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Richard Thomas
Mar 16, 2014
Richard Evelyn Thomas, 79, of Shippensburg passed away in his home with the support of Hospice on Sunday, March 16, 2014 surrounded by his family and the devotional love they shared with him. He was born February 21, 1935 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Dick was a son of the late Jerry and Violet Fitzgerald Thomas and his step mother Marie...
Barry Perry
Mar 12, 2014
Barry E. Perry, Sr., 68, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 peacefully at home. He was born March 28, 1945 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Barry was a son of Betty L. Johnston Perry of Shippensburg and the late John E. Perry, Sr. He retired from CFJMA after 29 years of service. Barry was a member and on the board...
Richard Knoll
Mar 12, 2014
Richard S. Knoll, Sr., 89, of Newburg, PA, died on the morning of March 12, 2014, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. He and his wife moved to Newburg from Massachusets in 1987. He was born on September 9, 1924, in Newton, NJ, the son of the late George and Ethel Stevens Knoll. Richard was a veteran of W.W. II,...
Olin Perry
Mar 10, 2014
Olin P. Perry, 78, of Chambersburg, died on the morning of Monday, March 10, 2014, at his home. He was born on April 2, 1935, in Scotland, PA, a son of the late Rev. Leroy and Belle Margaret Rice Perry. On January 10, 1953, Olin married Ms. Patsy E. Kelso in Waynesboro, with their wedding officiated by his father. Olin...
Mary Lytle
Mar 10, 2014
Mary K. Lytle, 91, of Pine Stump Road, Chambersburg, died Monday, March 10, 2014 in Menno Haven. Born May 13, 1922 in Shippensburg, she was an adopted daughter of the late Guy W. and Grace Koser Kitzmiller. Mary was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God and their KYB Sunday School Class. She was a farmer’s wife and...
Raymond Winters
Mar 8, 2014
Raymond Stuart Winters, 90, of Fairview Drive, Carlisle, died Saturday, March 8, 2014 in the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, Duncansville, PA. Born Sunday, December 23, 1923 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, PA, he was a son of the late Jacob L. and Minnie Agnes Mooney Winters. Raymond was a United States Navy Veteran serving in WWII with the 71st Seabees. He was...
Kermit Laidig
Mar 6, 2014
Dr. Kermit M. Laidig, 92, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, and formerly of Newburg, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Green Ridge Village. Born January 11, 1922 in Mowersville, he was the son of the late Brinton D. and Velma Alloway Laidig. Dr. Laidig was a retired Professor of Geography-Earth Science at Shippensburg University. During his life he...
Janet Finkey
Mar 6, 2014
Janet E. Finkey, 90, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, December 24, 1923 in Newville, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late John L. and Blanche Hancock Frey. Janet was a member of the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren. She is survived by three daughters and a number of grandchildren, great...
Kenneth Smith
Mar 1, 2014
Kenneth E. “Ken” Smith, 61, of St. Thomas, went to be with the Lord with his beloved girlfriend, Patty Taylor, by his side, on the evening of March 1, 2014, at the Meritus Hospital, Hagerstown, MD. He was born on August 31, 1952, in Orrstown, a son of the late Cecil and Hazel Johnson Smith. Ken worked at the Letterkenny...
Teresa Baum
Feb 27, 2014
Teresa S. Baum, 54, of Orrstown, died on the afternoon of February 27, 2104, at her home. She was born on September 4, 1959, a daughter of Charles and Connie Bookheimer and is survived by her son, Nathan A. Baum and two granddaughters, Eileigh and Ella Baum. Her husband Ricky A. Baum preceded her in death on September 2, 2013....
Junior Campbell
Feb 26, 2014
Junior L. Campbell, 84, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born May 21, 1929 in Hico, WV. Junior was a son of the late Lester and Cora Belle Pennington Campbell. Junior managed Harvey’s Orchards in Chambersburg for over 20 years and then retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot. He was a member of...
George Diehl
Feb 25, 2014
George M. Diehl, Jr., 84 of Orrstown, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born Thursday, February 6, 1930 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, he was a son of the late George M. and Hazel Ruth Myers Diehl, Sr. George retired from the H.J. Heinz Company, Chambersburg after 30 years of service and later retired from...
Dorothy Powell
Feb 23, 2014
Dorothy V. “Dot” Powell, 89, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Sunday, February 23, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on January 8, 1925, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late William and Orlinda Dunbar Kenyon. Dorothy was a homemaker throughout her life. A wonderful mother, she dedicated her life to loving and caring for her family....
Theresa Miller
Feb 22, 2014
Theresa P. Miller, 79, of Shippensburg, formerly of Carlisle, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital’s emergency room. Born July 5, 1934 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Glenn E. and Viola P. Porter Natcher. Theresa retired from the United Telephone Office in Carlisle, where she was an operator. She was a graduate of Big...
John Marpoe
Feb 18, 2014
John A. Marpoe, Sr., 71, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at home. He was born January 22, 1943 in Shippensburg. John was a son of the late Harold A., Sr. and Myrtle M. Henderson Marpoe. John retired from Domestic Pump and worked part-time at Towne Cleaners both in Shippensburg. He was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church,...
William Chain
Feb 18, 2014
William B. Chain, Jr., 84, of Newburg, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at Forest Park Health Center in Carlisle. He was born Sunday, November 10, 1929, in Camden, NJ. He was a son of the late William B. Chain, Sr. and Sarah E. Garrison Chain. Bill served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1948 to 1953, retiring with the rank...
Beatrice Nye
Feb 17, 2014
Beatrice L. Nye, 91 of Newburg, died Monday, February 17, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born June 4, 1922 in Shippensburg, PA. Beatrice was a daughter of the late Roy A. and Ruth Gerhart Gipe. She retired from the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg and was a member of the Newburg First Church of God. In addition to...
Martha Baer
Feb 17, 2014
Martha L. Reed Baer, 85, of Lurgan, died on the morning of Monday, February 17, 2014, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on July 13, 1928, in Newburg, a daughter of the late Murray and Ada I. Fegan Whisler. Martha was employed in Maintenance at the Letterkenny Army Depot, retiring in 1990. She was a member of...
William Weaver
Feb 14, 2014
William R. Weaver, Sr., 76, of Mainsville, died on the morning of Friday, February 14, 2014, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on February 16, 1937, in Mainsville, a son of the late William C. and Edna V. Burkholder Weaver. William was a U.S. Army veteran, enlisting in 1959 and honorably discharged in 1962. On December 26, 1961, he...
Lisa Palmer
Feb 14, 2014
Lisa M. Palmer, 50, of Shippensburg, died on Friday, February 14, 2014, at her home. She was born on August 29, 1963, in Carlisle, the daughter of William Zeke and Nellie Ott Hale. Lisa lived for a period of time in Texas and then moved back to Shippensburg where she was employed as a laborer at many of the area...
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