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Charles Ott

Charles Ott

Jan 14, 2011

Charles L. “ Chig “ Ott, 84 of Scrafford Street, Shippensburg, died Friday, January 14, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 28, 1926 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Stiles E. Sr. and Margaret P. Durff Ott. Charles was of the Protestant Faith, he was a United States Army Veteran serving in WWII. He retired as...

Russell Allen

Russell Allen

Jan 10, 2011

Russell H. Allen, 78, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 10, 2011 in the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born May 13, 1932 in Shippensburg, PA, he was a son of the late Howard and Mary Naugle Allen. He retired after 40 years of employment at Hoffman Mills in Shippensburg. Russell was a long time member of the Oscar M. Hykes American...

Tina Franklin

Tina Franklin

Jan 10, 2011

Tina N. Franklin, 42, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 10, 2011 in Manorcare, Chambersburg. Born July 19, 1968 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Ronald L. and Carol A. Sites Franklin of Shippensburg. She was employed by ABRAXAS in South Mountain and worked part-time at the Shippensburg American Legion. Tina was a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American...

Lydia Keating

Lydia Keating

Jan 10, 2011

Lydia G. Keating, 94, of Shippensburg, died Monday, January 10, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 17, 1916 in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Adam and Mary Klopp Borrell. She was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church and the Shippensburg Senior Center. Lydia retired from Penn Pants in 1978 after 45 years...

Tommy Everett

Tommy Everett

Jan 9, 2011

Tommy G. Everett, 77 of Orrstown Road, Shippensburg, died Sunday, January 9, 2011 at his home. Born March 8, 1933 in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late Norman L. and Ella Smith Everett. Tommy was a 1950 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. He was a United States Air Force Veteran serving in the Korean War. Tommy was...

Betty Fresch

Betty Fresch

Jan 8, 2011

Betty L. Fresch, 79, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 from the result of an accident close to Frederick, MD. Her devoted husband, William E. Fresch, Sr. whom she married July 17, 1952, lost his life in the same accident. Born August 30, 1931 in Manila, Arkansas, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Gertrude E....

William Fresch

William Fresch

Jan 8, 2011

William E. Fresch, Sr., 85, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 from the result of an accident close to Frederick, MD. His devoted wife, Betty L. Roney Fresch whom he married July 17, 1952, lost her life in the same accident. Born January 12, 1925 in Vandergrift, PA, he was a son of the late Urvin S., Sr. and...

Samuel Martin

Samuel Martin

Jan 7, 2011

Samuel I. Martin, 89, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, formerly of Walnut Bottom, died Friday, January 7, 2011 in the home. Born June 19, 1921 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Charles H. and Mary J. Gettle Martin. He retired after 31 years of service from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg and was a 1937 graduate...

Grace Jones

Grace Jones

Jan 7, 2011

Grace S. Jones 1930 ~ 2011 Grace S. Jones, 80, of Newburg, died on January 7, 2011 at the Kline Hospice House, Mt. Airy, MD. Born on August 4, 1930 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, a daughter of the late Otmer F. and Anna P. Coleman Stouffer. On September 19, 1953, Grace married Mr. Wilbur Jones in Waynesboro, PA. Grace...

Frances Hershey

Frances Hershey

Jan 6, 2011

Frances M. Hershey 1940 ~ 2011 Frances “Fran” Marie Hershey, 70, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on the morning of Thursday, January 6, 2011, surrounded by her family. Born on February 7, 1940 in Bunker Hill, WV, a daughter of the late Carl and Mary Frances Baumgardner Faircloth. She graduated from Carlisle High School in 2008. Frances married Mr. Ray...

Gerald Gayman

Gerald Gayman

Jan 6, 2011

Gerald W. Gayman, 89 of Shippensburg, died Thursday, January 6, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 13, 1921 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Albert and Elizabeth Faust Gayman. Gerald was a United States Army Veteran of World War II. Upon returning home from the war he worked as a milk tester for a period of...

Richard Mellinger

Richard Mellinger

Jan 6, 2011

Richard L. “Rick” Mellinger, 54, of Newville, died Thursday, January 6, 2011 in the emergency room of the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born May 10, 1956 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Frank and Ruth Ile Mellinger. He was a life member of the North American Hunting Club and the National Rifle Association. Rick was a member...

Kristi Myers

Kristi Myers

Jan 4, 2011

Kristi Lynne Myers 1992 ~ 2011 Kristi Lynne Myers, 18, of Shippensburg, died on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, in Chambersburg. Born on May 22, 1992, in Carlisle, she was the daughter of Daryl E. and Beverly A. Piper Myers. Kristi was a 2010 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School and attended the Franklin County Career and Technology Center, for...

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...

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