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Mabel Weaver
Apr 22, 2018
Mabel F. Weaver, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 in Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born August 14, 1937 in Akron, Ohio. Mabel was a daughter of the late Paul and Mary Cohick Kirkpatrick. She was a member of Prince Street United Brethren Church, Shippensburg. Mabel was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin C. Weaver,...
Pauline Smith
Apr 22, 2018
Pauline M. “Polly” Smith, 98, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Elmcroft of Shippensburg. Born Friday, November 21, 1919 in Orrstown, she was a daughter of the late Albert B. and Elizabeth Foust Gayman. She was a 1938 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. Polly was a very active member of the Grace United Church...
Arnold Robertson
Apr 22, 2018
Arnold “Buck” Robertson, 68, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born October 20, 1949 in Westminster, Maryland. Buck was a son of the late Arnold and Ethel Robertson. Buck retired from Letterkenny Army Depot and was a United States Army Veteran of Vietnam. He is survived by his wife, Karen Kline Robertson;...
Nancy Clugh
Apr 20, 2018
Nancy A. Clugh, 67 of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at Manor Care, Chambersburg. Born April 10, 1951 in Chambersburg. Nancy was a daughter of the late Lawrence Clugh and Nelda Jean Davis Clugh Palmer. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Nancy worked for Carlisle Tire & Rubber. She was a member of the...
Twila Mowery
Apr 19, 2018
Twila D. Mowery, 82, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. She was born November 13, 1935 in Chambersburg. Twila was a daughter of the late Charles D. and Elizabeth T. Shriner Porter. She was a member of Messiah United Methodist Church. Twila worked at Burkhart’s Restaurant, and she loved to play bingo. She is...
Bryan Gimbara
Apr 19, 2018
Bryan Everett Gimbara, 39, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Thursday, April 19, 2018. He was born on October 15, 1978, in Pittsburgh, the son of Michael Gimbara and Evelyn M. Foster Gimbara and was a 1998 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Bryan worked as a laborer in the construction industry, and in the off-season, he liked to work...
Richard Castell
Apr 18, 2018
Richard Irving Castell, Jr., 77, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Kevin Joseph Keefe on January 17, 1941, in New York, to Eilleen Keefe, and was adopted at eight years old by the late Richard Irving and Margaret Eleanor Dietrict Castell, Sr., who raised him. Richard...
Donald Nori
Apr 17, 2018
Donald F. Nori, Sr., 66, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in the Hershey Medical Center, with his loving family by his side. Born Sunday, April 13, 1952 in Holidaysburg, PA. Donald was a son of the late Albert J. and Margaret Pasquini Nori. He was the founder of Destiny Image Publishers in Shippensburg, which opened in January...
Richard Crimbly
Apr 16, 2018
Richard Crimbly, 78, of Chambersburg, departed this life on Monday, April 16, 2018, at SpiriTrust Lutheran, The Village at Gettysburg. He was born on June 19, 1939 in Greensburg, PA, the son of Benilda Lori and John Ciarimboli. Richard was a veteran of the United States Air Force and worked as a Financial Analyst for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for...
Kenneth Holtry
Apr 15, 2018
Kenneth E. Holtry, 75, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born April 2, 1943 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Kenneth was a son of the late Ross H. and Mary Alice Killian Holtry He retired from SKF Industries, Shippensburg. Kenneth is survived by his wife, M. Linda Shoemaker Holtry; two sons, Kenneth R....
Geraldine Shrawder
Apr 13, 2018
Geraldine Louise Shrawder, 85, of Smithsburg, MD, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at home. She was born June 24, 1932 in Newburg, PA. Geraldine was a daughter of the late Wilbur and Rebecca Reeder Mathna. She was a member of the former Wesleyan Church, Hagerstown, MD. Geraldine is survived by three daughters, Dorean (Bob) Swank of Smithsburg, MD, Beverly...
David Schell
Apr 13, 2018
David Schell, 76, of Orrstown, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at his home. Born Tuesday, January 6, 1942 in Taylor, PA, he was the son of David G. and Mildred Sibley Schell. David was a United States Air Force Veteran. He worked as an Insurance Appraiser with over 20 years of experience. David was a life member of the...
Lista Martin
Apr 11, 2018
Lista Mae Martin, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at the Maugansville Mennonite Home in Hagerstown, MD., surrounded by her loving family. Born Sunday, April 18, 1920 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late David B. and Fannie Martin Frey. Lista was a member of the Burns Valley Mennonite Church where she worked alongside...
Patricia Washinger
Apr 10, 2018
Patricia A. “Patsy” Washinger, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at the Life Care Hospital of Mechanicsburg. Born Thursday, July 26, 1934 in Cleversburg, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Harold “Hank” Jacoby and Leila Gutshall Helm. Patricia was a member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren, Shippensburg. She worked as a bus...
Clarence Holtry
Apr 9, 2018
Clarence W. Holtry, Jr. 84, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. He was born May 5, 1933 in Newburg. Clarence was a son of the late Clarence W., Sr. and Violet Vaughn Holtry. He was a life member of the Ridge Church of the Brethren. Clarence was a United States Army Veteran...
Carl Argenbright
Apr 5, 2018
Carl T. Argenbright, 85, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018 in the Masonic Village of Elizabethtown. He was born February 14, 1933 in Chambersburg, PA. Carl was a son of the late Joseph and Alice Hay Argenbright. Carl retired from SKF Industries where he was a Tool and Die Maker and then had Argenbright’s Machine...
Scot Lytle
Apr 5, 2018
Scot A. Lytle, 63, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Falling Spring Nursing & Rehabilitation, Chambersburg. He was born on June 3, 1954, in Chambersburg, a son of Glenn R. Lytle and the late A. Louise Hoch Lytle. Known by many as “Scooter,” Scot was a 1972 graduate of Shippensburg High School...
Jay Pyne
Apr 4, 2018
Jay Lee Pyne, 72, of Newburg, departed this life, after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, on the morning of Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at his home, with his family by his side. He was born on May 19, 1945, and raised on the family farm on Clover Hill Road, Newburg, a son of the late Charles and Mary King...
Leah Mitchell
Apr 4, 2018
Leah J. Mitchell, 91, of Shippensburg, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in UPMC Pinnacle Hospital, Carlisle. She was born October 19, 1926, in Carlisle, PA. Leah was a daughter of the late Harley D. and Marie E. Marsh Butts. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Walnut Bottom. Leah was a 1944 graduate of Carlisle High School....
Betty Young
Apr 2, 2018
Betty A. Young, 87, a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home, departed this life on the morning of Monday, April 2, 2018, in the home. She was born Monday, July 21, 1930 in Middle Spring, Cumberland County, PA, a daughter of the late Paul and Frances Dunlap Swartz. Betty worked as a seamstress at the former Penn Pants, L’Aiglon...
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