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Betty Morgan
Sep 25, 2018
Betty M. Morgan, 92, of Newville, passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Mercy Rehabilitation and Care Center, Swansea, ILL. Born Saturday, October 3, 1925 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, she was the daughter of the late David S. and Susan Culbertson Mellinger. She was a member of the Green Spring First Church of God, Newville, and their Women’s Ministry,...
James Arrowood
Sep 25, 2018
James L. “Jamie” Arrowood, 45, of Shippensburg, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 in Bloomington, IN. He was born May 11, 1973 in Chambersburg, PA. Jamie was a son of James C. and Frances Neil Arrowood of Chambersburg. He was a truck driver for Dietz Trucking, New Bloomfield, PA. Jamie drove truck for the past 25 years. He...
James Burkholder
Sep 24, 2018
James Lee Burkholder, Sr., 61, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, September 24, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, May 14, 1957 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Coyle Rae and Gertrude G. Elswick Burkholder. James worked as a mechanic at the former Carburetor Exchange in Pittsburgh, PA. He is survived by one daughter, Tammy L. (companion...
Randall Hutchison
Sep 22, 2018
Randall Jay “Hutch” Hutchison, 58, of Shippensburg, departed this life in the early morning of Saturday, September 22, 2018. He was born on June 30, 1960, in Lewistown, a son of the late Paul E. and Frances M. Gingerich Hutchison. Hutch was a 1978 graduate of Shippensburg High School. He married his companion of nineteen years, Kathy Jean, on July...
Annie Weaver
Sep 21, 2018
Annie Z. Weaver, 92, of Orrstown, departed this life on the evening of Friday, September 21, 2018, at her home. She was born on October 7, 1925, in West Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., a daughter of the late Daniel and Anna Zimmerman Hoover. Annie married John D. Weaver in 1948. He preceded her in death on June 24, 1989. Annie...
Raymond Johnson
Sep 20, 2018
Raymond R. Johnson, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018 in the emergency room at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born November 21, 1939 in Newville, PA. Raymond was a son of the late Lewis and Viola Hamilton Johnson. He was a self-employed paver and years ago worked construction. Raymond was preceded in death by his wife, Judith...
Delores Miller
Sep 18, 2018
Delores J. Miller, 84, a resident at the Shippensburg Health Care Center, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2018. She was born December 7, 1933 in Shippensburg. Delores was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Ida Flohr Varner. Delores was a member of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren. She retired from Shippensburg Area School District where she was...
Barbara Smith
Sep 17, 2018
Barbara J. Smith, 76, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, September 17, 2018 in Paramount Senior Living at Chambersburg Road, Fayetteville. She was born December 27, 1941 in Chambersburg, PA. Barbara was a daughter of the late Elmer and Beatrice Rhinehart Head. She retired from Shippensburg University and was a graduate of the former Shippensburg High School. She was a loving...
Clyde Holtry
Sep 15, 2018
Clyde E. Holtry, 90, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Wednesday, November 16, 1927 in Southampton Township, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Walter S. and Helen L. Hawk Holtry. Clyde was a 1946 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. He was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church...
Robert Weigle
Sep 14, 2018
Robert A. “Bob” Weigle, Jr., 67, of Orrstown, PA, passed away on Friday, September 14, 2018, after a valiant struggle with glioblastoma multiform. The legacy of Bob’s integrity, kindness, and unconditional love will live on through his family. He taught us through his mastery of literature, enthusiasm for music, expertise in industrial sciences, love of wilderness, and his appetite for...
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...
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