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Arthur Cover
Apr 14, 2019
Arthur A. Cover, Sr. AKA Slow Motion from Harrisburg, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019 in the Select Specialty Hospital, Harrisburg. He was born April 14, 1940 in Lurgan Twp., Franklin County. Arthur was a son of the late Irvin S. and Anna C. Kendall Cover. He was a member of the Heidelberg Church of Marion. Arthur...
Joseph Hartman
Apr 13, 2019
Joseph F. “Joe” Hartman, 63, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at his home with his loving wife by his side. Born Saturday, September 17, 1955 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late Charles and Arlene Kramer Kauffman. Joe was of the Protestant Faith. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, working in his yard, and...
David Rea
Apr 12, 2019
David Andrew Rea, 50, of Orrstown, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2019 at Quincy Village. Born Monday, January 27, 1969 in Columbus, OH, he was the son of the late William L. and Jacqueline S. Shearin Rea. David was a member of the Hope Reformed Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. He retired December 16, 2010 from the United States Navy where...
Betty Byers
Apr 11, 2019
Betty L. Byers, 87, of Newburg, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born Monday, September 28, 1931 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Emory and Helen Fridinger Coy. Betty was a former member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. She worked as a secretary at Richard Textiles/Hoffman Mills, and also...
Lt. Col. Richard Lohrens
Apr 10, 2019
Lt. Col. Richard V. Lohrens, 99, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on March 4, 1920, in Chicago, IL, a son of the late Louis F. and Hildegard (Schulz) Lohrens. Richard was employed by the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp., as an accountant until 1941...
Norman Besore
Apr 7, 2019
Norman George Besore, 91, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, April 7, 2019. He was born on August 5, 1927, in Pleasant Hall, a son of the late George W. and Elsie E. Gayman Besore and married Edna M. Killian on April 21, 1950, at the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren. Norman was employed at the...
Doris Cline
Apr 6, 2019
Doris Jean Cline, 76, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, April 6, 2019, at her home. She was born on January 14, 1943, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late James E. Clendening and Emma Jane Warren Martin, and step-father Franklin Martin. Doris married Lester M. Cline on July 8, 1961, at the Mt. Pleasant United...
Peggy Rhinehart
Apr 5, 2019
Peggy A. Rhinehart, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born Tuesday, November 2, 1937 in Chambersburg. Peg was a daughter of the late Homer M. and Nellie Irene Wiles Farner. She was retired from the Shippensburg Area School District where she was a teacher and guidance counselor. Peg was a 1955...
Gregory Rosenberry
Apr 5, 2019
Gregory A. Rosenberry, 64, of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, April 5, 2019, as a result of complications following a stem cell transplant. Born in Chambersburg on January 10, 1955, Greg was a son of the late Glenn and Lucille Traxler Rosenberry. He graduated from Fannett-Metal High School in 1972. In 1977 he joined the U.S....
Dalton Coy
Apr 2, 2019
Dalton Eugene Coy, 76, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at the home of his daughter, Crystal, and son-in-law, James Davis, of Shippensburg, where he had been residing for the past several months. Dalton was born Monday, December 14, 1942 in Cleversburg, a son of the late Errol V. Coy, Sr. and Curvey...
Audrey Helman
Apr 2, 2019
Audrey E. Helman, 70, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at her home. She was born on June 28, 1948, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Harold D. and Dorothy Mentzer Hershey and was a 1966 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Audrey was a United States Air Force veteran, enlisting on...
Sally Mckeown
Mar 30, 2019
Sally A. McKeown, 84, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the Quincy Village Retirement Community. Born Tuesday. February 26, 1935 in Cortland, NY, she was a daughter of the late Willard A. and Edith Coville Stevens. She was a graduate of Cortland High School. Sally worked as a secretary for the Raytheon Company, Saudi Arabia. She enjoyed...
Arlene Mccann
Mar 30, 2019
Arlene D. McCann, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Chambers Pointe Health Care Center in Chambersburg. Born Sunday, March 12, 1933 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Walter E. and Mary Ann Rice Dubbs. Arlene was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church. She was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior...
William Sigler
Mar 29, 2019
William E. “Bill” Sigler, Sr., 73, of Newburg, walked to heaven with Jesus on the afternoon of Friday, March 29, 2019. He was born on September 3, 1945, in Scotland, the son of the late John W. and Dorothy L. Smith Sigler and married Brenda K. Zinn on April 3, 1966. Bill worked as a painter, first for Dick Eberts...
Wilma Mcclelland
Mar 28, 2019
Wilma L. McClelland, 90, of Fenwick Island, DE, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019 at home, surrounded in the love of her family. She was born February 10, 1929 in Orrstown, PA. Wilma was a daughter of the late Jacob Earl and Emmy Patterson Eyer. A beauty from an early age, she entered a small pageant and...
Richard Arndt
Mar 28, 2019
Richard L. Arndt, 87, of Shippensburg, passed away on the morning of Thursday, March 28, 2019 at his home. Born Tuesday, January 12, 1932 in Gettysburg, he was a son of the late Albert S. and Verna H. Wisler Arndt. Richard was a 1951 graduate of the Gettysburg High School. He was a United States Army Veteran serving during the...
Edna Sheriff
Mar 25, 2019
Edna May Sheriff, 72, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Monday, March 25, 2019, with her family by her side. She was born on December 14, 1946, in Cumberland, MD, a daughter of the late Guy W. Mann and Minnie L. Miller Vanorsdale. Edna worked as a Pennsylvania State Constable. She was proud to be the first...
Charlene Hunt
Mar 23, 2019
Charlene J. Hunt, 72, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, March 23, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born on September 18, 1946, in Union City, PA, a daughter of the late Orlo M. and Madeline D. Short Gray. Charlene married Gerald D. Hunt on August 31, 1963, in Van Nyes,...
William Miller
Mar 23, 2019
William C. Miller, 68, a resident of Forest Park, Carlisle, formerly of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, March 23, 2019. He was born on November 23, 1950, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Merel W. Miller and Dorothy Gutshall Fahnestock. William was a U.S. Army veteran, honorably discharged on December 7, 1970. He was a...
Dorothy Tosten
Mar 21, 2019
Dorothy Mable Tosten, 90 of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born July 17, 1928 in Chambersburg, PA. Dorothy was a daughter of the late Abner B. and Ruth Martin Hartman. She was a member of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren and was involved in church activities including Doves, the Willing...
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