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Blanche Martin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

William Henderson

William Henderson

Sep 4, 2010

William L. Henderson 1916 ~ 2010 William L. Henderson, 93, formerly of Upper Horse Valley, died on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born on October 14, 1916, in Hopewell Township., Cumberland County, a son of the late W. A. and Ethel Chamberlin Henderson. William was a U.S. Navy veteran of W.W. II, inducted on July 5,...

John Miller

John Miller

Sep 4, 2010

John B. Miller, 51, of 490 Shed Road, Newville, died Saturday, September 4, 2010 in his home. He was born April 19, 1959 in Carlisle, Cumberland County; he was a son of Vesta P. Thomas Miller Bear of Newville and the late Robert B. Miller He worked at Carlisle Syntec for over seven years and Boarders Distribution in Carlisle until...

Marjorie Killian

Marjorie Killian

Sep 3, 2010

Marjorie Cover Killian 1916 ~ 2010 Marjorie Cover Killian, 94, passed into eternal rest on Friday, September 3, 2010 at the Menno Haven Nursing Home. Prior to this, she had lived at 450 B Menno Village for twenty years. Born on May 29, 1916 in Harrisburg, the daughter of the late George Raymond and Elizabeth Mellinger Cover. Marjorie married Mr....

Richard Diffenbaugh

Richard Diffenbaugh

Sep 3, 2010

Richard M. Diffenbaugh, 84, who was the former owner and founder of Diffy’s Drive In restaurant in Shippensburg, died Friday, September 3, 2010 at Chambersburg Hospital. He lived at Scot-Greene Estates, Chambersburg, and formerly resided in Shippensburg. He was born March 18, 1926 in Huntington, Indiana to the late Louis A. and Julia Windemuth Diffenbaugh. During World War II he...

John Diehl

John Diehl

Sep 3, 2010

John E. Diehl, 84, of Orrstown, died Friday, September 3, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 10, 1926 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County; he was a son of the late Clyde S. and Claire Beltz Diehl. John retired from Letterkenny Army Depot and was a member of Lurgan United Brethren Church. He was a United States Army veteran of...

Dorothy Mccrae

Dorothy Mccrae

Aug 28, 2010

Dorothy June McCrae, 89, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg formerly of Scenic Drive, Shippensburg, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 28, 2010. Born June 30, 1921 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late John Blair and Sarah Esther Brubaker Pomeroy. She was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church in Shippensburg and retired from Cressler’s...

Martha Black

Martha Black

Aug 28, 2010

Martha E. Black, 85, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, formerly of Upper Strasburg, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 in Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born November 10, 1924 in McConnellsburg, PA; she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Hazel McQuade Hohman. She was a member of the Maranatha Baptist Church, Shippensburg. Martha enjoyed reading and doing crossword...

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