Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Dawn Reuker
Jun 12, 2022
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Edward Hill
Jun 12, 2022
Edward G. Hill, 87, of Newville, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born Tuesday, September 17, 1934 in Covel, WV, he was a son of late Lloyd R. and Nancy L. Foster Hill. Ed was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Korean War. He retired in 1999 as a...
Dean Keller
Jun 12, 2022
Dean G. Keller, 89, formally of Mechanicsburg and Shippensburg, departed this life on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at the ProMedica Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation (Carlisle). He was born on October 13, 1932 on the Letterkenny family farm, a son of the late Arthur and Catherine (Grove) Keller. Dean was a 1952 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. In 1954, he...

Michael Pendergast
Jun 9, 2022
Michael T. Pendergast, 64, of Chambersburg, departed this life on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at his home. He was born on December 18, 1957, in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, a son of the late James A. and Vida J. (Smith) Pendergast. Michael was a U.S. Army and Air Force veteran. He worked as a truck driver for Schneider National. His...
Susan Sites
Jun 7, 2022
Susan M. Sites, 90, lifelong resident of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on February 21, 1932, in Orrstown, a daughter of the late Leroy and Ethel Cover. Susan was a 1950 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. She married Glenn K. Sites on June 28, 1952....
Steven Goff
Jun 5, 2022
Steven N. Goff, 62, of Shippensburg, passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Tuesday, November 24, 1959 in Minonk, IL, he was a son of the late Bobbie H. Goff and Donna Jean Shetler Knabe, Washington, IL. Steve was of the Baptist faith. He was a United States Army Veteran. He retired in 2015 from...
Patricia Dille
Jun 5, 2022
Patricia Ann “Pat” Dille, 86, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Sunday, June 5, 2022 at her home. She was born on July 27, 1935 in Fairmont, WV, a daughter of the late Roy C. and Gladys (Norris) Ryan. Pat was a 1953 graduate of the Moundsville High School, West Virginia. She enjoyed playing Mexican Train Dominoes with her...
Carolyn Kline
Jun 4, 2022
Carolyn N. Kline, of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Brookview Menno Haven, Chambersburg. Born Monday, June 24, 1935 in Hagerstown, MD, she was a daughter of the late Ellsworth F. “Babe” and Dorothy C. Staley Lohr. Carolyn was of the Methodist faith. She worked in the Physical Therapy field for many years, and also worked as a...
Ellis Myers
Jun 2, 2022
Ellis “Abe” Myers, 84, of Amberson, left this life peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, June 2, 2022 as he entered eternal rest with his Lord. Born Saturday, February 26, 1938 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Boyd and Blanche Alleman Myers of Roxbury, PA. Abe was a member of the Amberson United...
Barbara Rhine
Jun 1, 2022
Barbara Jean “Jeanie” (Koser) Rhine, 81, of Shippensburg went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Jeanie was born on March 24, 1941 in Shippensburg. She was the daughter of the late Roy E and Margaret (Van Scyoc) Koser. She graduated from Shippensburg High School and went to work at Beistles and then Cumberland County Courthouse where...
Wenda Newhouse
May 31, 2022
Wenda Lynn Newhouse passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at the age of 56 following a short battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Killeen, TX on September 25, 1965 to the late C. Richard and Shirley (Mason) Weller. Wenda grew up in the small town of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania with both of her parent’s large families living in close...
Ted Lytle
May 29, 2022
Ted L. Lytle, 71, of Mapleton Depot, Huntingdon County, PA, passed away the morning of Sunday, May 29, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital after a struggle with heart failure. He was born on September 16, 1950 in Chambersburg, a son of the late Harold E. and Nellie G. (Hardy) Lytle, Sr. Ted spent most of his adult life in the...
Patricia Smith
May 28, 2022
Patricia Ann Smith, 67, of Newburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, May 28, 2022, at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on May 1, 1955, in Carlisle, the daughter of Geraldine L. (Scott) Wheeler and the late Chester “Ben” Wheeler. Pat worked in the health care field as a CNA at several of the local area nursing...
Catherine Gehrett
May 25, 2022
Catherine L. Gehrett, 87, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Green Ridge Village, Newville, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at UPMC Pinnacle Carlisle Hospital. She was born on September 18, 1934, in Waynesboro, the daughter of the late Wilbur and Madeline (Gelsinger) Thomas. Catherine married Samuel E. Gehrett on August 29, 1953. He preceded her...
Randy Heckman
May 23, 2022
Randy Lynn Heckman, 65, of Shippensburg, departed this life unexpectedly on the morning of Monday, May 23, 2022. He was born on March 16, 1957, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Charles L. and Helen M. (Greenawalt) Heckman, Sr. Randy was a 1975 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. He married Virginia I. Truax on February 21, 1981, in...

Wilbur Coover
May 22, 2022
Wilbur Eugene Coover, 51, of Newville, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at his home. He was born on July 8, 1970 in Chambersburg, a son of the late George Wilbur and June Doris (Paine) Coover. Wilbur was a 1989 graduate of the Big Spring High School and worked for CIT, Carlisle. He was very involved with McKeehan Motor...
Christian Greenawalt
May 20, 2022
Christian Taylor Greenawalt, 30, of Newburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 20, 2022 at his home. Born Thursday, April 9, 1992 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, he was a son of Clark Edwin and Kimberly Carol Miller Greenawalt. Christian was a 2010 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was employed at Ryder Logistics in Shippensburg as...
Lester Bryan
May 19, 2022
Lester Robert Bryan, 85, of Newburg, passed away the afternoon of Thursday, May 19, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on July 10, 1936 in Dry Run, a son of the late Lester Fleming and Margaret Ethel (Rohraubaugh) Bryan. Lester worked as a canteen supervisor at Letterkenny Army Depot. He is survived by his son, Todd Guyer and...
Denise Naugle
May 18, 2022
Denise “Robin” Naugle, 64, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Born Thursday, April 24, 1958 in Hagerstown, MD, she was a daughter of Shirley E. Pittman Ankrom of Hagerstown, MD. Denise was a former babysitter for many years and was previously employed at Giant Foods in...
Irvin Keefer
May 17, 2022
Irvin S. Keefer, 88, a resident at Chambers Pointe Health Center, Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2022. He was born Saturday, May 12, 1934 in Orrstown, PA. Irvin was a son of the late Benjamin and Estella (Wadel) Keefer. He retired in 1996 from Domestic Castings, Shippensburg. Irvin was a member of the Shippensburg Church of...