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George Durf
Oct 24, 2017
George F. Durf, Sr., 86, of Orrstown, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Wednesday, September 23, 1931 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Harry Albert and Catherine Elizabeth Sites Durf. George was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Walnut Bottom. He retired in 1994 after 38 years of...
Samuel Hancock
Oct 23, 2017
Samuel L. Hancock, 76, of Orrstown, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 23, 2017 at his home. Born Saturday, December 21, 1940 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Harper E. and Lena E. Warren Hancock. Samuel was a United States Army and Air Force Veteran serving in the Vietnam War. He retired from Letterkenny Army Depot where...
Travis Ott
Oct 20, 2017
Travis W. Ott, 31, of Chambersburg, passed away. He was born September 11, 1986 in Chambersburg. Travis was a son of Teresa F. Dunlap Ott and her companion John L. Baker of Chambersburg, and Kenneth E. Ott, Sr. of Shippensburg. He worked for both the Cumberland Highway Family Restaurant and Baker’s Kwik Stop, Orrstown. Travis was a 2005 graduate of...
Elwood Pisle
Oct 18, 2017
Elwood J. Pisle, 91, life-long resident of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loving family on Wednesday, October 18, 2017. He was born on August 25, 1926, in Shippensburg, a son of the late John and Sara Pisle. Elwood was a U.S. Navy veteran of W.W. II, who served in the European Theater, enlisting on November 11, 1944,...
Glendon Burkholder
Oct 17, 2017
Glendon Z. Burkholder, 4, of Shippensburg passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017 in the Emergency Room at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born Friday, July 5, 2013 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County. Glendon was a son of Elmer M. and Mary H. Zimmerman Burkholder. In addition to his parents Glendon is survived by three siblings, Marlene Z. Burkholder, Laray Z. Burkholder...
Joseph Thrush
Oct 16, 2017
Joseph L. “Joe” Thrush, Sr., 63, of Newburg, departed this life on the evening of Monday, October 16, 2017, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born on August 7, 1954, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Wayne and Martha Mellott Thrush. Joe was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, enlisting on February 5, 1973 and honorably discharged on...
John Baum
Oct 16, 2017
John T. Baum, Jr., 56, of Walnut Bottom, departed this life on the morning of Monday, October 16, 2017. He was born on August 26, 1961, in Carlisle, the son of John T. Sr. and Beulah L. Stum Baum. John worked in the construction industry for over twenty years as a member of the PA Heavy and Highway Constructions Workers...
Mary Schaffer
Oct 15, 2017
Mary Anne Schaffer, 81, of Shippensburg, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Wednesday, September 9, 1936 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Howard Schaffer and Helen Fields Fogelsonger. Mary Anne was a 1954 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of...
Adam Willis
Oct 14, 2017
Adam Matthew Willis, 40, of Orrstown, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. Born Thursday, June 23, 1977 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Lloyd J. and Joanne O’Donnell Willis. Adam was presently employed at Commercial Concept in McConnellsburg where he worked as a farmer. He was a member...
Anna Kinlaw
Oct 7, 2017
Anna M. Kinlaw, 77, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, October 7, 2017, at her home. She was born on May 8, 1940, in Shinnston, WV, a daughter of the late Bertram Alexander and Bonnie Lea Bowman Cassell. Anna worked as a cook for many different restaurants throughout her life. She enjoyed crocheting and reading. She...
Dolores Carey
Oct 7, 2017
Dolores Gilbert Carey, 77, of Shippensburg, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, October 7, 2017, at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. She was born on January 27, 1940, in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Richard C. “Buck” Gilbert and Genevie L. Evans Shearer and married Ernest “Lee” Carey on July 25, 1958, in Chambersburg. Dolores was a...
Robert Foust
Oct 7, 2017
Robert R. “Bob” Foust, 83, of Orrstown, departed this life on the evening of Saturday, October 7, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born on August 20, 1934, in Chambersburg, a son of the late Ross J. and Mary E. Holtry Foust and married Rhea R. Reineman on September 29, 1995 in Jackson Hole, WY. Bob worked as a...
Janet Hock
Oct 3, 2017
Janet Marie Hock, 83, of Shippensburg, departed this life on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at her home. She was born on December 6, 1933, in Orrstown, the daughter of the late Robert Ellis and Dorothy Hock Stache. Janet retired from the Franklin Clothing Company, where she worked as a seamstress. She was a long-time member of the Shippensburg First Church...
Adam Wojtelwicz
Oct 3, 2017
Adam H. Wojtelwicz, 78, of Shippensburg, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at home. He was born January 12, 1939 in Philadelphia, PA. Adam was a son of the late Adam and Sarah Fitzgerald Wojtelwicz. He owned and operated his own HVAC Company. Adam was a United States Air Force Veteran and was stationed in Turkey for four years. He...
William Wolfe
Oct 1, 2017
William W. “Bill” Wolfe, Jr., 42, of Shippensburg, died on Sunday, October 1, 2017, with his loving wife by his side. He was a victim of a horrific mass shooting, while attending an outdoor country concert in Las Vegas. Born on October 15, 1974, in Carlisle, he was a son of William W. and Linda D. Hershey Wolfe, of Shippensburg....
Mary Weaver
Sep 29, 2017
Mary Z. Weaver, 82, of Orrstown, passed away Friday, September 29, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Friday, September 27, 1935 in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Adam B. and Mary E. Zimmerman Newswanger. Mary is survived by her husband, Eugene B. Weaver; 16 children, Allen Weaver, East Earl, Christ (Lydia Ann) Weaver,...
Mary Jane Thrush
Sep 27, 2017
Mary Jane Thrush, 91, of Shippensburg, died Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Sunday, February 21, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Jacob W. and Jane Byers Shafer. Mary Jane was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She was a longtime member of the Mt. Rock Brethren in Christ Church,...
Mary Speicher
Sep 25, 2017
Mary J. Speicher, 68, of Newburg, passed away Monday, September 25, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born August 7, 1949 in Enon Valley, Lawrence County, PA. Mary was a daughter of the late John E. and Lydia Byler Byler. She is survived by her husband, Alphaus H. Speicher, one son, John A. Speicher and his wife Maggie, two...
William Oberdorf
Sep 23, 2017
William Martin Oberdorf, Jr., 83, formerly of Newville, departed this life on the morning of Saturday, September 23, 2017. He was born on December 7, 1933, in Nescopeck, Luzerne County, PA, the son of the late William M. and Gladys Boyles Oberdorf, Sr. William was a U.S. Airforce veteran, enlisting on March 10, 1953, and honorably discharged on June 9,...
Laura Jumper
Sep 22, 2017
Laura Mary Jumper, 94, of Shippensburg, passed away Friday, September 22, 2017 in the York Hospital. She was born May 12, 1923 in Newville, PA. Laura was a daughter of the late Clarence and Dora Farner Hamilton. She also was preceded in death by her first husband, Paul H. Beidel, second husband, Carl N. Jumper, a daughter, Judith A. Jenkins,...
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