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Pauline Mowery
Nov 17, 2013
Pauline C. Mowery, 94, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the morning of Sunday, November 17, 2013. She was born on June 19, 1919, at Newburg, PA, a daughter of the late Ezra and Carrie Hock Bert. On May 30, 1940 Pauline married Mr. John Mowery at the Bert home near Newburg. He preceded her in...
Timothy Hovetter
Nov 15, 2013
Timothy G. Hovetter, 53, of Carlisle, died Friday, November 15, 2013 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Born Tuesday, April 12, 1960 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late William F. and Edna Devore Hovetter. Tim was of the Protestant Faith. He was presently employed at EXEL in Carlisle with 34...
Clarence Mooney
Nov 14, 2013
Clarence E. "Buddy" Mooney, Jr., 83, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, November 14, 2013, at home. Born November 5, 1930, in Greene Township, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence Mooney, Sr. and the late Margaret (Witter) Mooney. He attended schools in the Chambersburg School District. In his early years, he learned about the operation of...
Genevieve Parks
Nov 13, 2013
Genevieve E. Parks, 76, of Willow Hill, died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 18, 1937 in Orrstown, PA. Genevieve was a daughter of the late Hubert I. and Bertha A. Secrist Starr. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Westley J. Parks. One...
Mary Burkholder
Nov 12, 2013
Mary Catherine Burkholder, 90, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, formerly of Cumberland Highway, Newburg, was called home by her Lord and Savior on the morning of Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Born on October 22, 1923, in Lurgan Twp., Franklin Co., Mary was a daughter of the late John and Susan Burkhart Burkholder. Mary was the last surviving...
Thelma Allison
Nov 9, 2013
Thelma R. Allison, 81, formerly of 408 Maple Hill Ave., Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Saturday, November 9, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on February 3, 1932, in Mt. Union, Huntingdon, Co., a daughter of the late Charles and Marie Price Secrest. On November 1, 1953, Thelma married Mr. Carl D. Allison in McVeytown. He preceded...
Miriam Hock
Nov 7, 2013
Miriam E. Hock, 84, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Thursday, November 7, 2013, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born on January 24, 1929, in Newville, she was a daughter of the late David F. and Rhoda Hoover Ocker. On May 4, 1957, Miriam married Mr. Walter E. Hock in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded her in death on...
Kathleen Bell
Nov 6, 2013
Kathleen I. Bell, 84, of Newville, died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born September 29, 1929 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County. Kathleen was a daughter of the late Charles M. and Ruth V. Wenger Rife. She was a member of Hays Grove United Methodist Church, Newville, and a member of their Pollyanna Social...
John "Jack" Trant
Nov 4, 2013
John “Jack” J. Trant, Jr., 83, of Shippensburg, formerly of Cambridge, MA, died on the evening of Monday, November 4, 2013, at his home, with his family at his side. He was born on November 6, 1929, in Cambridge, MA, a son of the late John J. and Elizabeth D. Daily Trant, Sr. Jack was a U.S. Coast Guard Veteran...
Vivian Peters
Nov 4, 2013
Vivian J. Peters, 86, of Shippensburg, died Monday, November 4, 2013 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born Thursday, December 16, 1926 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Anna Hammond Miller. Vivian was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. She retired...
Jay Davidson
Nov 2, 2013
Dr. Jay Frank Davidson, 80, of New Cumberland, died Saturday, November 2, 2013, at his home. Born September 29, 1933 in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late Frank and Gladys (RIFE) Davidson. Both of Jay’s parents tragically died when Jay was a youngster of 10 years old. As was the custom in the close-knit Newburg rural farm community...
Brenda Steigleman
Nov 2, 2013
Brenda S. Steigleman, 66, of New Market, VA, died on the evening of Saturday, November 2, 2013, at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA. She was born on November 27, 1946, in Washington, D.C. a daughter of Maurice E. and Gladys Coble Weiss. On March 13, 1967, Brenda married Mr. Marlin E. Steigleman, Jr., in Arlington, VA. Brenda was a...
John Pharo
Oct 27, 2013
John G. Pharo, 71, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at home. He was born May 5, 1942 in Quincy, Franklin County, PA. John was a son of the late John G. and Louise V. Haugh Pharo. He was the owner and operator of the former Pharo’s Truck Stop in Shippensburg. Many years ago John was a self employed...
Bonnie Rhone
Oct 26, 2013
Bonnie S. Rhone, 67, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, October 26, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 21, 1946 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Bonnie was a daughter of the late Harman H. and Evelyn L. Shuman Reed. She worked at both the Carlisle Barracks and the former Hughes Super Thrift in Shippensburg. Bonnie was a graduate of Shippensburg...
John Foltz
Oct 25, 2013
John E. Foltz, 72, of Newburg, died on the afternoon of Friday, October 25, 2013, at the Sarah Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle. He was born on January 5, 1941, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Merle E. “Pappy” Foltz and Louise H. Griffith Foltz Shoap. John was veteran of the United States Marine Corp. John retired from the Shippensburg...
Lewis Swartz
Oct 23, 2013
Lewis D. “Lewie” Swartz, 90, of Newburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, October 23, 2013. He was born on July 20, 1923, in Hopewell Twp., a son of the late Samuel and Mary Thrush Swartz. On May 27, 1944, Lewis married Vera Brenize in Hagerstown, MD. She preceded him in death on July 14, 2012. Lewis was a self-employed...
Evelyn Helm
Oct 18, 2013
Evelyn L. Helm, 87, a resident at Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Friday, October 18, 2013 in the Carlisle Regional Medical center. Born Thursday, September 2, 1926 in Dayton, PA, she was a daughter of the late James O. and Ruth Holtry Baer. She attended the Shippensburg First Church of God and their Berean...
Martha Muhs
Oct 16, 2013
Martha Ann Muhs, 72, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, October 16, 2013. She was born on July 11, 1941, in Hagerstown, MD, the daughter of the late Karl and Bernice Barron Stoner. Years ago, Martha was employed at the former Stanley Co., Chambersburg and had also worked in Food Service for the Chambersburg Area School District. Martha...
Elizabeth Ott
Oct 11, 2013
Elizabeth V. “Betty” Ott, 90, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Center, died on the morning of Friday, October 11, 2013. She was born on February 6, 1923, in Middle Spring, a daughter of the late James Quiqley and Mabelle Crawford Means. A 1941 graduate of the Shippensburg High School, Betty married Mr. Elmer M. Ott on August 1,...
Ronald Keefer
Oct 5, 2013
Ronald E. Keefer, Sr., 57, of Orrstown, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at home from the result of a tractor accident. He was born February 20, 1956 in Chambersburg. Ronald was a son of the late Paul C. and Elsie V. Byers Keefer. Ronald served as a Medic with the United States Army for nine years, and was currently working...
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