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Florence Asper
Jul 29, 2018
Florence G. Asper, 98, departed this life on the evening of Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Salina, KS. She was born on January 24, 1920, in Newburg, PA, a daughter of the late Luther and Margaret Shoffner Finkey. Florence worked at the former Valley Baking Store, Shippensburg, for forty-five years, retiring in 1984, as a cake decorator. She was a...
Karen Rotz
Jul 24, 2018
Karen F. Rotz, 71, of Dry Run, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born in New Germantown, the daughter of the late Robert and Vera O’Donel Robinson and married George S. Rotz on March 12, 1967, in Chambersburg. Karen worked as an accountant for the former James River Co.,...
Ralph Dewalt
Jul 21, 2018
Ralph A. DeWalt, 82, of Orrstown, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, February 16, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Ralph S. and Edith A. Gifford DeWalt. Ralph was a member of the Lurgan United Brethren Church, and attended the Ebenezer United Brethren Church in Greencastle. He was the owner...
Lawrence Caution
Jul 14, 2018
Lawrence H. Caution, 67, of Chambersburg, departed this life on Saturday, July 14, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. His funeral services, entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc., Shippensburg, will be private. There will be no public viewing or visitation. Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.
John Roddick
Jul 14, 2018
Jack Roddick, 97, died in Shippensburg on July 14, 2018. Jack began his amazing life on May 2, 1921 in Baltimore and then was raised on the family farm near Newville, PA. After serving in the Army Air Corps, he graduated from Shippensburg State Teachers College in 1947. Jack taught and coached at Swatara High School where he met his...
Homer Kissick
Jul 14, 2018
Homer N. Kissick, age 84, of Hillsboro, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2018, at his daughter’s residence in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, after a brave battle with cancer. Born October 7, 1933, in Hillsboro, he was a son of the late Henry Newton and Nannie Ezetta Spence Kissick. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Carl...
Lori Leitzel
Jul 11, 2018
Lori Ann Leitzel, 52, of Newburg, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. Born Friday, October 1, 1965 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late James B. and Virginia M. Gettel Bock. Lori was of the United Brethren Faith. She was a 1983 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior...
Paul Detweiler
Jul 9, 2018
Paul F. Detweiler, 88, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the evening of Monday, July 9, 2018, at his home. He was born on May 19, 1930, in Lansdale, a son of the late Howard and Katie Freed Detweiler and married Dorothy Greaser on September 7, 1952, in Quakertown. Paul worked the family farm in Newville, in dairy production and...
Mary Vanscyoc
Jul 4, 2018
Mary Catherine VanScyoc, 87, of The Village at Luther Ridge, Chambersburg, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2018. She was born July 22, 1930 in Letterkenny Twp., Franklin County. Mary was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Verma E. Hammond Reed. After 45 years working for the Grief Company in Shippensburg, Mary retired in 1992. She...
Sarah Tosten
Jul 3, 2018
Sarah Elizabeth Tosten, 76, of Shippensburg, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at her home. Born Thursday, February 5, 1942 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late Charles C. and S. Catherine Burkholder Bigler. Sarah was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren in Shippensburg and their Women’s Fellowship. She is survived...
Lester Holtry
Jul 3, 2018
Lester L. Holtry, 87, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Upper Strasburg, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg. Born Tuesday, August 19, 1930 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Lawrence and Pauline Snoke Holtry. Lester retired as a Conductor on the Letterkenny Army Depot Railroad. He was a member of the...
Robert Zeigler
Jun 30, 2018
Robert Carroll Zeigler, 70, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, June 30, 2018, at his home with his family by his side. He was born on February 5, 1948, in Washington D.C., the son of the late Robert G. and Doris Nicholson Zeigler. Robert worked at a salesman for Interstate Ford, Shively Motors, Stakes Auto, and...
Dennis Ott
Jun 29, 2018
Dennis Tyler Ott, 28, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Friday, June 29, 2018. He was born on June 18, 1990, in Hagerstown, a son of Dennis L. Ott and Kimberly S. Bowser Ott. Tyler was employed in the warehouse industry, working for LKQ Penn–Mar, Inc., and Southern Enterprises LLC. When in school, Tyler participated in wrestling and baseball programs....
David Wagner
Jun 25, 2018
David Scott Wagner, 58, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Monday, June 25, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on June 19, 1960, at Camp Lejeune, NC, the son of William J. and Kathryn W. Woodburn Wagner and married Mildred “Millie” K. Moyer on June 29, 2015, at the Green Spring Brethren in Christ Church,...
Doris Green
Jun 21, 2018
Doris Jean Green, 90, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 21, 2018 at Providence Place in Chambersburg. Born Monday, September 19, 1927 in Hazleton, PA., Luzerne County, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Thelma E. Edwards Borneisen, Sr. Doris was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She retired as Secretary from...
Lee Whistler
Jun 20, 2018
Lee A. Whistler, 93, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2018 in Elmcroft. He was born January 6, 1925 in Newville, PA. Lee was a son of the late Wilbur S. and Ethel Boyles Whistler. He was a member of the Memorial Lutheran Church and retired from SKF Industries, both in Shippensburg. Lee was a United States Navy Veteran...
Mary Hershey
Jun 18, 2018
Mary E. Wolfe Hershey, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, June 18, 2018 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. She was born March 26, 1921 in Shippensburg, PA. Mary was a daughter of the late John R. and Edna Durff Wolfe. Mary had worked as a waitress, a seamstress at the former Shirt Craft Company in Shippensburg, a dairy farmer, and founded...
Edwin Martin
Jun 17, 2018
Edwin B. “Eddie” Martin, Jr., 38, of Shippensburg, went to be with his Lord and Savior, on the morning of Sunday, June 17, 2018. He was born on December 2, 1979, in Reading, a son of Edwin M. and Sarah H. Brubacher Martin and married Miriam Oberholtzer on April 21, 2002 at the Church of God in Christ Mennonite. Eddie...
Kay Mckenrick
Jun 17, 2018
Kay M. McKenrick, 65, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2018 in the Hershey Medical Center. She was born March 22, 1953 in Shippensburg, Franklin County. Kay was a daughter of late Joseph W. and Margaret G. Adams McKenrick. She was a member of the Church of God Pentecostal, Shippensburg. Kay retired from the Housekeeping Department at Shippensburg University....
Maryetta Tosten
Jun 12, 2018
Maryetta N. Tosten, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Elmcroft, Shippensburg. She was born March 31, 1927 in Knobsville, Fulton County. Mary was a daughter of the late Nancy Naugle McMullen and her step-father Noah McMullen. Mary worked as a seamstress in Shippensburg. She was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren for 65...
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