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Jean Lay
May 10, 2019
Jean E. (Snookie) Lay, 71, of Newville, passed away in the early hours of Friday, May 10, 2019 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born Thursday, April 29, 1948 in Mechanicsburg, she was a daughter of the late David E. Shenk, Sr. and Betty L. Shatto Shenk. Jean retired from Saylor’s Market in Newville, where she worked in the kitchen, with...
Virginia Flora
May 7, 2019
Virginia Helman Flora, 88, of Waynesboro, and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Born Wednesday, September 24, 1930 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Louise Knepper Helman. Virginia was a graduate of the Marion School. She attended the Bethel Assembly of God Church, Chambersburg. Virginia...
Dorothy Mellott
May 7, 2019
Dorothy J. Mellott, 90, of Pleasant Hall formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at home. She was born June 15, 1928 in Chambersburg, PA. Dorothy was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Lulu I. Dixon Gilbert. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. Dorothy retired from the former Valley Baking Company,...
Ellis Rotz
May 7, 2019
Ellis L. “Pete” Rotz, 91, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at the home surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 7, 1928 in Shippensburg, PA. Pete was a son of the late Bruce and Sylvia Coy Rotz. He was Co-Owner of the former J.A. Harglerode and Company, Shippensburg. Pete...
Robert Martin
May 6, 2019
Robert Carroll “Bob” Martin, Sr., 92, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2019 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born Monday, June 7, 1926 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Calvin M. and Laura May Reed Martin. Robert was a United States Navy Veteran serving on the LST Cruisers in the Pacific Theater during WWII....
June Timmons
May 6, 2019
June A. Timmons, 86, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, May 6, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born June 10, 1932 in Chambersburg, PA. June was a daughter of the late Samuel and Barbara Sollenberger Nye. She was a member of the Salem United Brethren Church, Chambersburg. June is survived by one daughter, Pamalee K. Timmons of Shippensburg and...
Retha Kelley
May 6, 2019
Retha I. Kelley, 80, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2019 at her home. Born Wednesday, November 16, 1938 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late William Carroll and Carrie Jean Barmount Plasterer. Retha was of the Protestant Faith. She was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of the...
Richard Yost
May 3, 2019
Richard A. “Rick” Yost, 71, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Friday, May 3, 2019, at his home. He was born on September 23, 1947, in Reading, a son of the late Charles and Jacqueline Adams Yost. Rick was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, inducted on June 27, 1967 and honorably discharged on July 23, 1969. He...
Charles Wenger
May 3, 2019
Charles L. Wenger, 91, of Shippensburg went to be with his Lord on May 3, 2019. Born on April 6, 1928, he was the son of the late Paul I. and Clara B. Wenger. He was predeceased by his wife of 47 years, Ruth O. Wenger, and his sisters, Eleanor Mooney and Naomi Lesher, and brother Harold Wenger. Charles was...
Gerald Crider
May 2, 2019
Gerald E. Crider, 87, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, May 2, 2019, at Menno Haven. He was born on January 16, 1932, in East Petersburg, Lancaster Co., a son of the late Jacob M. and Martha Jane (Rine) Crider. Gerald was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, inducted on December 2, 1952 and...
William Wolfe
Apr 30, 2019
William W. Wolfe, 72, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at home. He was born October 3, 1946 in Chambersburg, PA. Bill was a son of the late Elwood L. and Mabel P. Wingert Wolfe. He was a retired Borough Manager for Shippensburg and worked as a Barber for Gary Hershey’s Barber Shop. Bill was a member of the...
Wayne Warren
Apr 29, 2019
Wayne E. Warren, 89, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Monday, April 29, 2019, at his home. He was born on August 30, 1929, in Lurgan, a son of the late William A. and Viola Cover Warren. Wayne was a 1947 graduate of Shippensburg High School and an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army, serving with...
Mary Fay
Apr 29, 2019
Mary Jane Fay (nee Reehil), died Monday April 29, 2019 in Mechanicsburg, PA. Mary Jane was born May 22, 1931 in Queens Village, NY. She was the daughter of John & Ruth Reehil and the widow of William J. Fay. Mary Jane graduated from Bishop McDonnell High School in Brooklyn NY, SUNY at New Paltz (undergraduate), and Shippensburg University where...
Kevin Foxworth
Apr 29, 2019
Kevin Chadwick “Chad” Foxworth, 36, of Orrstown, PA, passed away suddenly from an accident at home on Monday, April 29, 2019. He was born Wednesday, December 22, 1982 in Marianna, FL. He was a son of Leslie Foxworth of Chipley, FL. Chad was attending the Mongul United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. He currently was working for Sunny Hill Properties, Chambersburg and...
Frances Burkholder
Apr 25, 2019
Frances J. “Frannie” Burkholder, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on the morning of Thursday, April 25, 2019 at her home. Born Sunday, June 13, 1937 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur K. and Laura M. Poper Burkholder. Frannie attended the Shippensburg Assembly of God Church. She enjoyed building Thomas Kincaid puzzles, gardening, planting flowers, and...
Douglas Woy
Apr 23, 2019
Douglas G. “Doug” Woy, 61, of Fayetteville, departed this life on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on May 31, 1957, in Akron, OH, a son of N. Darlene McQuait and the late Jack L. Woy. Doug was a 1975 graduate of CASHS and married Martha “Marty” Starliper on February 1, 1975....
Martha Wingert
Apr 23, 2019
Martha Jane Wingert, 78, of Roxbury, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Orrstown Personal Care. She was born Saturday, August 10, 1940 in Fannettsburg, PA. Martha was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Vernoll H. Markey Traxler. She retired from the Stanley Company, Chambersburg. Martha was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Oscar M. Hykes...
Stanley Mooney
Apr 22, 2019
Stanley R. Mooney, 61, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Wednesday, September 11, 1957 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul L. and Viola R. Pisle Mooney. Stanley was a 1977 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was of the Protestant Faith. He is survived by...
June Landes
Apr 22, 2019
June G. Landes, 94 of Scotland, and formerly of Norristown, died Monday, April 22, 2019 at her home of 20 years. June was assured of where she was going after death. Her faith was in the death and resurrection of her Savior Jesus Christ, and is now with her Lord. She is survived by two daughters, Bertha “Bertie” Landes of...
Betty Davidson
Apr 18, 2019
Betty V. Davidson, 94, of Shippensburg departed this life on the morning of Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born on July 3, 1924, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Bryan and Margaret Smith Highlands and married Fred W. Davidson on December 14, 1940. He preceded her in death on August 19, 2005. Betty...
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