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Harold Doyle Best
Feb 1, 2025
HAROLD DOYLE BEST (1928-2025)
Harold Doyle Best, of Village Square Menno Haven, Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at his home.
Born Mar. 9, 1928, in Doylesburg, he was the son of the late Harry G. and Judith A. Doyle Best.
He graduated from the former Fannett Township High School in the class of 1946, along with his future wife...
Bradley S. "Brad" Kyner
Feb 1, 2025
Bradley S. “Brad” Kyner, 71, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Saturday, February 1, 2025 at the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on October 12, 1953 in Chambersburg, a son of the late Thomas S. and Vesta Jean (Hershey) Kyner.
Brad was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. He also enjoyed working on...
Ammon Reiff Zimmerman
Jan 31, 2025
Ammon Reiff Zimmerman, 72, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Friday, January 31, 2025, at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital.
He was born on September 22, 1952, in East Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Harvey and Ella Reiff Zimmerman. Ammon married Lydia H. Weaver on December 15, 1977, in Orrstown. She preceded him in death...
Mary Lou Bruso
Jan 30, 2025
Mary Lou Bruso, 82, of Chambersburg, passed away the morning of Thursday, January 30, 2025 at the Shook Home.
She was born on Monday, July 20, 1942 in Ogdensburg, New York, a daughter of the late Claude and Margery B. (Simmons) Finley.
Mary was of the Church of the Nazarene faith. She enjoyed word searches and loved her cats. Above all else,...
Ramona Jessica Chirdon
Jan 26, 2025
Ramona Jessica Chirdon, 57, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, went to be with the Lord January 26, 2025 after a hard fought, courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma.
Mona was born on August 22, 1967 in Ankara, Turkey, to Danny Richard Crowe and Vicky Lynn Kling. She graduated from Wadsworth High School and loved to tell everyone about the record she held for weight...
Brandie Nicole Brown
Jan 23, 2025
Brandie Nicole Brown, 42, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2025 at the Mercy House of Chambersburg, surrounded by her loving family. Brandie fought a courageous 13-month battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer.
Born Tuesday, April 6, 1982 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Paul George and Wanda Kay Angle Gauger.
Brandie was a 2000 graduate of the...
Debra Mae Mackling
Jan 22, 2025
Debra Mae Mackling, 68, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at the Mercy House, Chambersburg.
Her funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc., Shippensburg. There will be no public viewing, visitation, or funeral service. Interment will also be private.
Patricia Ruth Brumbaugh
Jan 20, 2025
Patricia (Simpson) Brumbaugh passed peacefully on Monday, January 20, 2025 at Celebration Villa of Shippensburg.
She was born on July 25, 1935, the eldest of four children born to Wallace and Mary (Covalt) Simpson.
She grew up on the family farm in Big Cove Tannery PA, where she enjoyed mushroom hunting and picking spring flowers on the farm. Patty also loved to...
Emajean K. Stevens
Jan 19, 2025
Emajean K. Stevens, 82, formerly of Fayetteville, passed away the morning of Sunday, January 19, 2025 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center.
She was born on April 26, 1942, a daughter of the late Howard C. and Edith A. Devor Neil, Sr.
Emajean worked as a sewing machine operator at the former Stanley Company for 31 years. Upon its closure, she worked...
Glenn J. Doyle, Sr.
Jan 18, 2025
Glenn J. Doyle, Sr., 88, of Magnolias Memory Care in Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
He was born on November 16, 1936 in Newville, a son of the late Archie J. and Ida A. Jumper Doyle. He married Janet L. Bless on March 21, 1958 in the Ridge Church, Shippensburg.
Glenn was a member of the Ridge Church. He...
Merle A. Rotz
Jan 16, 2025
Merle A. Rotz, Sr., 84, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Carlisle, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, January 16, 2025, at his home.
He was born on December 16, 1940, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Melvin J. and Lillian B. (Helm) Rotz. Merle married Mary S. Miller on November 9, 1963, in Hagerstown, MD.
Merle worked as a...
Nancy L. Shrader
Jan 15, 2025
Nancy L. Shrader, 88, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at the Chambersburg Hospital.
She was born Tuesday, June 30, 1936 in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late John and Mary E. Shoemaker Sherman.
Nancy worked alongside her husband, and was the co-owner and operator of Shrader Produce and the Shrader dairy farm.
Nancy was a 1954 graduate of the Chambersburg...
Darlene Kaye Hollar
Jan 14, 2025
Darlene Kaye Hollar, 72, formerly of Shippensburg, late of York, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at the WellSpan York hospital.
She was born on September 6, 1952, in Shippensburg, the daughter of the late Donald and Artemis (Peters) Cupper.
Darlene was a member of the Emmanuel Church of Windsor.
She is survived by her daughter, Jessica R....
Scott J. Robinson
Jan 14, 2025
Scott J. Robinson, 61, of Shippensburg, passed away the afternoon of Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at the Chambersburg Hospital.
He was born on September 3, 1963 in Chambersburg, the son of the late Kenneth E. and Patricia A. (Coy) Robinson. He married Sondra L. Wright on January 11, 1988.
Scott was a 1981 graduate of Shippensburg High School, worked as a groundskeeper...
Daniel Michael Yeager, Sr.
Jan 12, 2025
Daniel Michael Yeager, Sr., 74, of Spring Grove, PA, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2025 at the Kingston Court Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in York, PA.
Born Saturday, December 23, 1950 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Roy W. and Ella Williams Yeager.
He was a 1970 graduate of the Shippensburg High School, and attended the Shippensburg University.
Daniel was...
Randy Lee Hershey
Jan 7, 2025
Randy L. Hershey, 65, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at his home.
Born Tuesday, August 18, 1959 in York, PA., he was the son of the late Clyde P. and Janet L. Bentzel Hershey, Jr.
Randy was a graduate of Northern York County School District. He was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Franklintown, PA.
He...
Paul E. Kendig
Jan 5, 2025
Paul E. Kendig, 100, of Chambersburg, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at the Menno Haven Rehab Center.
He was born on Wednesday, April 23, 1924 in Southampton Township, Franklin County, a son of the late Arthur F. and Anna A. Martin Kendig. He married Dorothy M. Weaver on October 21, 1944. She preceded him in...
Ralph J. Thompson
Jan 3, 2025
Ralph J. Thompson, 86, of Shippensburg, and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away on the evening of Friday, January 3, 2025, at Menno Haven in Chambersburg.
He was born on June 26, 1938, in Shippensburg, the son of the late Thomas G. and Mary A. (Beckenbaugh) Thompson. Ralph married Nancy Cressler on July 21, 1963. Early in life, Ralph worked for many...
Donald B. Ridgley
Jan 2, 2025
Donald B. Ridgley, 78, of Newville, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, January 2, 2025, at his home.
He was born on October 30, 1946, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Franklin E. and Maude (Banks) Ridgley, Sr. Don was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, enlisting on October 13, 1965, and honorably discharged on October...
Richard D. "Rick" Foreman, Jr.
Dec 31, 2024
Richard D. “Rick” Foreman, Jr., 71, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Tuesday, December 31, 2024.
He was born on November 15, 1953 in Carlisle, a son of Leah (Witmer) Foreman and the late Richard D. Foreman, Sr. He married Lisa A. (Anderson) Long on June 5, 2021.
Rick was a 1971 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School and was owner...
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