Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Glenn Burdge
Feb 28, 2016
Glenn E. Burdge, 60, of Shippensburg PA, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Harrisburg Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was born on March 26, 1955 in Lewistown, PA. Glenn was a son of the late Donald J. and Arlene E. Yorks Burdge. He graduated from Southern Huntingdon High School in 1973. After graduation he served...
Doreen Thrush
Feb 28, 2016
Doreen J. Thrush, 55, of Newburg, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Tuesday, December 27, 1960 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert Cecil and Rae Winifred Clites Bowers. Doreen worked in housekeeping at the Hampton Inn. She spent most of her time raising her family, but enjoyed...
Kevin Snider
Feb 27, 2016
Kevin Randall Snider, 61, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, February 27, 2016, at his home. He was born on June 4, 1954, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Glen E. Snider and Betty M. Holtry Merriman. Kevin was a 1973 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School and a 1975 graduate of Thaddeus Stevens where...
Cathyjo Beltz
Feb 24, 2016
CathyJo Ann Beltz, 59, of Fayetteville, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, February 24, 2015. She was born on September 2, 1959, in Chambersburg, the daughter of the late Arthur R. Beltz, Sr. and Mary Catherine Wilson Beltz. CathyJo worked as a hair stylist throughout her life at the Chambersburg Mall salons Head Hunters, Regis, and most recently,...
Doris Dunmire
Feb 19, 2016
Doris M. Dunmire, 83, Shippensburg, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, in the emergency room of the Chambersburg Hospital, after a bout with multiple myeloma. Born June 22, 1932, in the Broad Top region of Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Shannon A. and Grace Everhart Hedge. She was the widow of William H. Dunmire. Doris was an auctioneer....
Trey Sipes
Feb 16, 2016
Trey E. Sipes, infant son of Ramie J. and Kendra L. Rook Sipes of Everett, was born Tuesday, February 10, 2016 in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, died Wednesday, February 16, 2016 in the hospital. Trey is survived by his two siblings, Tristan E. and Trinity E. Sipes of Everett, grandparents, Steve and Cerina Rook of Newburg, Joseph Sipes of...

Bradley Coldsmith
Feb 15, 2016
Bradley Plasterer Coldsmith, 68, a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, departed this life on the Morning of Monday, February 15, 2016. He was born on July 17, 1947, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Wayne and Evelyn Plasterer Coldsmith, Sr. For most of his life, Bradley lived on the family farm and thoroughly enjoyed doing...
Evelyn Byers
Feb 14, 2016
Evelyn C. Byers, 91, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, February 14, 2016 at home. She was born May 29, 1924 in Letterkenny Twp. Franklin County. Evelyn was a daughter of the late H.H. and Elizabeth Hoover Hoover. She was a member of the Mount Rock Brethren in Christ Church, Shippensburg and a volunteer for their Sunday School Nursery. Evelyn worked on...
Mary Bigler
Feb 11, 2016
Mary M. Bigler, 86, a resident of Manor Care Carlisle, formerly lived on Britton Road, Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, February 11, 2016. She was born on December 8, 1929, in LeMasters, a daughter of the late Robert T.R. and Myrtle Marks Bittinger. Mary married George L. Bigler, Sr., on January 11, 1949, in Hagerstown, MD....
Glenn Beidel
Feb 9, 2016
Glenn E. Beidel, 66, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016 in the home. He was born September 21, 1949 in Chambersburg, PA. Glenn was a son of the late Ernest W. and Grace C. Zeigler Beidel. Services will be held privately in the Doylesburg Methodist Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are being...
Christopher Davis
Feb 7, 2016
Christopher Alan Davis, 25, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2016 at home. He was born March 28, 1990 in Carlisle, PA. Christopher was a son of Andrew Alan and Gerilee K. Burgard Davis of Shippensburg. He was a 2008 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and a 2014 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he...

John Ferry
Feb 7, 2016
John M. Ferry, Sr., 68, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, February 7, 2016. He was born on July 9, 1947, in Detroit, MI, a son of the late Joseph and Esther Rae Green Ferry. John was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, enlisting on December 27, 1967 and honorably discharged on December 15,...
Russell Mentzer
Feb 7, 2016
Russell Carl Mentzer, Jr., 30, of Tampa, Florida, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2016 at home. He was born February 11, 1985 in Carlisle, PA. He was a son of Russell Carl Mentzer, Sr. of Carlisle and Beth A. Hershey Black and her husband Joel of Shippensburg. Russell was a 2003 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior...
Betty Porter
Feb 5, 2016
Betty J. Porter, 86, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 5, 2016 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home surrounded by her loving family. Born Friday, March 22, 1929 in Toledo, OH, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Della M. Kane Hinkle. Betty was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg....
Thelma Sharkey
Jan 28, 2016
Thelma E. Sharkey, 83, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, January 28, 2016. She was born on June 3, 1932, in Fredericksburg, OH, a daughter of the late Darwin C. and Elizabeth Chaney Heilman, Sr. Thelma married Jack Sharkey on April 11, 1953 in Washington, DC. He preceded her in...
Daniel Naugle
Jan 25, 2016
Daniel E. Naugle, 63, of Shippensburg, passed away surrounded by his loving family at the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, January 25, 2016. He was born August 12, 1952 in Carlisle, PA. Daniel was a son of Myrtle E. Naugle Kriner of Shippensburg. He retired from the Mechanicsburg Naval Depot. Daniel was a United States Marine Corp Veteran of Vietnam and...
Ronald Durff
Jan 25, 2016
Ronald L. Durff, 68, of Chambersburg, died Monday, January 25, 2016 at home. He was born June 21, 1947 in Shippensburg, PA. Ronald was a son of the late Russell and Betty Johnson Durff. He retired from the Maintenance Department at Shippensburg University and then worked part-time as a bartender and cook at the Durff-Kuhn VFW Post # 6168, Shippensburg,...
Patsy Coy
Jan 22, 2016
Patsy Ruth Coy, 76, of Fayetteville, departed this life on the afternoon of Friday, January 22, 2016. She was born on September 5, 1939, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Melvin H. and Ruth Baer Varner and attended the Shippensburg Area High School and Wilson College. Patsy was employed as a seamstress at the former Stanley Co., Chambersburg, for...
Evelyn Crusey
Jan 21, 2016
Evelyn M. Crusey, 86, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 21, 2016 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center surrounded by her loving family. Born Tuesday, January 22, 1929, in Harrisburg, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Tucci Guerrisi. Evelyn was a 1947 graduate of the former Harrisburg Catholic High School. She was a member...
Anthony Emondi
Jan 20, 2016
My beloved Husband, Anthony M. “Tony” Emondi, 60, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at his home. Born April 15, 1955 in Coatesville, he was the son of Anthony E. and Mildred M. Comeaux Emondi of Coatesville. Tony was employed by Shippensburg University as an executive catering chef. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife...