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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...
Sandra Rosenberry
May 9, 2018
Sandra M. Rosenberry, 70, of Roxbury, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at home. She was born Tuesday, September 2, 1947 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Sandra was a daughter of the late Edward T. and Dorothy M. Peters Tedrick. She retired from Schreiber Foods, Shippensburg. Sandra was a 1965 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She had a generous...
Frances Helm
May 2, 2018
Frances K. Helm, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born June 5, 1920 in Shippensburg, PA. Frances was a daughter of the late Jacob and Laura Mumma Keefer. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God and their K.Y.B. Sunday School Class. Frances retired from the...
Carol Holtry
Apr 28, 2018
Carol Ann Holtry, 67, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Harrisburg Hospital. She was born on February 7, 1951, in Shippensburg, a daughter of Clyde E. and Louise P. Wadel Holtry and was a 1969 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Carol was employed at Shippensburg University as a Department Secretary...
Ralph Kirby
Apr 25, 2018
Ralph K. Kirby, 86, of Shippensburg passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018 with his loving family at his side. He was born March 24, 1932 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Ralph was a son of the late Sebert H. and Dolly R. Whorley Kirby. He was the owner and operator of Ralph Kirby Plumbing and Heating. Ralph was a member of...
Miriam Smith
Apr 24, 2018
Miriam M. “Toots” Smith, 79, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at her home. Miriam was born Monday, April 10, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Irwin and Catherine Ann Kendall Cover. Toots is survived by one son, Richard Paul (wife Gladys) Smith, Anchorage, AK; one daughter, Irene R.M. Smith, Orrstown; two granddaughters, Alice M. Houser,...
Mabel Weaver
Apr 22, 2018
Mabel F. Weaver, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born August 14, 1937 in Akron, Ohio. Mabel was a daughter of the late Paul and Mary Cohick Kirkpatrick. She was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. Mabel was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin C. Weaver,...
Pauline Smith
Apr 22, 2018
Pauline M. “Polly” Smith, 98, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Elmcroft of Shippensburg. Born Friday, November 21, 1919 in Orrstown, she was a daughter of the late Albert B. and Elizabeth Foust Gayman. She was a 1938 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. Polly was a very active member of the Grace United Church...
Arnold Robertson
Apr 22, 2018
Arnold “Buck” Robertson, 68, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born October 20, 1949 in Westminster, Maryland. Buck was a son of the late Arnold and Ethel Robertson. Buck retired from Letterkenny Army Depot and was a United States Army Veteran of Vietnam. He is survived by his wife, Karen Kline Robertson;...
Nancy Clugh
Apr 20, 2018
Nancy A. Clugh, 67 of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at Manor Care, Chambersburg. Born April 10, 1951 in Chambersburg. Nancy was a daughter of the late Lawrence Clugh and Nelda Jean Davis Clugh Palmer. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Nancy worked for Carlisle Tire & Rubber. She was a member of the...
Twila Mowery
Apr 19, 2018
Twila D. Mowery, 82, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. She was born November 13, 1935 in Chambersburg. Twila was a daughter of the late Charles D. and Elizabeth T. Shriner Porter. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church. Twila worked at Burkhart’s Restaurant, and she loved to play bingo. She is...
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