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Barbara Mohler
Jan 27, 2020
Barbara Sue Mohler, 55, of Orrstown, passed away Monday, January 27, 2020 at home. She was born June 10, 1964 in Chambersburg, PA. Barbara was a daughter of the late Warren G. and Florence B. Poe Boggs. Barbara was a loving spouse, mother, grandmother and friend. She was selfless, beautiful and the rock and shining light of her family. Barbara...
Alex Rue
Jan 26, 2020
Alex Eugene Rue, 26, of Shippensburg, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at UPMC Harrisburg. Born Tuesday, November 23, 1993 in Camp Hill, he was a son of Paul David Rue of Shippensburg, and the late Sandra A. Melski Rue. Alex was of the Christian Faith. In addition to his father, he is survived by his paternal grandfather, John...
Mary Yeatter
Jan 21, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Yeatter, 80 of Shippensburg, entered into rest Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Forest Park Nursing Home. She was born December 1, 1939, in Shippensburg, PA. Mary was a daughter of the late Clyde Russell and Helen Mae (Halter) Wagner. Mary worked as a manager at L’Aiglon in Shippensburg and then retired as a manager from the Hills Department...
Sandra Kelley
Jan 18, 2020
Sandra L. Kelley, 80 of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born October 11, 1939 in Shippensburg. Sandra was a daughter of the late Harper E. and Margaret Shearer Kelley. She was a member of the Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg. Sandra is survived by one brother, Jack L. (Nellie) Kelley...
Joseph Pharo
Jan 18, 2020
Joseph E. Pharo, 54, of Pleasant Hall, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 in the Hershey Medical Center. He was born April 9, 1965 in Chambersburg. He was a son of the late Charles H. and Lucy P. Clough Pharo. Joe was a member of the Roxbury United Methodist Church. He retired from Custom Power Services in Chambersburg and years...
Leonard Baker
Jan 18, 2020
Leonard Richard “Lenny” Baker, 74, of Upper Strasburg, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2020. Born Thursday, July 19, 1945 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lawrence Steward and Violet Whitsel Baker. Lenny was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Vietnam War. He retired as an Artillery Inspector from Letterkenny Army Depot, retiring in 1999....
Betty Crider
Jan 18, 2020
Betty J. Crider, 71, of Newville, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, January 18, 2020, at UPMC Carlisle. She was born on April 18, 1948, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late John A. and Alice (Dyarman) Crider. Betty worked as an accountant for Ahold USA, Carlisle, for over ten years, retiring in 2015. She attended the Oakville...
Evelyn Kelley
Jan 17, 2020
Evelyn P. Kelley, 88, a resident of Forest Park Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, passed away the morning of Friday, January 17, 2020. She was born on December 30, 1931, in Shippensburg. Evelyn was the daughter of the late Ida Jumper and Archie Doyle. Evelyn retired as an assembler at GS Electric in Carlisle, PA. She also attended Shippensburg Church...
Arthur Besore
Jan 17, 2020
Arthur G. Besore, 98, of Shippensburg passed away Friday, January 17, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born November 13, 1921 in Oak Grove, Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, PA. Arthur was a son of the late George Washington and Elsie E. Gayman Besore. He retired from Smith Implements in Mercersburg. Arthur was a WWII United States Army Air Force...
Wilbur Shenk
Jan 17, 2020
Wilbur L. Shenk, Jr., 70, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2020, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born Thursday, March 31, 1949, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Wilbur L. Shenk, Sr.and Lois M. Flory Shenk. Wilbur worked at Hoffman Mills from 1966, until the time they closed in 2005, and later retired in...
Rita Bryson
Jan 11, 2020
Rita Bryson, 96, of Shippensburg, formerly of Hatboro, Montgomery County, died on the morning of Saturday, January 11, 2020, at the Chambers Pointe Nursing Home, Chambersburg, PA. She was born on August 20, 1923, in Philadelphia, a daughter of the late Dominic and Josephine Pellegrino. Throughout her life, she enjoyed entertaining family, reading, and needlepoint. In addition to her parents,...
Priscilla Nearons
Jan 9, 2020
Priscilla Kathleen Nearons, 81, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, January 9, 2020, at her home. She was born of December 31, 1938, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Aaron H. and Vada K. (Bistline) Graham and married John W. Nearons on June 10, 1962, in the South Mountain Chapel Brethren in Christ...
Natalie Ryder
Jan 8, 2020
Natalie Jean Ryder, 55, passed away unexpectedly at home, on January 8, 2020 in Chambersburg, PA. For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 Corinthians 5:1 Natalie was born on August 28,...
Bertha Mcquerry
Jan 7, 2020
Bertha Swailes McQuerry, age 99, formerly of Walnut Bottom, PA passed away peacefully at Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community in Carlisle on Tuesday evening, January 7, 2020. She was born September 19, 1920 in East Waterford, Juniata County, to the late John and Mabel Swailes. Bertha was preceded in death by one son, Larry Eugene Morrow, three brothers, five sisters and...
Kenneth Ketterer
Jan 7, 2020
Kenneth Clarence Ketterer, 78, of Newville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at his home, surrounded by his caregivers and friends. Born Thursday, December 25, 1941 in East Rockhill Twp., Bucks County, he was the son of the late Clarence Wilmer Ketterer and Gladys Linnea Fluck Ketterer Kooker. Kenneth was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Newville....
Joan "Jo" Bollinger
Jan 5, 2020
Joan “Jo” E. Bollinger, 83, of Carlisle, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the UPMC Carlisle Hospital. She was born on December 14, 1936, in Delaware Twp., Juniata Co., a daughter of the late Lester W. and Hilda K. (Fry) Reeder and married Benjamin A. Bollinger on July 10, 1976. He preceded her in...
Lester Suders
Jan 5, 2020
Lester E. Suders, 71 of Mercersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born October 12, 1948 in Shippensburg. Lester was a son of the late John and Martha Whaler Suders. Lester retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. Lester was a member...
Victor "Vic" Karcher
Jan 3, 2020
Victor (Vic) Anthony Karcher, Sr., of Fayettville, PA, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was 81. Vic was born on October 5, 1938, in Parkersburg, WV, and was the son of the late Dr. Glen Victor Karcher, MD, and Ruth Boggs Culbertson. He attended the New Mexico Military Institute for his early education and...
Mildred Perry
Jan 1, 2020
Mildred M. Perry, 91, formerly of Shippensburg and Orrstown, departed this world for her heavenly home January 1, 2020 while a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born on December 23, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Lester E. and Rhea Myers Reineman, Sr. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband...
Edgar Diehl
Dec 30, 2019
Edgar N. Diehl, 92 of Chambersburg, passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 at Menno Haven Rehab. He was born November 9, 1927 in Shippensburg, PA. Edgar was a son of the late Harvey and Anna Morrison Diehl. Edgar retired from the Pennsylvania State Game Commission in 1989 and was a life-long farmer. He was a member of the Shippensburg First...
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