Obituaries
Richard Earl Park
Nov 7, 2013
Richard Earl (Dick) Park of Edgewater, FL passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2013. He was the son of Richard O. and Clara Park of Carlisle, PA. He graduated from Carlisle High School with the class of 1943. Dick served in the U.S. Navy as a signalman in the Pacific theater from 1943 to 1946 and was involved in five...
Kathleen A. Mcdilda
Nov 6, 2013
Kathleen A. Beck McDilda, 68, of Boiling Springs died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at the Harrisburg Hospital with her loving family by her side.Born December 30, 1944 in Altoona, she was a daughter of the late William K. Beck Sr. (former Cumberland County Sheriff) and Anna M. Spiridiglozzi Beck.She retired from Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as a medical secretary....
Edna D. Morrow
Nov 4, 2013
Edna D. Morrow, 72, of Carlisle died Monday, November 4, 2013 at her home.Born July 31, 1941 in Lancaster, she was a daughter of the late John and Florence Fisher Lohman and the widow of Deemer L. Morrow, Sr.She retired from the Mechanicsburg Naval Depot. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary Fraternal Order of the Eagle Aerie 1299,...
Helen M. Burkholder
Oct 30, 2013
Helen M. Burkholder, 92, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Thornwald Home, Carlisle.Born August 23, 1921 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Dominic A. & Mary Vero Minchella and the widow of Robert W. Burkholder.Surviving are one son, Robert J. Burkholder (and wife, Vicky) of Lititz; one sister, Flora Wolf of Carlisle; two nieces, Shirley...
Beatrice M. Williams
Oct 29, 2013
Beatrice M. Williams, 88, of Carlisle, died Tuesday October 29, 2013She was born to the late Thomas and Ella Adams, January 8, 1925 in Carlisle, PA. Beatrice married the late Roy Edward Williams, Jr. in 1944 in Lubbock, TX before relocating to Carlisle.Beatrice was a member of the Carlisle Area Healthcare Auxiliary, Carlisle Country Club, Cumberland County Historical Society and...
David A. Spotts
Oct 27, 2013
David A. Spotts, 59 of Carlisle, died Sunday October 27, 2013 in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born July 20, 1954 in Paterson, NJ, a son of Richard H. and Dorothy Long Spotts. David was the superintendent of Eagles Crossing Golf Course. He was a member of the GCSAA and he was an Eagle Scout. Surviving are his wife of...
Warren P. White
Oct 25, 2013
Warren P. White, 90, of Carlisle, died Friday October 25, 2013 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born August 6, 1923 in Jamestown, ND he was the son of the late Frank and Evelyn Hunter White and widower of Doris E. Rohweder. Warren proudly served his country during WWII in the US Navy. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy...
Rev. Neal D. Bachman
Oct 25, 2013
Rev. Neal D. Bachman, 93 of Carlisle, died October 25, 2013 in Forest Park Health Park Center, Carlisle.Born December 17, 1919 in Bainbridge, PA a son of the late George and Margaret Dimeler Bachman.Rev. Bachman received his Bachelors Degree in 1948 from Dickinson College, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Omicron Delta Kappa. Neal served for...
Ruth Murtoff
Oct 24, 2013
Ruth Katz Murtoff, 91, died Oct. 24, 2013 at the Church of God Home, Carlisle, PA. She was born Dec. 7, 1921 in Philadelphia, the daughter of the late William L. Katz, DDS and Salina Weir Katz, and the widow of Albert John Murtoff.Ruth grew up in Allentown and enjoyed many childhood summers at their family cabin at Brown's Mills,...
David Sybert
Oct 24, 2013
David A. Sybert, 42 of Newville PA, died October 24, 2013 in Hershey Medical Center. Born January 11, 1971 in Johnstown, PA, a son of David F. and Theresa L. Simala Sybert, Newville PA. David was a 1989 graduate of Portage Area High School and later from Thompson Institute. He was a huge fan of all Pittsburgh sports teams. Dave...
