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Paul Killinger
Oct 29, 2018
Paul “Barry” Killinger, Sr., 76, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, October 29, 2018. He was born May 10, 1942 in Carlisle. Barry was a son of the late Paul L., Jr. and Helen Louise Durnin Killinger. Barry first worked for E.C. Barnes Oil Co. in St. Thomas and then for many years worked at the Sunoco Gas Station at Exit...
Margaret Bigler
Oct 24, 2018
Margaret A. “Peggy” Bigler, 82, of Shippensburg, passed away, Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 16, 1935 in Shippensburg, PA. Peggy was a daughter of the late Wilbur B. and Mary J. Myers Holtry. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Peggy retired from the Shippensburg Area School...
Charles Witter
Oct 22, 2018
Charles E. “Chuck” Witter, 54, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 22, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Friday, March 13, 1964 in Carlisle, a son of Charles Franklin Witter, Carlisle, and the late Marie Kathryn Halter Witter. Chuck was a 1982 graduate of Big Spring High School. He worked as...
Margaret Shimkanon
Oct 22, 2018
Margaret E. “Maggie” Shimkanon, 75, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, October 22, 2018. She was born on November 7, 1942, in Shippensburg a daughter of the late Naomi Fitzgerald Rebok and married Arthur P. Shimkanon on July 2, 1965, in Shippensburg. In her younger years, Maggie worked as a seamstress at several of the former...
John Miller
Oct 21, 2018
John William Miller, 83, of Shippensburg, and formerly of Newville, passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, October 7, 1935 in Oakville, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Earl William and Mabel C. Heffelfinger Miller. John was born and raised on the family farm in Newville. John was a United States...
Betty Baker
Oct 17, 2018
Betty Jane Baker, 49, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Tuesday, October 7, 1969, in Allentown, she was a daughter of David Leroy Weaver, Lynchburg, VA, and the late Barbara Ann Terry Beard. She is survived by two daughters, Cami J. Reynolds, Shippensburg, and Lauren A. Baker,...
Scanna Weikel
Oct 11, 2018
Scanna M. Weikel, 63, of Shippensburg passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 11, 2018 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born November 13, 1955 in Harrisburg, PA. Scanna was a daughter of the late Willard Clay and Lorraine S. Hass Weikel. She is survived by her brother, Kenneth Weikel of Roxbury and a nephew, Jason Weikel of Upper...
Charles Dyarman
Oct 7, 2018
Charles D. Dyarman, 87, of Newville, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born Saturday, March 7, 1931 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Charles Henry and Margaret Kathryn Myers Dyarman. Charles was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren where he held various offices in the church and...
Robert Reed
Oct 7, 2018
Robert D. Reed, 94, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018, at the Hershey Medical Center. He was born in 1924 in Altoona, PA, son of the late Bruce Orlando and Sara Jane McMonigal Reed. He was a retired Professor of Biology at Shippensburg University and previously taught biology at Somerset High School. He was a member of Messiah United Methodist...
Elizabeth Tourney
Oct 7, 2018
Elizabeth M. “Libby” Tourney 98, lifelong resident of Newburg PA, entered through the gates of heaven on Sunday October 7, 2018. Libby was a woman of strong faith and it showed very much through her walk of life. Libby was born June 19, 1920, the daughter of the late James H. & Mabel (Paxton) Stuck and is the widow of...
John Hershey
Oct 3, 2018
John M. Hershey, Jr., 92, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at his home. He was born on July 21, 1926, in Shippensburg a son of the late John M. and Elva R. Dyarman Hershey, Sr., and married Marie C. Dooley on October 2, 1948, in Walnut Bottom. John was employed...
Misty Black
Oct 2, 2018
Misty Dawn Black, 45, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 25, 1973 in Bedford, PA. Misty was the daughter of Fay P. Banco Black of Shippensburg and the late Malcolm Lee “Mick” Black. She was a 1992 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and graduated as a LPN...
Ted Scheaffer
Oct 1, 2018
Ted W. Scheaffer, 85, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born October 26, 1932 in Shippensburg, PA. Ted was a son of the late Blake and Dorothy Tarner Scheaffer. He retired from the Shippensburg University where he was a painter. Ted served with the United States Army in Germany during the Korean...
Carol Coldsmith
Sep 30, 2018
Carol Ann Coldsmith, 63, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Sunday, September 30, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on August 10, 1955, in Waynesboro, a daughter of the late Helen Ashway Bingaman and married Walter “Barney” Coldsmith on November 9, 1979, in the Chambersburg Bible Church. Carol was a homemaker throughout her life. She...
Sarah Smith
Sep 30, 2018
Sarah Louise Smith, 92, a resident of Menno Haven, formerly of Shippensburg, went home to be with the Lord, on the morning of Sunday, September 30, 2018. She was born on January 31, 1926, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Clarence and Helen Johnston Durff and married Paul W. Smith on January 16, 1945, in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded...
Alice Hensel
Sep 29, 2018
Alice P. Hensel, 87, of Newburg, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2018. She was born Tuesday, August 11, 1931 in Newburg, PA. Alice was a daughter of the late Wilmer and Carrie Shuman Hensel. She was a member of the Newburg United Methodist Church and attended Hopewell United Methodist Church, McKinney. Alice retired from the former Howard Johnson’s Restaurant at...
Ronald Sailhamer
Sep 28, 2018
Ronald L. Sailhamer, 69, of Shippensburg, departed this life in the early morning of Friday, September 28, 2018, at his home. He was born on February 6, 1949, in Chambersburg, a son of Lewis W. and Virginia A. Goshorn Sailhamer. Ron was a 1968 graduate of Shippensburg High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, inducted...
Herbert Miller
Sep 28, 2018
Herbert F. “Herb” Miller, 89, of Newville, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018 at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. Born Wednesday, November 7, 1928 in Newville, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late George and Eva Beaston Miller. Herb was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Korean War. He was a member of the...
Jerry Bigler
Sep 27, 2018
Jerry Allen Bigler, 85, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 20, 1933 in Shippensburg, PA. Jerry was a son of the late Roy O. and Sarah Zeigler Bigler. He was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Jerry retired from Hoffman Mills after 43 years. He...
Dorothy Kenyon
Sep 27, 2018
Dorothy M. “Dot” Kenyon, 92, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born December 22, 1925 in Waynesboro, PA. Dorothy was a daughter of the late Ernest G. and Clara M. Mixell Busey. She was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church and their Willing Workers Sunday School Class. Dot retired...
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