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Alice Gipe
Jan 23, 2012
Alice M. Gipe, 90, a resident at the Shippensburg Health Care Center and formerly of Roxbury, died Monday, January 23, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Wednesday, August 3, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late David N. and Vera Elizabeth Bittinger Davis. Alice was a member of the Living Faith Chapel, Shippensburg. Surving are her husband...
Violet Holtry
Jan 22, 2012
Violet M. Holtry, 86, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died Sunday, January 22, 2012 in the home. Born October 14, 1925 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Herman Leroy, Sr. and Mabel Grace Fitzgerald Holtry. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one brother, Herman Leroy Holtry, Jr.,...
John Thomas
Jan 21, 2012
John H. “J.T” Thomas, 81, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the morning of January 21, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on February 1, 1930, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Jerry C. and Violet R. Fitzgerald Thomas. John served in the U.S. Navy. Upon his discharge, John bought the former Varsity...
Carl Rosenberry
Jan 21, 2012
Carl Leroy Rosenberry, 66, formerly of Walnut Bottom, died on the evening of January 21, 2012, in Manor Care, Chambersburg. He was born on April 6, 1945, in Roxbury, a son of the late Albert Martin & Mabel Stoner Rosenberry. Carl was a U.S. Army veteran. Carl was retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot, where he worked as a welder...
Mary Carr
Jan 20, 2012
Mary Ann Carr 1940 ~ 2012 Mary Ann Carr, 71, of Shippensburg, PA, formerly of Harrisonburg, VA, died on Friday, January 20, 2012, at the Carlisle Hospital. She was born on April 4, 1940, in Harrisonburg, VA, the daughter of the late Jay Allen and Myrna Dorman. On July 8, 1957, Mary Ann married Mr. Carter H. Carr, Sr. in...
Frances Zullinger
Jan 20, 2012
Frances M. “Dolly” Zullinger, 91, of Orrstown, died Friday, January 20, 2012 in her home. Born February 24, 1920 in Orrstown, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Charles B. and Daisy T. Parson Cisney. Frances was a member of the Orrstown United Brethren Church. In addition to her parents she was a preceded in death by her...
Lucile Hamilton
Jan 19, 2012
Lucile A. Hamilton, 54, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 19, 2012 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born April 14, 1957 in Washington D.C. she was a daughter of the late John Ofenstein, Sr. and Joanne M. Florence Weary. Years ago Lucile was the Circulation Manager for the News Chronicle in Shippensburg. She took a lot of the photography for...
Jean Perkins
Jan 18, 2012
Jean S. Perkins, 87, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the morning of Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at the Health Care Center. She was born on June 28, 1924, in Rochester, PA, the daughter of the late Carl E. and Florence O. Dunbar Smith. A graduate of Rochester High School, Jean then met and married Dr....
Mary Kirby
Jan 17, 2012
Mary S. Kirby, 82, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born October 29, 1929 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Hancock Doyle. Mary was a member of the Mainsville United Brethren Church. She was co-owner of Ralph Kirby Plumbing and Heating and years ago she was employed by...
Judith Jenkins
Jan 17, 2012
Judith A. Jenkins, 70 of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born on September 25, 1941, in Newville, the daughter of Laura M. Hamilton Jumper and the late Paul H. Beidel. A 1960 graduate of Big Spring High School, Judith married Mr. Raymond S. Jenkins, Jr. on...
Gerald Magee
Jan 14, 2012
Gerald C. Magee, 65, of 101 S. High St., Newburg, died Saturday, January 14, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 31, 1946 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, he was the son of the late Clyde and Audrey Rhoades Magee. He was retired from the Pennsylvania Game Commission with 35 years of service. He was also a former Deputy Game...
Mary Shields
Jan 14, 2012
Mary Grace Shields, 87, of Newburg, died Saturday, January 14, 2012 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born July 15, 1924 in Newville, she was a daughter of the late Harvey T. and Anna Grace Gettel Bitner. She was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church, Newburg. Years ago Mary was employed by Howard Johnson’s on the PA Turnpike, the Beistle...
Roswitha Diehl
Jan 13, 2012
Roswitha M. “Rose” Diehl, 59, of Shippensburg, went to be with the Lord surrounded by her family Friday, January 13, 2012 after a long courageous battle with ALS. Born January 3, 1953 in Hohmuhlbach, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Hermann and Hildegard Fritz Lemke. Rose was a member of the Green Spring First Church of God and...
H. Kenneth Hopkins
Jan 13, 2012
H. Kenneth Hopkins, 82, of Walnut Bottom, died Friday, January 13, 2012 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born March 30, 1929 in Altoona, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence J. and Margaret Gauntner Hopkins, and his mother who raised him, Ethel Spangler Hopkins. Ken was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Walnut Bottom....
Gloria Gilbert
Jan 12, 2012
Gloria J. Gilbert, 59, of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 12, 2012 in the Harrisburg Hospital. She was born April 25, 1952 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Betty Johnston Perry of Shippensburg and the late John Perry. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge # 2500, and the Ladies Auxiliary...
Hazel Shields
Jan 11, 2012
Hazel C. Shields, 57, of Chestnut Grove Road, Shippensburg, passed away after a brief battle with cancer, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 in her home. Born April 22, 1954 in Fannettsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late William Samuel and Bertha Elizabeth Geyer Parks. Hazel attended the Messiah United Methodist Church. She loved spending time with her family, especially...
Ray Mixell
Jan 11, 2012
Ray “Tim” Mixell, 61, of Martinsburg, WV, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, in the Martinsburg City Hospital. Born August 2, 1950, in Newville, PA, he was a son of the late Lewis Freemont and Winifred Grace Morrison Mixell. Tim was a member of the New Beginning Full Gospel Church in Martinsburg and was a 1969 graduate of Big Spring High...
Jeanne Noaker
Jan 11, 2012
Jeanne L. Noaker, 88 years of age, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, from her home in Shippensburg, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by one son, Randy Noaker, and his wife Janet, of Carlisle; two daughters, Nancy Noaker Snyder, and her husband Rick, of Levittown, and Jill Noaker Luck, and...
Edgar Stine
Jan 10, 2012
Edgar V. Stine, 77, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Born March 8, 1934 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Blaine W. and Elsie J. Russell Stine. Edgar retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and raising cattle. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by four sisters, Curvey Coy,...
Kenneth Orndorff
Jan 8, 2012
Kenneth L. Orndorff, 61, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 8, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 8, 1950 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Roy R., Sr. and Rosella P. Kelley Orndorff. He retired from the Beistle Company after 31 years of employment and then worked for the Carlisle Area School District’s Custodial Department for 5...
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