Obituaries
Frederick Anthony Thaler
Jul 10, 2011
Frederick Anthony Thaler, 74 of Carlisle, died Sunday July 10, 2011 in his home. Born August 13, 1936 in Carlisle, the son of the late Fred and Marie Kappes Thaler. Mr. Thaler was a US Army Veteran serving as Chief Warrant Officer with 25 years of service, serving in the Korean Conflict and three tours during the Vietnam War. Fred...
William Albert Mckillip
Jul 10, 2011
William "Bill" Albert McKillip, 98, a resident of Thornwald Home, Carlisle, and formerly of Carlisle, died Sunday July 10, 2011, at Thornwald. Born Dec. 3, 1912, in Carlisle, he was the son of the late Clinton David and Anna Horn McKillip and the widower of Addessa Martin McKillip. William was a 1932 graduate of Carlisle High School. He retired from...
Michael E. O'Brien
Jul 9, 2011
Michael E. O’Brien, 55, of New Cumberland, died Saturday, July 9, 2011 at his home.Born July 24, 1955 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Richard and Lillian Baum O’Brien.Michael was a US Army veteran and also a former employee of the State Correctional Institution, Camp Hill. He was a huge music lover and enjoyed his enormous vinyl...
Meran Gosthnian
Jul 9, 2011
Meran "Gus" Gosthnian, 89, of Carlisle and formerly of Millsboro, Del., died Saturday July 9, 2011, at Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home. Born Sept. 13, 1921, in Annville, he was a son of the late John and Gertrude Tobias Gosthnian and the widower of Helen B. Fahnestock. Meran was a 1940 graduate of the former Milton S. Hershey Industrial School,...
Lester Jumper
Jul 8, 2011
Lester "Gus" Jumper, 79 of Shermans Dale, died Friday July 8, 2011 in his home.Born March 23, 1932 in Carlisle, the son of the late Frank and Stella Garner Jumper and the widow of Sara Messinger.Gus was retired from Pennsy Supply (Benders Quarry) where he was a heavy equipment operator.Surviving are two sons, Roger Jumper and his wife Frances Ann...
Tylee Eryn Sanders
Jul 7, 2011
Tylee Eryn Sanders, infant daughter of Kevin and Lisa Sanders, passed away Wednesday July 6, 2011, at Harrisburg Hospital. In addition to her loving parents, she is survived by her two sisters, Delainey and Allyssa Sanders at home; paternal grandfather, Jerry Sanders (Christi) and paternal grandmother, Janet Sanders; maternal grandfather, Bernard Ivory (Sarah Ann) and maternal grandmother, Shelly Bittinger. Services...
Douglas Koontz
Jul 6, 2011
Douglas E. Koontz , 59, of Boise, Idaho, passed away July 6, 2011. A former resident of Carlisle, Doug was born on Oct. 19, 1951, at Carlisle Barracks Station Hospital. He was a son of the late John B. and Frances Koontz. Also preceding him in death was a brother, Ronald. Doug was a graduate of Carlisle High School. He...
Rexford J. Ganster
Jul 3, 2011
Rexford J. Ganster, 93 of Carlisle, died Sunday July 3, 2011 in the Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle. Born February 14, 1918 in Meadville, PA, the son of the late Harry T. and Naomi Cutshall Ganster and the widower of Lillian Welsh. Mr. Ganster was employed by the former American Viscose/FMC Company in Meadville for 32 years and was a...
Nancy Walters
Jul 2, 2011
Nancy H. Walters, 67, of Carlisle died July 2, 2011 at M. S. Hershey Medical Center, after a long battle with multiple illnesses.Born Jan. 12, 1944 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Sarah Glatfelter Hair.Prior to retirement, Nancy had been a Rehab aid at Central Pennsylvania Rehab and the Cumberland County Nursing Home. Nancy was...
James Kirby Farrell
Jul 1, 2011
James Kirby (Jim) Farrell, died Friday July 1, 2011 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was 86.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to James K. and Elsie J. (Kirby) Farrell on March 3, 1925. He attended and graduated from the Shaker School System. During WWII, he spent three years in the Navy Amphibious Forces on the LST545 in Pacific and home waters.Jim...
