Obituaries
Martha V. Scherb
Aug 11, 2012
Martha V. Scherb, 94, of Carlisle, died Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Chapel Pointe at Carlisle.Born August 8, 1918 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Chester R. and Zula B. Bear Wetzel and the widow of Bernard Scherb.She retired from Kinney Shoe, Carlisle. Martha was a longtime member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 1299, Ladies...
Laureano Portilla
Aug 8, 2012
Laureano Portilla, Jr., 73, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born April 20, 1939 in Cuba, he was a son of the late Laureano, Sr. and Rosa Garcia Portilla.He worked in Cuba as a salesman for the family business and in America for C. H. Masland and Sons for over 20 years. He was...
Phillip Alan Atwood
Aug 7, 2012
Phillip “Fortyâ€Â Alan Atwood, 65, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at his home.Born August 21, 1946 in Woodsville, NH, he was a son of Jordan Fred Atwood of West Rutland, VT and the late Josephine (Henderson) Forcucci.He was a self employed over the road trucker who worked for Hemp Brothers, Inc, John W. Gleim, Jr. Excavation, and John...
Monica Lynn Lentvorsky
Aug 7, 2012
Monica Lynn Lentvorsky, 54, of Boiling Springs, died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at her home after a long battle with cancer.Born December 26, 1957 in Petaluma, California, she was the daughter of Dolores L. McClure and the late James E. McClure.Monica worked 25 years at Thornwald Home, Carlisle.Surviving are her beloved husband of eleven years, Edward D. Lentvorsky of Boiling...
Emaline Thompson
Aug 6, 2012
Emeline R. Thompson, 93, formerly of Mt. Holly Springs, Palm Harbor, FL, and Fairfield Bay, AK, died August 6, 2012 in Nacogdoches TX where her daughter Patricia resides. Born November 17, 1918 in Mt. Holly Springs, she was a daughter of the late Earl G. and Mary Rank and widow of A. Douglas Thompson.She was a graduate of the local...
Evelyn Quinn
Aug 4, 2012
Evelyn Quinn, 79, of Carlisle, died Saturday Aug. 4, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born Dec. 12, 1932 in Hustontown, a daughter of the late Andrew and Luella Hoffman Stevens and the widower of her husband of 49 years, Jack E. Quinn.She retired from the Cumberland County Nursing Home in 1994 after over 30 years of service.Evelyn is survived...
Marguerite Gale
Aug 4, 2012
Marguerite “Peg†Gale, 91, of Carlisle, died Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Chapel Point at Carlisle.Born April 4, 1921 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Willis R. and Mabel Brought Wierman and the widow of William F. Gale.She volunteered for the Carlisle Hospital. Marguerite was an active member of First United Methodist Church, Carlisle.Surviving are one daughter,...
Maxine Oyler
Aug 4, 2012
Maxine Hassler Oyler, 84, died August 04, 2012. Maxine was born at home in Newville, Pa. April 13, 1928 to the late Charles Ebert Hassler and Gladys Rockwell Hassler. She graduated Newville High School 1946; Shippensburg University 1950; taught public school in Malvern, Pa. to help put her husband through Wharton Graduate School; and then became a stay-at-home mother. She...
Paul Metz
Aug 4, 2012
Paul R. Metz, 83, a resident of Thornwald Home, Carlisle for the past eight years and formerly of Perry County, returned to his Heavenly Father and grandson Travis on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 in the home.Born Dec. 29, 1928, the son of the late Harry and Emily Simonton Metz.Paul retired from PP&L in 1990 after 45 years of service and...
Emile O. Schmidt
Aug 1, 2012
In the early morning hours of August 1, 2012, Emile O. Schmidt died surrounded by his family, three days after celebrating his 85th birthday. Emile was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, as a first-generation Danish American. Emile’s love of the theatre began when he saw his first Broadway play as a child. As a young man, he...
