Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shippensburg, PA & Surrounding Areas

Stephen  Strohm

Stephen Strohm

Nov 15, 2017

Stephen L. Strohm, 47, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at his home. He was born on July 3, 1970, in Chambersburg, the son of Leroy J. Strohm and Kathryn “Kaye” L. Kessler Drawbaugh and husband Richard. Stephen was a 1988 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. He married Angela M. Clouse on September 21, 2011,...

Rev. Frank Mathna

Rev. Frank Mathna

Nov 14, 2017

Rev. Frank L. Mathna, 88, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at the Holy Spirit Hospital. He was born on December 17, 1928, in Mongul, a son of the late William Henry and Mary E. Runshaw Mathna. Frank was a 1960 graduate of Huntington University, earning a Bachelor’s in Art and a Bachelor’s...

Hazel Martin

Hazel Martin

Nov 14, 2017

Hazel M. Martin, infant daughter of Cody L. and Ellen G. Diehl Martin of Shippensburg was born and died on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She is survived by her maternal grandparents, Timothy and Christine Diehl and paternal grandparents, Derwood and Wendy Martin all of Shippensburg and numerous aunts and uncles. A...

Clarence Stouter

Clarence Stouter

Nov 13, 2017

Clarence W. “Slick” Stouter, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away Monday, November 13, 2017 at home. He was born August 26, 1936 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Clarence was a son of the late William and Pauline Hess Stouter. He was a retired self-employed truck driver who drove for H.C. Gabler Trucking, Chambersburg. Clarence is survived by his wife, Doris Jean Hull Stouter;...

Nelda Clugh-Palmer

Nelda Clugh-Palmer

Nov 10, 2017

Nelda Jean (Clugh) Palmer, 92 of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. She was born March 12, 1925 in Maryland. Nelda was a daughter of the late Joseph and Maude Davis. She was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. Nelda retired from the Shippensburg University where she was a cook....

Timothy Varner

Timothy Varner

Nov 9, 2017

Timothy Ray Varner, 50, passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2017 in Dallas, PA. He was born in Carlisle on July 6, 1967. He was a son of Ronald and Barbara Nailor Varner of Newburg. In addition to his parents he is survived by one brother, David Levan Varner and his wife, Angela of Shippensburg, two nephews, Justin and David...

Donna Nye

Donna Nye

Nov 9, 2017

Donna Mae Nye, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born September 17, 1942 in Centerville, PA. Donna was a daughter of the late Earl S. and Jeannette N. Wyrick Beecher. Donna started her career at Letterkenny Army Depot where she spent 39 years and became a Management Analyst. She retired at...

Robert  Kriner

Robert Kriner

Nov 8, 2017

Robert Edward Kriner 79, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on April 3, 1938, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Leroy and Tressa Myers Kriner. Robert was a 1956 graduate of Chambersburg High School and a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, honorably discharged on...

Carl Maxwell

Carl Maxwell

Nov 8, 2017

Carl Harrum Maxwell, 97, a resident at Providence Place, Chambersburg, passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017 in the Life Care Hospital, Mechanicsburg. Born Sunday, August 1, 1920 in Roxbury, he was a son of the late William Harrum and Anna May Rowels Maxwell. Carl was a member of the former Market Street Baptist Church in Harrisburg. Following his Army service...

Charlotte Motter

Charlotte Motter

Nov 8, 2017

Charlotte Elizabeth Motter, 97, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at her home. Born Sunday, January 11, 1920 in Fayetteville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Oliver R. and Edna R. DeHart Rotz, Sr. Charlotte was a past member of the Oakville United Methodist Church. She was a member and very active in the...

Thomas Vaughn

Thomas Vaughn

Nov 7, 2017

Thomas E. “Tom” Vaughn, 52, of Shippensburg, passed away on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at his home. Born Sunday, May 16, 1965 in Carlisle, he was a son of Glen L. and Emma Jean Gettel Vaughn of Shippensburg. Tom was a 1983 graduate of the Shippensburg Area High School and Franklin County Vocational Technical School. He was presently employed with...

George  West

George West

Nov 7, 2017

George P. West, Jr., 64, of Orrstown, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on October 3, 1953, in Chambersburg, the son of the late George P. and Shirley Jean Lehman West, Sr. George was a U.S. Army veteran, inducted on November 12, 1970 and honorably discharged on December...

Kenneth Messinger

Kenneth Messinger

Nov 6, 2017

Kenneth R. “Kenny” Messinger, Jr., 72, of Shippensburg and formerly of East Berlin, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 6, 2017 at York Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born Thursday, April 5, 1945 in East Berlin, he was a son of the late Kenneth R. and Dolly Mae Eisenhart Messinger, Sr. Kenneth was a faithful member of the Shippensburg...

Gene Furry

Gene Furry

Nov 4, 2017

Gene G. Furry, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Shippensburg Health care Center. Born Thursday, September 13, 1934 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Charles Oscar and Isabelle Geyer Furry, Sr. Gene was a 1952 graduate of the Shippensburg Senior High School and attended the Shippensburg University. He was a...

Allen  Romine

Allen Romine

Nov 4, 2017

Allen L. Romine, 62, of rural Newburg, PA, departed this life on the afternoon of Saturday, November 4, 2017, at his home. He was born on December 26, 1954, in Mt. Holly, Twp., Burlington Co., NJ, raised in Yeadon, PA, the son of the late Levorn and Elsie Ferguson Romine. Allen was a 1977 graduate of the Philadelphia College of...

Doris Kelley

Doris Kelley

Oct 31, 2017

Doris J. Kelley, 74, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, departed this life on the morning of Tuesday, October 31, 2017. She was born on August 25, 1943, in Southampton Twp., Cumberland Co., a daughter of the late Herman S. and Margaret P. Stine Kelley. Doris was a former member of the South Mountain Chapel Brethren in Christ...

Jeffrey  Lyons

Jeffrey Lyons

Oct 30, 2017

Jeffrey Ross Lyons, 36, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Monday, October 30, 2017. He was born on November 29, 1980, in Carlisle, a son of Jerry S. and Susan McCleaf Lyons and was a 1999 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School. Jeff worked for his father’s rental property business doing management and maintenance. He also worked at the H....

Diane Diehl

Diane Diehl

Oct 29, 2017

Diane Louise Rock Diehl, 75, of San Antonio, TX, formerly of Piper Road, Shippensburg, passed away at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital, San Antonio, TX, on Sunday, October 29, 2017. She was born January 21, 1942 in Shippensburg, PA. Diane was a daughter of the late Alfred C. and Helen Hancock Rock. Diane absolutely loved her work, working as an LPN...

Faye Ordway

Faye Ordway

Oct 27, 2017

Faye M. Ordway, 83, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, October 27, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born February 11, 1934 in Shippensburg. Faye was a daughter of the late David and Louetta Miller Strayer. She retired from the Letterkenny Army Depot where she was an Accounting Technician. Faye was a 1952 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. She...

Earl Baer

Earl Baer

Oct 27, 2017

Earl H. Baer, 91 of Shippensburg, passed away, Friday, October 27, 2017 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg. Born September 2, 1926 in Dayton, PA, he was a son of the late James O. and Ruth Elizabeth Holtry Baer. Earl was a United States Air Force Veteran serving in WWII. He was the Founder, President, and CEO of Shipco, Shippensburg. Earl was...