Marjorie B. Webster
Jun 29, 2011
Marjorie B. Webster, 87, of Carlisle died Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. Born April 22, 1924, in Athens, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Elton and Sibyl Macafee Brennan and widow of Albert J. Webster. She attended Nyack College in Nyack, N.Y. Marjorie was a faithful disciple of Christ and a co-worker in...
Leonard F. Bickhart
Jun 27, 2011
Leonard “Buffyâ€Â F. Bickhart, 67, of Carlisle, died, Monday, June 27, 2011 at his home.Born December 19, 1943 in Sunbury, he was the son of the late Roy and Evelyn Ernest Bickhart.Buffy retired from Carlisle SynTec after 30 years of service. Leonard was remembered as always watching western movies and enjoying his rides on his golf cart. He was a...
Robert James Cook
Jun 27, 2011
Robert James Cook, Sr., 86, of Carlisle, died Monday, June 27, 2011 at the Thornwald Home, Carlisle.Born October 15, 1924 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late John and Pearl Casey Cook and with widower of Arlene Shrawder Cook.He owned and operated Kitner and Cook Appliances, Inc. for 45 years. Robert was a member of Grace United Methodist...
James Petrou
Jun 27, 2011
James “Speedyâ€Â Petrou, 65, of Carlisle, died Monday, June 27, 2011 at the Harrisburg Hospital.Born April 26, 1946 in Altoona, he was a son of the late Gust and Harriet Kothos Petrou.Surviving are his wife of 30 years, Nancy Petrou of Carlisle, two sons, James Petrou of Bedford and Craig Petrou of Harrisburg, one daughter, Miranda Petrou of Carlisle, five...
Daniel B. Kelley
Jun 26, 2011
Daniel B. Kelley, 62, of Shermansdale, died Sunday, June 26, 2011 at his home.Born December 30, 1948 in New Castle, he was a son of the late Merle and Mildred Steinard Kelley.He was employed as a diesel mechanic for McClean Trucking and Carolina Freight. Also ran a garage for Keen Leasing for ten years. He worked for A. Costa Sales...
Patricia Ann Miller
Jun 25, 2011
Patricia Ann Miller, 78, of Upper Allen Twp., passed away Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle.Born June 12, 1933 in Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Lester W. and Hilda Fry Reeder of Boiling Springs.She worked for the Patriot News for twenty six years. She was a member of the Calvary...
Dolores Peterson
Jun 23, 2011
Dolores “Doe†Peterson, 87, of Carlisle, died Thursday, June 23, 2011 at Carolyn Croxton Slane Hospice Residence, Harrisburg.Born February 28, 1924 in Toledo, OH, she was a daughter of the late Dominick Joseph and Gertrude Schoen Farrell and the widow of Jack Douglas Peterson.Doe was always eager to try new things and was a friend to everyone. She was a...
Robert B. Hamill
Jun 17, 2011
Robert B. "Bob" Hamill, 56, of Carlisle died Friday, June 17, 2011 at M.S. Hershey Medical Center.Born Oct. 26, 1954, the son of Robert H. and the late Marylois Bryan Hamill.Bob was a graduate of Bellefonte High School in the class of 1972. In his free time he enjoyed taking care of his one-acre property and frequenting local sprint car...
Helen C. Kelley
Jun 13, 2011
Helen C. Kelley, 61, of Carlisle died Monday, June 13, 2011 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill.Born August 5, 1950 in Bedford, she was a daughter of the late William R. and Helen C. Sill Kelley.She was a graduate of Tussey Mountain High School, Saxton. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from Elizabethtown College in education and a Master’s Degree from...
Isabella Marie Dutterer
Jun 11, 2011
Isabella Marie Dutterer, passed away June 11, 2011 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. She was the infant daughter of April Lynn Stonebraker-Barrett and Jeremy William Dutterer. A memorial service will be held Tuesday June 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm at Ho
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