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John Watson
Nov 3, 2012
John E. Watson, 56, of Santee, CA and formerly of Shippensburg, died Saturday, November 3, 2012 at home. Born November 9, 1955 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Helen M. Witter Watson, of Shippensburg and the late John E. Watson. He was employed by General Atomics Aeronautical, Poway, CA. He was a graduate of Cuyamaca College, San Diego, CA...
Bertram Mackey
Nov 2, 2012
Bertram J. “Bert” Mackey, 71, of Shippensburg, died Friday, November 2, 2012 at home. Born May 6, 1941 in Chicago, IL, he was a son of Bertha Mackey of Chambersburg and the late Paul F. Mackey. He was a member of the Shippensburg Church of Christ. Bert worked for T.B. Woods in Chambersburg, the Letterkenny Army Depot, and retired from...
Gail Newman
Oct 31, 2012
Gail B. “Jigs” Newman, 84, of Chambersburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on December 3, 1927, in New Grenada, PA, the son of the late Ila Queen Benson. Gail was a 1948 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. On December 28, 1965, Gail married Ms. Arlene D. Drumheller at...
Jeanette Burkett
Oct 29, 2012
Jeanette L. Burkett, 38, of Newburg, died on the morning of Monday, October 29, 2012, at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born on October 1, 1974, in Carlisle, a daughter of James E. and M. Jane McCorkel Cohick. Jeanette was a 1993 graduate of Chambersburg High School and a 2007 graduate of the Penn State University Nursing Program....
Isabelle Myers
Oct 29, 2012
Isabelle A. Myers, 97, of Orrstown and formerly of Shippensburg, died Monday, October 29, 2012 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born Monday, March 1, 1915 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late John B. and Sara E. Brubaker Pomeroy. Isabelle was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. Surviving are three sons; Robert E. Myers and...
Grace Runshaw
Oct 28, 2012
Grace V. Runshaw, 91, of Shippensburg, peacefully went home to be with the Lord with her family by her side, on the evening of Sunday, October 28, 2012. She was born on November 9, 1920, in Newburg, a daughter of the late Jesse and Mae Piper Rhoads. On March 22, 1937, Grace married Mr. Paul R. Runshaw in Hagerstown, MD....
Katherine Palmer
Oct 23, 2012
Katherine Elizabeth “Betty” Wood Palmer, 96, a resident at Penn Hall, Chambersburg, died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, August 12, 1916 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late G. Herbert and Elizabeth S. Reed Wood. Betty was a 1934 graduate of the Chambersburg Senior High School and attended Business College in Baltimore. She...
Jane Middaugh
Oct 23, 2012
Jane L. Middaugh, 59, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in LifeCare Hospitals of Mechanicsburg. Born Tuesday, August 11, 1953 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Frank L. Ridley, Sr., and Hazel L. Devor Handshew of Centerville. Jane was a graduate of Shippensburg Senior High School. She was of the Protestant Faith and worked as a...
Charles Cook
Oct 21, 2012
Charles Lee Cook, 64, died Saturday, October 21, 2012. A native of Newport News, he was a 1966 graduate of Newport News High School after which he joined the Army and served four years. He worked as a pipefitter at Metro Machine in Norfolk for 18 years. Charles enjoyed football, especially the Pittsburgh Steelers, collecting and firing handguns, and loved...
H. Wayne Farner
Oct 19, 2012
H. Wayne Farner, 79, of Shippensburg, died Friday, October 19, 2012 at home surrounded by his loving family. Wayne was born November 9, 1932 in Greene Township, Franklin County. He was the son of the late Homer M. and Nellie I. Wiles Farner. Wayne retired from SKF Industries in Shippensburg after 44 years of employment. He was a member of...
Gerald Wise
Oct 16, 2012
Gerald A. Wise, 88, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at his daughter’s home in Halifax. Born April 12, 1924 in Orrstown, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Raymond A. and Dorthea M. Miller Wise. Gerald retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg and was a United States Army Veteran of World War II. He...
James Miller
Oct 15, 2012
James W. Miller, 83, of Walnut Bottom, passed away Monday, October 15, 2012 in the Life Care Hospital, Mechanicsburg. Born Thursday, July 11, 1929 in Mechanicsburg, he was a son of the late Joseph A. and Dorothy Snoderly Miller. James was a United States Army veteran serving in the Korean Conflict and then enlisted in the Army Reserves from 1954...
Dorothy Powell
Oct 14, 2012
Dorothy M. Sites Powell, 84, of Newburg, passed away on Sunday, October 14, 2012 in Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. Born Wednesday, December 21, 1927 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late George O. and Mary Catherine Treher Sites. Dorothy was an accomplished seamstress and in the late 1960’s started a Girl Scout Troop in Newburg. She volunteered...
Braydon Bixler
Oct 13, 2012
Braydon Lee Bixler, infant son of Shallon M. Wing and Brandon L. Bixler of Fayetteville, was born and died on the afternoon of Saturday, October 13, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Colby Wing; two sisters, Aiyana and Shyenne Wing; maternal grandparents, Anna (John) Trace and Paul Wing; paternal grandparents,...
Harold Baker
Oct 13, 2012
Harold R. “Dick” Baker, Sr., 67, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Saturday, October 13, 2012, at his home, with his family at his side. He was born on November 4, 1944, in Carlisle, a son of the late Harold L. and Laura Clepper Baker. Harold worked as a truck driver for 20 years for Carlisle Carrier, retiring in...
Robert Lytle
Oct 9, 2012
Robert E. Lytle, 95, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Tuesday, October 9, 2012, at Manor Care, Chambersburg. He was born on April 27, 1917, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Robert A. and Ethel Jane Clippinger Lytle. Robert was a 1935 graduate of Shippensburg High School. On December 11, 1937, Robert married Ms. Josephine M. Allen, in...
Joyce Henry
Oct 8, 2012
Joyce L. Henry, 76, of Shippensburg, died Monday, October 8, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 7, 1935 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late John Robert and Ruth E. Bender Warren. Joyce was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg and was a 1953 graduate of Shippensburg Area Senior High School....
Dylan Guyer
Oct 7, 2012
Dylan Michael Guyer, 23, of Waynesboro, formerly of Shippensburg died Sunday, October 7, 2012. He was born July 29, 1989 in Chambersburg, Franklin County. Dylan was a son of Dale R. Guyer and his wife Darla of Shippensburg and Misty K. Frank Banzhoff and her husband James of Waynesboro. Dylan worked at Gold’s Gym in Hagerstown. He attended Shippensburg Area...
Elenora Mooney
Oct 6, 2012
Elenora F. Mooney, 75, of Chambersburg, died Saturday, October 6, 2012 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born March 6, 1937 in McConnellsburg, Fulton County, she was a daughter of the late Melvin E. and Abbie M. Carbaugh Edwards. Elenora was a member of the Mainsville United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. She retired from the Stanley Company after 38 years of...
Sonja Crider
Oct 3, 2012
Sonja Crider, 61 of Lincoln Way West, St. Thomas, died Wednesday, October 3, 2012 in the Hershey Medical Center. Born Thursday, May 3, 1951 in Sisak, Croatia, she was a daughter of the late Drago and Angela Steponivich Trepse. Sonja worked as a cashier at Giant Foods and attended Corpus Christi Catholic Church. She was a life member of the...
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