Obituaries

Apr 22, 2010

Dorothy M. Helman, 83, a resident at Providence Place and formerly of 122 Willow Drive, Shippensburg, died Thursday, April 22, 2010 in the home. Born August 28, 1926 in Greene Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence E. and Mary Rebecca Gontz Mooney. Dorothy retired in 1981 from Letterkenny Army Depot as a Systems analyst. She...

Apr 21, 2010

Amos M. McLaughlin, Jr., 76, of 3897 Orrstown Road, Orrstown, died Wednesday, April 21, 2010 in his home. Born December 16, 1933 in Chambersburg, Franklin County; he was a son of the late Amos M., Sr. and Mary Hinkle McLaughlin. He retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg and was an Auctioneer with Hershey’s Auctioneering in Shippensburg for over 32...

Apr 21, 2010

Ralph R. Gontz, Sr., 79, of Shippensburg, died on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on December 2, 1930, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Jacob and Alverna Myers Gontz. Ralph was a United States Army veteran, enlisting on March 22, 1950 and honorably discharged on April 1, 1953. Ralph worked at SKF, in Shippensburg, for...

Apr 20, 2010

Grace M. Nenninger, 78, of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010 in Linda Wilson’s Personal Care Home on Philadelphia Ave., Chambersburg. Born September 24, 1931 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Ivan M. and Margaret H. Wingert Kauffman. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. Grace retired from the Beistle Company...

Apr 16, 2010

Louise H. Shoap, 94, of Newburg, died on Friday, April 16, 2010, at her home. Born on September 15, 1916, in Mt. Holly Springs, a daughter of the late Joe and Annie Stevick. A 1935 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. Louise was employed at the former Nettie Dress Factory, Shippensburg, from where she retired and also worked at the...

Apr 13, 2010

Edward W. “Dusty” Adams, Sr., 76, of Town Mills, Shippensburg died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 in his home. Born February 21, 1934 in Litchfield, Illinois; he was a son of the late Edward Allen and Florence Owsley Adams. He was the owner and operator of the former Adams & Sons Construction Company in Virginia and was a United States Marine...

Apr 13, 2010

Vanessa Goldsby, 53, of Shippensburg, died on April 13, 2010, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on January 10, 1957 in Oakland, CA, the daughter of Joe and Willie Ruth Lott Valdes. Vanessa owned and operated Vangold’s, in Chambersburg, for many years, where she was a floral designer and arranger. She was very fond of animals and liked to garden and...

Apr 10, 2010

Martha A. Reese, 94, of Shippensburg, died on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at her residence, with her family by her side. Born on January 13, 1916, in Newburg, PA, the daughter of the late Daisy Rhoades. On December 12, 1935, at the Dickinson Presbyterian Church, Martha married Mr. Marion H. Reese. He preceded her in death on April 17, 1959....

Apr 4, 2010

Travis E. Henry, 32, of 365 Bradley Lane, Shippensburg, died Sunday, April 4, 2010 at home. He was born May 6, 1977 in Chambersburg, Franklin County; he was a son of Russell L. Henry and Kimberly R. Martin Shope both of Shippensburg. He was currently a Shippensburg University Police Officer and prior to that was an officer for seven years...

Apr 2, 2010

Mar 31, 2010

May 4, 1979

Sgt. Donald Curtis Rexroth, 23, of Shippensburg, will be returning home to his family, forty years after being reported as missing by the United States Air Force, on May 4, 1979. The remains of Donald were discovered in a wooded area close to his last known location in Skandia Twp., Marquette Co., Michigan, on October 22, 2017. DNA testing positively...

Mar 12, 1944

Ronnie L. Lynch, 71, of Shippensburg, died on the morning of Friday, October 9, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital, after an extensive battle with cancer. He was born on March 12, 1944, in Cleversburg, a son of the late William Herman and Nellie Helm Lynch. Ronnie married Patricia G. “Patty” Winters on March 9, 1965, at the Mainsville U.B.C. She...