Obituaries

Oct 19, 2011

Harry E. Donson, 89, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Church of God Home, Carlisle.Born July 20, 1922 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Paul M. and Helen M. DeLong Donson and the widower of Genevieve D. Derr Donson.He was a building contractor and also owned and operated Donson Coin Shop, Carlisle. He was a...

Oct 18, 2011

Phillip T. Shoff, 61, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill.Born April 8, 1950, in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Harry and Ruth Johnson Shoff.He was a truck driver for Keystone Freight with 15 years of service. Phillip was a life member with Penn Township Volunteer Fire Company and Mt. Holly...

Oct 18, 2011

Helen Mae Minnick Hartzell, formerly of Carlisle, died on the evening of October 18, 2011 at her home in Palm Springs, CA. She was 81. Helen was born on June 13, 1930 in Norristown. The daughter of the late George M. and Florence C. Minnick, Helen moved to Carlisle in 1934. Helen graduated Carlisle High School in 1948, after which...

Oct 17, 2011

Annabelle Bixler, 77, of Carlisle, died Monday, October 17, 2011 at home.Born May 7, 1934 in Huntsdale, daughter of the late William H. Albright and Nora Rice Albright, and widow of R. Edward Bixler.She was a graduate of Carlisle High School. Annabelle retired from the former United Telephone Company after over 40 years service. She was a member of the...

Oct 16, 2011

Lois A. Foreman, 86, a resident of Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home and formerly of Carlisle, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. Born Oct. 1, 1925, in Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late Roy E. and Esther Rupp Hoffman. Lois was a 1943 graduate of Carlisle High School. She retired from the Carlisle Area School District and worked for...

Oct 15, 2011

Marian Anne Ryder, 74, of Carlisle died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. Born July 30, 1937, in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late C. Lloyd and Bertha Mae Hess Ryder. She was a graduate of Boiling Springs High School. She was employed by Thomas Jewelry Company of Carlisle for 19 years and GC...

Oct 14, 2011

Jean L. Whelan, 66, of Carlisle, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 at Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Harrisburg. Born June 27, 1945 in Bronx, N.Y., she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Catherine Ahearn Ries. She was a volunteer for Transport for Christian Ministry for truck drivers. She loved horses and cats. Surviving is her husband...

Oct 11, 2011

J. Lamont “Blackie” Black, 86 of Carlisle, died Tuesday October 11, 2011 in the Harrisburg Hospital while surrounded by his loving family. Born August 2, 1925 in Shermans Dale, PA, the son of the late Charles and Ruth Baer Black and the widower of Ruth E. Adams Black. Blackie worked as an electrical technician at Frog Switch Manufacturing, Carlisle and...

Oct 10, 2011

Harold M. Raudabaugh, 90, of Carlisle, died Monday, October 10, 2011 at his home.Born July 22, 1921 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Mervin Vance and Carrie Elizabeth Martin Raudabaugh and the widower of Kathryn E. Selders Raudabaugh.He was a lifelong farmer and retired from C. H. Masland and Son after working in the machine shop.Surviving are...

Oct 10, 2011

Oct 9, 2011

Richard “Dick” W. Bushey, 92, of Carlisle, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at his home.Born Oct 27, 1918 in Gardners, he was a son of the late Harry E. and Ruth Bream Bushey.He was a graduate of Carlisle High School, Class of 1937. He received a Degree in Engineering from the University of Iowa in 1941. He was a Industrial...

Oct 8, 2011

Ruth Wrightstone Keck, 89, of Carlisle died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at home. Born Nov. 3, 1921, in York, the daughter of the late Edward and Bertha Schroll Wrightstone and the widow of Cyrus H. Keck. Mrs. Keck worked at the former Carlisle Shoe Factory and retired from Carlisle Tire and Wheel. She attended Waggoners United Methodist Church and Middlesex...

Oct 6, 2011

Gerald C. Smith, 83, of Newville died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, at Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born April 5, 1928, in Ligonier Township, he was the son of the late John G. and Etta Phillippi Smith.Gerald spent most of his life in the poultry agriculture business and later delivered lunches for the Carlisle School District. He was an active member of...

Oct 6, 2011

Nancy J. Miller, born: February 8, 1935, beloved wife of Pastor George Miller, was escorted to her eternal home in order to dwell in the sacred presence of her risen Savior, the Lord Christ Jesus on Thursday October 6, 2011.In her nursing career, Nancy held many responsible positions particularly in the fields of maternity, home health care, and head start.Nancy,...

Oct 5, 2011

Robert Donald Bowermaster, 62, of White Bluff, Tenn., formerly of Carlisle, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, at Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. Born March 26, 1949, in Carlisle, he was the son of the late James E. and Martha J. Good Bowermaster. He worked as a surveyor and site supervisor for several contractors building nuclear...

Oct 2, 2011

George M. Morton, Jr., 82, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully at his home on October 2, 2011. He was born on January 20, 1929, in Ickesburg. He was the son of the late George M. and Kathryn J. (Weibley) Morton.He spent more than 20 years with the U.S. Army having served in Italy, Germany, Alaska, California, Maryland, Korea and Fort...

Sep 27, 2011

Dorothy K. Wise, 95, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Thornwald Home, Carlisle.Born October 26, 1915 in Churchtown, Cumberland County, a daughter of the late Harry Albert and Bertha Mae Arnold Fair and the widow of Martin L. Wise.She was co-owner of Marty’s Auto Sales. She attended Bell School (one room school house) in Churchtown. Dorothy was an...

Sep 26, 2011

Harry Charles Goldby, born in Pittsburgh on April 28, 1917, died Sept. 26, 2011, in Carlisle. Valedictorian of his Clairton High School class, he received his B.A. and M.L. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.A. from the French School at Middlebury College, Vt. From the University of Paris he had diplomas in French literature and general, historical...

Sep 26, 2011

Sharon L. Wolf, 59, of Carlisle died Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at her home. Born Aug. 14, 1952, in Bellefonte, she was a daughter of the late John K. Sr. and Louise Whitehead Poorman and the widow of the late Richard Wolf. She was employed as a CNA for Christian Companion Senior Care. She was a member of Allison United...

Sep 24, 2011

Nancy S. Hoefert, 64, of Carlisle died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at home. Born June 2, 1947, in Carlisle, the daughter of the late William C. and Ethel Weaver Swartz. Nancy was a member of the St. John's Episcopal Church, Carlisle, where she was a volunteer. Surviving are her husband of 38 years, Eugene Hoefert, and three daughters, Becky Ledebohm...