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Aaron Grove
Oct 19, 2014
Aaron Heaster Grove, 26, of Pleasant Hall, died Sunday, October 19, 2014. He was born September 6, 1988 in Chambersburg. Aaron was the son of Ronald O. and Trina P. Heaster Grove of Pleasant Hall. He currently worked for Gannett Fleming in Camp Hill where he was a software developer. During high school and college he worked at McDonalds, Red...
Ezel Manuel
Oct 18, 2014
Ezel James Manuel, Jr., of Shippensburg, died on Saturday, October 18, 2014. He was born on Thursday, September 16, 1948. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War and earned a Purple Heart medal. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 12:00 noon in the Locust Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Walter R. Reed...
Kenneth Bender
Oct 16, 2014
Kenneth L. Bender, 69, of Fish Hatchery Road, Shippensburg, died Thursday, October 16, 2014 at his home. Born Sunday, July 1, 1945 in Gettysburg, Adams County, he was a son of Anna Marie Unger Bender of Chambersburg and the late Crawford L. Bender. Kenneth was a 1964 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, and a member of the Newburg...
Kathryn Ommert
Oct 16, 2014
Kathryn L. “Toot” Ommert, 71, of Newburg, died Thursday, October 16, 2014 in the Holy Spirit Hospital. She was born October 11, 1943 in Newburg, Cumberland County. Kathryn was a daughter of Walter C. and Esther S. Hurley Dunlap of Newburg. She retired from Affiliated Industries in Shippensburg and many years ago worked for Richard’s Textiles. Kathryn was a member...
Agnes Chamberlin
Oct 11, 2014
Agnes M. Chamberlin, 85, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, formerly of Newburg, died on the evening of Saturday, October 11, 2014 at the Personal Care Home. She was born on December 11, 1928, in Middle Spring, a daughter of the late James Q. and Anna Mabel Crawford Means and was a 1946 graduate of Shippensburg Area High...
Mary Shindledecker
Oct 10, 2014
Mary B. Shindledecker, 94, formerly of Kessler Dr. and then Elmcroft, Shippensburg, died on the morning of Friday, October 10, 2014, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on April 1, 1920, in Upper Strasburg, a daughter of the late John and Florence Reitz Basore. On July 21, 1937, she married Leslie M. “Wimpy” Shindledecker in Hagerstown, MD....
Dorothy Wyant
Oct 7, 2014
Dorothy Viola Wyant, 87, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on December 18, 1926, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late George W. and Ethel Gamble Cover. Dorothy was a homemaker throughout her life. She was a member of the Shippensburg Community Church. In her free...
John Forrester
Oct 6, 2014
John W. Forrester, 93, of Shippensburg, died Monday, October 6, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born May 29, 1921 in Letterkenny Township, John was a son of the late John H. and Mary A. Reitz Forrester. John was a member of the Mongul United Brethren Church and a retired Dairy Farmer. In addition to his parents he...
Adelaide Fedock
Oct 5, 2014
Adelaide M. Fedock, 90, a long-time resident of the Episcopal Home, Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Sunday, October 5, 2014, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on February 15, 1924, in Girardville, PA, a daughter of the late George and Catherine Stuzkas Matalenas. Adelaide married John Fedock on July 8, 1945. He preceded her in death...
Rev. Erick Peterson
Oct 3, 2014
Rev. Erick Herman Peterson, 86, of Shippensburg, went to be with his Lord on Friday, October 3, 2014 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born May 10, 1928 in Jamestown, NY, he was a son of the late Herman and Ida Westover Peterson. Erick Ministered thru Melodyland Christian Center in Anaheim and helped pioneer several new Congregations in Palm Springs,...
Sarah Heefner
Oct 3, 2014
Sarah J. Heefner, 86, a resident at the Orrstown Personal Care Home for the past five years, died Friday, October 3, 2014 in the home. She was born July 9, 1928 in Shippensburg, PA. Sarah was a daughter of the late Urie E. and Blanche S. Rotz Chamberlin. Sarah was also preceded in death by a two sisters, Helen Chamberlin...
Lacey Horst
Oct 2, 2014
Lacey Noel Horst, 26, of Shippensburg passed away in her home Thursday, October 2, 2014 with her loving family by her side. Diagnosed with cancer two and a half years ago, Lacey never gave up. She never complained. She maintained a brave and optimistic outlook for the future, enduring countless surgeries, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hospitalizations and the ever present pain....
Mildred Heberlig
Oct 1, 2014
Mildred Catherine Heberlig, 88 of Newburg, died Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at Greenridge Village Nursing Home, Newville. Born Monday, May 10, 1926, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late W. Bryan and Sadie Wenger Morrow. She was a lifelong resident of the Newburg area. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Frank Shuman...
Richard Naugle
Sep 28, 2014
Richard Dale ‘Dick” Naugle, 71, of Fayetteville, died in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 28, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on August 19, 1943, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Myron Maynard and Olive Alda Doyle Naugle. Dick was a 1961 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School; went on to further his education at...
Robert Highlands
Sep 27, 2014
Robert “Dale” Highlands, 77, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Saturday, September 27, 2014, at his home. He was born on July 24, 1937 in Shippensburg, a son of the late Robert Bryan and Margaret Smith Highlands. Dale was a U.S. Navy Veteran, enlisting on August 10, 1955 and honorably discharged on August 3, 1959. During his service, he...
Dorothy Singiser
Sep 23, 2014
Dorothy M. Singiser, 94, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, formerly of Cumberland Ave., Shippensburg, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014. She was born May 5, 1920 in Shippensburg. Dorothy was a daughter of the late Rolla McClay and Vera Sprecher Mellinger. She was an Elementary Teacher for 31 years, retiring in 1980 from the Shippensburg Area School District. Dorothy...
Galen Martin
Sep 19, 2014
Galen S. Martin, Sr., 91, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died Friday, September 19, 2014 in the home. Born July 12, 1923 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late James Guy and Esther Slaybaugh Martin. Galen was a retired Dairy Farmer. He then went on to work at Henry’s Bakery and was a custodian for...
Catherine Savage
Sep 19, 2014
Catherine Ann “Cathy” Savage, 59, of Carlisle, died on the morning of Friday, September 19, 2014, at Life Care Hospital, Mechanicsburg. She was born on April 19, 1955, in Carlisle, a daughter of Hazel L. Devor Handshew and the late Frank L. Ridley, Sr. Cathy was a homemaker throughout her life. She really enjoyed going to many of the local...
Lilia Szeles
Sep 18, 2014
Lilia Angelica Lomba Szeles, 57, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, September 18, 2014. She was born February 24, 1957 in Puerto Armuelles, Providence of Chiriquí in Panama. Lilia was a daughter of the late Jorge and Victoria Alonzo Lomba. She was a Nursery Attendant at the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. Lilia attended the Spanish Mass at Corpus Christi Catholic Church...
Theresa Freilicher
Sep 17, 2014
Theresa Mae Freilicher, 70, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at her home. Born October 19, 1943 in Washington, DC, she was a daughter of the late George and Josephine B. Richards Freilicher. Services and burial will be private. Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.
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