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Gladys Rawls
Sep 13, 2016
Gladys H. Rawls, 73, of Means Hollow Road, Shippensburg and formerly of Smyrna, TN died Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born October 9, 1942 in Charlottesville, VA, she was a daughter of the late Albert Frank and Mary Grace Moore Henwood. Gladys worked as an LPN at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, TN. She...
Bertha Davis
Sep 9, 2016
Bertha (Birdie) Peltz Davis, 89, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Buford, GA, departed this life on the morning of September 9, 2016, at The Sunrise of Johns Creek Assisted Living Home. Born on September 5, 1927, in Westminster, MD, she was a daughter of the late Charles Peltz and Adeline Snader Peltz and a sister to Mary Florence Peltz Smith,...
Rose Mcbeth
Sep 8, 2016
Rose Marie “Molly” McBeth, 64, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, September 8, 2016, at LifeCare Hospital, Mechanicsburg. She was born in Shippensburg, on May 25, 1952, on the property that she has lived on for her entire life, a daughter of the late Roy and Rosella Kelley Orndorff. Rose worked for the former Hoffman Mills...
Lawrence Mason
Sep 6, 2016
The Reverend Dr. Lawrence Harold Mason, 88, died Tuesday, September 06, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born to Dr. Harold L. and Maude M. Mason on July 16, 1928, in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Mason graduated from Rochester Senior High School in 1946. He received a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut in 1950, earned a...
Franklin Wilson
Sep 3, 2016
Franklin J. Wilson, 88, of Orrstown, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2016 in ManorCare, Chambersburg. He was born March 18, 1928 in Blairs Mills, PA. Franklin was a son of the late James Joseph, Sr. and Verda Marie Fortney Wilson. He retired from General Motors in Pontiac Michigan, working there for over 37 years. Franklin was a United States Army...
Ray Holtry
Sep 2, 2016
Ray E. Holtry, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 in Greenridge Village, Newville. He was born March 31, 1938 in Shippensburg, PA. Ray was a son of the late Walter S. and Helen L. Hawk Holtry. Ray was a retired brick layer, working for various contractors. He was a member of the Local Bricklayers Union #23, Harrisburg....
Dolores Keefer
Sep 2, 2016
Dolores I. Keefer, 81, of Orrstown, died Friday, September 2, 2016 in Manor Care Health Services of Chambersburg. Born November 28, 1934 in Mercersburg, she was a daughter of the late Earl S. and Thelma Mae Perry Schnabel. She was employed at the former Cressler’s Market and the former Stanley Company both in Chambersburg. Dolores is survived by her companion...
Mervin Carver
Aug 31, 2016
Mervin F. Carver, Jr., 86 of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born September 2, 1929 in Carlisle, PA. Mervin was a son of the late Mervin F., Sr. and Anna E. Shank Carver. He also was preceded in death by his first wife, Winona Wadel Carver, and a son, Roger...
Jesse Rhone
Aug 31, 2016
Jesse A. Rhone, 34, a resident of the Margaret E. Moul Cerebral Palsy Home, York, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at the home. He was born September 21, 1981 in Carlisle, PA. Jesse was a son of Randy and Karen D. Martin Winter of Newville. Jesse attended Capitol Area Intermediate at Oak Flat Elementary School, Newville. He always had...
Edro Baumgardner
Aug 30, 2016
Edro A. Baumgardner 86, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born April 13, 1930 in Union, West Virginia. Edro was a son of the late Andy and Bertha Kirby Baumgardner. He was a member of the Greenvillage New Testament Baptist Church, Chambersburg. Edro retired from the former Time D/C Trucking Company, State Line,...
Jeffrey Zeigler
Aug 30, 2016
Jeffrey Rook Zeigler, 65, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at his home. He was born on June 8, 1951, in Carlisle, but raised in Newville, a son of the late John R. and Rita E. Rook Zeigler. Jeff was a 1969 graduate of Big Spring High School and a 1973 graduate of...
Richard Johnson
Aug 29, 2016
Richard L. “Dickie” Johnson, II, 44, departed this life on the morning of Monday, August 29, 2016. He was born on September 21, 1971, in Chambersburg, the son of Richard L. and Linda Deck Johnson. Dickie was a 1989 graduate of Chambersburg High School and attended Penn State University, studying Exercise and Sport Science. Dickie worked along-side his father, owning...
Kenneth Wagner
Aug 28, 2016
Kenneth Barnett Wagner, III, 28 of Shippensburg, died Sunday, August 28, 2016 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 25, 1987 in Harrisburg, PA. He was a son of Kenneth B. Wagner, II of New Kingstown and Martina Dagenhart of Shippensburg. Kenneth was a prep-cook at Rosalie’s Fabulous Grill, Chambersburg. He attended Cumberland Valley High School. In...
Mildred Nye
Aug 27, 2016
Mildred Jane Nye, 91, a resident of Menno Haven, Chambersburg, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, August 27, 2016. She was born on May 10, 1925, in Greene Twp., Franklin Co., a daughter of the late William and Florence Coover Wyant. Mildred was a 1943 graduate of Chambersburg High School and married Ormand “Bud” Nye on September 13,...
Anna Bert
Aug 22, 2016
Anna M. Bert, 76, of Shippensburg, entered into eternity on Monday, August 22, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1940 in Cleversburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Ailie Ott Proctor. Anna married Lester E. Bert on April 23, 1955 in Hagerstown, MD. They resided in Shippensburg 50 years until his death in 2005. She attended...
Fred Hoover
Aug 19, 2016
Fred Andrew Hoover, 60, of Newburg, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 19, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, August 29, 1955 in Chambersburg, he was a son of George Andrew and Eleanor V. Edmonson Hoover, of Newburg. Fred was a 1973 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was a member of Mt. Rock Brethren in...
A. Louise Lytle
Aug 18, 2016
A. Louise Lytle, 89, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, August 18, 2016 at home. Born March 9, 1927 in Newburg PA, she was a daughter of the late Richard and Eleanor Bricker Hoch. Louise was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God, and their Berean Sunday School Class, sang in the choir, and was a church librarian. She also...
Rodney Kauffman
Aug 16, 2016
Rodney W. Kauffman, aged 95 years, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, August 16th, at Elmcroft Assisted Living, 129 Walnut Bottom Road, Shippensburg, PA. He was born June 17, 1921, in Cumberland County, near Cleversburg, PA. Rodney’s parents were the late George and Flo Helm Burns. As a child Rodney attended the one room school in Cleversburg, grades one through...
B. Weller
Aug 14, 2016
B. Winifred Weller, 88, life-long resident of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, August 14, 2016, at her home. She was born on January 1, 1928, in Newburg, a daughter of the late Harold and Gladys Fogelsanger Davidson. She married Jay J. Weller on August 30, 1947. He preceded her in death on February 20, 2003. Winifred...
Paul Greenwood
Aug 14, 2016
Paul E. Greenwood, Jr., of Chambersburg, died Sunday, August 14, 2016 in the Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg. Born November 11, 1932 in Delair, NJ, a son of the late Paul E., Sr. and Marcella J. Clark Greenwood. He was a member of the Leesburg United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Paul retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot in 1987...
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