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Edna Burkholder
Dec 2, 2017
Edna S. Burkholder, 66, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, December 2, 2017, at her home. She was born on October 23, 1951, in Ephrata, Lancaster County, a daughter of the late Moses and Lizzie Shirk Zimmerman. Edna married Raymond M. Burkholder on February 21, 1974 in Ephrata. He preceded her in death on December 15,...
Richard Snell
Dec 1, 2017
Richard E. Snell, 58, of Newburg, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017 at home. He was born September 15, 1959 in Greensburg, PA. Richard was a son of Kathryn “Kitty” McDowell Snell of Orrstown and the late Earl E. Snell. He was a Systems Analyst with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in Harrisburg. Richard was a 1977 graduate of East Pennsboro...
Lillian Shoemaker
Nov 27, 2017
Lillian E. Shoemaker, 94, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, departed this life on the evening of Monday, November 27, 2017. She was born on December 4, 1922, in Lurgan, a daughter of the late David F. and Janet Sentman Greenawalt. Lillian was a homemaker throughout her life. She had also worked at the Franklin County Head Start...
Dorothy Pearce
Nov 23, 2017
Dorothy R. Pearce, 95, formerly of South Williamsport, PA, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2017 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born May 16, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA., she was a daughter of the late Walter and Julia Roesling MacBrid Dorothy was a homemaker and earlier during her life she was a Registered Nurse. Dorothy was...
M. Lauver
Nov 22, 2017
M. Richard Lauver, 74, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at the Village of Laurel Run. Born Wednesday, December 16, 1942 in Lancaster, he was a son of the late Marlin H. and Gladys Gable Lauver. Richard was a member of the Hopewell United Methodist Church, Newburg. He retired in 1998 from Beckton Dickinson in Cockeysville,...
Eugene Albright
Nov 21, 2017
Eugene L. “Gene” Albright, 81, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, May 10, 1936 in Lebanon, PA, he was a son of the late George and Winifred MartzAlbright. Gene was a 1954 graduate of the Lebanon High School. He was a United States Navy Veteran serving with the U.S Navy Construction Battalion from...
William Wyrick
Nov 17, 2017
William Bruce “Bill” Wyrick, 87, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, departed this life on the evening of Friday, November 17, 2017. He was born on April 8, 1930, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Smith J. and Vera Alice Stache Wyrick. Bill was a 1948 graduate of Shippensburg High School and a 1952 graduate of Shippensburg...
Stephen Strohm
Nov 15, 2017
Stephen L. Strohm, 47, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at his home. He was born on July 3, 1970, in Chambersburg, the son of Leroy J. Strohm and Kathryn “Kaye” L. Kessler Drawbaugh and husband Richard. Stephen was a 1988 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. He married Angela M. Clouse on September 21, 2011,...
Rev. Frank Mathna
Nov 14, 2017
Rev. Frank L. Mathna, 88, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at the Holy Spirit Hospital. He was born on December 17, 1928, in Mongul, a son of the late William Henry and Mary E. Runshaw Mathna. Frank was a 1960 graduate of Huntington University, earning a Bachelor’s in Art and a Bachelor’s...
Hazel Martin
Nov 14, 2017
Hazel M. Martin, infant daughter of Cody L. and Ellen G. Diehl Martin of Shippensburg was born and died on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She is survived by her maternal grandparents, Timothy and Christine Diehl and paternal grandparents, Derwood and Wendy Martin all of Shippensburg and numerous aunts and uncles. A...
Clarence Stouter
Nov 13, 2017
Clarence W. “Slick” Stouter, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, November 13, 2017 at home. He was born August 26, 1936 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Clarence was a son of the late William and Pauline Hess Stouter. He was a retired self-employed truck driver who drove for H.C. Gabler Trucking, Chambersburg. Clarence is survived by his wife, Doris Jean Hull Stouter;...
Nelda Clugh-Palmer
Nov 10, 2017
Nelda Jean (Clugh) Palmer, 92 of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born March 12, 1925 in Maryland. Nelda was a daughter of the late Joseph and Maude Davis. She was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Nelda retired from the Shippensburg University where she was a cook....
Timothy Varner
Nov 9, 2017
Timothy Ray Varner, 50, passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2017 in Dallas, PA. He was born in Carlisle on July 6, 1967. He was a son of Ronald and Barbara Nailor Varner of Newburg. In addition to his parents he is survived by one brother, David Levan Varner and his wife, Angela of Shippensburg, two nephews, Justin and David...
Donna Nye
Nov 9, 2017
Donna Mae Nye, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 17, 1942 in Centerville, PA. Donna was a daughter of the late Earl S. and Jeannette N. Wyrick Beecher. Donna started her career at Letterkenny Army Depot where she spent 39 years and became a Management Analyst. She retired at...
Robert Kriner
Nov 8, 2017
Robert Edward Kriner 79, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on April 3, 1938, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Leroy and Tressa Myers Kriner. Robert was a 1956 graduate of Chambersburg High School and a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, honorably discharged on...
Carl Maxwell
Nov 8, 2017
Carl Harrum Maxwell, 97, a resident at Providence Place, Chambersburg, passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017 in the Life Care Hospital, Mechanicsburg. Born Sunday, August 1, 1920 in Roxbury, he was a son of the late William Harrum and Anna May Rowels Maxwell. Carl was a member of the former Market Street Baptist Church in Harrisburg. Following his Army service...
Charlotte Motter
Nov 8, 2017
Charlotte Elizabeth Motter, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at her home. Born Sunday, January 11, 1920 in Fayetteville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Oliver R. and Edna R. DeHart Rotz, Sr. Charlotte was a past member of the Oakville United Methodist Church. She was a member and very active in the...
Thomas Vaughn
Nov 7, 2017
Thomas E. “Tom” Vaughn, 52, of Shippensburg, passed away on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at his home. Born Sunday, May 16, 1965 in Carlisle, he was a son of Glen L. and Emma Jean Gettel Vaughn of Shippensburg. Tom was a 1983 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School and Franklin County Vocational Technical School. He was presently employed with...
George West
Nov 7, 2017
George P. West, Jr., 64, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on October 3, 1953, in Chambersburg, the son of the late George P. and Shirley Jean Lehman West, Sr. George was a U.S. Army veteran, inducted on November 12, 1970 and honorably discharged on December...
Kenneth Messinger
Nov 6, 2017
Kenneth R. “Kenny” Messinger, Jr., 72, of Shippensburg and formerly of East Berlin, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 6, 2017 at York Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born Thursday, April 5, 1945 in East Berlin, he was a son of the late Kenneth R. and Dolly Mae Eisenhart Messinger, Sr. Kenneth was a faithful member of the Shippensburg...
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