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Charles Cummings
Jun 5, 2019
Charles L. Cummings, 72, of Chambersburg, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born November 4, 1946 in Shippensburg, PA. Charles was a son of the late Raymond L. and Dorcas A. Unger Cummings. He was a member of the AMVETS Post # 224, the Burt J. Asper American Legion Post # 46, the Charles...
Lynne Boyd
Jun 4, 2019
Lynne M. Boyd, 61, of Newburg, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital with her loving family at her side. Born April 27, 1958 in Chambersburg, PA. Lynne was a daughter of Samuel K. and E. Marie Zimmerman Helman of Shippensburg. Lynne retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot. She was a 1976 graduate of the Shippensburg Area...
Lance Heberlig
May 30, 2019
Lance William Heberlig, 57, of Newburg, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2019. He was born June 20, 1961 in Chambersburg, PA. Lance was a son of Judith Plank Heberlig of Newburg and the late William G. Heberlig. Lance was a self-employed farmer and was the owner of Lance’s Liquid Feed. For his first 20 plus years Lance worked for Agway...
Vivian Swanger
May 30, 2019
Vivian Edna Swanger, 85, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Coudersport, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, May 30, 2019. She was born on February 28, 1934, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Arthur R. and Effie (Cover) Kendall. Vivian worked as a quality control inspector at Greenray Industries, Mechanicsburg, for many years. She was a member of...
Jo Ann Bolton
May 29, 2019
Jo Ann Bolton, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Magnolias of Chambersburg. She was born Monday, November 11, 1935 in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, PA. Jo Ann was a daughter of the late John H. and Eunice R. Wood Lewis. She was a member of the Memorial Lutheran Church, Shippensburg. Jo Ann was a 1953 graduate of...
Cletus Whitaker
May 26, 2019
Cletus W. “Clete” Whitaker, 90, of Newburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Sunday, May 26, 2019, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born on September 11, 1928, in Elkatawa, KY, the son of the late Thomas J. and Orlena (Collins) Whitaker. Clete was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving through W.W. II, the Korean War, and...
Marian Sanford
May 24, 2019
Marian H. Sanford, 99, of Shippensburg, and formerly of Newport, and Harrisburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 24, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Monday, September 8, 1919 in Benld, Illinois, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Monica Herman Dannis. She graduated from Springfield Nursing Hospital in 1941. Marian was a 1st...
Richard Calvert
May 24, 2019
Richard H. Calvert, 73, of Harrisburg, departed this life on the evening of Friday, May 24, 2019, at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Wellsboro, PA. He was born on June 8, 1945, in Williamsport, son of the late John R. and Katherine P. Baer Calvert. Richard was a 1964 graduate of C.A.S.H.S. He married Bonnie K. (Cain) Cirillo...
Esther Hippensteele
May 21, 2019
Esther M. Hippensteele, 93, a resident at Menno Haven, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Born May 24, 1925 in Culbertson, PA. Esther was a daughter of the late Amos and Prudence Zook Sollenberger. She was a 1943 graduate of Messiah Academy, a 1947 graduate of Shippensburg University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education and in 1976...
Marcella Williamson
May 20, 2019
Marcella Romaine Williamson, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away Monday, May 20, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born June 24, 1932 in Lewistown, PA. Marcella was a daughter of the late James and Myrtle DeArment. She was a caregiver for the elderly in the Orrstown and Upper Strasburg area. Marcella was a member of the former First Wesleyan Church,...
Lista Ocker
May 20, 2019
Lista M. Ocker, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away Monday, May 20, 2019 at Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg. Born Monday, May 29, 1933 in Newburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Aaron Garman and Ruth Naomi Crider Ocker, Sr. Lista was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren, Shippensburg. She retired from Sunny...
Curvin Gochenour
May 20, 2019
Curvin Joseph Gochenour, Jr., 87, a resident of the Southeastern Veterans Center, and formerly of Orrstown, PA, died Monday, May 20, 2019, in the Southeastern Veterans Center, Spring City, PA. Born Sunday, December 13, 1931, in Monoghan Township, York County, PA, he was the son of the late Curvin, Sr., and Mary (Gayman) Gochenour. A 1950 graduate of Mechanicsburg High...
Cindy Park
May 18, 2019
Cindy L. Park, 61, of Orrstown, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Hershey Medical Center. Born Monday, November 4, 1957 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Joann Gipe Duncan. Cindy was a 1977 graduate of Shippensburg High School. She was a member of the Green Village Church of God. She is survived by...
Terry Baker
May 17, 2019
Terry A. Baker, 64, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Friday, May 17, 2019, at his home. He was born on June 6, 1954, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Donald P. and Dorothy M. Farner Baker and married Barbara K. Harre on June 23, 1973, at the Shippensburg Church of the Brethren. Terry was employed as a technician...
Robert Linn
May 16, 2019
Robert D. “Bob” Linn, 61, of Newburg, departed this life in the early morning of Thursday, May 16, 2019, at his home. He was born on March 2, 1958, in Huntingdon, a son of the late Glenn L. and Emma M. Miller Linn and married Carol A. Wik on June 2, 1979, at the Orrstown United Brethren Church. Bob worked...
Jean Lay
May 10, 2019
Jean E. (Snookie) Lay, 71, of Newville, passed away in the early hours of Friday, May 10, 2019 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. Born Thursday, April 29, 1948 in Mechanicsburg, she was a daughter of the late David E. Shenk, Sr. and Betty L. Shatto Shenk. Jean retired from Saylor’s Market in Newville, where she worked in the kitchen, with...
Virginia Flora
May 7, 2019
Virginia Helman Flora, 88, of Waynesboro, and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Born Wednesday, September 24, 1930 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Louise Knepper Helman. Virginia was a graduate of the Marion School. She attended the Bethel Assembly of God Church, Chambersburg. Virginia...
Dorothy Mellott
May 7, 2019
Dorothy J. Mellott, 90, of Pleasant Hall formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at home. She was born June 15, 1928 in Chambersburg, PA. Dorothy was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Lulu I. Dixon Gilbert. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God. Dorothy retired from the former Valley Baking Company,...
Ellis Rotz
May 7, 2019
Ellis L. “Pete” Rotz, 91, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at the home surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 7, 1928 in Shippensburg, PA. Pete was a son of the late Bruce and Sylvia Coy Rotz. He was Co-Owner of the former J.A. Harglerode and Company, Shippensburg. Pete...
Robert Martin
May 6, 2019
Robert Carroll “Bob” Martin, Sr., 92, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2019 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born Monday, June 7, 1926 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Calvin M. and Laura May Reed Martin. Robert was a United States Navy Veteran serving on the LST Cruisers in the Pacific Theater during WWII....
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