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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...

Rev. Albert Robinson

Rev. Albert Robinson

Jan 27, 2011

Rev. Albert C. Robinson, 94 of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 in Greenridge Village, Newville, PA. Born October 11, 1916 in Berlin New Jersey, he was the son of Clarence W. and Miriam R. (Funkhouser) Robinson. On the death of his mother at childbirth, he was raised by his maternal grandparents, Orville and Almerta Funkhouser. Rev. Robinson was educated...

Christopher Campbell

Christopher Campbell

Jan 27, 2011

Christopher Ray Campbell, 18, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center from injuries sustained in a single-car automobile accident. Christopher was a member of the senior class of 2011 at Shippensburg Area Senior High School. Born December 20, 1992 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, he was a son of Kevin R. and Catherine M....

Anthony Gardner

Anthony Gardner

Jan 26, 2011

Anthony C. “Tony” Gardner, 57, of Newburg, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 3, 1953 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Betty A. Gabler Gardner of Newburg and the late Charles B. Gardner. He was the Assistant Director of Utilities and Energy Management at Shippensburg University and was a part-time self employed mason. Tony...

Pauline Underwood

Pauline Underwood

Jan 24, 2011

Pauline Catherine Champion Underwood died January 24, 2011, in Potomac, Maryland. She was born in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 1918, the daughter of Clyde R. Champion and Jennie Fraley Champion. Pauline attended schools in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, graduating from John Harris High School and later from Central Pennsylvania Business College. She and Roy F. Underwood were married on July 2,...

Dominique Henderson

Dominique Henderson

Jan 23, 2011

Dominique Francoise Henderson 1945 ~ 2011 Dominique Francoise Henderson, 65, of Newburg and Shippensburg, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her husband and sons on January 23, 2011. Her frame contained a heart so full of love that one would have thought she was 100 feet tall. He family and friends, through blood or otherwise, spanned Europe, Africa,...

Kenneth Stoner

Kenneth Stoner

Jan 23, 2011

Kenneth E. “Whitey” Stoner, Sr. 83, of Shippensburg, went home to his Heavenly Father, Sunday, January 23, 2011 in ManorCare, Carlisle, PA. Born September 26, 1927 in New Franklin, PA, he was a son of the late Cyrus P. and Lela V. Miller Stoner. Kenneth served proudly with the United States Army during World War II as part of the...

Wallace Leach

Wallace Leach

Jan 18, 2011

Wallace “Wally” Leach, 89, of Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in the York Hospital. Born July 2, 1921 in Lykens, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Frances G. and Harriet Elizabeth Wallace Leach. After WW11 he received his Master’s in English Literature from Penn State University and was a graduate of the Shippensburg High...

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