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John Sysko
Jan 23, 2024
John J. Sysko, Jr., 84, of Shippensburg, formerly of Stroudsburg, passed away on January 23, 2024. He was born on November 14, 1939 in Hecktown, Pennsylvania and was a retired algebra teacher with a 33 year career. During his life, he served on the NEPA Board of Directors, was the president of the East Stroudsburg Teacher Association, and was a...
Anna Shaver
Jan 22, 2024
Anna K. Shaver, 80, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Monday, January 22, 2024 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on Saturday, April 3, 1943, a daughter of the late Harold and Charlotte (Musser) Lindsey. Anna spent the majority of her life working as a baker for the Martin’s Potato Rolls Company. She loved to go camping with her...
Judith Van Scyoc
Jan 21, 2024
Judith L. Van Scyoc, 79, a resident of Green Ridge Village in Newville, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2024. Born on Thursday, August 17, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Roberta (Dickerson) and Merle Black. She married Wesley A. Van Scyoc on October 26, 1963 in Hagerstown, MD. Judith always had a great love for children and spent...
Joan Showaker
Jan 17, 2024
Joan W. Showaker, 69, formerly of Newville, departed this life on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at the Chambersburg Hospital. For the past few years she resided at the Chambersburg Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born Saturday, March 13, 1954, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Sarah (Barrick) and John Nelson Wingert. She married Donald E. Showaker on...
Margaret Shoap
Jan 15, 2024
Margaret J. “Peg” Shoap, 97, formerly of Shippensburg, departed this life on January 15, 2024, in Lakeland, FL, where she had resided since 1985. She was born on July 3, 1926, in Chambersburg, the daughter of the late Howard C. and Pearl E. (Allison) Jones. Peg was a 1945 graduate of Gettysburg High School and a 1950 graduate of Shippensburg...
Margaret Mellinger
Jan 14, 2024
Margaret S. “Peg” Mellinger, 103, of Walnut Bottom, passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at UPMC Carlisle with family by her side. Margaret was born on October 13, 1920, a daughter of the late Clara M. (Zell) Young and Clarence N. Young. She married Paul R. Mellinger on April 1, 1945. He preceded her in death on February 20,...
William Rebok
Jan 14, 2024
William C. “Bill” Rebok, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2024 at Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle, PA. Born Friday, October 14, 1932 in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late Elwoood and Naoma Fitzgerald Rebok. Bill was of the Protestant Faith. He retired from the Beistle Company in Shippensburg. He enjoyed playing BINGO He is...
Bradford Fullmer
Jan 13, 2024
Bradford Parson Fullmer, 67, of Newburg, passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at his home of natural causes. He was born on October 18, 1956 in Harrisburg, the son of Patricia A. (Eckert) Fullmer and the late Dean Eldon Fullmer. Brad was a 1974 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School and was employed at Hoffman Mills in Shippensburg...
Ira Foust
Jan 10, 2024
Ira F. Foust, Jr., 98, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at Menno Haven - Chambers Pointe. He was born on November 15, 1925, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Ira F. and Emma G. (Wenger) Foust, Sr. Ira was a United States Navy veteran of World War II, inducted on January...
F. Howard Hancock
Jan 10, 2024
F. Howard Hancock, 92, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on August 15, 1931, in Shippensburg, the son of the late Arthur and Anna (Varner) Caldwell. Howard married D. Joann Caldwell on December 25, 1952. She preceded him in death on October 15, 2016. Howard...
John Koser
Jan 9, 2024
John C. Koser, 97, of Chambersburg, passed from this life to his eternal home with his Lord and Savior on January 9, 2024. John was a resident at Paramount Senior Living in Fayetteville and was originally from Shippensburg and later lived at Chambers Pointe in Chambersburg. John was born September 13, 1926 in Shippensburg to the late Clark and Mabel...
Ruth Miller
Jan 9, 2024
Ruth V. Miller, 103, resident of Menno Haven Chambers Pointe, passed away the evening of Tuesday, January 9, 2024. She was born on March 21, 1920 in Newport, Perry County, a daughter of the late Clarence and Alma Beers Rhoades. Ruth retired as an inspector from G.S. Electric in Carlisle. She was a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary of...
John Hampton
Jan 9, 2024
John A. Hampton, 92, of Chambersburg, went home to be with the Lord at Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Born Saturday, September 12, 1931 in Perulack, Lack Township, Juniata County, he was a son of the late Cambridge Minnick and Ida Elizabeth Berrier Hampton. John worked at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg for 36 years, retiring in 1987....
Katelyn Burkholder
Jan 7, 2024
Katelyn Marie Burkholder, 16, daughter of Elvin H. and Susan N. (Zimmerman) Burkholder, born on August 18, 2007, died at her home on the morning of January 7, 2024. In addition to her parents, she is survived by three sisters, Michelle Elaine (11 years old), Bethany Faith (3 years old), Krystal Sue (1 year old); one brother, Javon Isaac (7...
Lamont Hardy
Jan 6, 2024
Lamont Richard Hardy, Sr., 82, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, January 6, 2024, at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born in Harrisburg, on June 5, 1941, the son of the late Francis M. and Freda (Brubaker) Hardy. Lamont married Delores Jane Mull on June 22, 1968. Lamont worked as an examiner-cutter, at what was...
John Shissler
Jan 6, 2024
John Hess Shissler, 82, of Newburg, PA, passed away January 6, 2024 at his home. He was born Friday, January 2, 1942 in Elizabethtown, PA. He was a son of the late Russell A. Shissler and Mary Farver Hess Shissler. He graduated from the Hershey High School in 1960. He was a member of the Air Hill Brethren in Christ...
Boyd Myers
Jan 5, 2024
Boyd C. Myers, 76, of Upper Strasburg, passed away at noon on Friday, January 5, 2024 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on August 14, 1947 in Chambersburg, a son of the late John N. and Mildred (Newell) Myers. Boyd married Beverly A. Forbes on September 18, 1971 in Upper Strasburg. Boyd served in the United States Army for...
Rupert Charles Loucks
Jan 5, 2024
Rupert Charles Loucks Long-time Shippensburg resident Rupert Charles Loucks, a historian by both profession and avocation, died on January 5, 2024, in York Hospital, aged 87. He was born January 25, 1936, in Jamestown, New York, the son of Charles T. and Rachel Hoyt Loucks. He initially pursued his early-kindled passion for history at Jamestown Community College and Binghamton University’s...
Gail Bradley
Jan 4, 2024
Gail A. Bradley, 80, resident of SpiriTrust Lutheran, passed away the morning of Thursday, January 4, 2024. She was born on June 22, 1943 in Cleveland, OH, a daughter of the late Morris G. and Mary (Collins) Nottingham. She married Darwin F. Bradley on June 26, 1965. Gail worked as a licensed practical nurse at the Greenville Hospital and VA...
Susan Ernst
Jan 3, 2024
Susan J. (Frey) Ernst, 79, of Shippensburg, passed away the evening of Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at the Mercy House of Chambersburg. She was born on Monday, April 10, 1944 in Hagerstown, MD, a daughter of the late R. Kenneth and Verna Ruth (Keller) Frey. Susan was a 1962 graduate of the Smithsburg High School and member of the Grace...
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