Allan R. Thornburgh
Oct 23, 2013
Allan R. Thornburgh, 65, was called home on October 23, 2013 at Hershey Medical Center, following a brave battle with myelofibrosis, multiple myeloma and a recent stem cell transplant. He was born on October 19, 1948 in Springfield, Illinois to Robert and Winifred Thornburgh. Al graduated from Illinois State University and worked at Firestone in Decatur, Illinois as an organic...
June Clara Weller
Oct 22, 2013
June Clara Weller, 79, of Newville, died Oct. 22, 2013 at her residence. Born Sept. 24, 1934 in Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Edna Mae Noaker Monismith.She retired from the Cumberland County Prison after serving 19 1/2 years as a guard. June was formerly a member of Kennedy Valley Church of God where she was...
James Leroy Graver
Oct 22, 2013
James LeRoy Graver, 79, of Carlisle, went to be with the Lord on Oct. 22, 2013 at his home, surrounded by his loving family.He was born Mar. 25, 1934 in Cumberland County. He was the son of the late Adrian LeRoy and Martha Barrick Graver.His employments consists of working as a mechanic at Don Schlusser's Truck Stop, Over-the-road Truck Driver...
Robert A. Brown
Oct 22, 2013
Robert A. Brown, 83, of Boiling Springs, died on Oct. 22, 2013 at Carlisle Regional Medical Center.He was born July 20, 1930 in Mt. Vernon, IL. He was the son of the late Herbert and Opal Claybourn Brown.He was a 1948 graduate of Mt. Vernon High School. Robert served in the US Navy from 1948-1949 and was also in the...
Michael (Morgan James) Zynski Jr.
Oct 21, 2013
Michael (Morgan James) Zynski Jr., age 60, of Camp Hill, died at his residence on October 21, 2013.He was born in Easton, PA on June 14, 1953. He was the son of the late Michael and Mabel Hannah (Boehle) Zynski, Sr.Michael was a graduate of Penn State University with a BS in English and a minor in Film. He was...
James Dunbar Flower Jr.
Oct 21, 2013
James Dunbar Flower, Jr.James (Jim) Dunbar Flower, Jr., 60, of Carlisle, died Saturday, October 12, 2013, at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, in Hershey, PA from complications related to Burkett's/Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma.He was born September 10, 1953 to James Dunbar Flower and Faith (Myers) Flower.Jim graduated from Carlisle High School, received his B.A. from Haverford College...
Wilbur L. Bender Jr.
Oct 20, 2013
Wilbur Leroy Bender, Jr., 78, of Carlisle died Oct. 20, 2013 at Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle.Born Sept. 7, 1935 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Wilbur Leroy Sr. and Berdilla Steigleman Bender.He retired from Kinney Shoe, Carlisle and worked at the Carlisle Theater and Reynolds Real Time Theater, Carlisle Barricks.Surviving are three nieces, Kathy Smith...
Virginia L. Mccoy
Oct 18, 2013
Virginia L. McCoy, 86, of Carlisle died Friday, October 18, 2013 at Manor Care Health Services, Carlisle.Born December 27, 1926 in Athens, PA, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Helen Gerould French.She was a graduate of Athens High School, Bedford. She was employed by the former Erie Frequency Rand Crystal Plant, Carlisle with twenty years of service....
George M. Hartzell
Oct 18, 2013
George M. Hartzell, 76, of Carlisle died October 18, 2013 at Cumberland Crossing Retirement Community, Carlisle.Born June 19, 1937 in New Cumberland, he was a son of the late Morris Robert and Ruth Elanore Aubel Hartzell.George was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Dallastown. He was a life-time member of National Rifle Association (NRA); a member of National Fishing...
Bishop David F. Wertz
Oct 16, 2013
Bishop David Frederick Wertz, 97, of Carlisle, PA, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 at Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community, Carlisle, where he had resided for more than 13 years.Born Oct, 5, 1916 in Lewistown, he was the youngest son of the late Jesse Price and Ada Barratt Wertz and the widower of Betty Jean Rowe Wertz (1999). He was preceded in...