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Richard Kandarczyk
Nov 1, 2020
Richard E. Kandarczyk, 84, of Newburg, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2020 at home. He was born Friday, July 31, 1936 in West Hazleton, PA. Richard was a son of the late Bernard and Edith Burton Kandarczyk. Richard graduated from West Hazleton High School. He served honorably in the United States Army in the First Calvary during the Korean War....
Patsy Woods
Oct 31, 2020
Patsy A. Woods, 82, a resident of Manor Care, Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, October 31, 2020. She was born on October 10, 1938, in, Letterkenny Township, a daughter of the late Harry and Pauline Keefer and was married to William F. Book and then Robert Woods, both of whom preceded her in death. Patsy worked...
Jack Frey
Oct 29, 2020
Jack Earl Frey, 84, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Thursday, October 29, 2020 at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born in Chambersburg, on December 8, 1935, a son of the late Earl F. and Lulu M. (Eyer) Frey and was a 1954 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Jack married Gail Cressler on May 19, 1956...
Peggy Naugle
Oct 28, 2020
Peggy Louise Naugle, 78, a resident at Chambers Pointe Health Care Center, formerly of Shippensburg passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020. She was born June 26, 1942 in Shamokin Township, PA. Peggy was a daughter of the late Grant Ceylon and Marie Marks. Peggy was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. She retired from the Florence South...
Thelma Alleman
Oct 28, 2020
Thelma Gephart Alleman, 94, of Waynesboro, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at her daughter’s home. Born Thursday, May 13, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Enoch D. and Pearl E. Holtry Gephart. She was a 1944 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. Upon graduation she worked as a secretary in the Accounting Department...
Harold Gutshall
Oct 27, 2020
Harold Leroy Gutshall, 92, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at Green Ridge Village, Newville. He was born on January 30, 1928, in Shippensburg, the son of the late Elmer D. and Sylvia T. (Durff) Gutshall. Harold was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, enlisting on June 7, 1945 and honorably...
Lois Bock
Oct 25, 2020
Lois B. Bock, 86, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Saturday, November 4, 1933 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Guy Nelson and Helen Shoop Shank. Lois was a life member of Messiah United Methodist Church and was very active within the church. She was a...
Floyd Branthafer
Oct 24, 2020
Floyd E. Branthafer, Sr., 77, of Shippensburg, passed away the morning of Saturday, October 24, 2020. Born Monday, August 2, 1943 in Mt. Union, he was the son of the late James and Mary (Benson) Branthafer. Floyd was employed at Hoffman Mills for nearly 39 years. He is survived by two daughters, Melinda Thorson of Newville and Janet (James) Fittry;...
Susanne Martin
Oct 21, 2020
Susanne Marie Martin, 43, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, November 19, 1976 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert G. and Patsy Ann Miller Gipe. Susanne attended the Big Spring Assembly of God Church. She loved playing with her grandson Jade. She also loved coloring, turtles and puppies....
Mason Taylor
Oct 21, 2020
Mason A. Taylor, 26, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2020. He was born Thursday, March 24, 1994 in Chambersburg, PA. Mason was a son of Michele L. (Frye) Taylor of Shippensburg and Mark A. Taylor of Mechanicsburg. He worked at Valk Manufacturing Co., Mechanicsburg. Mason was a 2012 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School where he...
Anna Noel
Oct 20, 2020
Anna L. Noel, 87, of Lanham, MD, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at home. She was born Saturday, May 13, 1933 in Shippensburg, PA. Anna was a daughter of the late Harvey N. and Anna C. Morrison Diehl. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. Anna was a 1952 graduate of the...
Hubert Starr
Oct 19, 2020
Hubert S. “Sonny” Starr, 88, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, formerly of Orrstown, passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born April 18, 1932 in Huntingdon County, PA. Sonny was a son of the late Hubert I. and Bertha A. (Secrest) Starr. He was a member of Our Lady of the Visitation...
David Bohannon
Oct 19, 2020
David L. Bohannon, Jr.,81, of Orrstown, formerly of Landisville, passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 at his home. He was born Sunday, October 30, 1938 in Raleigh, NC. David was the son of the late David Louis Bohannon, Sr. and Anne Elizabeth McDermott Carter. He married Nancye Miller Bohannon on March 20, 1959. David was the founder of Preferred Security...
Judy Bigler
Oct 17, 2020
Judy E. Bigler, 76, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, October 17, 2020 at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on November 5, 1943, in Orrstown, the daughter of the late Robert P. and Mary B. (Cisney) Eyer and married Martin J. “Sonny” Bigler on May 16, 63, in the Orrstown United Brethren Church. Judy worked...
Florence Karper
Oct 16, 2020
Florence L. Karper, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, October 16, 2020 at home. She was born Wednesday, December 14, 1938 in Shippensburg, PA. Florence was a daughter of the late James E. and Grace E. (Lehman) Witter. She retired in 1992 from the former Greif Company and also worked at the former Stanley Company. Florence was a member of...
Wilbur Foltz
Oct 16, 2020
Wilbur Ervin Foltz, 87, of Shippensburg, entered into God’s eternal care on the morning of Friday, October 16, 2020, at the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on July 9, 1933, in Oakville, PA, son of the late Ervin and Mary (Rhinehart) Foltz and attended Newville High School. Wilbur served in the U.S. Army in White Sands, NM, inducted on...
Helen Swanger Heckman
Oct 15, 2020
Helen Yvonne Fisher Swanger Heckman, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at Magnolias Personal Care Home in Chambersburg. Born Friday, June 4, 1937 in Allenport, PA, she was a daughter of the late Bertram Charles and Margaret Ann Gorsuch Fisher. Helen worked at Kinney Shoe’s in Carlisle with over 20 years of service. She was...
Danna Rhone
Oct 15, 2020
Danna Charles Rhone, 84, of Shippensburg, departed this life in the early morning hours of Thursday, October 15, 2020, at his home. He was born on December 27, 1935, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Harry A. and Anna M. (Perry) Rhone and married Blanche M. Lynch on May 18, 1957 in Hagerstown, MD. Danna worked in boiler maintenance...
Thelma Brenize
Oct 15, 2020
Thelma May Brenize, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2020 at Laurel Lakes Wellness & Rehab, Chambersburg. She was born Sunday, May 26, 1929 in Hopewell Twp., PA. Thelma was a daughter of the late George W. and Ethel M. (Gamble) Cover. She was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. Thelma retired from the Valley...
Dolores Stern
Oct 15, 2020
Dolores A. Stern, 84, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, October 15, 2020, at her home. She was born on August 9, 1936, in Wauzeka, WI, a daughter of the late Arnold and Clara (Steines) Scheckel and married John Peter Stern on August 9, 1958 in Washington, DC. Dolores was a homemaker throughout her life, helping...
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