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Cora Adams

Cora Adams

Jul 12, 2014

Cora Jane Adams, 90, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, July 12, 2014 in the Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville. She was born September 23, 1923 in Shippensburg. Cora was a daughter of the late John William and Blanche Nettie Russell Adams. She was also preceded in death by her companion of 58 years, Floyd Orndorff, a son, Richard Maynard Orndorff, a...

Betty Wenger

Betty Wenger

Jul 9, 2014

Our beloved wife and mother, Betty K. Wenger, 86, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully with her family by her side Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at home. Betty was born November 14, 1927 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. She was a daughter of the late Joseph P. and Lydia R. Railing Kyle. One sister, Hazel Marie Kyle, and one brother, Harold S....

Annette Mcmanus

Annette Mcmanus

Jul 6, 2014

Annette M. Kuhlemeier McManus, 74 of Lurgan Avenue, Shippensburg, died Sunday, July 6, 2014 at her home. Born Friday, July 14, 1939 in Freeport, Illinois, she was a daughter of the late Arnold H. and Helen M. Judd Kuhlemeier. Annette was a 1957 graduate of Freeport Senior High School, Freeport, IL, and a 1960 graduate of Northern Illinois University. She...

Merle  Kelley

Merle Kelley

Jun 22, 2014

Merle E. Kelley, 59, of Chambersburg, died on the evening of Sunday, June 22, 2014, at his home. He became disabled due to a motorcycle accident in 2000 and had been battling cancer for the past year. He was born on January 26, 1955, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Mervin E. “Jim” and Clara M. Dick Kelley. Merle...

Almedia Beam

Almedia Beam

Jun 22, 2014

Almedia M. Beam, 93, of Shippensburg died Sunday, June 22, 2014 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born December 3, 1920 in Upper Mifflin Township, Cumberland County. Almedia was a daughter of the late Samuel D. and Annie M. Guise Miller. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church and their Women’s Bible Class. Almedia retired in...

Donald  Laidig

Donald Laidig

Jun 21, 2014

Donald G. Laidig, 85, of Orrstown, died on the morning of Saturday, June 21, 2014, at his home, with his family by his side. He was born on June 12, 1929, in Lurgan, the son of the late Harvey and Rose Umbrell Laidig. Donald was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War Era, inducted on February 15, 1951, and...

Katherine  Seibert

Katherine Seibert

Jun 20, 2014

Katherine M. ‘Kate” Seibert, 91, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, died on the morning of Friday, June 20, 2014. She was born on August 20, 1922, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Charles M. Wagner and Orpha A. Russell Wagner Jones. She attended the former Cherry Grove School. Kate was a homemaker throughout her life and...

D.  Mclaughlin

D. Mclaughlin

Jun 18, 2014

D. Jean McLaughlin, 90, a resident of Penn Hall, Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Wednesday, June 18, 2014, surrounded by her family. She was born on July 7, 1923, in Walnut Bottom, a daughter of the late G. Lee and Ruth Neron Matthews. Jean was a wonderful mother and homemaker throughout her life. She was a...

Margaret Alleman

Margaret Alleman

Jun 18, 2014

Margaret Louise Alleman, 96, of Winter Haven, FL, formerly of the Shippensburg area, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014. She was born September 24, 1917 in Quincy, PA. Margaret was a daughter of the late Albert S. and Della Myers Snyder. Margaret was a member of the Salem Lutheran Church in Pleasant Hall, PA for many years and now the Abiding...

Sheldon Harris

Sheldon Harris

Jun 17, 2014

Sheldon L. Harris, 64, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on November 20, 1949, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Edward and Ruth Josephine Wingert Harris. Sheldon was a 1967 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Sheldon worked in Maintenance and also as an Electrician for the Beistle...

Marcella Goshorn

Marcella Goshorn

Jun 14, 2014

Marcella L. Goshorn, 85, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, June 14, 2014 at home. She was born April 23, 1929 in Nossville. Marcella was a daughter of the late Forest Brady and Alverta Shearer Burdge. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. Marcella was a 50 year member of the First Court Chapter # 470 Order of...

Emma Hock

Emma Hock

Jun 12, 2014

Emma J. Hock, 77, of Mount Rock Road, Shippensburg, died Thursday, June 12, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Wednesday, June 9, 1937 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Edna C. Adams Alexander. Emma was a member of the Mt. Rock Brethren in Christ Church where she was very active in many church activities....

Julian Baltimore

Julian Baltimore

Jun 12, 2014

Julian Oliver Baltimore, 75, of Carlisle, died Thursday, June 12, 2014 in the Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Harrisburg. Born March 29, 1939 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Robert and Mildred Redman Baltimore. Julian was a 1957 graduate of the Carlisle Area Senior High School. He retired from United States Air Force as...

Patsy  Bricker

Patsy Bricker

Jun 6, 2014

Patsy Louise Bricker, 67, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Friday, June 6, 2014, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born on July 21, 1946, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Charles Lee and Dorothy Adeline Oller Coy. Patsy married Leroy T. Bricker on February 9, 1964, at the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren. Earlier in...

Vera  Haines

Vera Haines

Jun 4, 2014

Vera Mae Haines, 85, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, June 4, 2014 in Greenridge Village, Newville. Born May 18, 1929 in Blaine, she was a daughter of the late Paul E. and Viola Showers Woods. Vera was a 1948 graduate of Newport High School. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God and their Berean Sunday School Class....

Vicki Fernandez

Vicki Fernandez

Jun 3, 2014

Vicki J. Fernandez, 66, of Fannettsburg, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at her sister’s home in Shippensburg. She was born July 19, 1947 in Carlisle. Vicki was a daughter of the late Harry J. and Mary J. Hershey Bender. She retired from Affiliated Industries in Shippensburg and was a member of the Greater PA Carpenters Union Local #2507. In addition...

Robert Rotz

Robert Rotz

May 30, 2014

Robert L. Rotz, 70, of Shippensburg, died Friday, May 30, 2014 at home surrounded by family. He was born August 11, 1943 in Chambersburg. Bob was a son of the late Harper W., Sr. and Catherine E. Klenzing Rotz. He was a United States Navy Veteran from 1960 until 1964 and from 1963 to 1964 he was Crew Chief with...

Mary Walker

Mary Walker

May 29, 2014

Mary “Carolyn” Walker, 86, of West Main Street, Walnut Bottom, died Thursday, May 29, 2014 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Monday, September 19, 1927 in Walnut Bottom, she was a daughter of the late Clair G. and Fannie D. (Seavers) Goodhart. Carolyn was a graduate of the Shippensburg High School and a 1948 graduate of the York Hospital...

Mary Mowers

Mary Mowers

May 29, 2014

Mary Jane Mowers, 87, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, May 29, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born April 25, 1927 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Mary was a daughter of the late Raymond and Bessie Martin Hutchison. She was a member of Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. Mary was the owner and operator of her own day care, and prior...

Jeanette Laughlin

Jeanette Laughlin

May 28, 2014

Jeanette A. (Jones) Laughlin, 68, of Turnpike Road, Newburg, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, August 11, 1945 in Mt. Union, Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth S. and Mary S. Jenkins Jones. She was a 1963 graduate of the Chambersburg High School. Jeanette was a hairdresser, having a shop in...

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