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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...
Penny Myers
Dec 26, 2019
Penny Elizabeth Myers, age 58, of Shippensburg, passed away on Thursday afternoon, December 26, 2019, at home. Born October 3, 1961, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Merle H. and M. Jean Chamberlin Myers. She was a graduate of Big Spring High School and the Franklin County Vocational Technical School, from which she received her LPN license....
Walter Nichols
Dec 24, 2019
Walter H. Nichols, Jr., 82, of Carlisle, passed away on the evening of December 24, 2019. He was born on September 23, 1937, in Russellville, AR, the son of the late Walter H. and Leona (Eubanks) Nichols, Sr., and married Susan Fraser on February 1, 1961. Walter enthusiastically loved the arts. Earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University...
Scott Koser
Dec 24, 2019
Scott McClellan Koser, Jr., 87, died peacefully on December 24, 2019, surrounded by family and an abundance of love. Born on October 19, 1932 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Scott grew up loving his family, baseball, and his country. After graduating from high school, Scott enlisted in the United States Navy where he served upon several aircraft carriers during the Korean War....
Jewel Umbrell
Dec 12, 2019
Jewel G. Umbrell, 78, of Willow Hill, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, December 12, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on May 26, 1941, in Spring Run, a son of the late Newton A. and Grace Ann (Neil) Umbrell and married Maxine E. Guyer on May 19, 1962 in Hagerstown, MD. Jewel primarily worked in...
Dorothy Finkenbinder
Dec 10, 2019
Dorothy J. Finkenbinder, 89, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born October 23, 1930 in Duncannon, PA. Dorothy was a daughter of the late Carl, Sr. and Margaret Gelbaugh Frye. Her husband, George E. Finkenbinder passed away January 26, 1998; and one daughter, Judy Calaman; one brother, Carl Frye, Jr.;...
Barry Worthington
Dec 10, 2019
Barry C. Worthington, 62, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at the UPMC Pinnacle West Shore Hospital. He was born on October 23, 1957, in Johnstown, Cambria Co., a son of the late Fred C. and Blanche D. (Geyer) Worthington. Barry was an auto mechanic throughout his life. In the past he worked...
Glenn Peterson
Dec 7, 2019
Glenn E. Peterson Sr., 92, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born October 21, 1927, in Shippensburg, the son of the late Ross E. and Ardella C. Helm Peterson. In addition to his parents, Glenn was preceded in death by his former wife, Dorothy L. Scott Peterson who died September 28,...
Nelson Hardy
Dec 6, 2019
Nelson L. Hardy, 87, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, December 6, 2019 in the Hollidaysburg VA Center. He was born January 7, 1932 in Metal Township, Franklin County. Nelson was a son of the late Roy and Laura Hardy. Nelson retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot and was a member of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Association. He was a United...
Christine Smith
Dec 5, 2019
Christine Ann Smith, 58, of Newville, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Monday, August 7, 1961 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Arthur E. and Donna M. Goodhart Smith, Sr. Christine was a 1979 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of...
Donald Vanderveer
Dec 3, 2019
Donald Paul VanDerVeer, 90, of Shippensburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at his home. Born Saturday, August 3, 1929 in Hainesport, NJ, he was a son of the late Charles Donald and Mabel Lewis Patton VanDerVeer. Donald was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Korean War. He retired as a welder from the former Keystone Iron...
Thomas Van Dyke
Dec 3, 2019
Thomas Van Dyke, Jr., 95, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at Menno Haven. He was born on March 27, 1924, in Waldwick, NJ, the son of the late Thomas and Julia (Morgan) Van Dyke, Sr. Tom was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, inducted on February 1, 1943 and honorably...
Richard Beecher
Dec 2, 2019
Richard Wayne “Dick” Beecher, 86, of Mt. Holly Springs, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019 at the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Tuesday, December 6, 1932 in Hockersville, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Samuel A. and Elizabeth Jane Miller Beecher. Dick was a member of the Wesleyan Church of the Cross, Carlisle. He was a...
Lester Martin
Nov 29, 2019
Lester Ray Martin, 69, of Chambersburg, departed this life while surrounded by his family and friends, on the morning of Friday, November 29, 2019, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center, due to complications from a liver transplant that he received on July 16th. He was born on April 22, 1950, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Paul J. and...
Marie Lindsey
Nov 28, 2019
Marie Mae Lindsey, 89, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, November 28, 2019. She was born on August 26, 1930, in Mechanicsburg, a daughter of the late David and Elmatia (Barrick) Miller and married Arthur E. Lindsey, Jr., in June of 1947. He preceded her in death on January 2, 1998....
Deneen Dean
Nov 28, 2019
Deneen J. Dean, 56, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, November 28, 2019, at her home. She was born on January 18, 1962, in Chambersburg, the daughter of Donald D. and Maxine B. (Hardy) Dean. Deneen worked in the healthcare field as an LPN at many local nursing homes, as well as a private duty nurse....
John Friese
Nov 28, 2019
John H. Friese, 89, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2019, at Menno Haven. He was born in 1930 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County. John was a son of the late Walter H. and Ethel D. Forrester Friese. He was a member of the Mongul United Brethren Church and the Shippensburg Fish & Game Association. John retired from General...
Lydia Zimmerman
Nov 27, 2019
Lydia H. Zimmerman, 63, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at her home. She was born on March 1, 1956 in Ephrata, Lancaster County. Lydia was a daughter of the late John D. and Annie Z. Hoover Weaver. Lydia is survived by her husband, Ammon R. Zimmerman; nine children, Etta (Eugene) Hurst, Marcus...
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