Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Nancy Alexander
Feb 21, 2020
Nancy J. Alexander, 86, of Newburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Friday, February, 21, 2020, at Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born on October 5, 1933, in Newburg, a daughter of the late Joseph H. and Grace E. (Shuman) Hoover and married Ronald S. Alexander on June 3, 1954 who she met while working at Howard Johnson’s...

Kathryn Lindsay
Feb 18, 2020
Kathryn E. Lindsay, 76, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. She was born on February 26, 1943, in Carlisle, the daughter of the late Robert and Beulah (Naugle) Mixell and married H. John Lindsay, Jr. on June 3, 1962, in the Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville. Kathryn...
Frank Heberlig
Feb 17, 2020
Frank Shuman Heberlig, 93, of 11 Darrin Avenue, Newburg, departed this life February 17, 2020, after a brief stay at Menno Haven Rehabilitation Facility. Born October 17, 1926, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Frank A. and M. Ruth Shuman Heberlig. He was a lifelong resident of the Newburg area. A 1944 graduate of...
Jean Rotz
Feb 15, 2020
Jean K. Rotz, 91, of Orrstown and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home, surrounded by her loving family. Born Monday, January 28, 1929 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Kathryn Heberlig Martin. Jean was a 1946 graduate of the former Shippensburg High School. She was a...
Joanne Maus
Feb 14, 2020
JoAnne D. Maus, 79, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, February 14, 2020 at the Shippensburg Health care Center surrounded by her loving family. Born Saturday, April 20, 1940 in Walnut Bottom, she was a daughter of the late J. Harold and Florence E. Hamilton Holtry. JoAnne was a 1958 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She attended the...
Larry Hull
Feb 13, 2020
Larry C. Hull, Sr, 74, of Chambersburg, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020 at Manor Care of Chambersburg. Born Tuesday, February 27, 1945 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Roy Clifford and Emma Catherine Fox Hull. Larry was of the Christian Faith. He retired as the owner and operator of Hull Trucking, Chambersburg. Larry enjoyed sprint car...
Leon Pisle
Feb 12, 2020
Leon R. Pisle, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at Orrstown Personal Care Home. He was born June 16, 1928 in Shippensburg. Leon was a son of the late John W. and Sarah (Perry) Pisle. Leon was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren. He retired from Letterkenny Army Depot and was a member of...
John Lawrence
Feb 11, 2020
John E. Lawrence, 48, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on October 8, 1971, in Gettysburg, a son of Floyd “Junior” and Nancy (Forsythe) Lawrence. Most recently, John worked as a forklift driver for Ryder. He had also operated a forklift at Proctor & Gamble and...
Ruth Hoch
Feb 10, 2020
Ruth B. Hoch, 97, of Chambersburg, previously of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 10, 2020, at SpiriTrust Lutheran Home (formerly Luther Ridge). She was born March 30, 1922, near Inglenook, Dauphin County, PA, at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers. Ruth was a daughter of the late Samuel J. and Effie Piper Burkholder. She was a...
Jennie Carbaugh
Feb 10, 2020
Jennie I. Carbaugh, 77, of Willow Hill, passed away Monday, February 10, 2020 at home. She was born December 16, 1942 in Carlisle, PA. Jennie was a daughter of the late Lowry W. and Dorothy M. Perry Varner. She was a graduate of the former Shippensburg High School. In addition to her parents, Jennie was preceded in death by her...
Richard Bender
Feb 6, 2020
Richard P. Bender, 73, of Chambersburg, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2020 at Elmcroft of Shippensburg. He was born September 7, 1946 in Carlisle, PA. Richard was a son of the late Herman P. and Virginia Kramer Bender. Richard was a United States Army Veteran during the Vietnam War and was a member of the Army Air National Guard. Richard...
David Hoover
Feb 6, 2020
David J. Hoover, 91, of Newburg, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, February 6, 2020, at Green Ridge Village, Newville. He was born on October 26, 1928, in Upper Mifflin Twp., Cumberland Co., a son of the late Charlie M. and Anna E. (Mowery) Hoover. David married the love of his life, Mary Louise Piper on September 9,...
Kathleen Helm
Feb 6, 2020
Kathleen M. Helm, 76, a life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, February 6, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on March 26, 1943, in Shippensburg, the daughter of the late John and Martha (Whaler) Suders. Kathleen was a 1961 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. She married...
Leora Shoop
Feb 5, 2020
Leora Helen Booz Shoop “Orie”, 95, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at The Elms in Macomb, IL. She was born in Newburg, PA on March 4, 1924. She was the daughter of Helen Cressler Booz and Norman A. Booz. She graduated from Shippensburg High School with honors in 1942 and was voted the “Most Attractive” girl in...
Pamela Kunkleman
Feb 2, 2020
Pamela Joy Kunkleman, 36, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at her home. She was born on May 27, 1983, in Laurel, MD, a daughter of Alicia Maria (Bozzi) Foster and the late William Barry Foster. Pamela married Barry Stephen Kunkleman, Jr., on November 26, 2004. Pamela was a homemaker and took great pride in being...
Colonel Lawrence Hoffman
Feb 1, 2020
Colonel (US Army, Retired) Lawrence W. “Larry” Hoffman, age 84, of Plum Tree Circle, Newville, died on February 1, 2020 of natural causes. He was a United States Army Veteran with 30 years of service where he served in the Vietnam War and he also retired from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Larry graduated from Michigan State University, Shippensburg...
Roy Carbaugh
Jan 30, 2020
Roy K. Carbaugh, Sr. 75, of Newville, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020 in the emergency room at UPMC Carlisle. He was born Wednesday, September 27, 1944 in Shippensburg, PA. Roy was a son of the late Harvey J., Sr. and Mildred Eckenrode Carbaugh. Roy retired from Lube ‘n Go Inc., Carlisle. He was a member of the Fraternal Order...
Ruth Dalton
Jan 30, 2020
Ruth M. Dalton was born on May 21st, 1927 in Groveland, Massachusetts. With her parents and two brothers, she soon moved to Portland, Maine. As a senior in high school, she moved to Walpole, Massachusetts where she met the man who would six years later become her husband. Lastly, she moved after retirement to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania to be near family....
Ocie Ballance
Jan 28, 2020
Ocie M. Ballance, Jr., known to most as “Buddy”, departed this life on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center, Martinsburg, WV. He was 83 years old. He was born on April 6, 1936, in Norfolk, VA, the son of the late Ocie M. and Grace (Harriman) Ballance, Sr. Buddy was a United States...
Virginia Highlands
Jan 28, 2020
Virginia Jane “Ginny” Highlands, 96, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at her home. Born Wednesday, December 19, 1923 in Mongul, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Maurice Lee and Edna Mae Holtry Gabler. Virginia was a member of the former Mongul United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. She retired from the former Mt. Rock...