Betty Cromwell

Betty J. Cromwell, 79, of Orrstown, PA, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 18, 2016 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home.

Born Saturday, September 26, 1936 in Greene Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Charles Leon and Mary Catherine King Pyne.

Betty was a 1954 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She retired from the former Grief Clothing Company after 20 years of service, and later worked for several years at the Toll Gate Restaurant in Shippensburg as a waitress. Betty loved and cherished her family, especially her grandchildren.

Surviving are two sons, Jerry E. (Karen) Cummings, and Allen L. (Kimberly) Cummings, all of Orrstown; two step-sons, Merrill (Michelle) Cromwell, of Waynesboro, and George C. (Sherri) Cromwell, of Orbisonia; three sisters, Catherine Stewart, Iva Jean Piper, and Janet Culbertson; four brothers, Donald, Jay, Fred, and John Pyne; eight grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George C. Cromwell, Sr.; one son, Scott Cummings; two brothers, Robert and Charles Pyne; and one infant sister, Helen Pyne.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 22, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc., with the Rev. Ward M. Schultz officiating. Burial will be in the Otterbein Cemetery. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service in the funeral home.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.