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Gary Sheaffer
Nov 23, 2015
Gary L. Sheaffer, 73, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, November 23, 2015 in the Shippensburg Heath Care Center. Born August 31, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Reuben M. and M. Louise Hemminger Sheaffer. Surviving are two daughters; Rhonda Kay and Tammy Renee Sheaffer both of Shippensburg, one Sister, Reube Louise Rhine, of Sugar Grove, WV...
Fred Myers
Nov 21, 2015
Fred H. Myers, 66, of Tullahoma, TN, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Saturday, November 21, 2015 at his home. Born December 19, 1948 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Harold “Duke” and Lois I. Mellott Myers. Fred was a 1967 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High. He was a retired United States Air Force Veteran from...
Dean Estep
Nov 21, 2015
Dean W. Estep, Sr., 93, a resident of Providence Place, Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, November 21, 2015. He was born on August 6, 1922, in Mt. Union, Huntingdon Co., a son of the late Elby and Mamie Price Estep. Dean was a U.S. Army veteran of W.W. II. He married Ms. Betty Etter on November...
Ronald Burkholder
Nov 18, 2015
Ronald Glenn Burkholder, 77, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at his home. He was born on February 14, 1938, in Newville, a son of the late Glenn M. and Isabel Bowers Burkholder and attended Newville Schools. Ronald was a U.S. Navy veteran enlisting in 1955 and honorably discharged in 1958. He also...
Tristan Clark
Nov 17, 2015
Tristan Markese Clark, 17, of Newburg, died Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from the result of an accident. He was born October 13, 1998 in Carlisle. Tristan was a son of Amy J. Ott and Markese E. Clark. He was a junior at the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and attended Yellow Breeches in Plainfield. Tristan was an avid Green Bay...
Jack Rhine
Nov 16, 2015
Jack Edward Rhine, 81, of Lantern Lane, Shippensburg, died Monday, November 16, 2015 in the Life Care Hospitals of Mechanicsburg. Born Friday, September 21, 1934 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Kenneth and Catherine Rhinehart Rhine. Jack was a 1952 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High. He attended the Trinity United Methodist Church, Walnut...
Jack Rhine
Nov 16, 2015
Jack Edward Rhine, 81, of Lantern Lane, Shippensburg, died Monday, November 16, 2015 in the Life Care Hospitals of Mechanicsburg. Born Friday, September 21, 1934 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Kenneth and Catherine Rhinehart Rhine. Jack was a 1952 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High. He attended the Trinity United Methodist Church, Walnut...
Larry Weaver
Nov 16, 2015
Larry E. Weaver, 65, a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, formerly of Orrstown, departed this life in the late evening hours of Monday, November 16, 2015. He was born on November 16, 1950, in Chambersburg, a son of Harold and Betty Alleman Weaver. Larry enjoyed listening to the radio, watching game shows on television, and...
Michael Ciavarella
Nov 13, 2015
Michael Anthony Ciavarella, Sr., 86, of McCreary Road, Shippensburg, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital with his loving family at his side. Born Sunday, May 26, 1929 in Altoona, he was a son of the late Matteo M. and Caterina M. Pompa Ciavarella. Michael was a 1947 graduate of...
Anna Bender
Nov 13, 2015
Anna “Marie” Bender, 90, a resident of Penn Hall, Chambersburg, formerly of Newburg, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born March 11, 1925 in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia. Anna “Marie” was a daughter of the late Roy H. and Margaret L. Michael Unger. She was a member of the Newburg United Methodist...
Brian Davis
Nov 13, 2015
Brian K. Davis, 44, of Shippensburg, died Friday, November 13, 2015 at home. He was born September 7, 1971 in Connellsville, Fayette County, PA. Brian was a son of the late David Davis and Vicky J. Schock Sheeder He was an avid pool player. Brian was employed by Aerotek, Chambersburg. He is survived by his wife, Sandra L. Swartz Davis,...
Samuel Bender
Nov 9, 2015
Samuel A. Bender, 95, departed this life during the late evening hours of Monday, November 9, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on June 27, 1920, in Lurgan, a son of the late David H. and Florence I. Kauffman Bender. Samuel was a U.S. Army veteran of W.W. II, inducted on April 16, 1942 and...
Esther Wadel
Nov 9, 2015
Esther May Byers Wadel, 91, of Shippensburg went to be with Jesus, Monday, November 9, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born May 14, 1924in Mongul, Frankiln County. Esther was a daughter of the late David and Ruth Johns Byers. She is survived by her husband, Ira H. Wadel who she married July 10, 1948, one daughter, Fay R....
Jane Lynch
Nov 9, 2015
Jane I. Lynch, 66, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 in the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born August 8, 1949 in Mt. Union, PA. Jane was a daughter of the late James E. and Mary Louise Benson Branthafer. Jane retired from the Beistle Company after 25 years of service. After retiring she has been a cook at...
C. Burns
Nov 9, 2015
C. Arlene Burns, 66, of Marco Circle, Shippensburg, died Monday, November 9, 2015 at her home. Born Monday, May 6, 1949 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Wilbur W. and Margaretta Louise Carmack Kennedy, and the wife of the late Joseph P. Burns who passed away March 4, 2010. Catherine was a 1967 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior...
William Rosser
Nov 7, 2015
William R. Rosser, 79, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, November 7, 2015, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. He was born on August 30, 1936, in Scranton, the son of the late William W. and Dorothy C. Carbaugh Rosser. William attended Shippensburg High School and was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Armored Division....
Roy Myers
Nov 5, 2015
Roy H. ‘Mousy” Myers, 86, life-long resident of Roxbury, went to be with Jesus on the evening of Thursday, November 5, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on November 20, 1928, in Roxbury, in the same house where he passed, a son of the late Hugh Jacob and Rosella Margaret Reed Myers. Roy was a...
Richard Bushman
Nov 3, 2015
Richard Lewis Bushman, 68, of Spring Run, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born in Bellevue, PA, the son of the late Jacob H. and Alberta LaRue Lewis Bushman. Richard was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, enlisting in 1965 and honorably discharged on May 5, 1967....
Julia Coy
Nov 2, 2015
Julia L. Coy, 61, of Shippensburg, died Monday, November 2, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born October 2, 1954 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Julia was a daughter of the late William J. and Mary Jane Johnston Hartman. She worked for Lehman’s Egg Services in Chambersburg for 23 years. Julia was a member of the Abundant Life Chapel, Chambersburg and...
Charles Hamilton
Oct 31, 2015
Charles J. Hamilton, 90, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died Saturday, October 31, 2015 in the center. He was born October 19, 1925 in Newburg, Cumberland County. Charles was a son of the late Clarence and Dora Mae Farner Hamilton. Charles retired from the Cumberland Valley Co-Op, Shippensburg. Earlier in his life he was a Dairy Farmer....
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