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Marian Lavine
Jul 15, 2019
Marian L. Lavine, 98, a resident of Magnolias of Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, July 15, 2019 in the home. She was born December 7, 1920 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, PA. Marian was a daughter of the late Dewey and Grace Perry Fickes. She was a previous member of the Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg and the Guilford...
Richard Martin
Jul 14, 2019
Richard Martin, Jr., 73, of Nyesville, Road, Chambersburg, died Sunday, July 14, 2019. Born on Sunday, May 12, 1946 in Hagerstown, MD, he was a son of the late D. Richard and Mabel Showalter Martin. Richard was a member of the Culbertson Mennonite Church, Chambersburg. He was involved with Witmer Implement Service for many years. Currently he owned and operated...
Vera Rosenberry
Jul 13, 2019
Vera L. Rosenberry, 93, of Willow Hill, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019, in the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Vera was born April 6, 1926, in Shade Valley, Huntingdon County, PA and was a daughter of the late Henry and Annie Yocum Goshorn. Vera retired from the Fannett Metal School District where she was the school dietitian....
Anna Johnson
Jul 7, 2019
Anna B. (Berrier) Johnson, 81, of Orrstown, departed this life on Sunday, July 7, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Born Saturday, August 28, 1937 in Shade Gap, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Neely and Ethel Jane (Krugh) Berrier. Ann married Eugene I. Johnson on November 20, 1954 in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded her in death...
Brian Deimler
Jul 6, 2019
Brian K. Deimler, 58, of Newburg, departed this life after a brief illness, on the evening of Saturday, July 6, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 15, 1961, in Enola, a son of the late Eugene and Lucille (Hilmer) Deimler, Sr., and married Bonnie L. Kleeman on May 12, 1990, also in...
Dora Eckenrode
Jul 4, 2019
Dora E. Eckenrode, 91, of Orrstown, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, July 4, 2019, the eve of her 72nd wedding anniversary. Born Saturday, February 4, 1928 in Shippensburg, she was the daughter of the late Casper M. and Mabel E. Chestney Noel. After graduating in 1946 from the Shippensburg Area Senior High School,...
Alfred Ocker
Jul 2, 2019
Alfred R. Ocker, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 in Select Specialty Hospital of York, as a result of an automobile accident. Born Tuesday, November 22, 1938, in Newburg, he was a son of the late Amos R. and Bertha M. Smith Ocker. Alfred was a 1956 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He...
Kenneth Wiser
Jun 30, 2019
Kenneth L. Wiser, 69, of Orrstown, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born November 29, 1949 in Chambersburg, PA. Kenneth was a son of the late W. Cecil and Beulah Anna Zook Wiser. For 31 years he worked at the former James River Corporation in Chambersburg and then retired as a dairy farmer. Kenneth...
Lula Hutchison
Jun 27, 2019
Lula M. Hutchison, 87, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born August 30, 1931 in Newville, PA. Lula was a daughter of the late James Edward and Reba Jane Ile Eutzy. Lula was a seamstress all her life, working at Towne Cleaners in Shippensburg and earlier in her life at the...
Jessie Craig
Jun 27, 2019
Jessie E. Craig, 58, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, June 27, 2019, at her home. She was born on January 9, 1961, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Robert D. and Betty Craig. Jessie's funeral services, entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc., will be private. There will be no public viewing...
William Baker
Jun 26, 2019
William Scott Baker, 56, of St. Thomas, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at his home. He was born on December 11, 1962, in Frederick, MD, the son of William F. Baker and the late Marlene M. (Etzler) Baker-Owens. Scott spent much of his life working as a truck driver. He drove for many different...
Michael Albright
Jun 25, 2019
Michael Albright, 69, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on September 24, 1949, a son of the late Edward and Esther Leona Hower Albright and was a 1968 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Michael was a United States Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War,...
Gretchen Kieffer
Jun 25, 2019
Gretchen French Kieffer, 83, died peacefully in her sleep on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Originally from Chambersburg, a well-traveled individual, calling many places home including Greenland, Virginia, England, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, California, New Mexico and more. She was born on February 17, 1936, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Dick H. Kieffer and Ida French (Carroll)....
Samuel Thrush
Jun 25, 2019
Samuel Abner Thrush, 92 of Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Chambers Pointe, Menno Haven, Chambersburg. He was born August 3, 1926 in Shippensburg, PA. Samuel was a son of the late Samuel Leslie and Elizabeth Christine Diehl Thrush. Samuel was a retired dairy farmer. He was a member of the Mt. Rock Brethren in...
Blain Kirby
Jun 24, 2019
Blain A. Kirby, 80, of St. Thomas, departed this life on the evening of June 24, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on January 21, 1939, in Lenoir City, TN, a son of the late Alvin and Nina (Grant) Kirby. Blain married Mary “Janie” Kirby on July 8, 1961, in Hagerstown, MD. She preceded him in death on...
David Heckman
Jun 22, 2019
David A. Heckman, 67, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, June 22, 2019. He was born on November 1, 1951, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Jack E. and Rita K. (Schuhart) Heckman. David worked in maintenance, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, for thirty-five years, retiring in 2007. His co-workers affectionately nicknamed him “The Beast.” In...
Janet Deck
Jun 21, 2019
Janet L. Deck, 74, of Newburg, passed away Friday, June 21, 2019 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born August 17, 1944 in Lewistown, PA. Janet was a daughter of the late Robert S. and Esther F. Swope Walter. She retired from Shippensburg University, and she also worked for the State of PA. Janet was a member of the...
Stanley Vaughn
Jun 21, 2019
Stanley E. Vaughn, 67, of Chambersburg, passed away Friday, June 21, 2019 at his home. Born Thursday, September 13, 1951, in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Edgar S. and Peggy L. Mowery Vaughn. Stanley was a 1969 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He attended the Mongul United Brethren Church. He retired in 2016 from...
Carol Mentzer
Jun 20, 2019
Carol S. “Shortie” Mentzer, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, June 20, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Born Saturday, July 31, 1937 in Mamaroneck, NY, she was a daughter of the late Lester Leroy and Anna Dzuban Short, Sr. Carol was of the Catholic faith. She was a 1955 graduate of Ilion High School,...
Marlene Baker-Owens
Jun 17, 2019
Marlene Marie Baker-Owens, 79, of St. Thomas, departed this life on the morning of Monday, June 17, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on February 10, 1940, in Frederick, MD, a daughter of the late Vernon and Eva (Yeager) Etzler. Marlene worked at the National Institute of Health for over thirty years, retiring in 2003 as a manager....
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