Obituaries
Elsie A. Noroski
Aug 10, 2020
Elsie A. Noroski, age 91, of Carlisle, PA and formerly of Munhall, PA, passed peacefully on Monday, August 10, 2020 at the Forest Park Healthcare Center, Carlisle, PA. She was born on January 8, 1929 in Duquesne Place, Allegheny County, PA to the late Michael and Susan Torma Andrison and was the widow of Harry Hartman and Anthony R. Noroski....
Rosie M. Burton
Aug 8, 2020
Rosie M. Burton, age 81, of Carlisle, passed away August 8, 2020 at home. Born May 15, 1939 in Carlisle, daughter of the late John E. and Hazel L. (Bitner) Minich. Rosie graduated from Carlisle High School and was a counselor for AAA Travel for 18 years. She loved to sew and was a very good seemstress. She even made...
Thomas E. Toombs
Aug 8, 2020
Thomas “Tommy” “Winchester” Toombs, age 66 of Landisburg, passed away August 8, 2020 at home. Born July 6, 1954 in Fredericksburg, VA, son of the late Elwood T. and Deloris Ann (Stevens) Toombs. Tommy was a wonderful brother, was a father figure to many, always looked out for others and was very protective of his family. He loved camping, where...
Michael A. Sienkiewicz
Aug 5, 2020
Michael A. Sienkiewicz, 82, of Carlisle, passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at UPMC Harrisburg. He was born December 20, 1937 in Doylestown to the late Casimir and Jane (Patton) Sienkiewicz. Michael worked his entire career as a salesman at C.H. Masland and Sons. Michael is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Marika Sienkiewicz of Carlisle; his...
Mary Martha Trimmer
Aug 3, 2020
Mary Martha (McKinney) Trimmer of Carlisle passed away peacefully at her home on August 3, 2020. She was 98. Born in Carlisle PA on November 5, 1921, she graduated from Carlisle High School in 1939. Known by her middle name, Martha, she was always a hard worker. As a young girl, she worked to help financially support her parents and...
Kaylee L. Lyons
Jul 31, 2020
Kaylee L. Lyons, 23, of Carlisle, passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2020 at Penn State Hershey Hospital. She was born August 22, 1996 in Portsmouth, VA to Temonia B. Thomas and Bettina L. Lyons. Kaylee was a very passionate woman who put all of herself into everything she did. She especially loved being a mother and loved her son...
Robert R. Black
Jul 31, 2020
Robert R. Black, 86, of Carlisle, died Friday, July 31, 2020 in his home. He was born on June 1, 1934 in Carlisle. He was the son of the late Raymond H. and Ruth K. (Kopenhaver) Black. Bob attended Mt. Holly Springs Elementary School and was a 1952 graduate of Carlisle High School. He later graduated from Franklin & Marshall...
Pamela Scott
Jul 31, 2020
Pamela Scott, RN, age 65 of Carlisle and formerly Boiling Springs and Penn Hills, PA died on Friday, July 31, 2020 at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born in Washington, PA on November 20, 1954 to the late Emil and Catherine Svetkovich Besedick. Pamela was a graduate of the Pittsburgh Hospital School of Nursing....
Janet L. Handshaw
Jul 31, 2020
Janet L. Handshaw, 86, of Carlisle, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020 at the Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home. She was born November 30, 1933 in Altoona to the late William R. and Helen B. (Clemens) Orr and was the widow of Wilt D. Handshaw. Janet loved playing BINGO and watching western movies. More than anything she looked forward...
Rita Mcalister
Jul 30, 2020
Rita McAlister, 59, of Shermans Dale, passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at UPMC West Shore. She was born November 12, 1960 in Carlisle to the late Francis “Bucky” Stoner. Rita was a graduate of Boiling Springs High School. She worked for many years as a CNA at several area nursing homes. Rita was very proud to have been...
Dorothy June Stumpf
Jul 30, 2020
Dorothy “June” Stumpf, age 89, of Mechanicsburg and formerly of Carlisle and Cleveland, Ohio died on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at the Messiah Lifeways in Mechanicsburg. June was born in Carlisle, PA on August 31, 1930 to the late Donald and Mary Baker Brubaker and was the widow of Edward Stumpf. She was a graduate of Carlisle High School and...
Cynthia L. Killmeyer-Ebert
Jul 24, 2020
CDR Cynthia Killmeyer-Ebert USN (Ret) Cindy Ebert, 59, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on July 24th, after a brief but valiant battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her husband and two daughters, and in her final hours found comfort and peace after several months of struggle. Cindy was born in 1961 in Braddock Hills, PA, to her parents Charles...
Ann Harris Shackleton Cook
Jul 22, 2020
Ann Harris Shackleton Cook, 76, of Carlisle passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Born in Joliet, IL on August 27, 1943, Ann was the daughter of Allen Roy Shackleton and Rachel Harris Shackleton. Ann attended Harriton High School in Lower Merion, PA, Northwestern University in Evanston, IL (BA ’65), Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA (MS ’88). At Northwestern she...
Marilyn Anne Durr
Jul 21, 2020
Marilyn A. Durr died July 21, 2020 at Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community after a long illness. She was 86 years old. Marilyn was born July 7, 1934, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Harold R. and Elsie C. Idle Jones. She grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, graduated from Kent State University in 1956, and in the same year married...
Sherelayne E. Fulton
Jul 18, 2020
Sherelayne E. Fulton, age 64, of Newville, PA died on Saturday, July 18, 2020 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Carlisle, PA on October 30, 1955 to the late James B. and Edith C. Vanasdlen Fulton. Sherelayne had worked for many years at the former G.S. Electric in Carlisle. She had currently...
Thomas R. Jackson
Jul 18, 2020
Thomas R. Jackson, age 79 of Carlisle, formerly of Peckville, PA, died July 18, 2020 at UPMC Pinnacle, Carlisle. Born January 3, 1941 in Fairchance, PA, son of the late William H. and Margaret M. (Ruscoe) Jackson. Tom was a sales agent and manager working in the insurance business for many years and retired from Aegon Company. He was a...
Janet L. Thrush
Jul 15, 2020
Janet L. Thrush, age 93 years, of Carlisle, PA died Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at the Thornwald Home with her family at her side. She was born on July 18, 1926 to the late Ralph M. and Mabel Yost Richwine, Sr. and was the widow of Harold K. Thrush, Sr. who died in 2008 and were married for 64 years....
Delores A. "Flip" Krach
Jul 14, 2020
Delores A. “Flip” Krach, nearly 86 years young, of Carlisle, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at Green Ridge Village. She was born August 29, 1934 in DuBois, PA to the late Joseph and Blanche (Lockitsky) Kurtz. Flip attended St. Patrick Catholic Church and she was a member of Moose Lodge Chapter 235, Carlisle. She was a resident of...
Suzanne F. (Nicholl) Ferguson
Jul 14, 2020
Suzanne F. (Nicholl) Ferguson, age 73, of Carlisle, died of brain cancer on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at her home with her loving and caring family by her side. She was born in Philadelphia on December 7, 1946 to the late Peter F. and Margaret C. (Hetherington) Nicholl and was the wife of Donald R. Ferguson, who died April 16,...
Karen H. Morrow
Jul 14, 2020
Karen Hollar Morrow, 83, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2020, with her daughter by her side. Karen was born on October 5, 1936 in Altoona, PA to the late John S. and Evelyn (Dibert) Hollar. She graduated from John Harris High School in 1954 and from Wilson College in 1958. Karen also completed additional graduate work at...