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Regina Hale-Tappen
Apr 16, 2020
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Darrell Alt
Apr 16, 2020
Darrell E. Alt, 52 of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2020 at home. He was born January 23, 1968 in Bedford, PA. Darrell was a son of Maynard and Nancy Beck Alt of Bedford. He retired from Menasha in Newville, where he was a forklift operator. Darrell was a member of the Newburg First Church of God. He was...
Charles G. Myers
Apr 15, 2020
Charles G. “Jack” Myers, 88, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at his home. He was born on September 10, 1931, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Boyd A. and Blanche L. (Alleman) Myers and married Sara L. Davidson on July 12, 1954. Jack was a veteran of the United States Navy...
Miriam Shenk
Apr 13, 2020
Miriam Ferne Shenk, 55, of Newburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Monday, April 13, 2020, at her home. She was born on March 30, 1965, in Harrisonburg, VA, a daughter of the late Harold H. and Edna R. (Shantz) Shenk. Miriam worked on the family farm and also as a housekeeper for a period of time. In her...
Clinton "Jerry" Walton
Apr 13, 2020
Clinton G. “Jerry” Walton, 69, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, April 13, 2020. He was born on December 15, 1950, in Baltimore, MD, the son of the late Grace M. (Wilhelm) Butler. Jerry worked as a truck driver, most recently for Food Lion. His hobbies and interests were auto racing and he was the greatest...
Mary Hock
Apr 12, 2020
Mary R. Hock, 90, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, April 12, 2020, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on August 18, 1929, in Shippensburg, the daughter of the late Rankin and Ann (Henderson) Hock. Mary worked as a custodian at the Beistle Co., for 18 years, retiring in 1991. She...
Nellie Hale
Apr 11, 2020
Nellie A. Hale, 79, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2020 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born November 14, 1940 in Shippensburg, PA. Nellie was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Augusta Mae Holtry Ott. Nellie worked at U-Wanna Wash Frocks Company in Shippensburg and Masland Associates in Carlisle. She was a graduate of the...
Robert Weaver
Apr 9, 2020
Robert E. Weaver, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020 at home. He was born Wednesday, February 22, 1939 in Chambersburg, PA. Robert was a son of the late James and Ora Myers Weaver. Robert was a self-employed Dairy Farmer. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sons, Terry Wayne and Larry Dean...
Richard Carl
Apr 7, 2020
Richard D. “Don” Carl, 74, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Saturday, July 21, 1945 in Waynesboro, PA, he was a son of the late Lester L. and Pauline B. Bardine Carl. Don attended public schools in Waynesboro, Fayetteville and Shippensburg. He worked as a farmer alongside his father for many...
Doris Stouter
Apr 6, 2020
Doris “Jean” Stouter, 76, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, April 6, 2020 at home. She was born March 4, 1944 in Chambersburg, PA. Doris was a daughter of the late Roy Clifford and Emma Catherine Fox Hull. Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence W. “Slick” Stouter who passed away November 13, 2017. One brother, Larry C. Hull,...
Marlin Mell
Apr 6, 2020
Marlin E. Mell, 79, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center and formerly of 19 N. Washington St., Shippensburg, died April 6, 2020 at the home. He was known by many people as “Mell”. Born May 17, 1940 in Chambersburg, Marlin was the son of the late Harold and Mabel (Neil) Mell. As a life-long resident of Shippensburg, he...
Harold Bailey
Apr 4, 2020
Harold L. Bailey, Jr., 79, life-long resident of Roxbury, departed this life on the afternoon, of Saturday, April 4, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on February 28, 1941, in Roxbury, the son of the late Harold L. and Laura Grace (Alleman) Bailey, Sr., and married Betty Jean Guyer on November 22, 1958. Harold retired in 1995 as...
Harold Ile
Apr 2, 2020
Harold Dana “Perk” Ile, 72, of Newburg, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 26, 1947 in Chambersburg, PA. Harold was preceded in death by his parents, A. Dana and Lois Jean Garman Ile. Harold retired from Domestic Pump. He attended Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. Harold was a life...
Crea Koser
Apr 1, 2020
Crea L. Koser, 88, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at Paramount Senior Living, Fayetteville. She was born Sunday April 19, 1931 in Shippensburg, PA. Crea was a daughter of the late Raymond G. and Ethel G. Peiper Hammond. Crea was a member of the Newburg First Church of God. She retired from the Greif Co. in Shippensburg...
Boneda Jervis
Mar 27, 2020
Boneda E. Jervis, 92, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, March 27, 2020 at home. She was born August 13, 1927 in Williamson, WV. Boneda was a daughter of the late Burley and Mabel Altizer Evans. She retired from the PA Department of Revenue and G.C. Murphy’s in Shippensburg where she worked for 30 years. Boneda was a member of the...

Bertha Finkey
Mar 24, 2020
Bertha M. Finkey, 84, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born March 13, 1936 in Shippensburg, PA. Bertha was a daughter of the late Charles S. and Alice M. (Shirley) Craig. She retired from the Newville Shoe Company after working there for over 29 years. Bertha then worked for three years...
Jeane Eschenmann
Mar 21, 2020
Jeane R. Eschenmann, 95, of Shippensburg departed this life on the evening of Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born in Shippensburg on February 1, 1925, the daughter of the late Luther M. and Sylvia M. (Sprecher) Rockwell. Jeane was a 1942 graduate of Shippensburg High School and also served as class secretary. She married Hayes...
D. Lester Kuhn
Mar 20, 2020
D. Lester “Les” Kuhn, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at home. Les was born September 29, 1939 at the Chambersburg, PA Maternity Home. He graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1957. Les was self-employed and owner of several businesses: 1963-1972 Hawbaker & Kuhn Kitchen Center in Chambersburg, PA; 1972-2000 Kuhn Woodworking in Westminster, MD;...
Patricia Craig
Mar 20, 2020
Patricia Ann Craig, 75, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, March 20, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on January 1, 1945, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Charles Eber and Helen (Carper) Gipe and married Charles Lester Craig on October 24, 1964. He preceded her in death on October 9,...

Lloyd Mooney
Mar 20, 2020
Lloyd E. Mooney, Sr., a resident of SpiriTrust Lutheran, The Village at Gettysburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, March 20, 2020. He was born on April 29, 1942, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Lester B. and Elsie (Shoemaker) Mooney, Sr. Lloyd was a 1960 graduate of the former Scotland School for Veterans Children. He worked...