Obituaries

Elsie Hazlett

Elsie Hazlett

Jan 21, 2015

Elsie Hazlett, 91, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at the Harrisburg Hospital.Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 7, 2015 at St. Patrick Shrine Church, 140 East Pomfret Street, Carlisle with Rev. Brian Wayne as celebrant.Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 North Hanover Street, Carlisle is in charge of the funeral arrangements.To sign the...

Ruth Ardella Snow

Ruth Ardella Snow

Jan 21, 2015

Ruth Ardella Snow, 63, of Newville, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at her home.Born August 3, 1951 in Linglestown, a daughter of the late Charles & Sarah Reed Snow.She was a graduate of Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing as an LPN. Ruth worked as an LPN at the former Ployclinic Hospital with thirty-five years of service.Surviving are six brothers and...

Pauline E. Mccoy

Pauline E. Mccoy

Jan 18, 2015

Pauline E. McCoy, 82, of Carlisle, died Sunday, January 18, 2015 at her residence with her family by her side.Born March 19, 1932 in Mechanicsburg, she was a daughter of the late Leo G. and Ruth F. Hill Tanger and the widow of Gerald R. McCoy, who were married for forty-three years. She retired as a tester for the Piezo...

Phyllis J. Ladka

Phyllis J. Ladka

Jan 16, 2015

Phyllis J. (Smith) Ladka, 79, of Carlisle, died Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born April 15, 1935 in Mineola, NY, a daughter of the late Francis J. and Carolyn Amann Smith and the widow of Karol W. Ladka, who died December 24, 2014.She was a graduate of Glen Cove Nursing School. Phyllis was an LPN with...

Joann Louise Baer

Joann Louise Baer

Jan 14, 2015

JoAnn Louise Baer, 74, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at her home.Born September 13, 1940 in Andersonburg, Perry County, a daughter of Olive Moose Martin and the late Thomas Martin.She was strongly involved in her church, the Light House Church of God, Carlisle and was also involved in mission work through her church in and out of the...

Elva S. Lebo

Elva S. Lebo

Jan 14, 2015

Elva S. Lebo, 95, of Carlisle died, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born August 5, 1919 in Shermans Dale, to the late Elmer L. and Lillian Hicks Shatto, Sr. and was the widow of Luther W. Lebo who passed February 24, 1997.She was a farmer's wife for most of her life. She had worked at...

Loisann M. Callahan

Loisann M. Callahan

Jan 14, 2015

Loisann M. Callahan, 77, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center with her loving family at her side.Born October 15, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY, to the late John J. and Marie M. Holland O'Neill.Loisann had formerly worked as the secretary to the Vice President of the American Management Association at the Waldorf Astoria in...

Carroll E. Bricker

Carroll E. Bricker

Jan 14, 2015

Carroll E. Bricker, 73, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at his home.Born December 21, 1941 in Carlisle, a son of the late Joseph Lee and Ruth W. Gillaugh Bricker.He was a former truck drive for Keen Motor Freight and had been an independent truck drive for serval years. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,...

Richard L. Burgard

Richard L. Burgard

Jan 14, 2015

Richard L. Burgard, 86, of Carlisle, died at Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, Hollidaysburg, PA. with his loving wife and family by his side. He was born Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, 1928 in Carlisle to the late John R. Burgard and Romayne (Foster) Burgard. Richard was the husband of Carolyn (Ocker) Berry Burgard whom he married on August 11, 1961. In...

William Gary (Bill) Galbraith

William Gary (Bill) Galbraith

Jan 14, 2015

William Gary (Bill) Galbraith, 80, of Carlisle, PA, died January 14, 2015, of heart disease in Harrisburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born March 3, 1934 in Brookville, PA to Russell L. Galbraith and Lois E. Crawford, he graduated from Brookville High School in 1952 and attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He joined the US Army in 1954...

Russell E. Ditmer

Russell E. Ditmer

Jan 13, 2015

Russell E. Ditmer, age 81, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Cumberland Crossings.He was born in Rose Garden, PA on April 3, 1933 to the late Charles E. and M. Catherine (Wennell) Ditmer, Sr.Russell was a retired farmer and had worked at the Hempt Brothers Horse Farm for many years. He was a member of First Church of...

