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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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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 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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Tyler Myers
May 4, 2013
Tyler Lamar Myers passed away in Lebanon, NJ, on Friday, May 3, 2013 at the age of 32. Tyler will be joining his paternal grandparents George and Florence Myers, his uncle Norman Sauder , his aunt Ruth Myers Rosenberry, and his cousins Jonathan Witter and Abigail Hershberger, who have gone on to heaven before him. Tyler leaves behind his loving...
Jeffrey Coons
May 4, 2013
Jeffrey I. Coons, Sr., 48, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on October 26, 1964, in Chambersburg, PA, a son of Jack I. and Anna “Barbara” Cummings Coons. Jeffrey was currently employed at KFC/Taco Bell, Shippensburg and had also worked for Benders, in the past. He...
Walter Hock
May 3, 2013
Walter E. Hock, 82, of Orrstown Road, Shippensburg, died Friday, May 3, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, March 14, 1931 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Rankin S. and Annie Henderson Hock. Walter was a member of the Hope Reformed Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. He served 21 years in the United States Army serving in the...
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