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Keith Hess
Sep 16, 2014
Keith L. Hess, 83, Shippensburg, died Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Providence Place in Chambersburg. Born Sunday, September 6, 1931 in Waynesboro, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Ernest O. and Minnie V. Keller Hess. Keith was a 1949 graduate of Waynesboro High School and a graduate of Hagerstown Business College with an Associate B.A. He also...
Julia Busey
Sep 14, 2014
Julia Mae Busey, 92, of Shippensburg and formerly of Walnut Bottom, died Sunday, September 14, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, June 19, 1922 in Southampton Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Harry F. and Mae Hammond VanScyoc. Julia retired as a meat processor and wrapper from Giant Foods in Chambersburg. She was a member...
Mildred Martin
Sep 11, 2014
Mildred L. Martin, 93, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Thursday, September 11, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on April 21, 1921, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late John and Sade Beltz Foltz. Mildred was employed in the Housekeeping Department at Shippensburg University for twenty seven years, retiring in 1985. She was a long-time member...
Robert Miller
Sep 11, 2014
Robert E. Miller, Sr., 67, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, September 11, 2014 in the Emergency Room at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born July 24, 1947 in Gettysburg, Adams County. Robert was a son of the late Everett L. Miller, Sr. and Mary C. Koser Miller Clippinger. He also was preceded in death by his step-father, Paul W. “Clip” Clippinger....
Laura Stogsdill
Sep 10, 2014
Laura J. Stogsdill, 55, of Orrstown, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at her home. She was born on October 2, 1958, in Hagerstown, a daughter of the late George F. and Mary J. Coe Line. Laura was employed as an LPN at Sego Manor, in Seagoville, TX, where she lived for many years, before moving back...
Donald Gettel
Sep 10, 2014
Donald L. Gettel, 53, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 in the Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle. He was born July 4, 1961 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Donald was the son of Anna G. Crider Gettel of Dillsburg and the late W. Leroy Gettel. Years ago he worked in Food Services and the Maintenance Department at Shippensburg University. Donald...
Esther Pugh
Sep 9, 2014
Esther June Diehl Pugh, 87, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 10, 1927 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County. Esther was a daughter of the late George M., Sr. and Hazel Ruth Myers Diehl. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Grace R. Mackey, and two brothers,...
Dorothy Butts
Sep 8, 2014
Dorothy W. Butts, 90, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, died on the morning of Monday, September 8, 2014. She was born on March 22, 1924, in Hopewell Twp., Cumberland County, a daughter of the late John and Mary Jane “Jennie” Snoke Davidson. In her younger years, Dorothy worked at the former Shirt Craft Co., Shippensburg, for about...
Thelma Strohm
Aug 31, 2014
Thelma E. Strohm, 99, a resident at Green Ridge Village, and formerly of Fish Hatchery Road, Newville, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014 in the home. Born Wednesday, November 4, 1914 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late G. Emory and Bertha I. Guyer Kann. Thelma was a 1933 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. She...
Lynelle Nolt
Aug 31, 2014
Lynelle Rose Nolt, 18, of Shippensburg, peacefully passed to her eternal reward on Sunday, August 31, 2014 at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh after a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. She was born in Shippensburg on March 4, 1996. Lynelle was the beloved daughter of Jay P. and Edna Mae (Hoover) Nolt, granddaughter of Phares W. and Anna Mae (Sensenig) Nolt...
Joan Brown
Aug 28, 2014
Joan Marie “Joanie” Brown, 47, of Newburg, died on the morning of Thursday, August 28, 2014, at her home. She was born on December 22, 1966, in Bristol, PA, a daughter of the late Raymond P. Brown and Mary J. Palmer. Joan had been employed as a Tax Preparer for Jackson Hewitt Tax Services. She was very active and involved...
Barbara Rife
Aug 22, 2014
Barbara J. Rife, 58, of Newville, died Friday, August 22, 2014 at her home. Born July 17, 1956 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Charles D. and Jean Elizabeth Piper Thomas. Barbara enjoyed making crafts, traveling and spending time with her family especially her grandchildren. Surviving is one son, Kenneth E. “Ken” Rife and his wife Gabrael,...
Leonard Martin
Aug 20, 2014
Leonard H. Martin, 17, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center from the result of a farming accident. Leonard was born March 20, 1997 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. He was a son of Allen Z. and Arlene E. Hoover Martin of Shippensburg. Leonard worked on the Martin’s Family Dairy Farm and attended the Shippensburg...
David Bowers
Aug 15, 2014
David J. Bowers, Jr., 41, of Shippensburg, died in the early morning hours of Friday, August 15, 2014, at his home. He was born on October 2, 1972, in Carlisle, the son of David J. and Dottie M. Carmack Bowers, Sr. David was currently employed as a Welder at Shippensburg Pump Co. and had previously worked at Volvo Inc., Shippensburg,...
Evelyn Rasmussen
Aug 15, 2014
Evelyn C. Rasmussen, 88, a resident of Menno Haven, Chambersburg, and formerly of Yeadon and Havertown, died Friday August 15, 2014 in Menno Haven. Born September 1, 1925 in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Alexander B. and Reba Mellinger Cameron. During her life Evelyn worked for the Julian B. Slevin Company, East Lansdowne. She was a member...
Matthew Sensenig
Aug 13, 2014
Matthew Newswanger Sensenig, newborn son of Mark Z. and Ada Mae (Newswanger) Sensenig, of Shippensburg, was born on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 and died on the evening of Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. In addition to his parents, Matthew is survived by his sister, Karen N. Sensenig; paternal grandparents, Christ S. and Esther (Zimmerman) Sensenig...
Florence Horst
Aug 7, 2014
Florence Z. Horst, 57, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2014 in the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center due to injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. Born Monday, May 6, 1957 in East Earl, PA., she was a daughter of the late Henry S. and Edna W. Zimmerman Horst. She was a member of the Locust Lane Groffdale Conference,...
Esther Byers
Aug 6, 2014
Esther A. Byers, 87, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Hershey Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born on April 17, 1927, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Arthur and Anna Varner Hancock and attended Shippensburg Area schools. Esther married Frank D. Byers at the Missionary Alliance Church in Shippensburg....
Betty Geedy
Aug 6, 2014
Betty L. Wadel Geedy, 87, a resident at Green Ridge Village, Newville, and formerly of Shippensburg passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2014 in the home. Born Saturday, August 14, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Sarah Ingram Bigler. Betty was a member of the Newburg First Church of God Betty worked as a...
Mary Heckman
Aug 5, 2014
Mary Catherine “Cass” Heckman, 83, a resident at The Village of Laurel Run, and formerly of Lantern Lane, Chambersburg, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, June 23, 1931 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Miley and May V. Brown Eichelberger. Mary was a 1949 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High...
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