Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas
Robert Kochenour
Feb 4, 2018
Robert E. “Bob” Kochenour, 84, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 4, 2018 after a 3 month battle with pancreatic cancer. Born Sunday, March 26, 1933 in Manchester, York County, he was a son of the late Edwin W. and Madaline B. Mundis Kochenour. Bob retired as a Commercial Artist and Illustrator & Art Director at The Beistle...
Dolores Ricardo
Feb 3, 2018
Dolores J. Ricardo, 87, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, February 3, 2018, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born on December 12, 1930, in Rock Hill, PA, a daughter of the late Leo C. and Helen Jacka Wible. Dolores worked as an inspector at I.B.M., retiring in 1980. She was a member of...
Donald Seibert
Feb 1, 2018
Donald L. Seibert, 85, of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 19, 1932, in Dry Run, he was the son of the late John F. Seibert and Helen M. Price. He graduated from Shippensburg High School in 1950. Don farmed the family dairy farm on Mainsville Road for most of his life, retiring...
Esther Wiser
Jan 31, 2018
Esther H. Wiser, 91, of Walnut Bottom, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born Monday, October 25, 1926 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Noble and Clara B. Crusey Kelley. She was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. Esther was a...
Kenneth Garman
Jan 29, 2018
Kenneth G. Garman, 90, of Newburg, passed away Monday, January 29, 2018 at home. He was born February 16, 1927 in Carlisle, PA. Ken was a son of the late George A. and Ruth W. Heberlig Garman. He retired in 1988 from PennDOT where he was a Bridge Foreman. Ken was a member of the Roxbury United Methodist Church, Orrstown...
Nancy Corle
Jan 29, 2018
Nancy J. Corle, 74, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Monday, January 29, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on December 22, 1943, in York, a daughter of the late Robert and Luella Stare Updegraff and married Rolla L. Corle on December 27, 1964. He preceded her in death just six months ago, on August...
Gerald Smith
Jan 29, 2018
Gerald A. Smith, 80, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, January 29, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Monday, May 24, 1937 in Lewisburg, PA, he was a son of the late Paul A. and Mabel E. Kreisher Smith. Gerald was a 1956 graduate of the Shippensburg Senior High School. He was a United States Air Force Veteran. Gerald retired...
C. Bartlett
Jan 29, 2018
C. Kay Crouse-Bartlett, 64, of Mechanicsburg, passed away Monday, January 29, 2018 at home. She was born October 15, 1953 in Chambersburg, PA. Kay was a daughter of the late Donald E. and Ruth L. Booz Crouse. She retired in 2011 from the PA Dept. of Health after 26 years of service. Kay was a member of Christian Life Assembly,...
Margaret Angle
Jan 27, 2018
Margaret A. “Peg” Angle, 99, a resident of Elmcroft of Shippensburg, formerly of Chambersburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, January 27, 2018. She was born on November 9, 1918, in Upper Strasburg, a daughter of the late Grant U. and Mabel Burket Rosenberry and married Eber B. Angle on May of 1939. He preceded her in death...
Dorothy Alleman
Jan 27, 2018
Dorothy V. Alleman, 95, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Green Ridge Village, Newville. She was born on April 16, 1922, in Blairs Mills, Huntingdon Co., a daughter of the late Paul and Hester Cisney Hampton. Dorothy was employed at Shippensburg University, as a cook in the Reisner Dining Hall, from where...
Louise Short
Jan 27, 2018
Louise M. Short, 94, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on October 16, 1923, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late William R. and Ruth E. Witter Reath. Louise worked as a seamstress at the former Stanley Co., Chambersburg, for over twenty...
Rodney Aby
Jan 24, 2018
Rodney E. Aby, 70, of Carlisle, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation, Carlisle. He was born on March 9, 1947, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Harry A. “Dick” Aby and Helen D. Hawkins Aby. Rodney was employed in the construction industry, as a carpenter and superintendent, all of...
Patrick Hare
Jan 24, 2018
Patrick Franklin Hare, 77, late of Shippensburg, formerly of Baltimore, departed this life on the morning of Wednesday, January 24, 2018. His funeral services, entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc., Shippensburg, will be private. There will be no public viewing or visitation. Interment will also be private.
Velma Runk
Jan 21, 2018
Velma Virginia Runk, went to Heaven at 9:25 a.m. Sunday, 21 January, surrounded by her loving family, to meet her Heavenly Father, her son and many relatives and friends. Born Wednesday, 11 May 1932 in Willow Hill, her parents were Harry M. and Elsa Mae O’Donnell Hockenberry. Velma attended schools in Metal Township. She was a stay at home mother...
Barbara Dile
Jan 21, 2018
Barbara Ann Dile, 55, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Sunday, January 21, 2018. Her funeral service, entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc., Shippensburg, will be private. There will be no public viewing or visitation.
Hartford Rosbach
Jan 15, 2018
Hartford L. Rosbach, Jr., 71, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 in the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Born October 27, 1946 in Sayre, PA, Hartford was a son of the late Hartford L. Sr. and Edna G. Weaver Rosbach. Numerous brothers and sisters are also deceased. He was a United States Army Veteran during Vietnam. Harford is survived...
Tabitha Smyth
Jan 13, 2018
Tabitha L. Smyth, 51, of Chambersburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Transitions Healthcare, Gettysburg. Her funeral services, entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc., Shippensburg, will be private. There will be no public viewing or visitation. Interment, at a later date and time, will also be private.
Norman Koontz
Jan 13, 2018
Norman C. Koontz, III, 78, of Newburg, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, January 13, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was born on August 5, 1939, in Indiana, PA, the son of the late Norman C. and Dorothy M. Igou Koontz, Jr., and was a 1957 graduate of William Penn Senior High School...
Richard Rotz
Jan 7, 2018
Richard L. Rotz, 86, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018 at home. He was born April 16, 1931, in Chambersburg, PA. Richard was a son of the late Lester and Mildred Martin Rotz. He was a member of the New Testament Baptist Church, Chambersburg. Richard retired from SKF Industries where he was a Machinist. He was a United...
Lisa Dowdy
Jan 5, 2018
Lisa Kay Dowdy, 55, of Upper Strasburg, departed this life on the afternoon of Friday, January 5, 2018, at her home. She was born on February 23, 1962, in Chambersburg, the daughter of Eugene Shields and the late Margaret Joyce Hudgins Shields. Lisa was a 1980 graduate of Westland High School, Columbus, OH. She married Rick L. Dowdy on June...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
