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Cathi Horst
Nov 22, 2019
Cathi Lynne Horst, 59, of Chambersburg, Passed away on Friday, November 22, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Saturday, January 9, 1960 in Chambersburg, she is a daughter of Martin and Edna Spoonhour Carbaugh of Chambersburg. Cathi was a 1977 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She worked as a CNA...
Bette Appleby
Nov 22, 2019
Bette Jane Appleby, 92, of Carlisle, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at Cumberland Crossings, Carlisle with her daughter and son-in-law at her side. She was born September 4, 1927 in Huntingdon, PA. Bette was a daughter of the late Pearle Craig Totty. Prior to her marriage, she was a secretary at Swigart Insurance Agency in Huntingdon....
Brian Funk
Nov 22, 2019
Brian E. Funk, 53, of Newburg, passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 in the Holy Spirit Hospital. He was born October 5, 1966 in Chambersburg, PA. Brian was a son of the late Upton K. and Doris Pugh Funk. He was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Shippensburg. Brian attended Harrisburg Area Community College and the Hagerstown...
Robert Bard
Nov 18, 2019
Robert E. Bard, Jr., 87, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born October 16, 1932 in Shippensburg. Robert was a son of the late Robert E. Bard, Sr. and Pauline Green Bard. He was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. Bob retired from SKF Industries, Shippensburg. He was United...
Terry Killinger
Nov 18, 2019
Terry Lee Killinger, 69, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2019 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, after a two month medical illness. Born Sunday, September 24, 1950 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul Luther and Helen Louise Durnin Killinger. Terry was of the Protestant Faith. He was a 1969 graduate of the...
John Sheaffer
Nov 18, 2019
John Andrew Sheaffer, 92, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on July 1, 1927, and was a son of John A. and Mary C. Mellot Sheaffer. He is survived by his beloved wife of 70 years, Helen Hudak Sheaffer; two sons, John A. Sheaffer, III of Shippensburg, and Steven C....
Ruth Barnett
Nov 15, 2019
Ruth Virginia Barnett, 92, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, November 15, 2019, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on February, 14, 1927, in Pumpkin Center, Shippensburg Township., Cumberland County, the daughter of the late Sarah Anna Margaret Sheaffer. Ruth worked at the former Hoffman Mills, Shippensburg, for thirty-eight years, retiring...
Donald Beam
Nov 13, 2019
Donald A. Beam, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Thursday, December 29, 1938 in Mongul, PA. Donald was a son of the late John Wesley and Ethel M. Kohler Beam. He is survived by his wife, Janet L. Beam; one son, Randy (Karen) Beam of Shippensburg; two granddaughters, Lyndsay (Devin)...
Dorothy Coldsmith
Nov 7, 2019
Dorothy Elizabeth Coldsmith, 93, of MacClenny, FL., and formerly of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, November 7, 2019. She was born on September 21, 1926, in Camden, NJ, the daughter of the late Paul E. and Marcella J. (Clark) Greenwood. She was a member of the Mainsville Church, Shippensburg. Alongside her husband William, they operated the...
Lois Snouffer
Oct 30, 2019
Lois W. Snouffer, 84, of Walnut Bottom, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on October 21, 1935, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Dyarman and married Maxwell Snouffer on August 24, 1953. Lois was employed at Knouse Foods, the former Renee’s Sewing Factory, and...
Cindy Reese
Oct 28, 2019
Cindy Sue Reese, 60, of Newburg, went to be with her Lord, on the evening of Monday, October 28, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her beloved family. She was born on September 22, 1959, in Chambersburg, a daughter of Glenn and Janet (Bless) Doyle, Sr., of Newburg. Cindy was a 1978 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. She married...
Earl Varner
Oct 25, 2019
Earl H. Varner, 73, of Shippensburg, passed away on Friday, October 25, 2019 at his home. Born Monday, July 22, 1946 in Southampton Twp., Franklin County, he was a son of the late Melvin H. and Ruth E. Baer Varner. Earl was of the Protestant Faith. He was a United States Marine Veteran serving two tours in Vietnam, where he...
Kathryn Gayman
Oct 25, 2019
Kathryn W. “Sis” Gayman, 98, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, October 25, 2019 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. She was born Thursday, March 10, 1921 in Orrstown, PA. Kathryn was the daughter of the late Raymond A. and Dorthea Miller Wise. Kathryn was a 1939 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was the head of housekeeping at Shippensburg...
Marie Matteucci
Oct 25, 2019
Marie K. Matteucci, 83, of Shippensburg, went to be with her Lord on Friday, October 25, 2019. Born Friday, June 19, 1936 in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Attilio and Kathryn Saykewicz Matteucci. Marie was a member Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church, Shippensburg. She started her teaching career at Centerville Elementary School where she...
Sandra Shope
Oct 24, 2019
Sandra Lee Shope, 75, of Roxbury, went to be with her Lord on October 24, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Born Monday, January 10, 1944 in Freestone, Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Fred S. and Beulah F. Mackey Beidel. Sandra was a 1961 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She was a member...
Katherine Piper
Oct 24, 2019
Katherine Rose Piper, 75, of Shippensburg, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Saturday, January 15, 1944 in Rome, NY, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Angelina Fontana. Katherine was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church, Shippensburg, and attended the St. Seton Catholic Church, Emmitsburg, MD....
Jerry Myers
Oct 22, 2019
Jerry L. Myers, 67, of Roxbury, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at his home. Born Monday, May 19, 1952 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John N. and Mildred L. Newell Myers. Jerry was a United States Army Veteran. He retired in August of 2019 from Letterkenny Army Depot Munitions Center, after 28 years of...
Frank Mcclelland
Oct 19, 2019
Frank Thomas McClelland, 91, of Fenwick Island, DE (formerly of Shippensburg, PA), quietly passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Tom was born February 25, 1928 in Steubenville, OH. The son of the late Frank J. (Butch) and Nelle C. Jones McClelland, he was raised in Weirton, WV. He developed a love of sports at a young age, following proudly...
Jack Wyrick
Oct 18, 2019
Jack D. Wyrick, 78, of Shippensburg, departed this life to be with his Lord on the afternoon of Friday, October 18, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born in Harrisburg, on October 11, 1941, the son of the late Fannie S. (Seavers) Goodhart. Jack was a 1959 graduate of Big Spring High School. He married Judy L. Hippensteel on...
James Hulse
Oct 14, 2019
James A. Hulse, Sr., 76, of Newburg, departed this life on the evening of Monday, October 14, 2019. He was born on May 12, 1943, in Bricktown, NJ, a son of the late Albert T. and Mary E. (Ortley) Hulse, Jr., and married Karel F. Anderson on November 16, 1963 in Bay Head, NJ. James worked as a bricklayer and...
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