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Peggy Joyce Myers
Oct 10, 2024
Peggy Joyce Myers, 91, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at her home.
Born Monday, December 12, 1932 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John Robert and Hazel Meredith Suders.
She attended the First Assembly of God Church, Shippensburg.
Peggy is survived by three sons, Rodney, Dennis, and Randy Myers; two daughters, Tammy Leisher and Donna...
Barbara Ann (Hoover) Gontz
Oct 10, 2024
Barbara Ann (Hoover) Gontz, 91, of Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, October 10, 2024, at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital.
She was born on March 21, 1933, in Yellow Creek, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Abraham and Eva (Hale) Hoover. Barb married Cardinal L. Gontz on May 15, 1954. He preceded her...
Kenneth H. Swartz
Oct 8, 2024
Kenneth H. Swartz, 88, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
He was born on October 21, 1935, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Paul G. and Frances E. (Dunlap) Swartz. Ken was a 1954 graduate of Shippensburg High School. He married Virginia Lee Dellinger on November 24, 1957, in Hunterstown, PA....
Elizabeth Kirk-Anderson
Oct 8, 2024
Elizabeth “Liz” E.W. Kirk-Anderson, 83, of Shippensburg, formerly of Baltimore, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at her home.
She was born in Baltimore, on January 31, 1944, daughter of the late Walter L. and Beatrice (Gartside) Kirk.
Liz was the co-founder of the Animal Welfare League of Greater Baltimore, and its CEO for over forty years....
Martha W. Martin
Oct 8, 2024
Martha W. Martin, 75, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at her home.
She was born on Friday, January 14, 1949 in Ephrata, PA, a daughter of the late Martin S. and Esther B. Weaver Shirk. Martha married J. David Martin on November 17, 1970.
Martha was a member of the Shippensburg Old Order Mennonite Church, Groffdale...
Max E. Crider
Oct 7, 2024
Max Eugene Crider, 64, of Newville, passed away the afternoon of Monday, October 7, 2024 at the UPMC Carlisle Hospital.
He was born on September 22, 1960 in Chambersburg, a son of the late Lester L. and Evelyn L. Martin Crider. He married Berniece K. Hawbaker on January 5, 2002.
Max was a faithful member of the Mowersville Brethren in Christ Church,...
Jean R. Ferich
Oct 7, 2024
Jean R. Ferich, 91, of Chambersburg, passed away the evening of Monday, October 7, 2024 at the Chambersburg Hospital.
She was born on September 29, 1933 in Upper Darby, PA, a daughter of the late Jacob and Sara Ressler Stutzman.
Jean was a 1951 graduate of Olney High School in Philadelphia and a 1973 graduate of Harrisburg Area Community College where she...
Kenneth Gochal
Oct 5, 2024
Kenneth Gochal, 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at his home on October 5, 2024. Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on January 25, 1950 to Joseph P. and Assunta (Martellucci) Gochal, Ken often moved as a child due to his father's job as a civilian for the US Army. Ken spent his early years...
Eber James Holtry, Jr.
Oct 5, 2024
Eber James Holtry, Jr., 85, of Newville, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, October 5, 2024, at his home.
He was born on February 14, 1939, in Carlisle, a son of the late Eber J. and Pearl Viola (Hollenbaugh) Holtry, Sr. Eber married Thelma J. Wright on January 23, 1958, in Orrstown, PA.
Eber worked as a heavy equipment mechanic...
Jesse Daniel Mixell
Oct 5, 2024
Jesse Daniel Mixell, 42, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, October 5, 2024 at the Chambersburg Hospital.
Born Sunday, December 6, 1981 in Carlisle, he was a son of Rose Marie Warren Mixell of Shippensburg, and the late Daniel Cleveland Mixell.
Jesse was of the Pentecostal Faith.
Jesse was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was presently employed at Keystone...