Faye I. Stauffer
Jul 30, 2012
Faye I. Stauffer, 71, of Carlisle, PA. passed away on July 30th, 2012 at Sarah Todd Memorial Home after battling several major illnesses. She was born in Elizabethtown, PA. on January 18th, 1941. Faye was a CNA at the Claremont Nursing Home for many years, however, her true profession was being a loving mother and grandmother! Faye had a large...
Paul Wilbur Kunkle
Jul 29, 2012
Paul Wilbur Kunkle, 82, of Carlisle, died Sunday, July 29, 2012 at Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle.Born April 18, 1930, he was a son of the late Earl Wilbur and Nellie Mae Hamilton Kunkle.He worked as an auto mechanic with his father and owned and operated Paul’s TV Repair, Newville. For several years he worked the gate at the Carlisle...
Patricia Bletz
Jul 29, 2012
Patricia Thomas Bletz, age 85, died at Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community on Sunday, July 29, 2012. Born July 1, 1927 in Easton, PA she is the daughter and only child of the late Rufus William Thomas and Myrtle Leone Hill. She was a 1945 graduate of McCaskey High School in Lancaster and a 1947 graduate of Linden Hall Junior College...
Elvin P. Jackson
Jul 26, 2012
Elvin P. JacksonElvin P. Jackson, 83, of Carlisle, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Chapel Pointe of Carlisle.Born November 10, 1928 in Shinglehouse, PA, a son of the late Paul F. and Winifred Kemp Jackson.He retired as Director of Dietary Services after six years at Chapel Pointe, Carlisle. He was a graduate of Nyack College, Nyack, NY. Elvin was Director...
James A. Hewitt
Jul 26, 2012
James A. Hewitt, 41, of Carlisle, died Sunday, July 26, 2012 at his home.Born March 28, 1971 in Fort Knox, KY, a son of Jack Douglas Hewitt and the late Sandra Lee Jensen Hewitt.James loved everything to do with Marvel comics.Surviving are sisters, Christine Marie Cocklin (and Financee`, Leo) and Michaelle Ellerman (and husband, Jason) both of Carlisle; brother John...
John Robert Ness
Jul 25, 2012
Infant son, John Robert “Jackâ€Â Ness, of Mechanicsburg, died July 25, 2012 at M. S. Hershey Medical Center.Born May 9, 2012 in Harrisburg he was an infant son of John Eric and Meghan A. Stengle Ness.Surviving in addition to his parents are his half brother, Matthew Ness of Mechanicsburg; maternal grandmother, Jennifer Stengle of Enola; paternal grandparents, John Ness (and...
Carolyn Hoover
Jul 25, 2012
Carolyn Hoover, 80, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born February 23, 1932 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Russell K. and Leora M. Stone Lackey.She was a graduate of Carlisle High School, Class of 1950. Carolyn also was a 1954 graduate of Penn State University and a 1959 graduate of...
Clark Franklin Neal
Jul 22, 2012
Clark Franklin Neal, 76, of Carlisle, died Sunday, July 22, 2012 in Shermans Dale surrounded by his family. Born February 23, 1936 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late John Thomas and Mary L. Windomaker Neal.He worked for Valk Manufacturing, New Kingston for 51 years. He was a US Marine Corps veteran. Clark was a member of the...
Col (Ret) Ralph Thomas Tierno, Jr.
Jul 17, 2012
Col (Ret) Ralph Thomas (Rocky) Tierno, Jr., age 89, went to be with his Lord on July 17, 2012. He was born January 6, 1923 in Philadelphia to Raffaelo Tierno and his wife Lucy Vesilovsky Tierno. He graduated from Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville, NJ June 1940. He enlisted in the US Army January 1941. His first station was at Schofield...
Harold E. Kauffman
Jul 17, 2012
Harold E. Kauffman, 76, of Duncannon, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at Locust Grove Retirement Village, Mifflin.Born October 26, 1935 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Easton and Alma Stockslager Kauffman.He retired as a driver from ABF Freight Systems, Carlisle. Harold was a John Deere enthusiast, who loved to restore his tractors. He was a US Air...
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