Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Nelson Hardy
Dec 6, 2019
Nelson L. Hardy, 87, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, December 6, 2019 in the Hollidaysburg VA Center. He was born January 7, 1932 in Metal Township, Franklin County. Nelson was a son of the late Roy and Laura Hardy. Nelson retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot and was a member of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Association. He was a United...
Christine Smith
Dec 5, 2019
Christine Ann Smith, 58, of Newville, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Monday, August 7, 1961 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Arthur E. and Donna M. Goodhart Smith, Sr. Christine was a 1979 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of...
Donald Vanderveer
Dec 3, 2019
Donald Paul VanDerVeer, 90, of Shippensburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at his home. Born Saturday, August 3, 1929 in Hainesport, NJ, he was a son of the late Charles Donald and Mabel Lewis Patton VanDerVeer. Donald was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Korean War. He retired as a welder from the former Keystone Iron...
Thomas Van Dyke
Dec 3, 2019
Thomas Van Dyke, Jr., 95, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at Menno Haven. He was born on March 27, 1924, in Waldwick, NJ, the son of the late Thomas and Julia (Morgan) Van Dyke, Sr. Tom was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, inducted on February 1, 1943 and honorably...
Richard Beecher
Dec 2, 2019
Richard Wayne “Dick” Beecher, 86, of Mt. Holly Springs, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019 at the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Tuesday, December 6, 1932 in Hockersville, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Samuel A. and Elizabeth Jane Miller Beecher. Dick was a member of the Wesleyan Church of the Cross, Carlisle. He was a...
Lester Martin
Nov 29, 2019
Lester Ray Martin, 69, of Chambersburg, departed this life while surrounded by his family and friends, on the morning of Friday, November 29, 2019, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center, due to complications from a liver transplant that he received on July 16th. He was born on April 22, 1950, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Paul J. and...
Marie Lindsey
Nov 28, 2019
Marie Mae Lindsey, 89, a resident of Green Ridge Village, Newville, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, November 28, 2019. She was born on August 26, 1930, in Mechanicsburg, a daughter of the late David and Elmatia (Barrick) Miller and married Arthur E. Lindsey, Jr., in June of 1947. He preceded her in death on January 2, 1998....
Deneen Dean
Nov 28, 2019
Deneen J. Dean, 56, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Thursday, November 28, 2019, at her home. She was born on January 18, 1962, in Chambersburg, the daughter of Donald D. and Maxine B. (Hardy) Dean. Deneen worked in the healthcare field as an LPN at many local nursing homes, as well as a private duty nurse....
John Friese
Nov 28, 2019
John H. Friese, 89, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2019, at Menno Haven. He was born in 1930 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County. John was a son of the late Walter H. and Ethel D. Forrester Friese. He was a member of the Mongul United Brethren Church and the Shippensburg Fish & Game Association. John retired from General...
Lydia Zimmerman
Nov 27, 2019
Lydia H. Zimmerman, 63, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at her home. She was born on March 1, 1956 in Ephrata, Lancaster County. Lydia was a daughter of the late John D. and Annie Z. Hoover Weaver. Lydia is survived by her husband, Ammon R. Zimmerman; nine children, Etta (Eugene) Hurst, Marcus...
Edwin Hepfer
Nov 27, 2019
Edwin D. Hepfer, 83, of Pleasant Hall, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at his home. He was born on December 28, 1935, in Ft. McCord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, the son of the late David B and Arlene L. Hammond Hepfer. Edwin worked for many years and retired from PennDOT, District 8, out of Chambersburg....
Leora Smith
Nov 26, 2019
Leora Ro Smith, one day young, departed this life on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born on Monday, November 25, 2019, the daughter of Michal Monahan and Coby Smith of Mechanicsburg. In addition to her parents, Leora is survived by her maternal grandparents, Tim and Jayne Kelley of Shippensburg; maternal grandfather, James Monahan...
Neal Longley
Nov 24, 2019
Neal Wright Longley, 92, of Shippensburg, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Neal was born Wednesday, April 13, 1927 in Baltimore, MD. He was the son of the late Edwin Leroy and Ora Anna Wright Longley. He is survived by his loving sisters Geraldine Leatherman, Baltimore, MD, and Nancy L. Miller of Greenville, DE; nephews,...
Emma Runshaw
Nov 24, 2019
Emma L. Runshaw, 78, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, November 24, 2019, at her home. She was born on June 30, 1941, in Roxbury, a daughter of the late Edward and Martha (Junkins) Holtry. Emma married Merle E. Runshaw, Jr., on September 10, 1960, at the Runshaw family home. Emma worked at the former Stanley...
Eldon Holtry
Nov 23, 2019
Eldon Eugene Holtry, Sr., 92, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019. Born Thursday, January 13, 1927 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Harper and Blanche Gephart Holtry. Eldon was a graduate of Shippensburg Area High School and an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in WWII. He worked for...
Dana Bricker
Nov 22, 2019
Dana R. “Danny” Bricker, 61 of Chambersburg, passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born November 5, 1958 in Chambersburg. Danny was a son of the late Norman R., Jr. and Janet L. Bowers Bricker. He retired from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Chambersburg, and was a member of the AFL-CIO # 2134. Danny was...
Cathi Horst
Nov 22, 2019
Cathi Lynne Horst, 59, of Chambersburg, Passed away on Friday, November 22, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Saturday, January 9, 1960 in Chambersburg, she is a daughter of Martin and Edna Spoonhour Carbaugh of Chambersburg. Cathi was a 1977 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She worked as a CNA...
Bette Appleby
Nov 22, 2019
Bette Jane Appleby, 92, of Carlisle, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at Cumberland Crossings, Carlisle with her daughter and son-in-law at her side. She was born September 4, 1927 in Huntingdon, PA. Bette was a daughter of the late Pearle Craig Totty. Prior to her marriage, she was a secretary at Swigart Insurance Agency in Huntingdon....
Brian Funk
Nov 22, 2019
Brian E. Funk, 53, of Newburg, passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 in the Holy Spirit Hospital. He was born October 5, 1966 in Chambersburg, PA. Brian was a son of the late Upton K. and Doris Pugh Funk. He was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Shippensburg. Brian attended Harrisburg Area Community College and the Hagerstown...
Robert Bard
Nov 18, 2019
Robert E. Bard, Jr., 87, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born October 16, 1932 in Shippensburg. Robert was a son of the late Robert E. Bard, Sr. and Pauline Green Bard. He was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg. Bob retired from SKF Industries, Shippensburg. He was United...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
