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Andrea Roppolo

Andrea Roppolo

Nov 7, 2018

Andrea L. Roppolo, 42, of Orrstown, departed this life after a long and courageous battle with cancer, on the morning of Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at her home, with her family by her side. She was born on December 4, 1975, in Chambersburg, a daughter of Connie Coons Stine and the late Ronald Barnhart and was a 1994 graduate of...

Mary Taylor

Mary Taylor

Nov 7, 2018

Mary Jane Taylor, 77, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at UPMC Pinnacle Health, Carlisle. She was born October 15, 1941 in Baltimore, MD. Mary Jane was a daughter of the late Max and Anna Belle Loveland Colegrove. Mary Jane retired as the Director of the Rowland Laboratory School at Shippensburg University. She was a member of Middle...

Jerry Thomas

Jerry Thomas

Nov 5, 2018

Jerry C. Thomas, Jr., 90, lifelong resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of November 5, 2018, at his home. He was born on October 23, 1928, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Jerry C. and Violet Fitzgerald Thomas, Sr. Jerry was a U.S. Navy veteran, enlisting on May 3, 1945 and honorably discharged on October 24,...

Zachary Comp

Zachary Comp

Nov 4, 2018

Zachary I. Comp, 25, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Thursday, January 28, 1993 in Carlisle, he was a son of Randy E. Comp, of Carlisle, and Robert and Kathleen Murphy Riess, Shippensburg. Zachary was a 2012 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, and attended the Elim Bible Institute,...

Frank Stouffer

Frank Stouffer

Nov 4, 2018

Frank E. Stouffer, 84, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, November 4, 2018. He was born on December 14, 1933, in Shippensburg, a son of the late Guy P. and Elizabeth Marie Baer Stouffer and married Doris N. Stine on July 25, 1953 by the Rev. Glenn Perry. In his younger years, Frank worked at the...

Michael Baer

Michael Baer

Nov 2, 2018

Michael J. Baer, 56, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 2, 2018 at his home. Born Saturday, December 2, 1961 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Donald E. and Carrie M. Shoemaker Baer, Sr. Michael was a 1980 graduate of the Shippensburg Senior High School. He was presently employed as a cook at the Shippensburg...

Sherry  Sanders

Sherry Sanders

Nov 1, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Sherry Mae Sanders announces her passing after an extended illness, on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at the age of 63 years. She was born on August 12, 1955, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Kunkleman, II and Goldie E. (Ingram) Bolen. Sherry retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot...

Linda  Sheaffer

Linda Sheaffer

Oct 29, 2018

Linda Lou Sheaffer, 74, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Manor Care of Chambersburg. Born Thursday, March 2, 1944 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Melvin E. and Ella Mae Eckenrode Sheaffer. Linda was of the Protestant Faith. She loved country music, ice cream, and playing BINGO. She is survived by one sister,...

Paul Killinger

Paul Killinger

Oct 29, 2018

Paul “Barry” Killinger, Sr., 76, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, October 29, 2018. He was born May 10, 1942 in Carlisle. Barry was a son of the late Paul L., Jr. and Helen Louise Durnin Killinger. Barry first worked for E.C. Barnes Oil Co. in St. Thomas and then for many years worked at the Sunoco Gas Station at Exit...

Margaret Bigler

Margaret Bigler

Oct 24, 2018

Margaret A. “Peggy” Bigler, 82, of Shippensburg, passed away, Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 16, 1935 in Shippensburg, PA. Peggy was a daughter of the late Wilbur B. and Mary J. Myers Holtry. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Peggy retired from the Shippensburg Area School...

Charles  Witter

Charles Witter

Oct 22, 2018

Charles E. “Chuck” Witter, 54, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 22, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Friday, March 13, 1964 in Carlisle, a son of Charles Franklin Witter, Carlisle, and the late Marie Kathryn Halter Witter. Chuck was a 1982 graduate of Big Spring High School. He worked as...

Margaret  Shimkanon

Margaret Shimkanon

Oct 22, 2018

Margaret E. “Maggie” Shimkanon, 75, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, October 22, 2018. She was born on November 7, 1942, in Shippensburg a daughter of the late Naomi Fitzgerald Rebok and married Arthur P. Shimkanon on July 2, 1965, in Shippensburg. In her younger years, Maggie worked as a seamstress at several of the former...

John  Miller

John Miller

Oct 21, 2018

John William Miller, 83, of Shippensburg, and formerly of Newville, passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, October 7, 1935 in Oakville, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Earl William and Mabel C. Heffelfinger Miller. John was born and raised on the family farm in Newville. John was a United States...

Betty Baker

Betty Baker

Oct 17, 2018

Betty Jane Baker, 49, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Tuesday, October 7, 1969, in Allentown, she was a daughter of David Leroy Weaver, Lynchburg, VA, and the late Barbara Ann Terry Beard. She is survived by two daughters, Cami J. Reynolds, Shippensburg, and Lauren A. Baker,...

Scanna Weikel

Scanna Weikel

Oct 11, 2018

Scanna M. Weikel, 63, of Shippensburg passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 11, 2018 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born November 13, 1955 in Harrisburg, PA. Scanna was a daughter of the late Willard Clay and Lorraine S. Hass Weikel. She is survived by her brother, Kenneth Weikel of Roxbury and a nephew, Jason Weikel of Upper...

Charles Dyarman

Charles Dyarman

Oct 7, 2018

Charles D. Dyarman, 87, of Newville, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born Saturday, March 7, 1931 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Charles Henry and Margaret Kathryn Myers Dyarman. Charles was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren where he held various offices in the church and...

Elizabeth  Tourney

Elizabeth Tourney

Oct 7, 2018

Elizabeth M. “Libby” Tourney 98, lifelong resident of Newburg PA, entered through the gates of heaven on Sunday October 7, 2018. Libby was a woman of strong faith and it showed very much through her walk of life. Libby was born June 19, 1920, the daughter of the late James H. & Mabel (Paxton) Stuck and is the widow of...

Robert Reed

Robert Reed

Oct 7, 2018

Robert D. Reed, 94, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018, at the Hershey Medical Center. He was born in 1924 in Altoona, PA, son of the late Bruce Orlando and Sara Jane McMonigal Reed. He was a retired Professor of Biology at Shippensburg University and previously taught biology at Somerset High School. He was a member of Messiah United Methodist...

John Hershey

John Hershey

Oct 3, 2018

John M. Hershey, Jr., 92, life-long resident of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at his home. He was born on July 21, 1926, in Shippensburg a son of the late John M. and Elva R. Dyarman Hershey, Sr., and married Marie C. Dooley on October 2, 1948, in Walnut Bottom. John was employed...

Misty Black

Misty Black

Oct 2, 2018

Misty Dawn Black, 45, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 25, 1973 in Bedford, PA. Misty was the daughter of Fay P. Banco Black of Shippensburg and the late Malcolm Lee “Mick” Black. She was a 1992 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and graduated as a LPN...

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