Obituaries

May 11, 2010

Ronald E. Hutchinson, 70, of Pleasant Hall, died on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at his home, with his family by his side. Born on July 12, 1939 in Chambersburg, a son of the late Paul C. and Annabel Varner Hutchinson. Earlier in life, Ronald was employed as a guard, at the Cumberland County Prison, retired from the Scotland School for...

May 7, 2010

Glenn Russell Householder, 67 of Shippensburg died Friday, May 7, 2010 in his home. He is survived by his wife Carol, a daughter Angela (Timothy) Bard, and a grandson, Timothy, Jr. Private services will be held in the Spring Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc., Shippensburg.

May 6, 2010

Arlene Witmer Roddick of Shippensburg died Thursday, May 6, 2010 at the Manor Care Nursing Home in Chambersburg. Born February 24, 1914 in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Helen Witmer who owned and operated a dairy farm. In 1934, she graduated from a two-year course at what was then Shippensburg State Teachers College and...

Apr 30, 2010

Louise G. Powell, 82, of Orrstown, died on Friday, April 30, 2010 with her family by her side. Born on February 10, 1928, in Macleod, Canada, a daughter of the late Victor and Nellie Diggory Thelin. On December 22, 1958, Louise married Mr. Donald R. Powell. He preceded her in death on December 15, 1993. Louise was a homemaker and...

Apr 28, 2010

Gloria J. Johnson, 70, of Orrstown, died on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on June 17, 1939, in Huntingdon County, a daughter of the late John and Dora Goshorn Robinson. On September 17, 1958, Gloria married Mr. Clair S. Johnson in Hagerstown, MD. Gloria was a self employed, in home care giver, for the last fifteen...

Apr 26, 2010

Juanita V. Hoover, 72, of Shippensburg, died on Monday, April 26, 2010, at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Born on May 29, 1937, in Walnut Bottom, a daughter of the late Blain and Alma Kauffman Wyrick. On April 11, 1959, Juanita married Mr. Robert E. Hoover in Hagerstown, MD. He preceded her in death on November 19, 2006. Juanita was a...

Apr 25, 2010

Betty L. Rhinehart, 81, a resident of the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle for over 34 years, formerly of Shippensburg died Sunday, April 25, 2010. Born June 21, 1928 in Shippensburg, PA; she was a daughter of the late George E. and Zora A. Nehf Rhinehart. She was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. She...

Apr 25, 2010

Betty L. Williams of Camp Hill, passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2010, at Holy Spirit Hospital, just one day after her 79th birthday. Betty was born in Pottstown, PA on April 24, 1931 to the late John Kenneth and Helen (Beltz) Mauger. She graduated from Pottstown High School in 1949 and worked as a soda jerk, then for a...

Apr 24, 2010

Lonnie E. Synder, Sr., 63 of 54 Walnut Dale Road, Shippensburg, died Saturday, April 24, 2010 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center from the result of a traffic accident Thursday morning. Born April 26, 1946 in Chambersburg, Franklin County; he was a son of the late Roland Witmer and Bessie Snyder Mooney. For over 20 years he worked for Charles...

Apr 23, 2010

Edna V. Hoch, 87, of 4574 McClays Mill Road, Shippensburg went to be with the Lord Friday, April 23, 2010 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born September 6, 1922 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County; she was a daughter of the late William H. and Curvey Myers Holtry. She was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren, Shippensburg and...

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