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Gene Hershey
May 16, 2023
Gene Harper Hershey, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Thursday, July 20, 1944 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Harper D. and Mary E. Wolfe Hershey, Jr. Gene was a 1962 graduate of Big Spring High School, Newville, PA. He was of the Protestant Faith. Gene...
Janet Besore
May 16, 2023
Janet L. (Ruth) Besore, 87, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at her home. She was born on Tuesday, December 31, 1935 in Newburg, a daughter of the late William and Mildred E. (Drexler) Ruth, Sr. She married Gerald E. Besore on April 19, 1957 in the Messiah United Methodist Church. He preceded her in...
Irvin Thrush
May 14, 2023
Irvin S. Thrush, Jr., 58, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, May 14, 2023, at his home. He was born on January 7, 1965, in Chambersburg, PA, a son of Irvin Thrush, Sr., and the late Lynda (Reath) Thrush. Irvin worked the majority of his life in the construction industry, but most recently drove...
Joan Kriner
May 13, 2023
Joan L. Kriner, 90, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, May 13, 2023. She was born on February 26, 1933, in Joppa, MD, a daughter of the late Ray H. and Loma (Yates) Long, Sr. She married Lester E. Kriner on October 27, 1979. He preceded him in death on June 27, 2022. Joan worked as...
Gloria Asper
May 8, 2023
Gloria “Peach” Asper, 78, of Newburg, passed away on May 8, 2023. Gloria was born on June 11, 1944, in Mercersburg to the late Arthur E. and Violet C. (Gallagher) Ashway. After graduating from Chambersburg Area Senior High School in 1962, Gloria worked at the former Valley Bank in Chambersburg. Gloria married her husband Jesse in 1968 and later went...
Norma Karper
May 4, 2023
Norma Jean (Hockersmith) Karper, 90, formerly of Mechanicsburg, went home to Heaven on Thursday evening, May 4, 2023, after a long battle with dementia. She was lovingly cared for by the staff at Artis Senior Living of West Shore since 2020. Norma was born on March 5, 1933, in Shippensburg, to the late Bruce W. and Fredyth I. (Swartz) Hockersmith....
David Hartman
May 1, 2023
David E. “Dave” Hartman, 72, of Newburg, passed away the evening of Monday, May 1, 2023 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born on February 25, 1951 in Lancaster County, a son of the late David H. and Leona M. (McMullen) Hartman. He married Donna R. Yocum on July 26, 1969. The two have...
Mary Kendall
Apr 30, 2023
Mary E. Kendall, 90, of Chambersburg, passed away the morning of Sunday, April 30, 2023 at the Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation & Wellness Center. She was born on June 8, 1932 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Raleigh and Faye (Finkenbinder) Jones. Mary worked as a seamstress at many of the former local garment factories, retiring in 1975. She was...
Gary Long
Apr 29, 2023
Gary Sherman Long, Shippensburg, passed away Saturday April 29th in his home after a valiant 20 month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Plainfield, PA, the son of the late Virginia Kunkleman Long and Sherman Long. As a youngster, Gary continued the family tradition of excelling in baseball. His baseball playing days began in the Newville Little League...
Rev. Doyle Rogers
Apr 28, 2023
Rev. Doyle Bishop Rogers, 88, of Carlisle, departed this life on the morning of Friday, April 28, 2023, at his home. He was born on June 20, 1934, in Coalwood, McDowell County, West Virginia, a son of the late Everett J. and Thelma V. (Bishop) Rogers. Doyle eloped with Bertha Mae Jackson on July 27, 1952 in Gaffney, SC. She...
Ronald Gipe
Apr 27, 2023
Ronald L. “Ronnie” Gipe, 63, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Chambersburg Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, where he had resided since 2017. He was born on June 28, 1959, in Waynesboro, a son of Ora (Horn) Gipe and the late Russell Gipe. Ronnie married Pamela Cook on October 6, 1979, in Chambersburg....
Elmer Gruver
Apr 27, 2023
Elmer J. Gruver, Jr., 87, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, April 27, 2023, at WellSpan York Hospital. He was born on March 25, 1936, in Lurgan Twp., Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, a son of the late Elmer J. and Mabel (Yeingst) Gruver, Sr. Elmer was a 1955 graduate of Mercersburg Academy and a 1959 graduate of...
Wendell Livengood
Apr 27, 2023
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Faye Hammond
Apr 22, 2023
Faye Marie Hammond, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2023 at The Leland of Laurel Run, Waynesboro, PA. Born Wednesday, December 22, 1937 in Leetown, WV, she was a daughter of the late Irvin Eugene and Ruth Ellen Kave Moreland. She was of the Methodist Faith. Faye was a self-employed dairy farmer. She loved to work her farmland,...
William Plasterer
Apr 21, 2023
William Carroll Plasterer 87, of Shippensburg, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, April 21, 2023 at his home. Born July 6, 1935 in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late Carroll C. and Carrie Barmont Plasterer. He was a 1953 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. He was a member of the Messiah United Methodist...
Gregory Naugle
Apr 18, 2023
Gregory S. Naugle passed away on April 18, 2023 at the Gettysburg Hospital. He was born November 5, 1949 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, the youngest of four born to his parents the late Levi Rodney and Betty Brandt Naugle. He was raised in Walnut Bottom and lived most of his life in Cumberland County, living the past 12 years in Gettysburg....
Kenneth Goshorn
Apr 16, 2023
Kenneth Charles Goshorn, 76, of Shippensburg, went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 16, 2023, at his home in Shippensburg surrounded by his family. After 23 years of battling ALS and many other health issues, he is rejoicing and celebrating in heaven! He was born on January 30, 1947, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Charles...
Sandra Everts
Apr 16, 2023
Sandra L. “Sandy” Everts, 76, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Cumberland Crossings, Carlisle. She was born on September 20, 1946, in Beverly, MA, a daughter of Warren Pizzello, Sr., and the late Laura (Murray) Pizzello. Sandy married Ronald M. Everts on January 27, 1966. He preceded her in death on October...
Nicholas Dorosh
Apr 16, 2023
Nicholas Paul “Nick” Dorosh, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away the evening of Sunday, April 16, 2023 at Green Ridge Village. He was born on July 2, 1941 in Carlisle, a son of the late Metro Phillip and Neoma Loretta (Zeigler) Dorosh. He married Sondra Jean Failor on July 27, 1963. Nick was a 1959 graduate of the Big Spring High...
David Moritz
Apr 15, 2023
David L. Moritz, 78, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, April 15, 2023, at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on February 17, 1945, in Thornton, Iowa, a son of the late Irvin and Vera Moritz. David married Juanita A. Reed on April 3, 1971. David worked for the former Ingersoll Rand Co., now Volvo, for...
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