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Teddy Mitten
Aug 16, 2015
Teddy Earle Mitten met his Father face to face on August 16, 2015. Ted was born May 11, 1947 to Lewis and Dolora (Scott) Mitten. He was a 1965 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School, a 1973 graduate of Messiah College, and a 1979 graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary (OH). With a heart for the Lord, he became a pastor...
Edna Thrush
Aug 14, 2015
Edna Bell Smith Thrush, 89, of Shippensburg, and a resident at Manor Care, Carlisle, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015 in the home. Born July 23, 1926, in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late James Brady and Meda Francis Shank Smith. Edna was a 1945 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She retired from the former...
Betty Evelhoch
Aug 12, 2015
Betty J. Evelhoch, 94, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, went to be with the Lord with her family by her side, on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 12, 2015. She was born on September 10, 1920, in Newville, a daughter of the late David and Clara Kennedy Nailor. Betty married James A. “Monk” Evelhoch, Sr. on August 2,...
John Eckenrode
Aug 12, 2015
John J. Eckenrode, 86, of Newville died Wednesday, August 12, 2015 in Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle. He was born June 9, 1929 in Amberson. John was a son of the late Ray and Ruth Timmons Eckenrode. He retired from the former Cumberland Woodcrafters in Carlisle. Years ago John worked for the former Pearless Furniture Co. in Shippensburg and C.V....
Robert Runk
Aug 9, 2015
Robert E. “Gene” Runk, Sr., 66, of Chambersburg, died on the evening of Sunday, August 9, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on April 25, 1949, in Chambersburg, a son of Robert B. and Velma (Hockenberry) Runk. Robert was an honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He married Doris ‘Jean” Hasting on January 28, 1967,...
Virginia Chain
Aug 5, 2015
Virginia May ‘Ginny” Chain 1930 ~ 2015 Loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, who lit up the world with her smile, Virginia May “Ginny” Chain, 84, passed away on the morning of Wednesday, August 5, 2015. She was born on September 2, 1930, in Haddonfield, NJ, a daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Lillian Wright Ramsden, Sr. Ginny...
Dorothy Daniels
Aug 4, 2015
Dorothy E. Daniels, 93, a resident of Menno Haven, died on the morning of Tuesday, August 4, 2015. She was born on April 1, 1922, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late William and Anna H. Hammond Miller. Dorothy married Miles D. “Dan” Daniels on August 2, 1947. He preceded her in death on December 14, 2010. Dorothy was employed...
M. Louise Sheaffer
Aug 4, 2015
M. Louise Sheaffer, 93, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at the Pendelton Manor, Franklin, West Virginia. She was born on September 21, 1921. Louise was the daughter of Norman and Betsy Hemminger, Walnut Bottom, PA. Her husband, Reuben M. Sheaffer, preceded her in death in 1999. Louise is survived by her sons Gary L Sheaffer, Shippensburg,...
Donald Stouffer
Aug 4, 2015
Donald R. “Dick” Stouffer, 89, of Willow Drive, Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Friday, April 2, 1926 in Lurgan, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Frank Edwin and Laura Gertrude Baker Stouffer. Dick was a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII. He retired in 1989 from SKF Industries after...
Wilbur Coy
Aug 1, 2015
Wilbur Thomas Coy, 69, of Shippensburg, died on Saturday, August 1, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 7, 1946, in Cleversburg, a son of the late Errol and Curvey Stine Coy. Wilbur worked for PennDot for thirty-nine and a half years, retiring as a Highway Foreman in 2006. He also worked for McCune Lumber for a...
Minnie Thomas
Jul 27, 2015
Minnie Pearl Thomas, 70 a resident at Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, July 27, 2015 at the home. Born April 28, 1945 in Newville, she was a daughter of the late Howard W. and Fleta Marie Franklin Burkett. Minnie was of the Presbyterian Faith. She retired as Manager from the Texaco Gas Station, Carlisle,...
Virginia Shields
Jul 22, 2015
Virginia S. Shields, 82, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at home. She was born June 13, 1933 in Carlisle. Virginia was a daughter of the late Boyd and Frances Egolf Martin. She and her late husband, Harold Shields, Sr. co-owned the former Shield’s Cab Company in Carlisle. Virginia enjoyed camping, the Huntsdale fair, knitting, singing with her...
Abram Crider
Jul 15, 2015
Abram D. Crider, 82, of Shippensburg, passed into “Glory” on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. He was born December 20, 1932 in Shippensburg. Abram was a son of the late Charles W. and Anna M. Hock Crider. He was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren where he had served as an Usher and Deacon. Abram retired from The...
Pastor Paul Tatum
Jul 15, 2015
Paul Lewis Tatum, age 60, of Shippensburg, passed from this earth into heaven on July 15, 2015. Paul was preceded in death by his father, Deane H. Tatum. Paul is survived by his loving wife, Deborah, and seven remarkable children: Angela, Elizabeth, Paul, Jr., Whitney, Caroline, Anna and Joshua. Paul also had a wonderful grandson, Alexander. Paul is survived by...
M. Louise Heberlig
Jul 13, 2015
M. Louise Heberlig, 94, of Shippensburg, died Monday, July 13, 2015 in Menno Haven, Chambersburg. She was born September 11, 1920 in Shippensburg. Louise was a daughter of the late David and Esther Rosenberry Rhone. She retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg. Louise was a lifelong member of Grace United Church of Christ, Shippensburg. In addition to her parents...
Dorothy Yeatter
Jul 12, 2015
Dorothy M. Yeatter, 84, of Roxbury Road, Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 12, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Shippensburg. Born Tuesday, May 19, 1931 in Mongul, Southampton Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Maurice Leroy and Edna May Holtry Gabler. Dorothy was a member of Mongul United Brethren Church. She was a member...
Erma Wadel
Jul 10, 2015
Erma Jane Wadel, 93, of Shippensburg, died Friday, July 10, 2015 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born February 13, 1922 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Erma was a daughter of the late Verne C. and Mary E. Williamson Gettel. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Erma was a 1939 graduate of the former Shippensburg...
Gerald Hunt
Jul 3, 2015
Gerald Dennis Hunt, 70, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Friday, July 3, 2015, at his home with his family by his side. He was born on February 17, 1945, in Erie, the son of the late Wayne Richard and Leona Adams Hunt and married Ms. Charlene J. Gray on August 31, 1963, in Van Nyes, CA. Gerald was...
Avis Laidig
Jun 30, 2015
Avis Jean Laidig, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, June 30, 2015 in Green Ridge Village. Born September 10, 1925 in Columbus, NE, she was a daughter of the late Edward H. and Hannah May Russell Held. Jean was a retired sales agent at the former Kenneth Hale Real Estate Agency. In the...
Walter Beitler
Jun 30, 2015
Walter M. Beitler, Jr., 99, a resident of the Shook Home, Chambersburg, died in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at his residence. He was born on October 18, 2015, in Hagerstown, MD, the son of the late Walter M. and Eva A. Morgan Beitler, Sr. Earlier in his life Walter drove bus for Blue Ridge and...
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