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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...
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...
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