Christa Shirey

Christa Hecht Shirey, 76, of Carlisle, died Saturday, July 7, 2012 at M. S. Hershey Medical Center.
Born December 29, 1935 in Bad Schwartau, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Dorthea Million Hecht and the widow of SGM (ret.) Thomas N. Shirey.
She was employed as a hostess by the Holiday Inn, Carlisle; she was also employed at the Carlisle Barracks PX. She attended services at the Post Chapel of Carlisle Barracks.
Surviving are one son, Thomas N. Shirey, Jr. (and his wife, Susan) of Duluth, GA; one daughter, Nanette Ross (and husband, John) of Mays Landing, NJ; two sisters, Ursula Scholmann and Barbara Blank, both of Germany, fiancé, MSG (ret.) Steven Kasarda of Carlisle; step-children, Andrew Kasarda of Downingtown, Yvonne Dunst of Harrisburg and Michelle Morin of Pottstown; and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be private with a burial in Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 North Hanover Street, Carlisle is in charge of the funeral arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Trauma Society, 2 Flowers Dr.
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050-1701.
To sign the guest book visit www.hoffmanroth.com.