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Paul Clippinger
Oct 24, 2010
Paul W. “Clip” Clippinger, 92 of Shippensburg, died Sunday, October 24, 2010 in the Falling Spring Nursing & Rehab Center. Born August 10, 1918 in Shippensburg, he was the son of Murray F. and Fannie C. Wagner Clippinger. Paul was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post #223 and Durff-Kuhn VFW Post...
Rita Greenawalt
Oct 23, 2010
Rita M. Greenawalt, 78 of Newburg, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 23, 2010 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born April 17, 1932 in Muncy, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles F. and Kathryn Musselman Shriner. Rita was a 1949 graduate of Milton High School, Milton, PA and a 1952 graduate of the Harrisburg School...
Harold Heller
Oct 23, 2010
Harold D. Heller, 93, of Troon Drive, Chambersburg, died Saturday, October 23, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born June 11, 1917 in Newville, Cumberland County; he was a son of the late David C. and Blanche Miller Heller. He retired in 1972 from the Letterkenny Army Depot, a member of Newville First Church of God, life member of...
Paul Fogelsanger
Oct 23, 2010
Paul L. Fogelsanger, 92 a resident of Luther Ridge, formerly of Shippensburg, departed from this life Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Menno Haven. Born January 8, 1918 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late J. Paul and Carrie L. Beattie Fogelsanger. He was a 1935 graduate of Shippensburg High School and a 1937 graduate of the Central Pennsylvania...
Charles Traxler
Oct 21, 2010
Charles W. Traxler, Jr., 79 of Forge Hill Road, Orrstown, died Thursday, October 21, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 9, 1931 in Fannettsburg, Franklin County; he was a son of the late Charles W. Sr. and Vernoll H. Markey Traxler. He was a member of Roxbury United Methodist Church, the Lurgan Lions Club, was a Boy Scout Master...
Frederick Seibert
Oct 21, 2010
Frederick E. Seibert, 81, of Carlisle, died peacefully at home Thursday, October 21, 2010. Born February 10, 1929 in Dry Run, Franklin County; he was a son of the late John Franklin and Helen Mae Price Seibert. He spent many years as a self employed dairy farmer in the Shippensburg area and was employed by International Harvester, C & W...
Floyd Mooney
Oct 14, 2010
Floyd L. Mooney 1921 ~ 2010 Floyd L. Mooney, 89, of Shippensburg, died on Thursday, October 14, 2010, in the Chambersburg Hospital Emergency Room. Born on September 10, 1921, in Mainsville, a son of the late Brady and Curvey Russell Mooney. On August 30, 1942, he married Ms. Hazel L. Gilbert in Hagerstown, MD. Floyd served in the Pacific Theatre,...
Blanche Martin
Oct 13, 2010
Blanche L. Martin, 83 of 3001 Luther Drive, Chambersburg, died Wednesday, October 13, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 16, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Menno and Anna Mary Barkdoll Landis. Blanche was a member of the Rowe Mennonite Church. Surviving are three sons; Vincent R. Martin and his wife Anna, Chambersburg, Eric L....
Ruth Norcross
Oct 12, 2010
Ruth V. Norcross, 99, a resident of Menno Haven, Chambersburg, died Monday, October 12, 2010. Born February 27, 1911, in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, a daughter of the late William J. and Nanny Sandoe Warren. For the majority of her working life, Ruth was employed at several physicians’ office where she did everything from working as a receptionist to assisting...
Laurie Thompson
Oct 10, 2010
Laurie Ann Sheaffer Thompson, 48, of Holiday Florida died Sunday, October 10, 2010 in Florida. She was born October 27, 1961 in Stamford, CT; she was a daughter of John A. and Helen Hudak Sheaffer of Shippensburg. A memorial mass will be celebrated Friday, November 5, 2010 in Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Officiating will...
Janet Helman
Oct 1, 2010
Janet M. Helman 1922 ~ 2010 Janet M. Helman, 88, of Shippensburg, died on October 1, 2010, at her home. Born on April 27, 1922, in Pleasant Hall, a daughter of the late Denton G. and Lula G. Sollenberger Wilson. On October 26, 1940, Janet married Mr. Lester G. Helman in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded her in death on November...
David Blank
Sep 29, 2010
David S. Blank 1936 ~ 2010 David S. Blank, 74, of 7026 McClay’s Mill Rd., Newburg, died on September 29, 2010 at his home. Born on September 5, 1936 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster Co., a son of the late Joseph and Barbara Stoltzfus Blank. He was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. He is survived by his wife,...
Christina Alleman
Sep 29, 2010
Christina P. Alleman 1925 ~ 2010 Christina P. Alleman, 84, of Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, died on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at home surrounded by her family. Born on October 14, 1925, in Kerkrade, Netherlands, a daughter of the late Andreas and Magdalena Spicker Ploum. Christina came to the United States in 1947, after meeting her future husband during World...
Mary Petruska
Sep 25, 2010
Mary L. Petruska, 97, of Orrstown Road, Orrstown, died Saturday, September 25, 2010 in her home. Born December 3, 1912 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late John Calvin and Mary Ellen Gabler Kane. Mary was of the Protestant Faith, retired in 1978 from the Shippensburg School District as a cook after 24 years of service. Mary loved...
William Willis
Sep 16, 2010
William K. “Bill” Willis 1945 ~ 2010 William K. “Bill” Willis, 65, of Shippensburg, went Home to be with his Lord, on Thursday, September 16, 2010, at his home, surrounded by family. Born on March 23, 1945, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Lewis E. and Emma T. Keller Willis. A 1963 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School, Bill...
Joan Grace
Sep 16, 2010
Joan A. Grace 1926 ~ 2010 Joan A. Grace, 84, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on Thursday, September 16, 2010. Born on April 22, 1926, in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late William and Joan McEuleaflor Rafferty. Joan was of the Catholic faith and was employed as a waitress earlier in life before...
Beatrice Myers
Sep 16, 2010
Beatrice E. Myers, 87, a resident of the Thornwald Home, Carlisle, died on Thursday, September 16, 2010. Born in Newburg, on August 23, 1923, a daughter of the late John and Ethel Kumbler Heberlig. Beatrice was primarily a homemaker throughout her life, but from 1958 to 1976, she worked at G.C. Murphy Co., Shippensburg. She was also a member of...
John Mccrae
Sep 14, 2010
John Kenneth McCrae, 96, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, formerly of Scenic Drive, Shippensburg, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Born August 27, 1914 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late Jesse Douglas and Mary Biesecker McCrae. He was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg and retired from Letterkenny Army...
Grace Weaver
Sep 12, 2010
Grace A. Weaver 1917 ~ 2010 Grace A Weaver, 92, of Ft. Myers, FL, formerly of Shippensburg, died on Sunday, September 12, 2010. Born on October 24, 1917, in Southampton Twp., Cumberland County, PA, the daughter of the late Robert and Rebecca Stewart Nicholson. A 1935 graduate of Shippensburg High School, she was of the Protestant faith and a former...
Ray Coy
Sep 10, 2010
Ray A. Coy, 81, a resident of Shippensburg Health Care Center, formerly of 301 West Creek Rd., Shippensburg, died Friday, September 10, 2010 in the Center. Born February 26, 1929 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County; he was a son of the late Wallace N. and Ethel G. Ingram Coy. He was the owner and operator of the former ARCO service station,...
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