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Bessie Hamilton
Aug 24, 2017
Bessie F. Hamilton, 85, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, August 24, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on September 6, 1931, in Mainsville, the daughter of the late John W. and Laura S. Helm Baker. Bessie was a 1949 graduate of Shippensburg High School. She married Harold L. Hamilton, Sr., on March 15,...
Janet Kann
Aug 19, 2017
Janet K. Kann, 72, of Shippensburg passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017 at home. She was born September 16, 1944 in Leesburg, PA. Janet was a daughter of the late Irvin and Grace Staver Keeseman. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Walnut Bottom. Janet retired from SKF Industries and then went on to work at the...
Jeffrey Comerer
Aug 18, 2017
Jeffrey L. Comerer, 56 of Monroe, NC, formerly of Walnut Bottom, departed this life on Friday, August 18, 2017. He was born in Carlisle, the son of the Brinton “Fireball” Comerer and the late Dorothy V. Vaughn Comerer. Jeffrey worked for the United Parcel Service in Harrisburg, before moving to North Carolina. In his younger years he enjoyed playing baseball....
Richard Davis Virgens
Aug 18, 2017
Richard Davis Linscott Virgens Richard Davis Linscott Virgens, 84, passed away Friday, August 18, 2017 at Claremont Nursing Home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Richard was born December 9, 1932 in Lewiston, Maine to Hazel Emogene Prout and John Shepard Linscott of North Monmouth, Maine. Emil Paul Walter Virgens, who remained his father throughout life, later adopted Richard. Richard attended various schools...
Charles Morgan
Aug 17, 2017
Charles William “Bill” Morgan, 70, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017 in the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Friday, September 20, 1946 in the Lewistown Hospital, he was a son of the late C. James and Hazel Arnold Morgan. Bill worked as a Middle School Teacher in the Chambersburg Area School District. He was a member of...
Martha Alleman
Aug 15, 2017
Martha “Phyllis” Alleman, 88, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 15, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 18, 1928 in Leesburg, PA. Phyllis was a daughter of the late John and Ethel Frehn Reese. She was a member of the Cleversburg United Methodist Church and sang in their choir for over 50...
Betty Keeseman Johnson
Aug 14, 2017
Betty “Jeanie” Keeseman Johnson, 78, of Shippensburg passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 in the Thornwald Home. She was born February 22, 1939 in Newville. Betty was a daughter of the late Herbert and Marie Hardy Lindsay. She retired from Knouse Foods and attended the Greenvillage Church of God. Betty is survived by her companion, Donald Shetter, five children, Brett...
Lucille Sappington
Aug 13, 2017
Lucille B. Sappington, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 8, 1933 in Baltimore, MD. Lucille was the daughter of the late Ulric and Della Parker Brock. Devoted wife, loving mother, adoring grandmother, Lucille lived her life as an expression of her deep faith, reaching out to those in need...
Patricia Fasnacht
Aug 7, 2017
Patricia Ann Fasnacht, 79, of Shippensburg, formerly of Walnut Bottom, departed this life on the morning of Monday, August 7, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on November 21, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Lucy Mary Johns Wall and widow of the late Charles J. Fasnacht, who died on June 14, 1989. Patricia and Charles...
Michael Witmer
Aug 6, 2017
Michael Anthony Witmer, Jr., 41, departed this life on Sunday, August 6, 2017, at his home. He was born on June 9, 1976, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Michael Anthony Witmer, Sr. and Penny Comerer Burd. Michael once worked in the construction field, but could not continue due to being diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease. He enjoyed sports...
Alvin Elliott
Aug 5, 2017
Alvin E. “Slim” Elliott, 85, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, August 5, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 30, 1931 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late David M. and Zelda G. Etter Elliott. Alvin was a 1949 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He retired from SKF Industries in Shippensburg with 44 years of service....
Harold Hutchinson
Aug 5, 2017
Harold R. Hutchinson, 88, of Newville, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, August 5, 2017, at Green Ridge Village. He was born on September 13, 1928, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Ross and Mary Kohler Hutchinson. Harold was a U.S. Airforce veteran of WW II, enlisting on September 3, 1946 and honorably discharged on September 2,...
James Gleim
Aug 4, 2017
James E. Gleim, Sr., 82, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, August 4, 2017 at his home. Born Wednesday, July 24, 1935 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late Quentin Albert and Mary Elizabeth Alverta Doner Gleim. James was of the Brethren Faith. He was a United States National Guard Veteran serving with the 28th Division. James was an...
Betty Scott
Aug 1, 2017
Betty L. Kugler Scott of Shippensburg, joined her husband Scotty in their Heavenly Home on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Born Wednesday, March 4, 1925 in Waynesboro, PA, to the late Oren M. and Reta I. George Kugler. Mrs. Scott was preceded in death by her husband Horace R. “Scotty” Scott on August 2, 2005. They were married on April 16,...
Paul Killian
Jul 30, 2017
Paul J. Killian, 89, of Shippensburg, lost his battle with lung cancer in his home on July 30, 2017. Born September 30, 1927, he was a son of the late Paul R. and Grace Myers Killian. Paul worked at SKF for 42 years, retiring in 1989. He enjoyed camping, bowling, woodworking in his shop, boating, clamming, fishing in Ocean City,...
Benjamin Lantz
Jul 28, 2017
Benjamin K. Lantz, Sr., 74, of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Friday, July 28, 2017. He was born on August 21, 1942, in Myerstown, PA, Lebanon County, a son of the late Moses L. and Sarah J. King Lantz. Earlier in his life, Benjamin worked as a farmer and for the past eighteen years he has been...
Bonnie Halter
Jul 28, 2017
Bonnie Rhea Halter, 74, of Shippensburg, peacefully departed this life on the afternoon of Friday, July 28, 2017, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born on December 28, 1942, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Charles E. and Violet Wilson Killian, Sr. Bonnie worked as a fitter for several of the former local garment factories. In her...
Helen Russell Turner
Jul 27, 2017
Helen Kathryn Russell Turner, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away, Thursday, July 27, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 30, 1925 in Shippensburg, PA. She was a daughter of the late Raymond H. and Helen M. Smith Varner. Kathryn retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Edward...
W. Cecil Wiser
Jul 27, 2017
W. Cecil Wiser, 87, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the home. He was born March 15, 1930 in Blairs Mills, PA. Cecil was a son of the late William “Bill” and Helen Smith Wiser. He was a retired farmer and also a self-employed truck driver. Cecil was a member of...
Ruby Etter
Jul 25, 2017
Ruby Virginia Etter, 91, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, July 25, 2017. She was born on September 5, 1925, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Jacob and Thesta Foreman Leedy. Ruby married Samuel E. Etter, Sr., on January 1, 1945. He preceded her in death on December 10, 1988. Ruby owned and operated Etter’s...
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