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Kenneth Kaufman

Kenneth Kaufman

Feb 26, 2011

Kenneth R. Kaufman, 84, of Upper Strasburg, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born June 20, 1926 in Maple Grove, Franklin County. Ken was a son of the late Herbert Rhodes and Ida Louise Kissinger Kaufman. He was a member of the Upper Strasburg United Methodist Church and was a 1943 graduate of the Chambersburg...

V. Louise Staver

V. Louise Staver

Feb 25, 2011

V. Louise Staver, 91, of Shippensburg, died Friday, February 25, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born January 21, 1920 in Fannettsburg, Franklin County. Louise was a daughter of the late William and Mary Slike Kent. She was a member of the Shippensburg Presbyterian Church and retired from the former Marden Clothing Company in Shippensburg. Louise was a 1938...

Mary Holtry

Mary Holtry

Feb 25, 2011

Mary Alice Holtry, 88, a resident of the Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle, formerly of 1032 Ridge Road, Shippensburg, died Friday, February 25, 2011 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was born March 20, 1922 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Mary was a daughter of the late Irvin Charles and Sevilla Golden Killian. She was a member of the...

Edith Fenton

Edith Fenton

Feb 21, 2011

Edith Mae Fenton, 96 of Shippensburg, died Monday, February 21, 2011 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Edith was born October 13, 1914 in Newville, Cumberland County; she was a daughter of the late Herman and Emma Zinn Fenton. She retired from Knouse Foods in Peach Glenn and was a babysitter for many years in the Carlisle area. Edith is...

Jane Pledger

Jane Pledger

Feb 21, 2011

Jane Rigdon Pledger, 80, a resident at Penn Hall, died Monday, February 21, 2011 in her home at Penn Hall. Born June 16, 1930 in Elmira, NY, she was the daughter of the late Carl Emory and Helen Hicks Rigdon. Jane was a 1948 graduate of the Elmira Free Academy, Elmira, NY, attended Cortland State Teachers College, Cortland, NY and...

Roger Misner

Roger Misner

Feb 21, 2011

Roger E. Misner, Jr., 50, of Walnut Lane, New Oxford, died Monday, February 21, 2011 in the Hanover Hospital. Born February 2, 1961 in Chambersburg, he is a son of Roger E. Misner, Sr. of Cederville, NJ, and the late Delma L. VanPelt Misner. Roger was a 1980 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. He was a United States Air...

Novia Norton

Novia Norton

Feb 20, 2011

Novia Lynn Peterson Norton, 74, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at the Church of God Home, Carlisle. Novia was born November 28, 1936 in Highland Park, Michigan. She was a daughter of the late Arnold W. and Miriam C. Johnson Peterson. She was a graduate of Southfield High School in Michigan; she received her Associate...

James Rhinehart

James Rhinehart

Feb 14, 2011

James A. “Ace” Rhinehart James Allen Rhinehart, 59, of Shippensburg, PA, took the path to eternity on February 14, 2011, surrounded by his two daughters Dawn and Michelle, and his very best friend Patricia Rhinehart Bailey, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. The loving staff of Heartland Hospice assisted in his care. Born on August 5, 1951, in Gardners, PA,...

Susan Cordell

Susan Cordell

Feb 13, 2011

Susan E. Cordell 1950 ~ 2011 Susan E. Cordell, 60, of Shippensburg, died on Sunday, February 13, 2011, at her home. Born on May 26, 1950, in Altoona, PA, a daughter of the late Charles and Audrey Mills. She was a graduate of the Scotland School for Veteran’s Children. On September 12, 1970, she married Mr. Dennis W. Cordell, Sr.,...

Clinton Walker

Clinton Walker

Feb 12, 2011

Clinton Atwood Walker, 46, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 from the result of a train-pedestrian accident. Born August 31, 1964 in Chambersburg, Franklin County; he was a son of Glynn A. and Sally A. Bricker Walker of Edenville. He was employed for over six years at Letterkenny Army Depot as a heavy mobile equipment repairman. Clinton was a...

