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Vesta Clippinger

Vesta Clippinger

Jun 9, 2013

Vesta Gayle Clippinger, 99, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 in the Thornwald Home, Carlisle. Born March 27, 1914 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late James and Dollie Seavers Stine. Vesta was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. She retired from Richard Textiles in Shippensburg and prior to that worked at C.H....

Zelma Armijo

Zelma Armijo

Jun 8, 2013

Zelma Armijo, 95, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Saturday, June 8, 2013. Her funeral arrangements, entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Inc., are incomplete at this time. Please refer to a future edition for her full obituary and funeral service information.

Betty Argenbright

Betty Argenbright

Jun 4, 2013

Betty Ann Argenbright, 79, 600 Free Mason Drive, Elizabethtown, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in the Masonic Homes of Elizabethtown. Born Sunday, April 8, 1934 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Clark E. and Hulda Comerer Crusey. Betty was a 1952 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She retired as the...

Laura Stevick

Laura Stevick

Jun 1, 2013

Laura H. Stevick, 84, of Newburg, died Saturday, June 1, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, March 3, 1929 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Elmer E. and Martha Catherine Gruver Harmony. Laura was a 1947 graduate of the Carlisle Area High School. She was a member of the Hopewell United Methodist Church, Newburg,...

Margaret Seavers

Margaret Seavers

May 28, 2013

Margaret C. “Peg” Seavers, 95, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in The Shook Home, Chambersburg. She was born December 29, 1917 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Peg was a daughter of the late Dewey and Myra Swanger Cressler. Peg retired from L’Aiglon in Shippensburg where she was a seamstress. She was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg...

Vivian  Negley

Vivian Negley

May 24, 2013

Vivian Carol Negley, 70, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Friday, May 24, 2013, at Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born on May 29, 1942, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Joseph W. “Bid” and Sarah Gilbert Nehf. Vivian was a 1960 graduate of Shippensburg High School and then went on to graduate from the Carlisle Beauty...

Emma Mason

Emma Mason

May 23, 2013

Emma A. Mason, 75, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, May 23, in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born April 14, 1938 in Scotland, PA. Emma was a daughter of the late David Edward and Alice Gail Carmack Furry. She was a retired cook at the Durff-Kuhn VFW Post # 6168, Shippensburg and was a member of their Ladies Auxiliary. Emma was...

Carolyn Croft

Carolyn Croft

May 18, 2013

Carolyn V. Croft, 76, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on February 17, 1937, in Chambersburg, the daughter of the late Charles R. and Carolyn V. Hammond Luckett, Sr, and was preceded in death by her husband Ronald D. Croft, who died on February 2, 1999. Carolyn was...

Thomas Bell

Thomas Bell

May 17, 2013

Thomas D. Bell, 52, of Moscow, PA, died Friday, May 17, 2013. He was born January 6, 1961 in Carlisle. Thomas was a son of Kathleen I. Rife Bell of Newville and the late Lee R. Bell. He was currently employed as a supervisor with Kane at their Scranton Warehouse Campus. Thomas was a graduate of Big Spring High School...

Betty Carbaugh

Betty Carbaugh

May 16, 2013

Betty E. Carbaugh, 77, of Shippensburg, died Thursday in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born October 26, 1935 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Betty was a daughter of the late Lester Adams and Kathleen Kriner Adams Wolfe. She retired from Affiliated Industries, Shippensburg and was a member of the Freedom in Christ Church, Chambersburg, Surviving are four...

Mabel Baer

Mabel Baer

May 14, 2013

Mabel C. Baer, 94, of Newburg, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in the Episcopal Home, Shippensburg. Born Sunday, September 15, 1918 in Roxbury, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Catherine Mackey Stamey. Mabel was a member of the Upper Strasburg Church of God where she loved to volunteer. She enjoyed spending time with her family especially...

Betty Miller

Betty Miller

May 14, 2013

Betty L. Miller, 85, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 23, 1927 in Newville, Cumberland County. Betty was a daughter of the late Irwin and Pearl Neff Helman. She was a member of Shippensburg First Wesleyan Church. Betty retired from the Housekeeping Department at the Beistle Company...

Betty Beckenbaugh

Betty Beckenbaugh

May 13, 2013

Betty L. Beckenbaugh, 82, of Shippensburg, died Monday, May 13, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born June 27, 1930 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Betty was a daughter of the late Robert E. and Pauline E. Green Bard. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church in Shippensburg, a member of the Good Samaritan Sunday School Class and...

Bettie  Somers

Bettie Somers

May 10, 2013

Bettie J. Somers, 86, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the evening of Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Health Care Center. She was born on September 8, 1926, in Allensville, PA, the daughter of the late Otto O. and Lillian Bordell Priem, but was raised by her grandparents, Wayne and Esther Bordell. Bettie was a...

Gladys Hershey

Gladys Hershey

May 10, 2013

Gladys M. Hershey, 76, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the afternoon of Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Health Care Center. She was born on November 28, 1936, in Newburg, a daughter of the late George and Ruth Rhoads Yohe. Gladys was employed by the former Hoffman Mills Co., as a Machine Operator, retiring in...

Vesta Bear

Vesta Bear

May 10, 2013

Vesta P. Bear, 84, of Newville, died on the evening of Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on December 20, 1928, in Newville, daughter of the late Carl and Ethel Miller Thomas. Vesta was a homemaker throughout her life. She is survived by a son, Paul Miller of Newville; two daughters, Sandra K. Killian of...

Cyrilla Riester

Cyrilla Riester

May 8, 2013

Cyrilla E. Riester, 96, a resident of Greenridge Village, formerly of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in the home. Born January 20, 1917 in Hagerstown, MD, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Emma Elko Mihalik. Cyrilla was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church in Shippensburg. She was preceded in death by her...

Galen Staver

Galen Staver

May 6, 2013

Galen P. Staver, 90, of Shippensburg, died Monday, May 6, 2013 at home. Born November 1, 1922 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Paul and Dorothy Baker Staver. Galen was a member of Grace United Church of Christ since 1944, and was a former Deacon and Elder. He retired from Novinger in Harrisburg in...

Anthony Kelley

Anthony Kelley

May 6, 2013

Anthony C. Kelley, Sr., 82, of Shippensburg, died Monday, May 6, 2013 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born March 6, 1931 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late John N. and Clara B. Crusey Kelley. Anthony retired from ITT Domestic Pump in Shippensburg and was a member of Shippensburg Church of Christ. He was a...

Victor  Vaughn

Victor Vaughn

May 5, 2013

Victor H. “Pap” Vaughn, Sr., 81, of Chambersburg, died unexpectedly on the morning of Sunday, May 5, 2013, at his home. He was born on February 29, 1932, in Newburg, a son of the late William R. and Rhoda M. Cramer Vaughn and was the husband of Charlotte L. Hurley Vaughn, who passed away on November 11, 2012. Victor was...

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