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Roy Reese

Roy Reese

Sep 2, 2018

Roy H. Reese, 80, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Sunday, September 2, 2018. He was born on December 22, 1937, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Frank and Anna Mary Hull Reese. Roy was a 1955 graduate of Big Spring High School. He married Barbara A. Palmer on June 28, 1985, in Newville. Roy was...

Frederick Johnston

Frederick Johnston

Aug 31, 2018

Frederick Barry Johnston, Sr., passed away Friday, August 31, 2018 at the Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg. Born Friday, September 14, 1945 in Tempe, AZ, he was a son of the late Clayton P. and Dorothy M. Millhouse Johnston. He was a 1963 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, and then received his Bachelor’s Degree in...

Bradley Gutshall

Bradley Gutshall

Aug 30, 2018

Bradley E. Gutshall, 52, of Chambersburg, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 in the Emergency Room in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born September 6, 1965 in Chambersburg, PA. Bradley was a son of Roy C. Gutshall and Gwendolyn A. Durff Gutshall, both of Chambersburg. He was retired from Walmart in Chambersburg. Bradley was a 1983 graduate of the Chambersburg...

Frances Jones

Frances Jones

Aug 28, 2018

Frances E. Jones, 91 a resident of Providence Place, Chambersburg formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2018 in the home. She was born November 23, 1926 in Shippensburg. Frances was a daughter of the late William Michael and Merle G. Clippinger Neff. She also was preceded in death by five sisters, Helen Wingerd, Ruth Powley, Dorothy Russell, Esther...

Sherry Decker

Sherry Decker

Aug 27, 2018

Sherry A. Decker, 52, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, August 27, 2018 at the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Wednesday, July 6, 1966 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Anna K. Lindsey Shaver, and the late Donald F. Shaver. Sherry was a 1985 of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She worked as a line cook at Bob...

Michael Myers

Michael Myers

Aug 26, 2018

Michael E. Myers, 66, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born March 9, 1952 in Chambersburg, PA. Michael was a son of Peggy J. Suders Myers of Shippensburg and the late Richard E. Myers, who passed away February 20, 1992. In addition to his mother her is survived by four...

Evelyn Shives

Evelyn Shives

Aug 24, 2018

Evelyn S. Shives, 87, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Friday, August 24, 2018, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on October 19, 1930, in New Grenada, PA, the daughter of the late Amos McCoy and Mary Catherine Stains McCoy Strait and married George Martin Shives in April of 1951. He preceded her in...

Elizabeth Millhouse

Elizabeth Millhouse

Aug 22, 2018

Elizabeth J. “Libby” Millhouse, 56, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at her home. She was born on October 11, 1961, in Chambersburg, a daughter of the late John and Mary Thomas Millhouse, Sr. Libby worked as a supervisor at Land O’Lakes, Carlisle She is survived by her son, Travis (Jess) Millhouse of Shippensburg; five...

Vicki Mentzer

Vicki Mentzer

Aug 21, 2018

Vicki I. Mentzer, 66, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, August 21, 2018. She was born on December 6, 1951, in Chambersburg, a daughter of Ruth V. Rhoades Miller and the late Walter L. Miller. Vicki was a homemaker throughout her life. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and enjoyed spending time with her family....

Elizabeth Higgins

Elizabeth Higgins

Aug 21, 2018

Elizabeth B. “Betty-Dodah” Higgins, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Chambers Pointe (Penn Hall), Chambersburg. Born Thursday, January 29, 1931 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John E. and Catherine M. Ward Brookens. Betty was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of St. Luke Evangelical...

Thomas  Ginnick

Thomas Ginnick

Aug 19, 2018

Thomas L. Ginnick, 70, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Sunday, August 19, 2018, at his home. He was born on January 30, 1948, in Chambersburg, the son of the late Charles C. and Dolores J. Reese Ginnick and was a 1965 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Although he was drafted to play baseball for the St....

Helen Aby

Helen Aby

Aug 15, 2018

Helen D. Aby, 90, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle. Born Wednesday, June 6, 1928 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Bittinger Hawkins. She was a member of the Huntsdale Church of the Brethren, where she served as Deacon, taught Sunday School, and was on...

Michael Stine

Michael Stine

Aug 11, 2018

Pastor Michael Lee Stine, 38, formerly of Shippensburg, late of Williamsport, MD, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, August 11, 2018, at his home. He was born on November 22, 1979, in Chambersburg, a son of Barry Lee and Patricia Ann Shives Stine, who reside in Shippensburg. Michael earned a Bachelor’s degree from Lancaster Bible College, in Bible...

Timothy Marpoe

Timothy Marpoe

Aug 8, 2018

Timothy D. Marpoe, Jr., 26, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on November 12, 1991, in Carlisle, the son of Timothy D. Marpoe, Sr., and Michelle Mowery. Timothy was a 2010 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. He enjoyed fishing, nature walks, art, and...

Sarah Martin

Sarah Martin

Aug 7, 2018

Sarah J. Martin, 96, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg. Born Friday, July 28, 1922 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Raymond H. and Harriet J. Hutchison Rebuck. Sarah was a member of the Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. She retired in 1984 from the...

Max Higgins

Max Higgins

Aug 6, 2018

Max R. Higgins, 80, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Thursday, April 21, 1938 in Williamsport, MD., he was a son of the late David Martin and Susan Hanson Higgins. Max attended St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chambersburg. He retired from American Stair & Cabinetry as a carpenter. Max loved hunting, butchering,...

Vonnie Eckenrode

Vonnie Eckenrode

Aug 6, 2018

Vonnie J. Eckenrode, 74, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Monday, August 6, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on February 11, 1944, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Charles Melvin and Daisy M. Coffey Holtry and was a 1961 graduate of Shippensburg High School. Vonnie worked as a purchasing agent at the Letterkenny...

Donald Deck

Donald Deck

Aug 4, 2018

Donald D. Deck, 74, of Alamogordo, NM, departed this world on August 4, 2018. He was born on March 23, 1944, in Cumberland County, PA, a son of the late Robert C. & Fannie E. Durf Deck. Don attended the Big Spring High School, Newville, and enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1961. He made his career in...

Ronald Appleby

Ronald Appleby

Aug 2, 2018

Ronald Lee Appleby, 78, of Shippensburg, Passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 2, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born Wednesday, December 6, 1939 in Mongul, Franklin County, he was a son of the late Raymond Blaine and Rosie M. Varner Appleby. He was a 1958 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. He was a...

Vonnie  Helman

Vonnie Helman

Jul 31, 2018

Vonnie M. Ile Helman, 81, of Newburg, departed this life on the evening of Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at the Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born on July 21, 1937, in Mowersville, a daughter of the late Philip A. and Mamie R. O’Donnell Ile. Vonnie was a 1956 graduate of Chambersburg High School and married Charles A....

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