Charles Bookheimer

Charles Bookheimer

Feb 11, 2011

Charles R. “Chuck” Bookheimer Jr., 50, of 11051 Roxbury Road, Roxbury, died Friday, February 11, 2011 at his home. Born January 15, 1961 In McConnellsburg, PA., he was a son of Connie Lee Goshorn Bookheimer of Shippensburg, and the late Charles R. Bookheimer Sr. In addition to his mother, he is survived by three sisters; Teresa S. Baum, Orrstown, Anita...

Alice Williamson

Alice Williamson

Feb 10, 2011

Alice R. Williamson, 81, 105 North Penn Street, Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 22, 1929 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Martha Midow Johnson. Surviving are two sons; Foster C. Jr. and his wife Nancy Williamson, Carlisle and Jerry L. Williamson, Orrstown, one daughter; Vickie...

Harry Warren

Harry Warren

Feb 8, 2011

Harry E. Warren, Jr., 50, of Shippensburg died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 in his home. Born October 15, 1960 in Chambersburg, Franklin County; he was a son of Harry E., Sr. and Delores Arlene Diven Warren of Shippensburg. He was employed by the former Hoffman Mills for over 25 years and most currently was working at the Beistle Company, both...

Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill

Feb 6, 2011

Stephen John Hawk Hill, 34, of Highspire, died unexpectedly Sunday, February 6, 2011 in the Harrisburg Hospital. Born August 15, 1976 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, he was the husband of Denise Cassidy Hill of Highspire and a son of Charles Lewis and Linda M. Hawk Hill of Shippensburg. He was deeply involved with his career at Classic Rock Fabrication in...

Roy Sherman

Roy Sherman

Feb 5, 2011

Roy Edward Sherman 1937 ~ 2011 Roy Edward Sherman, 73, of Shippensburg, passed away at his home on Saturday, February 5, 2011. Born on March 3, 1937, in Doylesburg, PA, a son of the late Thomas Dean and Nettie Mae Miley Sherman. Roy proudly served his country and was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps., enlisting on May...

Gertrude Spencer

Gertrude Spencer

Feb 4, 2011

Gertrude Harper Main Spencer 1912 ~ 2011 Gertrude Harper Main Spencer, 98, of Mechanicsburg, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011. Born on November 17, 1912, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Harper Patterson Main, Sr. and Edith Horner Main, of Mainsville. Her paternal ancestor, John Mains, was born in Bucks County in 1720 and settled after the Revolution on...

Sherry Peck

Sherry Peck

Jan 31, 2011

Sherry K. Peck, 64, of Harrisburg, formerly of Newburg, went to be with the Lord Monday, January 31, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Born July 29, 1946 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late William F. and Evalyn M. Zullinger Allen. She was a member of the Caring Community Church of God in Hummelstown, the...

Dorothy Dyer

Dorothy Dyer

Jan 29, 2011

Dorothy Gephart Dyer, 98, died peacefully at her home in Shippensburg Saturday, January 29, 2011. Born August 14, 1912 near Shippensburg, she was one of four children of the late Clark Gephart and Dora Belle Rosenberry Gephart and grew up on the family farm just outside of town. She graduated from Shippensburg Normal School (now Shippensburg University) in 1930 and...

Dorothy Sweitzer

Dorothy Sweitzer

Jan 28, 2011

Dorothy Mae Sweitzer, 87, of Shippensburg, died Friday, January 28, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 31, 1923 in Orrstown, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Levi Franklin and Alice V. Snoke Porter. She retired from the housekeeping department of Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge in York after 19 years of employment. In addition to her parents...

Ella Kalif

Ella Kalif

Jan 27, 2011

Ella M. Kalif, 86, of Heritage Ave, Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 18, 1924 in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the late James J. and Kelley Belle Millwood Fowler. Ella attended the Shippensburg Independent Baptist Church, and retired as a seamstress in 1972 after 12 years of service. Ella loved and...

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