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Rev. Dr. John Disalvo
Jan 9, 2021
Rev. Dr. John V. DiSalvo, 86, of Newville, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021, in UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg. He was born June 8, 1934 in Buffalo, NY. John was a son of the late Stephen and Mary (Buccirose) DiSalvo. John was a United States Air Force Veteran of the Korean War. He pastored churches in New York and Pennsylvania and...
Thomas Myers
Jan 8, 2021
Thomas K. “Pap” Myers, Sr., 86, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, January 8, 2021 at home. He was born Saturday, August 25, 1934 in Chambersburg, PA. Thomas was a son of the late Oscar and Esther (Keefer) Myers. Thomas retired from Ingersoll Rand, Shippensburg. He was a past Scoutmaster of Troop #117, Lees Cross Roads. Thomas enjoyed almost everything outdoors...
Dorinda Atherton
Jan 7, 2021
Dorinda Kay Atherton, 46, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, January 7, 2021, at her home. She was born on April 24, 1974, in Chambersburg, a daughter of Barry and Carolyn (Collier) Atherton of Orrstown. Dorinda worked as a dietary manager, at several of the local area nursing homes, for over twenty years. She enjoyed being...
Harvey Diehl
Jan 7, 2021
Harvey A. Diehl, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021, in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born May 28, 1929 in Shippensburg, PA. Harvey was a son of the late Harvey N. and Anna (Morrison) Diehl. He was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God and belonged to the Men’s Upper Room Sunday School class. Harvey...
Charles Weller
Jan 5, 2021
C. Richard (Dick) Weller, 78, was born May 29, 1942, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, and entered into eternal rest on January 5, 2021, at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dick was the son of the late Erby L. and Helen V. (Chamberlin) Weller. Until entering the Army, Dick worked on the family farm in Newburg and at...
Ethel Byers
Jan 4, 2021
Ethel M. Byers, 93, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, January 4, 2021 in the Orrstown Personal Care Home. She was born June 30, 1927 in Lewistown, PA. Ethel was a daughter of the late Samuel W. and Catherine F. (Baughman) Henry. She retired from the Beistle Company in 1986. Ethel was a member of the Memorial Lutheran Church, Shippensburg. She...
Beverly Sherman
Jan 4, 2021
Beverly J. Sherman, 79, of Orrstown, passed away Monday, January 4, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born Tuesday, January 14, 1941 in Chambersburg, PA. Beverly was a daughter of the late Roy and Elsie Shields Umbrell. She was working for Lutheran Social Services, Chambersburg. Beverly is survived by three children, Timothy S. Sherman, Rhonda Sue Carroll and Thomas...
William Middaugh
Jan 4, 2021
William B. “Bill” Middaugh, 76, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, January 4, 2021 at home. He was born Sunday, December 10, 1944 in Chambersburg, PA. Bill was a son of the late Ralph and Beulah (Smith) Middaugh. He retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot and prior to his retirement, Bill worked at the Mechanicsburg Naval Depot, Grove Manufacturing, and was...
Sally Ott
Jan 4, 2021
Sally J. Ott, 76, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, January 4, 2021 in Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, Chambersburg. She was born Saturday, January 22, 1944 in Shippensburg. Sally was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Augusta Mae (Holtry) Ott. She worked at the former Stanley Company and was a graduate of the Big Spring High School. In...
Robert Myers
Jan 1, 2021
Robert (Bob) Myers, loving husband and father, 82, returned to his heavenly home on January 1, 2021 after suffering from health issues for many years. His devotion to his family and his firm belief in God supported him in his struggle and ultimately gave him peace. Bob was born to the late John and Isabelle Myers, a government worker and...
Evelyn Holtry
Jan 1, 2021
Evelyn S. Holtry, 98, of Orrstown, passed away the evening of Friday, January 1, 2021 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born Friday, August 4, 1922 in Hopewell Township, a daughter of the late Russell R. and Dorothy M. (Mowery) Yocum. Evelyn worked as a seamstress at L’Aiglon Apparel Inc., Shippensburg, retiring in 1969....
Emory Hamman
Dec 30, 2020
Emory C. Hamman, 80, of Shippensburg passed away the evening of Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at the UPMC Pinnacle Carlisle Hospital. He was born Thursday, March 21, 1940 in Huntingdon, a son of the late Earl and Mary Irene (Hershey) Hamman. Emory was a self-employed farmer for all of his working life, farming alongside his late father-in-law, Bruce Martin. He...
Ronnie Russell
Dec 29, 2020
Ronnie Ray Russell, 66, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Saturday, January 9, 1954 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late John William and Beatrice Louise Foore Russell. Ronnie was a member of the Newburg United Methodist Church. He retired from both Letterkenny Army Depot and K-Mart Distribution Center....
Wanda Hockenberry
Dec 28, 2020
Wanda Kay Hockenberry, 69, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born Tuesday, June 5, 1951 in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Chester Dana and Kathryn Josephine (Freidinger) Meredith. Wanda was an excellent homemaker and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She also worked part-time in cleaning service for the Best Western and...
Vivian Keefer
Dec 25, 2020
Vivian B. Keefer, 89, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, formerly of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Friday, December 25, 2020. She was born on May 17, 1931, in Mifflintown, a daughter of the late Edward C. and Catherine (Zeiders) Benner. After graduating from the Franklin Square School of Nursing in Baltimore, Vivian worked as a...
Norma Jumper
Dec 25, 2020
Norma Jeanne Jumper, 74, a resident of Forest Park, Carlisle, formerly of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, December 25, 2020. She was born on July 28, 1946, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Lester and Ruth (Stake) Jumper and was a 1964 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Norma devoted her life to making the...
Jackson Starliper
Dec 25, 2020
Jackson Stewart "Jack" Starliper, 71, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, December 25, 2020, at his home. He was born on March 21, 1949, in Winchester, VA, a son of the late Harold T. and Nancy L. (Webber) Starliper, Sr. Jack served in the U.S. Marine Corp 3rd Battalion 6th Marines 2nd Division during the Vietnam...
Elaine Weidman
Dec 23, 2020
Elaine J. Weidman, 67, of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at SpiriTrust Lutheran The Village at Sprenkle Drive, York. She was born on February 8, 1953, in Frystown, Bucks Co., PA, a daughter of Lillie (Saul) Boltz and Alvin Boltz and married Larry E. Weidman on November 10, 1983. Elaine worked as a...
Patricia Helm
Dec 22, 2020
Patricia Ruth Helm, 72, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born Friday, October 29, 1948 in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Hubert and Mildred (Kennedy) Kistler. Throughout Patricia’s life, she was employed in business management by Hoffman Mills, Ward Trucking, and Chambersburg Hospital. She was a member of the First Assembly...
Irene Lisi
Dec 21, 2020
Irene Jo Lisi, 59, of Newville, departed this life on the morning of Monday, December 21, 2020, at UPMC Pinnacle Carlisle Hospital. She was born on December 22, 1960, in Cumberland, NC, a daughter of the late Lawrence D. and Herta J. (Spielberger) Young. Irene worked as a nursing aide in the home healthcare field. She is survived by her...
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