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Miriam Porter
Apr 11, 2015
Miriam L. Crouse Porter of Shippensburg passed away on April 11, 2015 at 5:40 p.m. She was born in Decorum, PA on September 26, 1926, a daughter of the late Henry and Ethel Kerlin Crouse. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Dale age 2, Kenneth, Donald, and Radford Crouse and by three sisters, Althea Cisney, Edith Jones, and...
Patricia Hawkins
Apr 5, 2015
Patricia Ann Hawkins, 73, of Newville, died Sunday, April 5, 2015 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born Saturday, August 23, 1941 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late James E. and Stella E. Strayer Waugh. Patricia was a member of the Green Spring Brethren in Christ Church and recently attended the Green Spring First Church...
Upton Funk
Apr 4, 2015
Upton K. Funk, 75, of Shippensburg, died on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at his home in Winter Haven, FL. He was born on September 17, 1939, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Upton L. and Beulah Kendig Funk. Upton married Ms. Doris Pugh on March 3, 1962 at the Memorial Lutheran Church, Shippensburg. He was then inducted into the...
Brenton Bailey
Apr 4, 2015
Brenton Ellis Bailey, 42, of Newburg, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at home. He was born February 17, 1973 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Brenton was a son of Tonya D. Bailey Burks of Chambersburg. He was a United States Marine Corps Veteran. Brenton was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and a member of the Minnequa Social...
Velva Bistline
Apr 2, 2015
Velva E. Bistline, 97, a resident at Shippensburg Health Care Center, and earlier of Green Ridge Village, Newville, formerly of Shippensburg Mobile Estates, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015. Born December 13, 1917 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, she was the daughter of the late James F. and Emma E. Negley Mowery. Velva was a member of the Prince Street...
Betty Holtry
Apr 2, 2015
Betty G. Holtry, 84 of Shippensburg, died Thursday, April 2, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, July 7, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Herbert Irvin and Virginia Dair Hayes Guyer. Betty retired as an Electronics Analyst May 26, 1992 from Reeve’s Hoffman in Carlisle. She was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church...
Martin Reese
Apr 2, 2015
Martin J. “Marty” Reese, 87, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, April 2, 2015 at his home. He was born December 22, 1927 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Marty was a son of the late Paul and Edna M. Swanger Reese. Marty was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church, Newburg and a lifetime member of the Newburg-Hopewell Volunteer Fire Company. He...
Howard Strawmyre
Mar 29, 2015
Howard R. “Doc” Strawmyre, 95, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, March 29, 2015. Born September 11, 1919 in Altoona, he was a son of the late Charles F. and Ella Dull Strawmyre. He retired in 1985 from the Chambersburg Area School District with 28 years of service as a biology and driver’s education teacher. Howard was a 1939 graduate of Altoona...
Ronald Rine
Mar 29, 2015
Ronald J. ‘Jack” Rine, 71, of Orrstown, died on the morning of Sunday, March 29, 2015, at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. He was born on July 11, 1943, in Orrstown, a son of the late Harry “Mike” and Vera Culbertson Rine. He married Ms. Jane A. Diehl on May 4, 1963 in Hagerstown, MD. Jack was a stone and...
Robert Millhouse
Mar 29, 2015
Robert E. “Pete” Millhouse, Jr., of Chambersburg, died Sunday, March 29, 2015 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Wednesday, May 6, 1959 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the Late Robert E. Millhouse, Sr. and Maude B. Dunlap Millhouse of Chambersburg. Pete was a former employee of Brake Trucking and David H. Martin Trucking as a driver, and...
Richard Gardner
Mar 24, 2015
Richard M. Gardner, 75, of Newburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at his home. Born Saturday, June 17, 1939 in Newburg, he was a son of the late Bryce Samuel and Edna Beatrice Heberlig Gardner. Richard was a 1957 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, and a...
Nelson Perry
Mar 24, 2015
Nelson L. Perry, 80, of Chambersburg, died on the evening of Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at his home. He was born on July 29, 1934, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Lester S.. Perry and the late Rhoda Baker Perry Sollenberger and step-father, Arthur B. Sollenberger. Nelson went to elementary school in Greenvillage, a small school with only a...
The Rev. Janice Fritz
Mar 21, 2015
The Rev. Janice L. Fritz, 63, of Boiling Springs, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born June 25, 1951 in Bethlehem, PA, she was the daughter of the late Attorney Samuel C. and Jeanette M. McCandless Vary. The Rev. Janice Fritz was a “cradle” Episcopalian and a young member...
Elizabeth Myers
Mar 21, 2015
Elizabeth D. Myers, 93, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 in her home. She was born February 9, 1922 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Elizabeth was a daughter of the late Samuel W. and Velva Commerer Diehl. She was a former member of the Memorial Lutheran Church and a current member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church in Shippensburg. Elizabeth...
Cynthia Willis
Mar 16, 2015
Cynthia L. Merry Willis, 63, of Orrstown, PA, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 16, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family and other loved ones after a long battle with cancer. Born Wednesday, April 18, 1951 in Zanesville, OH, she was a daughter of the late John Edward and E. Jean Hicks Merry, of Norwich,...
Stephen Fairchild
Mar 14, 2015
Stephen A. Fairchild, age 50, of Chambersburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 14, 2015. He was born on September 8, 1964, in Georgetown, KY, the son of G. Arthur and Ritta B. Beierle Fairchild. Stephen was a 1983 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, a member of the Glee Club, Esquires,...
Paula Mcclelland
Mar 14, 2015
Paula Kay McClelland, 75, of Shippensburg, died peacefully Saturday, March 14, 2015, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on July 8, 1939, in Stubenville, OH, the daughter of the late Frank J. and Nell K. Jones McClelland and was raised in Weirton, WV. With impeccable manners and a kind hearted soul, Paula was loved by all that...
Ethel Group
Mar 10, 2015
Ethel J. Group, 76, of Chambersburg, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born December 19, 1938 in Selinsgrove, Snyder County. Ethel was a daughter of the late Jacob and Carrie Wagner Swope. She retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. Ethel was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Chambersburg....
Lucia Chamberlin
Mar 9, 2015
Lucia F. Chamberlin, 89, of Shippensburg, died Monday, March 9, 2015 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born August 25, 1925 in Orrstown, Franklin County. Lucia was a daughter of the late Hayden and Ida Barrick Stitt. She was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. Lucia drove bus for both McBeth Busing Company and Head...
Elmer Weaver
Mar 8, 2015
Elmer H. Weaver, 85, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 in Menno Haven, Chambersburg. He was born July 27, 1929 in Bowmansville, Lancaster County, PA. Elmer was the son of the late Elmer W. and Emma M. Horning Weaver. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Good Weaver who died May 20, 1985. Elmer was a...
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