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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...
Robert Ehrhart
Dec 16, 2018
Robert Orion Ehrhart, 90, of Orrstown, went to be with his Lord on Sunday morning December 16, 2018. He was born Wednesday, August 22, 1928, in Saint Thomas, a son of the late George L. and Vallie Snurr Ehrhart. Robert attended the Chambersburg High School with the class of 1946. He worked at Knouse Foods with four years of service....
R. Paul Tosten
Dec 16, 2018
R. Paul Tosten, 93, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Elmcroft. He was born December 3, 1925 in Bloserville, PA. Paul was a son of the late Russell W. and Maude Halter Tosten. He was a dairy farmer all his life on the Ridge Road from 1947-1991. Paul also worked part-time in the orchards trimming trees in...
Ralph Harre
Dec 15, 2018
Ralph E. Harre, Jr., 86, of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born October 18, 1932 in Everett, PA. Ralph was a son of the late Ralph E., Sr. and Stella Ritchey Harre. He retired from Sprint’s Chambersburg office with over 38 years of service. Ralph was a member of the Shippensburg Church...
Irene Hockenberry
Dec 14, 2018
Irene Mae Culbertson Hockenberry, 88 years old, of Newburg Road, Newburg, PA was carried on angels’ wings to her Heavenly home early Friday morning, December 14, 2018, after suffering a stroke in October 2017. Irene was born on September 6th, 1930 to Pirl David “PD” Culbertson and Lula Marie Bistline Culbertson. She was happily married to Clair Austin Hockenberry and...
Esther Kelley
Dec 13, 2018
Esther E. Kelley, 84, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, December 13, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on December 2, 1934, in Newville, a daughter of the late Archie J. and Ida A. Jumper Doyle and married Paul J. Kelley on October 10, 1954, in Hagerstown, MD. Esther was a homemaker throughout her...
Kenneth Smith
Dec 12, 2018
Kenneth G. Smith, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born May 1, 1937 in Waynesboro, PA. Ken was a son of the late Harvey G. and Bertha L. Scott Smith. He worked for McCune Lumber in Shippensburg for over 20 years and then retired from Moore’s Lumber Yard in Chambersburg. Ken...
David Varner
Dec 7, 2018
David L. Varner, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 7, 2018 at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, surrounded by his loving family. Born Thursday, January 18, 1940 in Walnut Bottom, he was a son of the late Beattie Christopher and Almeda Jane Zinn Varner. David was a graduate of Big Spring High School. He served in...
William Russell
Dec 4, 2018
William H. Russell, 89, of Shippensburg, was peacefully taken to be in the arms of his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. A devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, he is survived by his wife of thirty-six wonderful years, Marty Lehman Russell, who cherished and cared for him with everything she had. Also surviving are his two...
Patricia Pugh
Dec 1, 2018
Patricia Kay “Patty” Pugh, 64, of Menno Haven at Brookview Skilled Care, Chambersburg, PA, formerly of Orrstown, PA, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2018. Born November 10, 1954 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Richard and Sara Bert Pugh. She was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Orrstown. As a special needs...
John Mcbride
Nov 30, 2018
John McBride, 46, of Orrstown, Pa., died Friday, November 30, 2018, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with his beloved fiancé, Lynne Booth, at his side. John, the fifth of six children, was born in San Pedro, Calif., on March 1, 1972, to the late Mary Rose (Fleckenstein) McBride of Baltimore, Md., and Francis L. McBride,...
Dana Diehl
Nov 29, 2018
Dana L. Diehl, 69, of Carlisle, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, November, 29, 2018, at his home. He was born on November 3, 1949, in Chambersburg, a son of Fredith Davidson Diehl and the late William Diehl and was a 1967 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Dana was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, enlisting...
Connie Bard
Nov 29, 2018
Connie S. Bard, 57, of Shippensburg, passed away with her loving family by her side, on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at home, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born November 23, 1961 in Chambersburg. Connie was a daughter of Wilbur L. and Kathryn E. Gabler Tosten of Shippensburg. Alongside her husband Dick, Connie helped operate the...
Angel Burkepile
Nov 28, 2018
Angel Nichole Burkepile, 23 years young, of Carlisle, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 28, 2018, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born on May 18, 1995, in Chambersburg, the daughter of Roy E. and Mary Beam Burkepile and was a 2014 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Angel worked as a medical assistant for...
Glenn Myers
Nov 26, 2018
Glenn William Myers, 86, of Newburg, went home to be with his Lord on the morning of Monday, November 26, 2018. He was born on November 1, 1932, in Hopewell Twp., Newburg, a son of the late Samuel C. and Mary Ile Myers. Glenn will be greatly missed and remembered for his love of family, friends, and neighbors. He always...
Debbie Noel
Nov 26, 2018
Debbie Kay Noel, 63, of Newville, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 26, 2018 at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, surrounded by her loving family. Born Thursday, June 30, 1955 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late John B. and Janet V. Morrison Mentzer. Debbie was a 1974 graduate of Big Spring High School, Newville. She retired...
Nancy White
Nov 24, 2018
Nancy A. White, 75, of Pleasant Hall, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, November 24, 2018, at her home. She was born on October 8, 1943, in Letterkenny Twp., a daughter of the late J. Ross and Mary Elizabeth (Holtry) Foust and married Richard C. “Dick” White on July 5, 1966. He preceded her in death on March...
William Neil
Nov 20, 2018
William C. “Bill” Neil, Jr., 74, of Newville, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital. Born Sunday, November 12, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late William C. “Chet” and Ruth Ellen Fields Neil, Sr. Bill was a 1962 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School. He was a United States Army Veteran...
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