Obituaries
Richard C. Shannon
May 20, 2012
Richard C. Shannon, 74, of Carlisle, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at M. S. Hershey Medical Center.Born February 17, 1938 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Jesse C. and Ethel Marie Deitch Shannon.He was a machinist for PR Hoffman, Reeves Homan, and Mechanicsburg Naval Depot. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 1299,...
Jane W. Long
May 17, 2012
Jane W. Long, 85, of Carlisle, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at her home with her family and Cassius, her cat, by her side. Born June 22, 1926 in Omaha, NE, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Mary Bell Wells Weinhardt.She was a seasoned military wife who decided to make Carlisle her final home. Jane retired from...
Isabelle A. Ellerman
May 17, 2012
Isabelle A. Ellerman, 85, of New Bloomfield passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, May 17, 2012 at home.Born April 30, 1927 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Philip Lester Cummings and Blanche (Diehl) Cummings. She was the widow of the late F. Richard Ellerman.She graduated from Shippensburg High School in 1945. She worked...
M. Isabel Mountz
May 16, 2012
M. Isabel Mountz, 92, of Newville, passed away at her home Wednesday, May 16, 2012 surrounded by her family and grandchildren.Born September 5, 1919 in Lower Mifflin Township, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Stewart and Mabel Boyd Negley and the widow of John W. Mountz, Jr.She worked at U Wanna Wash Frocks of Newville, Kinney Shoes, and...
Janna M. Kurtz
May 15, 2012
Janna M. Kurtz, 72, of Newville, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born November 8, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Jay and Naomi Grace Locke Mowery and has reunited with her loving husband Robert Lee Kurtz.She was a graduate of Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital...
Glen R. Sheaffer
May 15, 2012
Glen R. Sheaffer, 86, of Dillsburg, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born August 27, 1925 in Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Ralph and Hattie Sheaffer.He worked over 32 years as a fish culturist for the Huntsdale Fish Hatchery. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and being outdoors. He was a member of the...
Mildred Alma Lebo
May 14, 2012
Mildred Alma Lebo, 100, of Carlisle, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle.Born December 21, 1911 in Lower Frankford Township, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Clark and Myrtle Miller Thumma and the widow of Herbert R. Lebo.She was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Boiling Springs and a...
Marjorie Mohler
May 13, 2012
Marjorie Reid Mohler, 91, of Newville died, Sunday, May 13, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Marjorie was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Wayne F. Mohler.Born March 4, 1921 in Gapland, MD she was a daughter of the late Daniel Maurice and Grace Kaetzel Reid.She was a member of Newville Church of the Brethren where...
Ruth C. Rought
May 12, 2012
Ruth C. Rought, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully at home Saturday, May 12, 2012. She was born September 13, 1921, to the late William W. and Catharine M. Fink, and is survived by her husband Harold, daughter Elesa and her husband Bob Kreiger, all of Carlisle. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death...
Jesse Harold Keen
May 4, 2012
Jesse Harold Keen, 64, of Harrisburg, died May 4, 2012 at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg.Born August 17, 1947 in Lancaster, he was a son of the late Harold M. and Alberta Herr Keen.He was a graduate of Carlisle High School. Jesse was President of Keen Leasing and recently retired as Vice President of Keen Transport Company and was owner...
Delia Ann Lewis
May 2, 2012
Delia Ann Taylor Lewis, 88, formerly of Hamilton, Ohio passed away Wednesday May 2, 2012 at Thornwald Home In Carlisle Pa.Delia Ann was born in Harlan County, KY December 31, 1923. She was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Taylor and Louisa Creech Taylor and widow of Kimber Lewis. She grew up in Harlan County, KY and attended a...
Florence "Irene" Clark
May 1, 2012
Florence I. Clark, 86, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at the Harrisburg Hospital.Born March 27, 1926 in Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late Donald C. and Sara C. Bentzel Wolfe and the widow of Major Thaddeus J. Clark (USA, Ret.).She was a graduate of Carlisle High School, Class of 1943. Irene was a member of St....
Louise (Louisa) Helen Jacobs
Apr 30, 2012
Louise Helen Jacobs, 89, of Carlisle, died Monday, April 30, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born November 13, 1922 in Tunkhannock, she was a daughter of the late Herbert M. and Lillian Sayre Phillips and widow of Kenneth E. Jacobs whom she lovingly cared for until his death in 1986.She was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, Class of...
Samuel Irvin Conrad
Apr 27, 2012
Samuel Irvin Conrad, 86, of Carlisle died Friday, April 27, 2012 at Holy Spirit Hospital.Born June 7, 1925 in West Decatur, he was a son of the late Isaac Nelson and Mabel Elizabeth Johns Conrad and widower of his beloved wife, Anna Louise Everhart Conrad.He was an architectural engineer for Bell Telephone and responsible for many of the Harrisburg Renewal...
Julia B. Garman
Apr 26, 2012
Julia B. “Judy†Garman died peacefully on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at her home in Mt. Pleasant Mills, Snyder County. She was born February 15, 1927, in the nearby town of Penns Creek, to David A. Sr. and Erma Spangler Bilger. By 1934, Judy was the big sister to three siblings. Judy was active and smiling throughout her life. Early...
Sonya H. Oliveri
Apr 25, 2012
Sonya H. Oliveri, 75, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born August 28, 1936 in Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late Van Hockenberry and Dorothy Penner Miller.She was a graduate of Jacksonville Florida High School. Sonya worked for CarlisleTire and Wheel, Reeves Hoffman Crystal Plant, former C. H. Masland and Sons, and...
Barton Davis
Apr 21, 2012
Barton Davis, of Carlisle PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday April 22, 2012 at the Hershey Medical Center. He was born in Philadelphia on May 13, 1925. He was the son of Mathew and Sadie Davis. As a young man he served in World War II during 1944 and 1945; he fought as an infantryman in France and Germany and...
Robert M. Rowe
Apr 21, 2012
Robert M. “Uncle Buckâ€Â Rowe, 65, of Carlisle, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born in Carlisle on April 27, 1946, a son of the late Lester R. and Ruth Blocker Rowe. Uncle Buck was formerly employed by Dave Gross Construction and Kevin Hallowell Construction. He was then self employed until he retired. When Bob...
Leo Frederick Gelinas
Apr 16, 2012
Leo Fredrick Gelinas died April 16, 2012, at Manor Care Rehabilitation Center in Carlisle. He was born in Holyoke, Mass., on Aug. 8, 1932. He was predeceased by his mother Yvonne Louise Gelinas and his father Leo Godfrey Gelinas. He is survived by his devoted wife of 59 years, Audette T. (Kitty) Gelinas; two sons, Michael V. Gelinas of Carlisle,...
Kevin L. Sheriff
Apr 15, 2012
Kevin L. Sheriff, 45, of Summerdale, died Sunday, April 15, 2012 at his home.Born February 1, 1967 in Carlisle, he was a son of John H. and Doris F. King Sheriff.He was a graduate of Big Spring High School, Class of 1985 and a graduate of Central Penn Business College Class of 1987. He was employed as lead application developer...