Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Lydia Durf
Apr 19, 2017
Lydia Belle Durf, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born March 21, 1939 in Cleversburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Bruce McCleary and Elva Ellen Jones Helm. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Remembrance Chapel at Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home...
Bernice Shifflett
Apr 17, 2017
Bernice H. Shifflett, 80, long-time resident of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Monday, April 17, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on November 20, 1936, in Staten Island, NY, a daughter of the late Gerald and Frances Hoyt Johanson. Bernice pursued a long and exciting life as a traveler and military wife. She was a...
Arthur Pisle
Apr 16, 2017
Arthur W. “Red” Pisle, 84, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at home. He was born August 14, 1932 in Scotland, PA. Arthur was a son of the late John W. and Sarah Catherine Perry Pisle. He was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. Arthur retired from Valley Quarries, working there for over 36...
Emma Atherton
Apr 15, 2017
Emma Grace Atherton, age 91 went home to be with her Father God from the Orrstown Personal Care Home on Saturday, April 15th. She was born July 20, 1925 in Nyesville, PA. Emma was a daughter of the late Eber and Grace Hammond Wenger. She attended school in Nyesville and Quincy. Mrs. Atherton worked at the former Stanley Company. She...
Raymond Miller
Apr 10, 2017
Raymond D. Miller, 69, formerly of St. Thomas, late of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, April 10, 2017, at his home. He was born on December 20, 1947, in Lewistown, the son of the late David L. and Jane K. Kenepp Miller. Raymond was a 1965 graduate of Chief Logan High School, Lewistown, and a 1967...
Robert Russell
Apr 10, 2017
Robert S. Russell, 68, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at home. He was born October 18, 1948 in Shippensburg. Robert was a son of the late Wayne and Olive George Russell. He was a United States Army National Guard Veteran of the Vietnam War. Robert retired from the former C.H. Masland and Sons / Lear Corp., Carlisle....
Donald Davidson
Apr 9, 2017
Donald H. Davidson, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at home. He was born May 1, 1938 in Newburg, PA. Donald was a son of the late Harold and Gladys Fogelsonger Davidson. He was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church, Newburg. Donald drove truck for SKF Industries and then retired from Giant Foods. In addition to...
Ira Wadel
Apr 8, 2017
Ira H. Wadel, 90, of Shippensburg passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Chambers Point, formerly Penn Hall. He was born April 4, 1927 in Shippensburg. Ira was a son of the late William and Anna Shriner Wadel. Ira retired from Pet Ritz, worked for the H.J. Heinz Co. and was a farmer. He attended the Shippensburg Independent Baptist Church....
Jay Beltz
Apr 4, 2017
Jay Stephen “Jaybird” Beltz, 62, a resident of the Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, April 4, 2017. He was born on September 14, 1954, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Raymond C. and D. Jean Nunnemaker Beltz, Sr. and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Jay once worked as a...
Stanley Cohick
Apr 1, 2017
Stanley E. Cohick, 92, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017 in the home. He was born December 24, 1924 in Newville, PA. Stanley was a son of the late John and Florence Piper Cohick. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Carlisle. Stanley retired from Fickes Silo Company, Newville....
Shirley Lindsay
Mar 31, 2017
Shirley Jane Lindsay, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 31, 2017 at her home. Born Wednesday, February 10, 1937 in Mansfield, OH, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Helen L. Karper Gipe. Shirley worked as a seamstress at the former Stanley Company with 34 years of service and was an employee at the...
William Rogers
Mar 30, 2017
William E. Rogers, 94, a resident of Greenfield Assisted Living, Hagerstown, MD, formerly of Mercersburg and Orrstown, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 in the home. He was born September 13, 1922 in Ogallah, KS. William was a son of the late Charles N. and Maude Oelkers Rogers. He retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. William was a United...
Lurea Stake
Mar 25, 2017
Lurea Ann ‘Rae Ann” Stake, 66, formerly of Amberson, late of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, March 25, 2017, at her home. She was born on June 19, 1950, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Herb and Helen Barnhart Pechart. Rae Ann worked as a self-employed nurse’s aide. She was a member of the Amberson...
Logan Coy
Mar 24, 2017
Logan Andrew Coy, 27 years young, departed this life on the afternoon of Friday, March 24, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family and friends. Born on June 29, 1989, in Carlisle, a son of the late Wilbur Thomas Coy and Vivian F. Watson Coy. He was a 2007 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Logan was most recently...
Jack Goodhart
Mar 19, 2017
Jack E. Goodhart, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Pinnacle Health, West Shore. Born July 23, 1930 in Shippensburg, PA, Jack was a son of the late Carl E. and Dorothy I. Zullinger Goodhart. Jack retired in 1992 as a Fifth Grade Teacher at Coldbrook Elementary School, Chambersburg. After retiring, Jack was a courier for the...
Robert Zeigler
Mar 15, 2017
Robert Bryan “Bobby” Zeigler, 45, of Carlisle and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born Thursday, June 10, 1971 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Gloria Diane Kriner Zeigler of Carlisle and Robert Carroll Zeigler of Chambersburg. Bobby worked for the Park and Recs Department at the Carlisle Fair Grounds....
Alice Bender
Mar 14, 2017
Alice Louise Fields Bender of Pleasant Hall, Pa, went to be with the Lord March 14, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Born October 6, 1930 in Orrstown, she was the daughter of George W. S. Fields and Edith (Smith) Fields. She was married to Richard George Bender, Sr. on January 3, 1948 and they raised seven...
Genevieve Smith
Mar 9, 2017
Genevieve A. Smith, 85, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, March 9, 2017, at her home. She was born on February 13, 1932, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Harry J. and Iva L. Rowe Smith. Genevieve was a 1949 graduate of Shippensburg High School and earned a Bachelor’s and also a Master’s...
Martha Jones
Mar 9, 2017
Martha L. Jones, 90, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, March 9, 2017. She was born on November 18, 1926, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Jerry C. and Violet Fitzgerald Thomas, Sr. Martha was a 1944 graduate of Shippensburg High School and married William C. Jones on July 2, 1949, in Hagerstown,...
Jennifer Mower
Mar 8, 2017
Jennifer LeAnne Mower, 23, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at her home. Born May 9, 1993 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Michelle A. Mower of Shippensburg. Jennifer was a 2012 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of the Oasis of Love Church, Shippensburg. Jen was a life member of...