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Evelyn Beidel-Reed
Aug 25, 2012
Evelyn D. Reed, 86, of Shippensburg, PA, died on the evening of Saturday, August 25, 2012. Evelyn, a life-long resident of Shippensburg, was a retired employee of Shippensburg University, and a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Samuel L. Reed, Sr.; her daughter, Martha Jane “Peaches” (David) Clayton of Lancaster;...
William Peightel
Aug 23, 2012
William Edgar Peightel, 85, of 517 Franklin Heights, Shippensburg, died August 23, 2012 at his home. Born July 27, 1927 in Huntingdon PA, he was the son of the late Edgar and Grace (Smith) Peightel of Huntingdon. Peightel attended the Huntingdon Public Schools graduating in 1945, and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Juniata College in 1949. He received...
Martha Reed
Aug 22, 2012
Martha I. Reed, 77, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 1, 1935 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Cora Belle Irene Holtry Baughman. Martha was a retired supervisor at Hoffman Mills and a member of Messiah United Methodist Church both in...
Robert Kyle
Aug 21, 2012
Robert L. “Bob” Kyle, 82, of Holswart Drive, Shippensburg, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at the Village of Laurel Run. Born Tuesday, October 26, 1929 in Newburg, he was the son of the late Joseph Kyle and Edna I. Hamilton. Bob was a United States Air Force Veteran serving in the Korean Conflict. He retired from Letterkenny Army Depot in...
Jane Perez
Aug 20, 2012
Jane M. Mason Perez, 43, of Chambersburg, died Monday, August 20, 2012 in Harrisburg Hospital. Born December 2, 1968 in Greensboro, NC, she was a daughter of Lydia M. Bumbaugh Mason of Chambersburg and the late Roy Jack Mason. Jane was a 1987 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. In addition to her mother she is survived by...
Richard Beam
Aug 16, 2012
Richard K. Beam, 76, of Pleasant Hall, died on the morning of Thursday, August 16, 2012, in Lewes, DE. His memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, August 20, 2012, at the Mongul United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. The Rev. Charles Beltz and Rev. David Crosby will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mongul Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Virginia Bowles
Aug 16, 2012
Virginia W. Bowles, 84, of Chambersburg, died on the morning of Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Menno Haven. She was born on June 29, 1928, in Roanoke, VA., a daughter of the late Clarence and Sally Maude Broghman Webb. Virginia married Mr. George M. Bowles, Jr., and they spent 43 years happily married together. He preceded her in death on...
Lester Whitmer
Aug 9, 2012
Lester J. Whitmer, 91, formerly of 155 Whitmer Road, Shippensburg, died Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 12:55 p.m. in the Shippensburg Health Care Center, where he had been a resident since December 2003. Born October 22, 1920 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late John B. and Margaret Hippensteel Whitmer. Early in life he worked...
Charles Stine
Aug 8, 2012
Charles W. Stine, 87, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on May 5, 1925, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Blain W. and Elsie Russell Stine. Charles served in the U.S. Army from July 2, 1943 to January 19, 1946. He was in the field artillery and...
Margaret Warren
Aug 7, 2012
Margaret “Peg” Etter Warren, 82, of Shippensburg, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Thornwald Home, Carlisle. Born Wednesday, April 23, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Andrew Etter and Ruth Hoover Etter Mowery Perry. Peg attended the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was employed at the Shippensburg University...
Mary Fogelsanger
Aug 6, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Fogelsanger, 92, of Shippensburg, died Monday, August 6, 2012 in Menno Haven, Chambersburg. Born Tuesday, November 25, 1919 in Southampton Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late James Garfield and Lilly M. Wagner Watson. Mary was a 1936 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She received a teaching degree from Shippensburg State Teachers...
Margaret Tritt
Aug 5, 2012
Margaret E. “ Marge “ Tritt, 70, of Upper Horse Valley Road, Upper Strasburg, died Sunday, August 5, 2012 at her home. Born Wednesday, December 31, 1941 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late William F. Sr., and Grace E. Holtry Washinger. Marge was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, a member of...
Nellie Draper
Aug 3, 2012
Nellie Mae (Holtry) Draper, 74, of Crossville, TN, formerly of Shippensburg; daughter of the late Eber J. and Pearl V. (Hollenbaugh) Holtry, Sr., died on Thursday, August 2, 2012. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Shippensburg. Interment will follow in the Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be one...
Genevieve Wood
Aug 3, 2012
Genevieve Marie Wood, 87, a resident of the Quincy Home, formerly of Upper Strasburg, died on the morning of Friday, August 3, 2012. She was born on November 20, 1924, in Binghamton, NY, the daughter of the late Ervin H. and Ina L. Banker Ferris, where she graduated from high school. Genevieve married Frederick A. Wood in Binghamton. She became...
Cathy Sheele
Aug 1, 2012
Cathy M. Sheele, 57, of Newburg, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on July 1, 1955, in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., the daughter of the late Clarence and Catherine Minerd Myers, Sr. Cathy was a homemaker throughout her life. She attended the Ridge Church of the Brethren, and was a...
Leila Beckenbaugh
Aug 1, 2012
Leila R. Beckenbaugh, 99, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at the Shook Home, Chambersburg. She was born on April 10, 1913, in Shippensburg, the daughter of the late Merle and Myrtle Swartz Haulter. On September 19, 1931, Leila married Mr. Earl R. Beckenbaugh in Shippensburg. She then became a homemaker as they started their...
Bryce Connelly
Jul 29, 2012
Bryce Anthony Connelly, Shippensburg, infant son of John A. and Melody A. Hayslett Connelly died Sunday, July 29, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Services and burial will be private.
Evelyn Byers
Jul 27, 2012
Evelyn L. Byers, 85 of Three Square Hollow Road, Newburg, died Friday, July 27, 2012 at her home. Born Tuesday, August 24, 1926 in Newburg, Hopewell Township, she was a daughter of the late John and Annie Grace Mackey Singer. Evelyn was a member of the Green Spring First Church of God, Newburg, and their Bible study group, Senior Life...
Carl Bittinger
Jul 19, 2012
Carl E. “Shorty” Bittinger, 79, of Shippensburg, died on the evening of Thursday, July 19, 2012 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on September 2, 1932, in Newville, a son of the late Gladys Rebecca Bittinger. Carl was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, enlisting on April 6, 1951 and honorably discharged on April 8, 1954. Upon...
Edith Zullinger
Jul 17, 2012
Edith C. Zullinger, 93, formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in Magnolias of Chambersburg. Born February 25, 1919 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert D. and Sarah Morrison McCleary. Edith and her late husband were dairy farmers. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and gardening. In addition to her parents Edith was preceded in death by...
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