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Lisa Wyrick

Lisa Wyrick

Jan 2, 2011

Lisa Jo “Wit” Wyrick, 45, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 2, 2011 at home. Born July 4, 1965 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Robert E. and Darlene M. Baughman Wyrick of Shippensburg. She volunteered at Mt. Rock Day Care for over seven years and prior to that volunteered at Wilson College, Archives at Shippensburg University, and with children...

Roberta Morrison

Roberta Morrison

Jan 1, 2011

Roberta M. “Bertie” Morrison, 86, a resident of the Episcopal Home, died Saturday, January 1, 2011 in the home. Born November 2, 1924 in Saxton, she was a daughter of the late Caulder and Flo Truax Dickinson. She attended the Mongul United Brethren Church and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Durff-Kuhn VFW Post # 6168. She...

Max Cooley

Max Cooley

Dec 31, 2010

Dr. Max G. Cooley, 88, 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown and formerly of Shippensburg, died Friday, December 31, 2010 at the Masonic Home. Born August 6, 1922, in East Towanda, PA, he was a son of the late Reed David and Mildred Cynthia Allen Cooley. He married the late B. Ruth Cowell of Rome, PA, on November 30, 1946. He graduated...

Donald Stouffer

Donald Stouffer

Dec 31, 2010

Donald W. Stouffer, 78, of Lurgan, died Friday, December 31, 2010 in his home. Born March 31, 1932 in Lurgan, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Otmer F. and Anna P. Coleman Stouffer. He was a member of the Lurgan United Brethren Church. Donald was past secretary/ treasurer and member of the Lurgan Twp. Lions Club, a...

Dorothy Rife

Dorothy Rife

Dec 27, 2010

Dorothy Alice Rife, 84, of 300 Grist Mill Road, Burnt Cabins, died Monday, December 27, 2010 at her home. Born June 14, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Christopher and Nettie Wright Beltz. Surviving are three daughters; Rosetta M. McClure and her husband Michael, Hagerstown, MD, Peggy Ann Sword and her husband James, Seabring, FL, and Lu...

Albert Shore

Albert Shore

Dec 27, 2010

Albert G. Shore, 72, of Burnt Cabins, died Monday, December 27, 2010 in his home along with his long time companion, Dorothy A. Rife. Born January 7, 1938 in Burnt Cabins, Fulton County; he was a son of the late Wilmer and Pauline Cutchall Shore. He retired from Knouse Foods in Peach Glen and years ago worked for the Mercersburg...

Ralph Alleman

Ralph Alleman

Dec 25, 2010

Ralph B. Alleman 1925 ~ 2010 Ralph B. Alleman, 85, of Shippensburg, died on Saturday, December 25, 2010, at his home. Born on January 7, 1925, in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, a son of the late John and Mabel Fields Alleman. Ralph was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, inducted on May 13, 1943 and honorably discharged on...

Margaret Loy

Margaret Loy

Dec 23, 2010

Margaret Means Loy 1923 ~ 2010 Margaret Means Loy, 87, of Palm Harbor, FL, formerly Newville, PA, died on December 23, 2010, in Clearwater, FL. She was born to Chalmers and Elizabeth McCune Means on January 12, 1923 in Newburg, PA. She graduated from Shippensburg High School in 1940 and Shippensburg State Teacher’s College in 1944. Margaret married Mr. Harold...

Harold Weaver

Harold Weaver

Dec 22, 2010

Harold L. Weaver, 77, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 5, 1933 in Centerville, Cumberland County; he was a son of the late Frank and Violet Showaker Weaver. He was the owner and operator of the former Weaver & Weaver Builders in Shippensburg and after retiring he had Weaver’s Woodcrafts. Harold was a...

Melvin Powell

Melvin Powell

Dec 21, 2010

Melvin D. Powell 62, of Needmore, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010 from the result of a logging accident. Born October 20, 1948 in Cumberland, Maryland, he was a son of the late Henry M. and Catherine Brown Powell. He was a member of the Newburg First Church of God. Melvin retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot and was working part-time...

Catharine Hall

Catharine Hall

Dec 19, 2010

Catharine R. Hall 1914 ~ 2010 Catharine R. Hall, 96, a resident of Elmcroft, Shippensburg, died on Sunday, December 19, 2010. Born on February 7, 1914, in Upper Strasburg, she was a daughter of the late Susan “Flo” Leedy Nye. Catharine retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot., where she worked in administration, after thirty years of employment. She was a...

Robert Tolbert

Robert Tolbert

Dec 19, 2010

Robert E. “Bunk” Tolbert, 81, of Shippensburg, died Sunday, December 19, 2010. Born September 24, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Robert E. and Eva Nuckles Tolbert. He was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg. Bunk retired from the Shipping and Receiving Department at Letterkenny Army Depot in 1988, a United...

Dale Kendall

Dale Kendall

Dec 18, 2010

Dale E. Kendall Sr., 78, a resident at The Village of Laurel Run and formerly of Shippensburg Mobile Estates, died Saturday, December 18, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 15, 1932 in Newville, he was a son of the late Arthur Rosevelt and Effie Elizabeth Cover Kendall. Dale was a member of the Mainsville United Brethren Church. He retired...

Mary Gephart

Mary Gephart

Dec 14, 2010

Mary G. Gephart, 89, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in Penn Hall, Chambersburg. Born October 9, 1921 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Clark and Dora Bell Rosenberry Gephart. She was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church in Shippensburg and taught in the Sunday school department for many years. She retired in...

Miles Daniels

Miles Daniels

Dec 14, 2010

Miles D. “Dan” Daniels, 88, of Menno Village, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in Chambersburg. Born June 28, 1922 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late Dewey D. and Florence E. Cassel Daniels. Dan was a1940 graduate of Highspire High School, a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII, he retired as a Machinist from Grove Manufacturing and...

Ethel Parks

Ethel Parks

Dec 12, 2010

Ethel L. Parks, 88, of Orrstown, died Sunday, December 12, 2010 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 14, 1922 in Mason-Dixon, Franklin County; she was a daughter of the late Lloyd L. and Mary A. Hippensteel Kitzmiller. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church and retired from Penn Pants Company both in Shippensburg. In...

Rachael Hurst

Rachael Hurst

Dec 6, 2010

Rachael R. Hurst, 96, of Glen Burnie, MD, died on Monday, December 6, 2010, at her home. Private graveside services will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2010, in the Spring Hill Cemetery. Her funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Inc., Shippensburg.

Richard Smith

Richard Smith

Dec 4, 2010

Richard D. Smith, 64, of Newburg, died Saturday, December 4, 2010 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born December 22, 1945 in Upper Mifflin township, Cumberland County; he was a son of the late Herman D. and Lucy C. Negley Smith. He retired from the New Cumberland Army Depot. He was a 1964 Graduate of Big Spring High School. Richard...

Paul Culbertson

Paul Culbertson

Dec 4, 2010

Paul K. Culbertson, 87, of Shippensburg, died peacefully with his family by his side in his daughter’s home on Saturday, December 4, 2010. Born February 5, 1923 in Oakville, Cumberland County, he was the son of the late P. D. and Lula M. Bistline Culbertson. He was a member of the Newburg First Church of God, a past missionary treasurer,...

Earl Mays

Earl Mays

Dec 1, 2010

Earl Page Mays, 86, Shippensburg Mobile Estates, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born July 6, 1924 in Lynchburg, VA, he was a son of the late Moses and Francis Johnson Mays. Earl retired as a foreman from SKF Industries and was a United States Navy veteran serving during WWII. Surviving are two daughters; Deborah...

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