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Kay Mckenrick
Jun 17, 2018
Kay M. McKenrick, 65, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2018 in the Hershey Medical Center. She was born March 22, 1953 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Kay was a daughter of late Joseph W. and Margaret G. Adams McKenrick. She was a member of the Church of God Pentecostal, Shippensburg. Kay retired from the Housekeeping Department at Shippensburg University....
Maryetta Tosten
Jun 12, 2018
Maryetta N. Tosten, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Elmcroft, Shippensburg. She was born March 31, 1927 in Knobsville, Fulton County. Mary was a daughter of the late Nancy Naugle McMullen and her step-father Noah McMullen. Mary worked as a seamstress in Shippensburg. She was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren for 65...
Dixie Whitsel
Jun 10, 2018
Dixie L. Whitsel, 87 of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born March 22, 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA. Dixie was a daughter of the late Blain Booth and Eleanor Whited Lanning. She retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot. Dixie was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Burt J. Asper American Legion...
Grace Dubbs
Jun 8, 2018
Grace Elizabeth Lensbower Dubbs, 84, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, June 8, 2018 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. Born Thursday, March 22, 1934 in St. Thomas, PA., she was a daughter of the late Harry Edward and Bessie Viola Heckman Lensbower. Grace was a 1952 graduate of St. Thomas High School. She was a member of the Grace United Church of...
Wanda Gearhart-Shank
Jun 8, 2018
Wanda L. Gearhart-Shank, 58, of Upper Strasburg went home to be with her Lord on Friday, June 8, 2018 after losing her long courageous battle with cancer. Born Tuesday, September 15, 1959 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Gerald L. Gearhart, of Fayetteville, and the late Joan E. Robison Gearhart. Wanda was a 1977 graduate of the Chambersburg Area...
Jeffrey Coy
Jun 4, 2018
Jeffrey W. Coy, 66, of Shippensburg, died Monday, June 4, 2018 at his home. Born October 6, 1951 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Dorothy J. Upperman Coy, of Shippensburg and the late Wayne A. Coy. Jeff was a 1969 graduate of Shippensburg Area Senior High School and received his bachelor’s degree in government administration from Shippensburg University in...
Brenda Cressler
Jun 2, 2018
Brenda L. Cressler, 54, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, June 2, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on October 28, 1963, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Wayne A. and Pauline V. Adams Hamilton. Brenda was a 1982 graduate of Shippensburg High School and married Ray E. Cressler on October 25, 1986,...
Irene Menton
May 29, 2018
Irene (Rene) Menton of Shippensburg PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Rene, born on February 3, 1933, was the daughter of Elwood and Mary Getsinger. She graduated from Bridgeton High School, Bridgeton NJ in 1951. While attending Montclair University in New Jersey, she met her future husband Frank Menton who was studying nearby at Stevens Institute. They...
John Mentzer
May 26, 2018
John “Allen” Mentzer, 80, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born Wednesday, December 8, 1937 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Maurice B. and Martha E. Sollenberger Mentzer. John retired in 1998 from the former Pet Ritz in Chambersburg. He enjoyed riding bicycles, watching...
Harry Kling
May 23, 2018
Harry J. Kling, 61, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born August 27, 1956 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA. Harry was a son of the late Wayne J. and Betty Louise DeWalt Kling. He worked at Bimbo Bakeries USA in Carlisle. Harry was a life member of the Minnequa Social Club, a...
John Byers
May 23, 2018
John D. “Pete” Byers, Sr., 90, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home, with his loving wife of 70 years by his side. Born Wednesday, November 30, 1927 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Harry N. and Gertrude Wolfe Byers. John was a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII....
Sarah Boice
May 20, 2018
Sarah (Sally) Boice was born Sarah Louisa Smoker in Columbia, PA. The daughter of Harold, a pharmacist, and Catherine, a homemaker, she was a bright child who excelled in school. She had two brothers, Frank and Dick. She enjoyed working in her father’s drug store serving ice cream and making soda fountain drinks. The whole family was active in church...
Jacob Kaufman
May 17, 2018
Jacob Harold Kaufman, Sr., 88, of Menno Village, Chambersburg and formerly a long-time resident of Shippensburg, PA passed away on Thursday, May 17, 2018 after a short illness. Mr. Kaufman was born on August 1, 1929 in Pleasant Hall, PA. He was a son of the late John B. and Alverda Kaufman. He was employed by H & H Chevrolet...
Scott Peck
May 17, 2018
Scott B. Peck, 50, of Shippensburg, passed away, Thursday, May 17, 2018. He was born Monday, November 20, 1967 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA. Scott was a son of Darlene F. Patterson Peck Fraker of Upper Strasburg and the late Dale W. Peck. He worked at Letterkenny Army Depot and was a 1985 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High...
Linda Tanger
May 17, 2018
Linda Kay Tanger, 63, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, May 17, 2018, at her home. She was born on June 10, 1954, in Carlisle, a daughter of the late Leo G. and Ruth Hill Tanger, Sr., and was a 1972 graduate of Boiling Springs High School. Linda was employed as a clerk at the former...
Conrad Ocker
May 15, 2018
Conrad “Lee” Ocker, 65, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in the Hershey Medical Center with his loving family by his side. He was born August 25, 1952 in Shippensburg, PA. Lee was a son of Emma Jane Fogelsanger Ocker and the late Paul E. Ocker. He was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. Lee...
Leroy Miller
May 15, 2018
Leroy Miller, 91, a resident of Providence Place, Chambersburg, formerly of Newville, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, May 15, 2018. He was born on June 9, 1926, in Newville, a son of the late George and Eva Beaston Miller. Leroy was a U.S. Army paratrooper during World War II, inducted on November 14, 1944 and honorably discharged...
Joe Mccleary
May 14, 2018
Joe E. McCleary, 71, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, May 14, 2018 at home. Born March 10, 1947 in Newburg, PA. Joe was a son of the late Raymond E. and Dorothy Anna Bittinger McCleary. He worked for West Pennsboro Twp., John W. Gleim Trucking, a Police Officer in Gary, IN and was a Security Guard for U.S. Securities. Joe...
Winifred Naugle
May 13, 2018
Winifred G. Naugle, 100 years young, life-long resident of the Shippensburg area, went to be with her Lord, on the afternoon of Sunday, May 13, 2018, at the Episcopal Home. She was born on March 3, 1918, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Charles B. and Margaret Abigail Myers. Winifred married Marshall C. Naugle on August 22, 1936, in...
Marguerite Jacobs
May 11, 2018
Marguerite H. Jacobs, 89, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, May 11, 2018 at Elmcroft of Shippensburg. Born Tuesday, January 15, 1929 in Milroy, PA. She was the daughter of the late Josiah Lester and Adaleene Treaster Houser. Margie graduated from Lewistown High School in 1946 and attended the Shippensburg State Teachers College where she received her B.S. Degree in Education...
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