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Genevieve Reese
Dec 1, 2014
Genevieve R. Reese, 78, of Newburg, died in the early morning hours of Monday, December 1, 2014, at her home. She was born on June 29, 1936, in Spring Run, a daughter of the late Raymond and Clara Stake Rowles. On July 1, 1955, Genevieve married Chester L. ‘Chet” Reese in Hagerstown, MD, and was his caretaker for twenty one...
J. Leroy Bert
Dec 1, 2014
J. Leroy Bert, 84, of Newburg, went to be in the arms of his Heavenly Father on the morning of Monday, December 1, 2014. He was born on May 19, 1930, in Newburg, a son of the late Laban and Leah Musser Bert. Leroy married Dorothy Oldham on August 22, 1953, in Bedford County. Leroy was a life-long farmer. He...
Theresa Allen
Nov 29, 2014
Theresa A. Allen, 73, of Newburg, died Saturday, November 29, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 12, 1941 in Baltimore MD, she was a daughter of the late James George and Helen Fowler McCrosson. Theresa was a 1958 graduate of Seaton High School and a 1961 graduate of St. Agnes School of Nursing both in Baltimore, MD. She retired...
Debra Werner
Nov 29, 2014
Debra L. Werner, 57, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, November 29, 2014 in the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born September 18, 1957 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Stella L. Spangler Gallo. Debra was a 1975 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church...
Edna O'Donnell
Nov 27, 2014
On November 27, 2014 Edna L. “Nanny” O’Donnell left her pain here on Earth to be with her Lord and Savior. She died at her Shippensburg home surrounded by the ones that she loved. She was born in Shippensburg on Friday, January 25, 1946. Edna was the daughter of the late Clyde E. Rotz and Martha (Warren) Rotz. Edna Attended...
Alice Starliper
Nov 27, 2014
Alice A. Starliper, 80, of Newburg, died Thursday, November 27, 2014 at home. She was born May 9, 1934 in Orbisonia, Huntingdon County. Alice was a daughter of the late Howard and Rosa Lee Pyne Rowles. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Harold T. Starliper, Sr. who died July 6, 1993. A son, Robert E. Parson, a...
Mildred Koontz
Nov 26, 2014
Mildred P. Koontz, 82, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 27, 1932 in Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late George E. and Lula Bowers Butts. Mid was retired from Letterkenny Army Depot, where she was an executive secretary at DESCOM. She was of the Lutheran faith and enjoyed gardening and travelling....
Lucille Rosenberry
Nov 23, 2014
Lucille A. Traxler Rosenberry, 90, of Fannettsburg, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2014 at Hershey Medical Center, with family by her side. She was born on September 21, 1924 in Chambersburg to the late Harvey A. and Grace North Traxler. Lucille spent her childhood years in Northern Pennsylvania and New Jersey due to the fact that her father was...
Gerald Stern
Nov 21, 2014
Gerald R. “Jerry” Stern, 56, of Shippensburg, died on Friday, November 21, 2014, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on May 18, 1958, in Toledo, OH, a son of the late William and Agnes Buckenmeyer Stern. Jerry worked for TransCore, Harrisburg, PA, in a supervisory position as an Installer, for over twenty five years. He was a...
Kenneth Hale
Nov 19, 2014
Kenneth M. Hale, Jr., 65, life-long resident of Shippensburg, died on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at his home. He was born on September 11, 1949, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Kenneth M. and Eunice Jones Hale, Sr. Ken was a 1967 graduate of Shippensburg High School, a 1971 graduate of Lebanon Valley College, majoring in English, and he...
Arthur Gayman
Nov 17, 2014
Arthur Foust Gayman, 90, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Monday, November 17, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on July 7, 1924, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Albert Benjamin and Elizabeth Mae Foust Gayman and married Martha Virginia Robinson on June 27, 1946, at the Newburg United Brethren Church, Newburg. Arthur owned and operated...
Frank Cressler
Nov 16, 2014
Frank A. Cressler, 81, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, November 16, 2014 at home. Born January 28, 1933 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Frank S. and Anna Mary Brinkerhoff Cressler. He was partners with his parents and brother in the former Cressler’s Fruit Market. Frank and his wife Mabel were owners of the former Cressler Trucking Company....
Charlotte Adams
Nov 15, 2014
Charlotte M. Adams, 94, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, November 15, 2014 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born Tuesday, June 8, 1920 in Newport, Perry County, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Ethel M. Flickinger Lenker. Charlotte was a 1939 graduate of the Newport High School and a member of the Shippensburg Church of Christ. She...
Marie Holtry
Nov 13, 2014
Marie L. Means Holtry, 94, of Shippensburg and a resident at Green Ridge Village, Newville, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014 at the home. Born Sunday, August 29, 1920 in Middle Spring, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late James Q. and Anna Mabelle Crawford Means. Marie was a member of Grace United Church of Christ for over...
Ray Hockenberry
Nov 6, 2014
Ray M. Hockenberry, 74, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, November 6, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, September 7, 1940 in Green Spring, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Cloyd Ellis and Esther K. Burkholder Hockenberry. Ray retired as a Weaver from the former Hoffman Mills in Shippensburg after 27 years of service. He was a member...
Verna Vaughn
Nov 6, 2014
Verna B. “Bonnie” Vaughn, 84, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at the West Shore Hospital in Mechanicsburg. Born Sunday, May 18, 1930 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Walter K. and Margaret Jane Cressler Mitten. Bonnie was a 1948 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was...
Nicole Ott
Nov 4, 2014
Nicole Mellott Ott, 42, of Chambersburg, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 4, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Friday, March 10, 1972 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Ruth E. Rosenberry Mellott of Shippensburg, and the late Forrest C. Mellott, Sr. Nicole was a 1990 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was...
Artemis Cupper
Nov 3, 2014
Artemis R. Cupper, 84, of Orrstown, died on the morning of Monday, November 3, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on September 30, 1930, in Carlisle, the only child of the late Marlin and Hazel Reed Peters. Artemis was employed as a seamstress at the former Marden Clothing Co., Shippensburg, retiring in 1992. She was a long-time member...
Carole Burkett
Nov 1, 2014
Carol E. Burkett, a resident of Manor Care, Chambersburg, died on the evening of Saturday, November 1, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on March 19, 1950, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Forrest C. Mellott and Ruth E. Rosenberry Mellott. Carol married Gary L. “Big Red” Burkett on March 24, 1967, in the Shippensburg First Church...
Thomas Archambeau
Oct 31, 2014
Thomas Paul Archambeau, 74, of Blue Jay Circle, Orrstown, died Friday, October 31, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Thursday, April 4, 1940 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul A. and Gladys S. Shuman Archambeau. He was a United States Air Force Veteran serving during the Vietnam War. Tom was formerly employed at Letterkenny Army Depot...
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