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Jay Martin
May 15, 2016
Jay Paul Martin, 66, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, May 15, 2016, while visiting family, in Eldorado Springs, MO. He was born on March 14, 1950 in Ephrata, Lancaster Co., a son of the late Paul B. and Emma H. Zimmerman Martin. Jay Paul married Ms. Edna Newswanger on March 16, 1972, in Lititz, PA....
Leo Archambeau
May 13, 2016
Leo E. Archambeau, 70, of Shippensburg, passed away in the early hours of Friday, May 13, 2016 at his daughter’s home in Shippensburg. Born Saturday, February 9, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul A. and Gladys S. Shuman Archambeau. Leo was a member of the Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church. He was co-owner...
Sona Perry
May 4, 2016
Sona Jean Perry, 73, of Shippensburg, passed away, Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Hershey Medical Center. Born July 10, 1943 in Chambersburg, PA, Sona was a daughter of the late Kenneth E. and Ruth J. Karper Spero. She retired from the Greif Company in Shippensburg and was a graduate of the Shippensburg High School. Sona is survived by her...
David Burd
May 2, 2016
David W. Burd, 83, life-long resident of Newburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Monday, May 2, 2016. He was born on December 15, 1932, in Newburg, a son of the late Clarence Burd and Grace Hoffman Burd Hefflefinger. David was a U.S. Army veteran, inducted on March 10, 1953 and honorably discharged on March 9, 1955. He was...
Alyna Howlin
May 1, 2016
Alyna Ariel Howlin, 21, of Chambersburg, passed away suddenly on the morning of Sunday, May 1, 2016 at her home. Born Friday, April 7, 1995 in Laurel, MD, she was a daughter of Tom and Olga N. Mamonova Howlin of Shippensburg. Alyna was a 2013 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School where she was a member of the...
Jeanne Gruver
Apr 28, 2016
Jeanne S. Gruver, 79, of Menno Village, Chambersburg, died Thursday, April 28, 2016 in the Walden Unit at Menno Haven. She was born April 7, 1937 in Shippensburg, PA. Jeanne was a daughter of the late Howard W. and Vesta Heberlig Swartz. Jeannie was a member of St. John’s United Church of Christ in Chambersburg. She retired from the Chambersburg...
Harold Clendening
Apr 26, 2016
Harold J. “Ding” Clendening, 77, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at his home. Born February 28, 1939 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late James E. and Emma Jane Warren Clendening. Ding was a 1957 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was a United States Army Veteran. Ding retired in 1994 from...
Lois Stine
Apr 24, 2016
Lois A. Stine, 76, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, April 24, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 16, 1939 in Shippensburg, Lois was a daughter of the late Charles and Thelma Elizabeth Shriner Porter. Lois attended Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg and was a seamstress at the Stanley Company in Chambersburg. She was a 1957 graduate of the...
Hilda Norton
Apr 22, 2016
Hilda E. “Boots” Norton, 95, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, formerly of Upper Strasburg, departed this life on the evening of Friday, April 22, 2016. She was born in Baltimore County, MD, a daughter of the late William and Marietta Wright Snyder. Hilda married Norman R. Norton on September 3, 1938, in Baltimore. He preceded her in...
Jack Layton
Apr 21, 2016
Jack B. Layton, Jr. 67 of Waretown, NJ, passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at home. Born December 10, 1948 in Cumberland, MD, Jack was the son of the late Jack Bailey and Wilda Mae Deremer Layton. Jack attend Cedar Grove Mennonite Church in Greencastle before moving to New Jersey. Jack was an electrician with Jack B. Layton and...
Leona Ocker
Apr 20, 2016
Leona May Ocker, 77, a resident of Golden Living Center, Gettysburg, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2016 in the center. Born May 11, 1938 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, PA, Leona was a daughter of the late Olin W. and Mildred May Swanger Staver. She attended the Ridge Church of the Brethren, Shippensburg. Leona was a graduate of...
Robbin Maynard
Apr 18, 2016
Robbin L. Maynard, 58, of Shippensburg, died Monday April 18, 2016 at her home. Due to the request of the deceased there will be no services. Arrangements are being handled by the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc., 112 West King Street, Shippensburg, PA.
Mabel Smith
Apr 16, 2016
Mabel E. Smith, 100, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Green Ridge Village, Newville, surrounded by her loving family. Born March 17, 1916 in West Milton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Clarence Adam and Mary Jane Bowersox Kreisher. Mabel retired in 1981 from The Beistle Company, Shippensburg, after 25 years of service....
Fay Sassin
Apr 16, 2016
Fay W. Sassin, 66, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, April 16, 2016, from complications of a long illness. She was born on August 22, 1949, in Albion, NY, the only child of the late George and Frances Bentley Weale. Fay was a 1967 graduate of Albion High School and attended Westminster College, where she met...
Marguerite Meily
Apr 14, 2016
Marguerite A. “Margie” Meily, 64, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016 in the Hershey Medical Center with her family by her side. She was born June 7, 1951 in Palmyra, PA. Margie was a daughter of the late Martin and Rose Lance Harnish. Margie enjoyed sewing, working outside, walking, and most of all being with her family. She...
David Bender
Apr 13, 2016
David A. Bender, 89, of Newburg, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born Saturday, February 12, 1927 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, he was a son of the late David Henry and Florence Ida Kauffman Bender. David was a United States Army Veteran serving with the 88th Blue Devils 350 Infantry...
Marcella Wilson
Apr 12, 2016
Marcella L. Wilson, 100, of Greenville, SC, departed this life on the morning of April 12, 2016. She was born on February 4, 1916, in Mapleton, PA, Huntingdon Co., a daughter of the late August and Mary Demario Couch. Marcella was a member of the Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. In...
June Reese
Apr 10, 2016
June L. Reese, 92, of Shippensburg, passed away, Sunday, April 10, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born February 7, 1924 in Williamson, PA. June was a daughter of the late Charles F. and Elsie Brandt Evans. June was a member of the Mainsville Church, Shippensburg. Years ago June worked at the former Penn Pants Factory in Shippensburg. She...
Walter Dunlap
Apr 9, 2016
Walter C. “Dunny” Dunlap, 96, life-long resident of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, April 9, 2016, at his home. He was born on December 24, 1919, in Newburg, a son of the late John and Nanny Rebuck Dunlap. Walter was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, inducted on November 2, 1942. He served in...
Leroy Carbaugh
Apr 6, 2016
Leroy S. Carbaugh, 86, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 14, 1929, in Green Spring, Cumberland County, a son of the late David and Alice Mixell Carbaugh. Earlier in his life, Leroy farmed. He spent the majority of his career working as a carpenter...
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