in Upper Strasburg, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late John Elder and Fannie Ethel Bricker Pugh.
Lois retired after 39 years, as the owner and operator alongside her husband of Foltz Sunoco Gas Station in Shippensburg....
Allan J. Lovell
May 14, 2025
Allan J. Lovell, 85, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at Celebration Villa of Shippensburg.
He was born on Tuesday, April 23, 1940 in Chambersburg, the son of the late John Albert and Eleanor Amelia (Coy) Lovell.
Allan was a graduate of the Shippensburg High School and worked for the Shippensburg News-Chronicle for over 45 years. He...
Roland E. Schaeffer
May 12, 2025
Roland E. Schaeffer, 77, of Shippensburg, formerly of Hampstead, MD, passed away unexpectedly the afternoon of Monday, May 12, 2025 at his home.
He was born on June 7, 1947 in Greenmount, MD, son of the late Elwood C. and Miriam P. (Yost) Schaeffer. He was married to Theresa E. (Conroy) Schaeffer.
Roland grew up in Lineboro, MD and was a 1965...
Edna Denise Foreman
May 11, 2025
Edna Denise (Sites) Bricker Foreman, 99, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, May 11, 2025.
She was born on January 29, 1926, in Clear Spring, Maryland, a daughter of the late George A. and Mamie C. (Funkhouser) Sites. Edna married Bruce Milburn Foreman, Jr., on May 28, 2005, in at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hagerstown.
Edna earned a...
Robert H. "Bob" Smith
May 7, 2025
Robert Hammond “Bob” Smith, 88, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully the morning of Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at the Chambersburg Hospital.
He was born on August 20, 1936 in Germantown, PA, a son of the late Anthony Hammond and Elsie Cloud Yocum Smith.
A graduate of Shippensburg High School and Shippensburg University, Bob taught science for 32 years in Ardmore, PA, where...
Brenda Kay Yohe
May 6, 2025
Brenda Kay Yohe, 70, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at her home.
Born Friday, January 14, 1955 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Wallace R. and Mary E. Rosenberry Shope.
She retired from Ross Distribution Center in 2021, with over 28 years of service.
Brenda was an avid NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt, Sr....
Bette L. Rosenberry
Apr 30, 2025
Bette L. Rosenberry, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away the evening of Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at the Mercy House of Chambersburg.
She was born on February 1, 1934 in Fannettsburg, a daughter of the late Norman L. and Mary E. Boggs Glessner. She married Melvin S. “Gene” Rosenberry on March 23, 1973 in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded her in death on...
Alberta May Pensinger
Apr 28, 2025
Alberta May “Bertie” Rosbach Cressler Pensinger, 82, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 28, 2025 as a result of an automobile accident.
Born Monday, May 25, 1942 in Estella, Sullivan County, PA, she was a daughter of the late Hartford Leroy Rosbach and Edna Gertrude Weaver Rosbach.
Alberta retired in 2004 from The Beistle Company in Shippensburg, with 42 years...
Allen Richard "Red" Pensinger
Apr 28, 2025
Allen Richard “Red” Pensinger, 82, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 28, 2025 as a result of an automobile accident.
Born Thursday, September 10, 1942 in Greencastle, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Harry Richard Pensinger and Jessie Kuhn Pensinger Hays.
Red was a 1961 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and a 1963 graduate...
Kenneth Eugene Rhodes
Apr 25, 2025
Kenneth Eugene “Gene” Rhodes, 85, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Friday, April 25, 2025 at Celebration Villa of Shippensburg.
He was born on March 25, 1940 in Watts Township, Perry County, a son of the late Reuben Edward and Dorothy Viola Wright Rhodes, Sr. He married Betty Ann Halter on December 24, 1966.
Gene was a member of the Oakville...
Patsy JoAnn Singleton
Apr 24, 2025
Patsy JoAnn Singleton, 89, of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, April 24, 2025, at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital.
She was born on Novmeber 29, 1935, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Ernest and Elsie (Angle) Coy. Patsy married Arthur E. Singleton on October 15, 1955.
Early in life she worked at the former Penn Pants, but then...
William R. "Bill" Van Scyoc
Apr 24, 2025
William R. “Bill” Van Scyoc, 65, of Pleasant Hall, passed away unexpectedly the afternoon of Thursday, April 24, 2025 at his home.
He was born on November 26, 1959 in Chambersburg, the son of the late Robert M. and Evelyn M. Helmuth Van Scyoc. He married Brenda L. Runkle on April 14, 1989.
Bill was a 1978 graduate of the Chambersburg High...
Marjorie H. Shoap
Apr 24, 2025
Marjorie H. (Hopkins) Shoap, 94, of Shippensburg, passed away the evening of Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Chambers Pointe Health Care Center.
She was born on Saturday, January 24, 1931 in Altoona, PA, Blair County, the daughter of the late Clarence J. and Margaret E. (Gaunter) Hopkins.
Marjorie attended Shippensburg University and went on to be a library technician for 24 years...
CMSgt Robert W. Ocker, Sr.
Apr 21, 2025
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Joseph Campbell
Our hero, Robert W. Ocker, Sr., 89, Chief Master Sergeant United States Air Force (Ret) of Shippensburg, PA passed away on Monday, April 21, 2025 in the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born on March 22, 1936 in Lurgan Township, he...
Marinda E. Dunlap
Apr 19, 2025
Marinda E. Dunlap, 89, of Chambersburg, passed away the evening of Saturday, April 19, 2025 at her home.
She was born on April 28, 1935 in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late R. Clark and Elva Kelso Culbertson. She married John C. Dunlap on October 25, 1952 in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded her in death on August 22, 2019.
Marinda worked at...
Jay Francis Clouse
Apr 17, 2025
Jay Francis Clouse, 85, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2025 at the Chambersburg Hospital.
Born Friday, August 4, 1939, in Carlisle, PA, he was a son of the late John H. and Beulah Leigh Clouse.
Jay was a 1959 graduate of Big Spring High School. He was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. His childhood church was...
Martha Pauline Holtry
Apr 16, 2025
Martha Pauline Holtry, 95, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at her home.
She was born on December 12, 1929 in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Melvin E. and Ella Mae Eckenrode Sheaffer. She married Thomas M. Holtry on March 1, 1952. He preceded her in death on December 12, 1992.
Pauline loved to watch wrestling...
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