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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...
Carolyn Maclay
Dec 19, 2020
Carolyn Ann “Susie” Maclay, 87, a resident of Menno Village, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at her home. Born Friday, August 25, 1933 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Walter D. and Carolyn G. Goldsmith Miller. Susie was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church. She was a 1951 graduate of the Chambersburg High...
Joann Darrah
Dec 19, 2020
JoAnn Darrah, 83, of Newville, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 in Green Ridge Village. Born Tuesday, March 9, 1937 in Toledo, Ohio. JoAnn was a daughter of the late Chauncey and Virginia (Klute) Faler. JoAnn was a member of Grand Point Church, Chambersburg. She attended Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. JoAnn is survived by her husband, Rev....
Raymond Smith
Dec 19, 2020
Raymond L. Smith, Sr., of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Wednesday, December 21, 1938 in Milton, PA. Raymond was a son of the late Paul A. and Mabel E. (Kreisher) Smith. He retired from both the United States Air Force serving during the Vietnam War and as a Civil Servant with...
Richard Yohe
Dec 18, 2020
Richard E. “Dick” Yohe, 65, of Lebanon, departed this life on the evening of Friday, December 18, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born on September 18, 1955, in Orrstown, son of the late Wilbur and Anna (Starr) Yohe. Dick worked in building and grounds maintenance at Londonderry Village and really enjoyed working there. He was an excellent...
Carl Durf
Dec 17, 2020
Carl W. Durf, Sr., 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, October 18, 1942 in Newville, PA, he was a son of the late Harry Albert and Catherine Elizabeth Sites Durf. Carl was of the Protestant Faith. He retired in 2005 from Valley Quarries in Shippensburg. Carl loved to hunt, bowl and...
Floyd Kirby
Dec 17, 2020
Floyd D. Kirby, 84, of Shippensburg, passed away the evening of Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Friday, August 28, 1936 in Shippensburg, a son of the late Sebert H. and Dolly R. (Whorley) Kirby. Floyd was a member of the Hub City Club and American Legion Post 223. He loved hunting and fishing, and...
Sheldon Cordell
Dec 15, 2020
Sheldon B. Cordell, 29, of Pleasant Hall, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at home. He was born Tuesday, April 16, 1991 in Chambersburg. Sheldon was a son of the late Samantha Cordell. He worked at JLG Industries in Shippensburg. Sheldon was a member of the Hub City Club, Minnequa, and the Durff-Kuhn VFW Post # 6168, all in Shippensburg,...
Shirley Gochenour
Dec 15, 2020
Shirley Ann Gochenour, 83, a resident of the Quincy Village, Waynesboro, PA formerly of Orrstown, PA, died Tuesday, December 15, 2020 in the Quincy Village, Waynesboro, PA. Born Saturday, January 30, 1937 in Harrisburg, PA, Dauphin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Kennedy and Agnes (Springer) Kennedy Moyer. A 1956 graduate of Scotland School for Veterans...
Jessica Reese
Dec 14, 2020
Jessica L. Reese, 64, of Oakville, passed away the morning of Monday, December 14, 2020 at the Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center. She was born Sunday, August 12, 1956 in Newville. Jessica is the daughter of John T. and Beulah (Stum) Baum. Jessica enjoyed vacationing at Ocean City and Rehoboth beaches. She especially liked going to Ocean City...
Holly Weaver
Dec 14, 2020
Holly J. Weaver, 47, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born Saturday, September 27, 1973 in Hagerstown, MD. Holly was a daughter of Ray, Jr. and Cindy (Haines) Barger of Hagerstown, MD. She was an Insurance Billing Representative for Keystone Health for 14 years. Holly was a member of the Prince Street...
Mable Lockwood
Dec 13, 2020
Mable Esther Crider Lockwood passed peacefully into Heaven on December 13, 2020 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home, where she resided since December of 2017. Born December 1, 1928, she was the 6th child out of 10 of the late Cyrus and Cora Lininger Crider. She graduated from the Chambersburg Senior High School in the class of 1946. She married...
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