Leonard Ellis Smallwood
Oct 4, 2024
Leonard Ellis Smallwood, 83 passed away suddenly on Friday October 4, 2024 in East Norriton, PA.
Leonard was born in Vienna, Virginia on August 21st in the year of 1941; and grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virgina. He had quite an exciting childhood as he had moved close to 30 times in his adolescent years. When...
Clarence E. Tosten, Sr.
Oct 3, 2024
Clarence E. Tosten, Sr., passed away Thursday, October 3, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his loving family.
Born Thursday, January 23, 1941 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Russell Walter and Maude Elizabeth Halter Tosten.
Clarence was a 1959 graduate of the Shippensburg Senior High School. He retired from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) as...
Saranne Elizabeth Shuller
Sep 30, 2024
Saranne E. Shuller, 88, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, September 30, 2024.
She was born in April 1936 in Bedford, PA. The daughter of the late Harry L. “Buck” May and Irene Mock May.
On August 15, 1971, she married Albert H. “Buck” Shuller, Jr. who survives along with two children: Karen (Gerard) Cacciatore of Carlisle, PA, and Michele...
Arlene Regina McBeth
Sep 30, 2024
Arlene Regina McBeth, 90, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, September 30, 2024 at the Mercy House of Chambersburg.
Born Saturday, August 25, 1934 in Little Cove, Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Frank James and Ethel Mae (Shives) Williams.
She was a 1952 graduate of Mercersburg High School. Arlene worked as a bookkeeper for ASBA Manufacturing in Greencastle, with...
Magdalene N. Clouser
Sep 29, 2024
Dr. Magdalene N (Papoutsis) Clouser peacefully passed away of a stroke at age 80 in Hudson, FL with her two children sitting vigil beside her.
Dr. Maggie was born in Chambersburg, PA on June 21, 1944 to the late Nicholas D. and Maria Alpoyanis Papoutsis. She graduated from Shippensburg High School in 1962. She married and moved to Baltimore then Drexel...
Carole Jeanne Horneys
Sep 28, 2024
Carole Jeanne Horneys passed away on September 28, 2024, at the age of 94 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg. The youngest of five children, she was born in Waterloo, Iowa on July 5, 1930, to the late Earl and Effie Strand Cortright. Her brothers, Kenneth and Homer Cortright and sisters, Joyce Poyner and Donna Poyner preceded her in death.
Carole is...
Mary A. Bowermaster
Sep 27, 2024
Mary A. Bowermaster, 77, of Shippensburg, passed away the evening of Friday, September 27, 2024 at her home with her loving family by her side.
She was born on Monday, May 19, 1947 in Mount Union, Huntingdon County, a daughter of the late Charles J. Shields, Sr. and Demmie A. Geyer McKee. She married Roy N. “Tiny” Bowermaster on September 24,...
Jack Elwood Nye
Sep 26, 2024
Jack Elwood Nye, 85, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at home surrounded by family.
He was born on July 9, 1939 in Shippensburg and was the son of the late Jay Wilson Nye and Ethel Maude Burkholder Nye.
Jack was a 1957 graduate of Shippensburg High School and attended West Chester State College. He started out as a dry...
Wanda Fae Forney
Sep 26, 2024
Wanda Fae Forney, 95, originally from Bakersville, PA, ended her Earthly life on the morning of Thursday, September 26, 2024, at UPMC Carlisle Hospital, Carlisle, PA.
She was born on September 3, 1929, in Bakersville, Somerset County, PA. Fae was the daughter of the late Josiah Specht II and Leona Elizabeth Bruner.
Fae married Edward Grant Forney on October 25, 1958, in...
Merle E. Snoke
Sep 25, 2024
Merle E. Snoke, 92, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at The Church of God Home, Carlisle.
He was the husband of Pauline (Zullinger) Snoke with whom he shared 68 years of marriage. Merle, a son of the late Joseph and Eva (Jamison) Snoke, was born in Chambersburg.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Carol Shearer; and...
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