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John Dunlap
Aug 22, 2019
John C. Dunlap, 85, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, August 22, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 16, 1934, in Newburg, the son of the late Paul L. and Ella Belle (Coleman) Dunlap. John married Marinda E. Culbertson on October 25, 1952, in Hagerstown, MD. John worked for Mack Truck, Hagerstown,...
Alice Kochenour
Aug 21, 2019
Alice E. (Nickelson) Kochenour, a resident of Brookview (Menno Haven), formerly of 310 Roxbury Road, Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, August 21, 2019. She was born on February 16, 1934, in Washington County, Missouri, a daughter of the late Paul C. and Myrtle M. (Coleman) Nickelson and was a 1952 graduate of St. Francis deSales High...
Raymond Halter
Aug 18, 2019
Raymond J. Halter, Jr., 95, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2019 in Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg. He was born September 15, 1923 in Newburg. Raymond was a son of the late Raymond J., Sr. and Carrie Helmerton Halter. Raymond worked at the Penn Pants Factory in Shippensburg for over 45 years. He was a member...
Teresa Burkholder
Aug 17, 2019
Teresa Jane Burkholder, 58, of Newburg, Passed away Saturday, August 17, 2019 at the home of her mother. Born Thursday, November 3, 1960 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of Helen May Rotz Burkholder, and the late Lee Albert Burkholder. Teresa was a 1978 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, and attended Penn State Mont Alto. She was...
Rose Blattenberger
Aug 16, 2019
Rose E. Blattenberger, 89, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, August 16, 2019 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born December 14, 1929 in Tazewell County, VA. Rose was a daughter of the late O. and Neva Altizer Ferrell. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, Shippensburg, and many years ago worked at the U-Wanna-Wash...
Nancy Karcher
Aug 16, 2019
Nancy W. G. Karcher, 79, of Fayetteville, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Wednesday, January 17, 1940 in Long Beach, CA, she was a daughter of the late Richard E.H. and Evelyn Wallace Beattie Gingras. Nancy was a graduate of the Annapolis Area Senior High School, and a graduate of Centenary College in Hackettstown,...
Dorothy Cressler
Aug 15, 2019
Dorothy J. Cressler, 98, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, August 15, 2019 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born January 28, 1921 in Shippensburg, PA. Dorothy was a daughter of the late Dewey and Myra Swanger Cressler. She was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church, Shippensburg. Dorothy was a graduate of the Shippensburg State Teachers College and earned a...
Gerda Gleim
Aug 12, 2019
Gerda A. (Pinske) Gleim, 95, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, August 12, 2019, at Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born December 11, 1923, in Werben-am-Medusee, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Willi and Martha (nee Zitske) Pinske. Gerda married her husband, Alfred Gleim, in 1957 and was married 50 years before his passing in 2007. Although she never had...
Rev. John Loewen
Aug 11, 2019
Rev. John C. Loewen, 93, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2019 surrounded by his sons. He was born November 1, 1925 in Mt. Joy, PA. John was a son of the late John and Anna (Liebshutz) Loewen. John was the Pastor at Leesburg and Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church Charges and three other...
John Bonitz
Aug 10, 2019
John A. Bonitz, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, January 3, 1928 in Baker-Whitely, PA, he was a son of the late Antonio and Giovina Dicamille Bonitz. John was a 1946 graduate of Windber High School. He served in the United States Air Force from 1946 until 1949, where he...
Ruth Brenize
Aug 10, 2019
Ruth A. Brenize, 88, a resident of Green Ridge Village, formerly of Newburg, departed this life on the afternoon, of Saturday, August 10, 2019, at UPMC Carlisle Hospital. She was born on January 13, 1931, in Shippensburg, the daughter of the late Alonzo and Rhoda Beltz Rotz. Ruth was a homemaker throughout her life, but also drove a school bus...
Charles Beltz
Aug 8, 2019
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, greatly grieved by wife, children, and grandchildren, left us August 7, 2019, after an extremely prolonged illness. Teacher, supervisor, lay-pastor, Navy Korean War veteran, he made many friends in two school districts and his community. No arrangements for public burial. Cards, prayers, visits, and calls much appreciated c/o: Mrs. Betty Beltz 13996 Lurgan Road Newburg, PA...
Martha Gayman
Aug 6, 2019
Martha Virginia Gayman, 91, of Shippensburg, and a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at the home. Born Wednesday, September 14, 1927 in Middle Spring, she was a daughter of the late Cloyd David and Ella Jane Rebuck Robinson. Martha was a 1946 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. For...
John Guyer
Aug 6, 2019
John H. Guyer, Jr., 90 of Newburg, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. He was born Tuesday, October 23, 1928 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County. John was a son of the late John H., Sr. and Mary E. Stake Guyer. He was a retired Dairy Farmer and was a United States Army Veteran. John was a...
Darcy Mowers
Aug 5, 2019
Darcy M. Mowers, 65, of Pleasant Hall, departed this life on the evening of Monday, August 5, 2019, at her home. She was born on November 29, 1953, in Chambersburg, a daughter of Clifford M. and Jeanne E. (Miller) VanScyoc. Darcy was a 1971 graduate of CASHS and a 1973 graduate of Hagerstown Business College earning a degree in the...
Douglas Bair
Aug 2, 2019
Douglas Scott Bair, 51, of Shippensburg, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2019 in Chambersburg. He was born Friday, January 19, 1968 in Alexandria, VA, he was a son of Mary Gayle Winkoop Adams, Shippensburg, and Harold L. Bair, Rehobeth, DE. Scott was a graduate of the Osborne Park High School, Manassas, VA. He was presently employed at AAA Landscaping....
Jean Clugh
Jul 29, 2019
Jean R. Clugh, 87, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, July 29, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, February 2, 1932 in Middletown, she was a daughter of the late Alfred Arnold and Pauline R. Espenshade Arnold Coy. Jean was a 1950 graduate of the Middletown High School. She was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg....
Roxanna Sheaffer
Jul 24, 2019
Roxanna “Sally” Sheaffer, 74, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Her funeral services, entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc., Shippensburg, will be private. There will be no public viewing or visitation. Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.
Ralph Weaver
Jul 23, 2019
Ralph E. Weaver, 77, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at home. He was born Tuesday, December 30, 1941 in Orrstown, PA. Ralph was a son of the late James J. and Ora G. Myers Weaver. Ralph retired from Roadway Trucking, Mechanicsburg and was a member of the local Teamsteers Union. He was a member of the Trinity...
Donald Stine
Jul 23, 2019
Donald L. “Deter” Stine, 87, of Shippensburg, passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at his home. Born Saturday, December 26, 1931 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late David A. and Esther Guyer Stine. Deter was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Korean War. He retired from Rutherford Yards in Hummelstown, where he worked as...
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