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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...
Bryan Gimbara
Apr 19, 2018
Bryan Everett Gimbara, 39, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Thursday, April 19, 2018. He was born on October 15, 1978, in Pittsburgh, the son of Michael Gimbara and Evelyn M. Foster Gimbara and was a 1998 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Bryan worked as a laborer in the construction industry, and in the off-season, he liked to work...
Richard Castell
Apr 18, 2018
Richard Irving Castell, Jr., 77, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Kevin Joseph Keefe on January 17, 1941, in New York, to Eilleen Keefe, and was adopted at eight years old by the late Richard Irving and Margaret Eleanor Dietrict Castell, Sr., who raised him. Richard...
Donald Nori
Apr 17, 2018
Donald F. Nori, Sr., 66, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in the Hershey Medical Center, with his loving family by his side. Born Sunday, April 13, 1952 in Holidaysburg, PA. Donald was a son of the late Albert J. and Margaret Pasquini Nori. He was the founder of Destiny Image Publishers in Shippensburg, which opened in January...
Richard Crimbly
Apr 16, 2018
Richard Crimbly, 78, of Chambersburg, departed this life on Monday, April 16, 2018, at SpiriTrust Lutheran, The Village at Gettysburg. He was born on June 19, 1939 in Greensburg, PA, the son of Benilda Lori and John Ciarimboli. Richard was a veteran of the United States Air Force and worked as a Financial Analyst for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for...
Kenneth Holtry
Apr 15, 2018
Kenneth E. Holtry, 75, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born April 2, 1943 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Kenneth was a son of the late Ross H. and Mary Alice Killian Holtry He retired from SKF Industries, Shippensburg. Kenneth is survived by his wife, M. Linda Shoemaker Holtry; two sons, Kenneth R....
Geraldine Shrawder
Apr 13, 2018
Geraldine Louise Shrawder, 85, of Smithsburg, MD, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at home. She was born June 24, 1932 in Newburg, PA. Geraldine was a daughter of the late Wilbur and Rebecca Reeder Mathna. She was a member of the former Wesleyan Church, Hagerstown, MD. Geraldine is survived by three daughters, Dorean (Bob) Swank of Smithsburg, MD, Beverly...
David Schell
Apr 13, 2018
David Schell, 76, of Orrstown, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at his home. Born Tuesday, January 6, 1942 in Taylor, PA, he was the son of David G. and Mildred Sibley Schell. David was a United States Air Force Veteran. He worked as an Insurance Appraiser with over 20 years of experience. David was a life member of the...
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