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Richard Commerer
Jan 20, 2016
Richard A. Commerer, 94, of Shippensburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on Monday, April 4, 1921 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County; he was the son of the late G. Arthur and Mary Nicholson Commerer. Richard was a 1939 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He served in the United States...
Dorothea Houck
Jan 20, 2016
Dorothea Houck, 87, a resident of Elmcroft, Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, January 20, 2016. She was born on November 10, 1928, in Orrstown, a daughter of the late Robert and Sara Piper McCleary. Dorothea married Robert Houck on November 12, 1949, in Roaring Spring. He preceded her in death on May 26, 1999. Dorothea was...
Betty Cromwell
Jan 18, 2016
Betty J. Cromwell, 79, of Orrstown, PA, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 18, 2016 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born Saturday, September 26, 1936 in Greene Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Charles Leon and Mary Catherine King Pyne. Betty was a 1954 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She retired from...
Charles Neil
Jan 17, 2016
Charles Leon Neil, 56, of Carlisle, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016 at his home. Born Thursday, October 8, 1959 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Joseph Charles Neil and Shirley Elizabeth Parks Neil of Newville. Charles worked in the maintenance department at the Holiday Inn, Carlisle. He was a social member of the Oscar M. Hykes...
Kenneth Rotz
Jan 17, 2016
Kenneth L. Rotz, 63, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Sunday, January 17, 2016, at his home. He was born on March 25, 1952, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Dana H. and Janice L. Helmuth Rotz. Ken earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in English from Shippensburg University and a Juris Doctor from Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson...
Goldie Martin
Jan 17, 2016
Goldie E. Martin, 79, of Fireside Drive, Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 17, 2016 in Green Ridge Village, Newville, PA Born September 25, 1936 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Scott Sly and Cleta Irene Fenton Zimmerman. Goldie was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg. She retired from the Shippensburg Area School District...
Thomas Woodrey
Jan 14, 2016
Thomas Andrew Woodrey, 24, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, January 14, 2016 at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on August 22, 1991, in Sedalia, MO, a son of Rev. George E. and Debra S. Hall Woodrey. Thomas was a 2010 graduate of Big Spring High School and was a member of the...
Kenneth Reese
Jan 11, 2016
Kenneth S. Reese, 88, of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, January 11, 2016, at the Thornwald Home, Carlisle, surrounded by the love of his family and great compassionate care. He was born on May 13, 1927, in Carlisle Springs, a son of the late R. Smith and Margaret Weary Reese. Ken was the first Eagle Scout...
Ruth Forrest
Jan 10, 2016
Ruth E. Neil Forest, 90, a resident at Green Ridge Village, Newville, died Sunday, January 10, 2016 in the home. Born Wednesday, June 10, 1925 in Roxbury, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late George and Edith Smith Fields. Ruth was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, Shippensburg. She along with her late husband was...
Mary Smith
Jan 7, 2016
Mary E. Smith, 95, a resident at Elmcroft of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 7, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 30, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Anna Varner Hancock. Mary was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg, she loved to walk and will be sadly missed by all that knew...
Lori White
Jan 6, 2016
Lori Ann White, 48, of Cumberland Highway, Pleasant Hall, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, August 15, 1967 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Richard C. “Dick” White who died March 26, 2011 and Nancy A. Foust White of Pleasant Hall. Lori was a 1986 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High...
Maureen "Molly" Best
Dec 31, 2015
Maureen Elizabeth “Molly” Best, 51, of Mechanicsburg, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, from complications arising from epilepsy. Molly, daughter of Harold Doyle Best and Dorothy McCrerey Best, was born May 27, 1964 in Chambersburg, was raised in Shippensburg where she graduated from SASHS in 1983, and spent most of her adult life living in Mechanicsburg. She worked for...
Harold Starliper
Dec 31, 2015
Harold T. Starliper, Jr., 72, of Lurgan, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, December 31, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on July 22, 1943, in Martinsburg, WV, a son of the late Harold T. and Helen Warren Starliper, Sr. and step-mother Alice Starliper. He married Elmira J. Carroll on August 10, 1963...
Myra Kohr
Dec 29, 2015
Myra Jane Kohr, 86, of Penn Wood Court, Chambersburg, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015 at her home. Born March 11, 1929, in Fayetteville, she was a daughter of the late Noah W. and Bruehilda A. Clapsadl Solenberger. Myra was a 1941 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. Surviving are 13 nieces and nephews, and several very close...
Larry Reed
Dec 28, 2015
Larry E. Reed, 75, of Gettysburg, died Monday, December 28, 2015 in the York Hospital. He was born October 7, 1940 in Chambersburg, PA. Larry was a son of the late Merle and Marie Clippinger Reed. Larry worked at various auto dealers in the area including; Interstate Ford in Shippensburg, Gene Latta Ford in Hanover, Hal Lowery Ford in Chambersburg....
Gary Fishel
Dec 28, 2015
Gary Lee Fishel, 75, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Monday, December 28, 2015, at the York Hospital. He was born on February 26, 1940, in Mechanicsburg, son of the late Harry and Hazel Fishel Stong. Gary was a graduate of Boiling Springs High School, an honorably discharged U.S. Air Force veteran, and earned a Masters Degree...
Ethel Parr
Dec 27, 2015
Ethel M. Parr, 102, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at home. She was born June 17, 1913 in New Oxford, Adams County. Ethel was a daughter of the late John B. and Mary A. Kahlbaugh Carbaugh. She was Co-Owner of the former Parr’s Sporting Goods in Shippensburg and enjoyed baking. Ethel was a member of Our Lady of...
Jan Fedock
Dec 26, 2015
Jan Carter Fedock, 59, of Fillmore Drive, Chambersburg, died Saturday, December 26, 2015 at his home. Born Wednesday, February 15, 1956 in Perth Amboy, N.J., he was the son of the late John and Adelaide M. Matalenas Fedock. Jan was a 1974 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He retired from Colony House Furniture in Chambersburg where he...
Mary Ehrhart
Dec 20, 2015
Mary C. Ehrhart, 82, of Orrstown, died Sunday, December 20, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 5, 1933, in Roxbury, PA, she was a daughter of the late Paul B. and Viola M. Mackey Myers. Mary was a member of the Orrstown Church of God. She retired from the former Roxbury Canning Company. Mary enjoyed canning and gardening. She...
Jean Eyer
Dec 18, 2015
Jean W. Eyer, 86, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Friday, December 18, 2015, at her home. She was born on July 12, 1929, in Lurgan, a daughter of the late Stewart and Estella Hale Kohr. Jean was a 1947 graduate of Shippensburg High School and shortly thereafter, married Harry M. Eyer on November 11, 1949, at...
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