Dolores M.M. Zito

Dolores M.M. Zito

Jan 12, 2015

Dolores M. M. Zito, 82, of Carlisle, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at her home.Born December 29, 1932 in Philadelphia, a daughter of the late Sidney Hawk and Margaret O'Donnell.She was a member of Golds Gym and loved gardening and shopping with her daughter on Sundays at the mall.Surviving are her husband of sixty-two years, Alfred Zito of Carlisle; daughter,...

Lcdr (Ret.)Stella May Schmaus

Lcdr (Ret.)Stella May Schmaus

Jan 12, 2015

LCDR (Ret) Stella May Schmaus passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015 at Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community in Carlisle, PA. She was born in Carlisle on March 18, 1930 to John and Stella Manning Schmaus and graduated from Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing in 1951. She served in the United States Navy from 1954 to 1974 with assignments in Charleston,...

Nancy B. Moose

Nancy B. Moose

Jan 12, 2015

Nancy Bessinger Moose, 63, of Carlisle died Monday, January 12, 2015 at her residence with her loving husband and children at her side.Born August 1951 in Abington, PA, a daughter of Paul A. Bessinger, Jr. of Florida and the late Lois R. Louderbough Bessinger.She was a former Hospice nurse at Celtic Hospice for the past eight years and a Hospice...

Dale Alan Bowman

Dale Alan Bowman

Jan 12, 2015

Dale Alan Bowman, 60, of Carlisle, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at his home.Born August 4, 1954 in Lykens, he was a son of Owen Dale and Betty Jane Travitz Bowman.He was an avid NASCAR fan and liked to build model cars.Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife of thirty-six years, Linda Lou Bowman of Carlisle; five children:...

Jerrald R. Hollowell

Jerrald R. Hollowell

Jan 11, 2015

Jerrald R. Hollowell, 80, of Carlisle died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle.Born September 5, 1934 in Pueblo, CO, a son of the late Rex Cramer and Dorothy L. Hawse Hollowell.He was formerly employed as a Hydrologist for the Susquehanna River Basin Commission. He was a member of Second Presbyterian Church and the church choir....

Elizabeth J. Gammie

Elizabeth J. Gammie

Jan 11, 2015

Elizabeth J. Gammie, 88, of Boiling Springs, died Sunday, January 11, 2015 in the Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill.Born in Baltimore, MD May 15, 1926 to the late Frank R. and Thomasine Riley Snowden and was the widow of George B. Gammie who died in 2001 after forty-nine years of marriage.She retired from the Stella Maris Hospice in Cockeysville, MD....

Merrill Reid Bivens

Merrill Reid Bivens

Jan 10, 2015

Merrill Reid Bivens, 90, of Carlisle, formerly of Menno Village, Chambersburg, PA died Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Carlisle Regional Medical Center, Carlisle, PA.Born April 14, 1924 in Webster Mills, PA, he was a son of the late Elmer Reid and Edna (Mellott) Bivens. He was the widower of the late Helen Louise (Shinham) Bivens who died on January 8,...

Robert Alan Kayer

Robert Alan Kayer

Jan 9, 2015

Robert Alan Kayer, 76, of Boiling Springs, died Saturday, January 9, 2015 at Country Meadows of West Shore, Mechanicsburg.Born September 18, 1938 in Chicago, IL, he was a son of the late James and Isabelle Militello Kayer, and widower of Carine Marie Ritter Kayer his wife of fifty-four years.He earned a Bachelor's Degree from Loyola University, Chicago, IL. Robert was...

Melvin Eugene Mohr

Melvin Eugene Mohr

Jan 9, 2015

Melvin Eugene Mohr, 65, of Carlisle, died Friday, January 9, 2015 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born January 6, 1950 in Peoria, Il, he was a son of the late Chalmer and Mildred Smith Mohr.Melvin was an over the road long haul trucker. He was US Naval veteran, who served during the Vietnam Conflict.Surviving are his wife of twenty-seven years,...