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Roy Butts
Jan 27, 2013
Roy Z. Butts, 93, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of Sunday, January 27, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 10, 1919, in Middle Spring, Cumberland County, a son of the late William and Jennie Rebuck Butts. Roy worked for SKF Industries, for over 30 years, retiring in 1982, as a machinist. He was a member...
Galen Nye
Jan 25, 2013
Galen L. Nye, 65, of Shippensburg, died Friday, January 25, 2013 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital. Galen was born March 2, 1947 in Chambersburg. He was a son of the late Willis J. and Ethel W. Bistline Nye. Galen was a member of the Mongul United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. He retired from Brechbill & Helman Construction Company...
Clifford Robinson
Jan 25, 2013
Clifford E. Robinson, 85, a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, formerly of Lurgan, died Friday, January 25, 2013 in the center. Clifford was born March 10, 1927 in Greencastle. He was a son of the late Earnest F. and Mary E. Bryan Robinson. Clifford retired from the Penn Central Rail Road in 1978 where he...
John Mccann
Jan 23, 2013
John E. McCann, 80, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, November 26, 1932 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Albert Edward and Lenna S. Squires McCann. John was a graduate of the former Shippensburg High School and a 1953 graduate of Shippensburg University. He taught for two years at Central...
Frederick Crawford
Jan 22, 2013
Frederick L. Crawford, Jr., 46, of Newburg, formerly of Altoona, died Tuesday, January 22, 2013 in the Life Care Hospital of Mechanicsburg. Fred was born December 9, 1966 in Altoona, PA. He was a son of Frederick L., Sr. and Beryl A. Wilkinson Crawford Fred was a 1984 graduate of the Altoona High School and was employed by the Falling...
Dorothy Reddig
Jan 21, 2013
Dorothy L. “Dot” Reddig, 89, of Fayetteville, and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 21, 2013 in the Village of Laurel Run. Born August 8, 1923 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Brinton D. and Velma Alloway Laidig. Dot retired in 1993 from the Shippensburg University Book Store, where she was employed for 22...
Sandra Weller
Jan 19, 2013
Sandra M. Weller, 64, of Walnut Bottom, died on Saturday, January 19, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on May 22, 1948, in Carlisle, a daughter of the late Peter and Arlene Hysick, Sr. Sandra had worked at the former Kinney Shoe, Carlisle, retiring on December 19, 1989. In the past, she attended the First Wesleyan Church, Walnut...
Edna Tarner
Jan 19, 2013
Edna V. Tarner, 84, a recent resident of Providence Place in Chambersburg and formerly of Shippensburg, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 5, 1928 in Newville. She was a daughter of the late John and Grace Zinn Barrick. Edna retired from Shippensburg University after 29 years of service. She was a member of the First...
Sheldon Dettwiler
Jan 19, 2013
Sheldon Lorne Dettwiler, 43, of Shippensburg, died unexpectedly on January 19, 2013, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on February 15, 1969, in Ephrata, a son of Noah Lorne Dettwiler of Womelsdorf and Anna Marie Johnson Dettwiler of Shippensburg. Sheldon was a member of the Rowe Mennonite Church. He was employed as a mechanic at Shank’s Lawn Equipment in Marion, PA,...
Westley Parks
Jan 18, 2013
Westley J. Parks, Sr. 75, of Willow Hill, died on the morning of Friday, January 18, 2013, at his home. He was born on April 18, 1937, in Willow Hill, a son of the late William Henry and Mary Worley Parks. Westley had worked at the Rosenberry Bros. Saw Mill for many years. He always loved to take his grandson...
Dorothy Elder
Jan 18, 2013
Dorothy M. Elder, 93, a resident of the Church of God Home, Carlisle, formerly of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord on the evening of Friday, January 18, 2013. She was born in Beulah, Clearfield County, PA, a daughter of the late Charles E. and Johanna Lindenburg Miller. A 1937 graduate of Madera High School, she went on to...
Yvonne Friese
Jan 17, 2013
Yvonne Marie “Vonnie” Friese, 76, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 17, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Vonnie was born Friday, April 10, 1936 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. She was a daughter of the late Homer M. and Nellie I. Wiles Farner. Vonnie was a member of Mongul United Brethren Church. She and her husband Henry...
Helen Sobrito
Jan 17, 2013
Helen Marie Sobrito, 93, passed away on the afternoon of Thursday, January 17, 2013. Helen had been residing at Green Ridge Village for the past four years. Helen was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, William and is survived by her three sons, William, Robert, and Edward; her daughter, Loree; three daughter-in-law; thirteen grandchildren; and twenty one...
Glenn Butts
Jan 16, 2013
Glenn E. Butts, 89, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, formerly of West Creek Road, Newburg, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in the Emergency Room of the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 29, 1923 in Newburg, PA. Glenn was a son of the late William C. and Jennie S. Rebuck Butts. Glenn...
Linda Brown
Jan 16, 2013
Linda D. Brown, 49, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born on September 12, 1963, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Dale E. and Nancy J. Heefner Kendall, Sr. Linda had worked as a Teacher’s Aide at the Shippensburg Head Start. She attended both the Green...
Eunice Russell
Jan 15, 2013
Eunice Mabel Russell, 94, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in her home. Eunice was born February 10, 1918 in Liverpool, England. She was a daughter of the late William and Mabel Miller and the widow of Howard Edwin “Russ” Russell who died August 27, 2007. Eunice was a member of the Shippensburg Presbyterian Church. She is survived by...
Catharine Martin
Jan 15, 2013
Catharine N. Martin, 90, of Shippensburg, died on the afternoon of January 15, 2013, at her daughter’s home, surrounded by her family. She was born on August 27, 1922, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late David and Fannie Martin Frey. Catharine was a homemaker throughout her life and was a member of the Burns Valley Mennonite Church. She is...
Robert Gochenauer
Jan 14, 2013
Robert J. Gochenauer, Sr., 91, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Monday, January 14, 2013. He was born on April 1, 1921, in Lurgan Twp., Franklin Co., a son of the late Bruce W. and Laura M. Duke Gochenauer. Robert was a U.S. Army Air Corp. veteran of World War II, enlisting on September 4,...
Elizabeth Ewan
Jan 13, 2013
Elizabeth B. “Libby” Ewan, 100, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Pittsburgh. Born December 19, 1912 in Brooklyn, NY, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Melinda Naugle Blynn. Libby was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. She retired from the former Shippensburg High School where she worked in the cafeteria....
John Mccay
Jan 10, 2013
John D. McCay, 76, of Michael Court, Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 10, 2013 in Green Ridge Village. Born Saturday, March 21, 1936 in New York City, NY, he was a son of the late Daniel and Anne Kavanagh McCay. John retired from the Nassau County Police Headquarters; he was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church, Shippensburg...
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