Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Larry Mitchell
Jan 15, 2019
Larry E. Mitchell, 70, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital, with his loving family by his side. He was born Friday, April 9, 1948 in Newburg, PA. Larry was a son of the late Lawrence F. and Esther E. Rolar Mitchell. Larry retired in 2008 from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. He was a...
Janell Love
Jan 12, 2019
Janell K. Love, 92, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born June 27, 1926 in Lemasters, PA. Janell was a daughter of the late Rev. Dale E. and C. Mae Decker Kline. She was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. Janell retired from Shippensburg University. She was...
Chris Sherrerd
Jan 12, 2019
Chris S. Sherrerd, 89, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Brookview Menno Haven, Chambersburg. He was born on June 16, 1929, in Clinton, NJ, a son of the late John and Gertrude Sherrerd and married Sarada P. Haines on November 12, 2005, in Elizabethville, PA. Chris worked as an engineer in the...
Gerald Young
Jan 11, 2019
Gerald A “Jerry” Young, 84, of Newburg, passed peacefully with his family by his side, on the evening of Friday, January 11, 2019, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. He was born on December 10, 1934, in Englishtown, NJ, a son of the late Albert and Iris Griggs Young and married Diane M. Matyis on June 27, 1992, in Cranbury,...
Paul Piper
Jan 8, 2019
Paul E. Piper, Sr., 80, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at his home. He was born on June 22, 1938, in Shippensburg, the son of the late Paul W. and Violet L. Diebert Piper. He married Katherine R. Fontana on March 11, 1970 in Rome, NY. Paul was a U.S. Air Force...
Kathleen Sands
Jan 2, 2019
Kathleen (Kathy) Walton Sands, 66, of Shippensburg, Pa (previously of Bird-in-Hand, Pa and Burlington NJ) passed away on January 2, 2019 at home, after a long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer and its complications. She was born August 10, 1952in Mt. Holly, NJ to the late Clarence K. and Isabel C. Walton of Burlington, NJ and later of Shippensburg,...
Maryjean Williams
Dec 30, 2018
Maryjean R. Williams, 81, of Roxbury was beloved by her family and friends, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 30, 2018. Please join in a celebration of her life at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Shippensburg on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in St. Peters Church Cemetery, Landisburg immediately following the service. A viewing...
Ruth Kreger
Dec 29, 2018
OBITUARY FOR RUTH KREGER (June 25, 1927 – December 29, 2018) On December 29, 2018, Ruth Kreger (nee Mase), of Chambersburg, PA passed away at the age of 91. Ruth was born in Liberty, PA where she grew up, one of five children, on a dairy farm run by her widowed mother, and where she learned the value of hard...
Frances Hayes
Dec 26, 2018
Frances Edith Hayes, 86, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 26, 2018. She was born on February 28, 1932, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late George and Frances Murphy Wolf and married Harvey Hayes on October 9, 1952. He preceded her in death in 1978. Frances worked for Hallmark, where she would travel to...
Ronald Rowles
Dec 26, 2018
Ronald G. Rowles, 75, a resident of Menno-Haven, Chambersburg, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018. He was born Saturday, August 14, 1943 in Lurgan, PA. Ronald was a son of the late Raymond and Clara Stake Rowles. He was a member of the Mowersville Brethren in Christ Church. Ronald retired from James River Corporation, Chambersburg and was a United States...
Mary Stouffer
Dec 26, 2018
Mary A. (Thompson) Stouffer, 74, of Cambra, died Wednesday evening, December 26th, 2018 at Nottingham Village in Northumberland. Born August 11, 1944 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Thomas G. and Mary A. (Beckenbaugh) Thompson . She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Ronald K. Stouffer, on February 8, 2003. Mrs. Stouffer was...
Joan Covey
Dec 26, 2018
Joan M. Covey, 83, of Walnut Bottom, PA, passed away December 26, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born January 31, 1935. Joan was a daughter of the late Kenneth and Alice Ryberg Covey. She was a self-employed Attorney and was a 1952 graduate of the Springfield High School in Springfield, OH. Joan is survived by a number of...
Randy Sutphin
Dec 23, 2018
Randy E. Sutphin, 73, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, December 23, 2018, at his home. He was born on July 25, 1945, in Floyd, VA, a son of the late Leonard and Treva Bolt Sutphin and married Betty Jane Hodge on May 5, 1970. Randy worked as a truck driver for several different companies, retiring...
Brenda Mixell
Dec 23, 2018
Brenda Kaye Mixell, 69, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She was born Sunday, March 27, 1949 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late John Michael and Esther Belle Hurley Singer. Brenda was a 1967 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. She was a very active member of the...
John Seibert
Dec 23, 2018
John F. “Pete” Seibert, Jr., 88, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, December 23, 2018. He was born on January 13, 1930, in Dry Run, a son of the late John F. and Margaret B. Price Seibert, Sr. and married Eleanor A. Diehl on February 16, 1952 in Hagerstown, MD. John worked as a plant operator...
Robert Mitchell
Dec 23, 2018
Robert D. Mitchell, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 in the Church of God Home, Carlisle. He was born August 20, 1927 in Newburg, PA. Robert was a son of the late Samuel F. and Mildred G. Basehore Mitchell. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Walnut Bottom. In 1941 Robert started working...
Berneta Mcmullen
Dec 22, 2018
Berneta May McMullen, 64, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born Monday, May 10, 1954 in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Glenn A. and Mary D. Forrester Diehl, Sr. Berneta was a 1972 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She retired from the Mechanicsburg Naval Depot where she worked...
Earl Shenk
Dec 21, 2018
Earl E. Shenk, 76, of Newburg, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018 at home. He was born June 25, 1942 in Carlisle. Earl was a son of the late Cloyd A. and Dorothy E. Jacoby Shenk. Earl retired from the PA Department of General Services. He was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ, Newburg and Mt. Hope...
William Rees
Dec 21, 2018
William M. “Rocky” Rees, 69, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018 at home. He was born June 9, 1949 in Newark, NJ. Rocky was a son of the late Edward and Marion Price Rees. He was a member of the Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church, Shippensburg. A native of Morristown, NJ, Rees was a 1967 graduate...
Lawrence Beckfield
Dec 17, 2018
Lawrence W. “Larry” Beckfield, 72, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Thursday, September 26, 1946, in Johnson County, Indiana. He was a son of the late William John and Betty Louise Hostetter Beckfield. Larry worked as an Electrician for the Local Union # 143, Harrisburg. He was a United States...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
