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Nancy Cope
Sep 11, 2018
Nancy L. Cope, 62, of Shippensburg passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born April 9, 1956 in Sunbury, PA. Nancy was a daughter of the late Marvin and Nancy Propst Shrawder. She attended the Shippensburg Presbyterian Church. Nan’s love and kindness shined through her eyes and smile. Without thinking she always went above and...
Sarah Mclucas
Sep 9, 2018
Sarah ”Louise” McLucas, 57, of Waynesboro, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018 at Rolling Hills Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Millmont, PA. Born Monday, July 24, 1961 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Buford and Mary June Myers Mentzer. Louise was a graduate of the Waynesboro Senior High School. She was a member of the Waynesboro Church of...
Roy Reese
Sep 2, 2018
Roy H. Reese, 80, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Sunday, September 2, 2018. He was born on December 22, 1937, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Frank and Anna Mary Hull Reese. Roy was a 1955 graduate of Big Spring High School. He married Barbara A. Palmer on June 28, 1985, in Newville. Roy was...
Frederick Johnston
Aug 31, 2018
Frederick Barry Johnston, Sr., passed away Friday, August 31, 2018 at the Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg. Born Friday, September 14, 1945 in Tempe, AZ, he was a son of the late Clayton P. and Dorothy M. Millhouse Johnston. He was a 1963 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, and then received his Bachelor’s Degree in...
Bradley Gutshall
Aug 30, 2018
Bradley E. Gutshall, 52, of Chambersburg, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 in the Emergency Room in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born September 6, 1965 in Chambersburg, PA. Bradley was a son of Roy C. Gutshall and Gwendolyn A. Durff Gutshall, both of Chambersburg. He was retired from Walmart in Chambersburg. Bradley was a 1983 graduate of the Chambersburg...
Frances Jones
Aug 28, 2018
Frances E. Jones, 91 a resident of Providence Place, Chambersburg formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2018 in the home. She was born November 23, 1926 in Shippensburg. Frances was a daughter of the late William Michael and Merle G. Clippinger Neff. She also was preceded in death by five sisters, Helen Wingerd, Ruth Powley, Dorothy Russell, Esther...
Sherry Decker
Aug 27, 2018
Sherry A. Decker, 52, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, August 27, 2018 at the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Wednesday, July 6, 1966 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Anna K. Lindsey Shaver, and the late Donald F. Shaver. Sherry was a 1985 of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She worked as a line cook at Bob...
Michael Myers
Aug 26, 2018
Michael E. Myers, 66, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born March 9, 1952 in Chambersburg, PA. Michael was a son of Peggy J. Suders Myers of Shippensburg and the late Richard E. Myers, who passed away February 20, 1992. In addition to his mother her is survived by four...
Evelyn Shives
Aug 24, 2018
Evelyn S. Shives, 87, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Friday, August 24, 2018, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on October 19, 1930, in New Grenada, PA, the daughter of the late Amos McCoy and Mary Catherine Stains McCoy Strait and married George Martin Shives in April of 1951. He preceded her in...
Elizabeth Millhouse
Aug 22, 2018
Elizabeth J. “Libby” Millhouse, 56, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at her home. She was born on October 11, 1961, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late John and Mary Thomas Millhouse, Sr. Libby worked as a supervisor at Land O’Lakes, Carlisle She is survived by her son, Travis (Jess) Millhouse of Shippensburg; five...
Elizabeth Higgins
Aug 21, 2018
Elizabeth B. “Betty-Dodah” Higgins, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Chambers Pointe (Penn Hall), Chambersburg. Born Thursday, January 29, 1931 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John E. and Catherine M. Ward Brookens. Betty was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of St. Luke Evangelical...
Vicki Mentzer
Aug 21, 2018
Vicki I. Mentzer, 66, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, August 21, 2018. She was born on December 6, 1951, in Chambersburg, a daughter of Ruth V. Rhoades Miller and the late Walter L. Miller. Vicki was a homemaker throughout her life. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and enjoyed spending time with her family....
Thomas Ginnick
Aug 19, 2018
Thomas L. Ginnick, 70, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, August 19, 2018, at his home. He was born on January 30, 1948, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Charles C. and Dolores J. Reese Ginnick and was a 1965 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Although he was drafted to play baseball for the St....
Helen Aby
Aug 15, 2018
Helen D. Aby, 90, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle. Born Wednesday, June 6, 1928 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Bittinger Hawkins. She was a member of the Huntsdale Church of the Brethren, where she served as Deacon, taught Sunday School, and was on...
Michael Stine
Aug 11, 2018
Pastor Michael Lee Stine, 38, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Williamsport, MD, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, August 11, 2018, at his home. He was born on November 22, 1979, in Chambersburg, a son of Barry Lee and Patricia Ann Shives Stine, who reside in Shippensburg. Michael earned a Bachelor’s degree from Lancaster Bible College, in Bible...
Timothy Marpoe
Aug 8, 2018
Timothy D. Marpoe, Jr., 26, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on November 12, 1991, in Carlisle, the son of Timothy D. Marpoe, Sr., and Michelle Mowery. Timothy was a 2010 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. He enjoyed fishing, nature walks, art, and...
Sarah Martin
Aug 7, 2018
Sarah J. Martin, 96, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg. Born Friday, July 28, 1922 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Raymond H. and Harriet J. Hutchison Rebuck. Sarah was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. She retired in 1984 from the...
Vonnie Eckenrode
Aug 6, 2018
Vonnie J. Eckenrode, 74, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, August 6, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on February 11, 1944, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Charles Melvin and Daisy M. Coffey Holtry and was a 1961 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Vonnie worked as a purchasing agent at the Letterkenny...
Max Higgins
Aug 6, 2018
Max R. Higgins, 80, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Thursday, April 21, 1938 in Williamsport, MD., he was a son of the late David Martin and Susan Hanson Higgins. Max attended St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chambersburg. He retired from American Stair & Cabinetry as a carpenter. Max loved hunting, butchering,...
Donald Deck
Aug 4, 2018
Donald D. Deck, 74, of Alamogordo, NM, departed this world on August 4, 2018. He was born on March 23, 1944, in Cumberland County, PA, a son of the late Robert C. & Fannie E. Durf Deck. Don attended the Big Spring High School, Newville, and enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1961. He made his career in...
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