Obituaries

Vesta G. Stoner

Vesta G. Stoner

Aug 28, 2012

Vesta G. Stoner, 90, of Chapel Pointe, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born July 12, 1922 in Boiling Springs, she was a daughter of the late Herman Scott and Mary Emma Ocker Shatto and the widow of David Edgar Stoner.She was a graduate of Carlisle High School, Class of 1940. Vesta was a member of...

Grace J. Yinger

Grace J. Yinger

Aug 26, 2012

Grace J. (Marks) Yinger, 54, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully, Sunday, August 26, 2012 at her home.Born July 11, 1958 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late George A. and Marie J. Shultz Marks.She was a graduate of Cumberland Valley High School, Class of 1977. She was a certified Dietary Manager for the Church of God Home, Carlisle....

L. Clyde Hare

L. Clyde Hare

Aug 24, 2012

L. Clyde Hare, 96 a resident of Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community, Carlisle, and formerly a lifelong resident of Boiling Springs, died Friday August 24, 2012. Born June 9, 1916 in Mechanicsburg, the son of the late Loy F. and Rhoda M. Zimmerman Hare and the widower of Evelyn V. Minnich Hare. Clyde retired from the former C. H. Masland and...

Nedwell Anderson

Nedwell Anderson

Aug 21, 2012

Nedwell “Nedâ€Â Anderson, Jr., 82, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at his home.Born May 15, 1930 in Frenchtown, NJ, he was a son of the late Nedwell Sr. and Hazel Brink Anderson.He was formerly employed by McLaughlin Painting, Carlisle. He was a US Navy veteran.Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Alice Anderson of Carlisle; four sons, David...

Terry Lee Slavitskas

Terry Lee Slavitskas

Aug 19, 2012

Terry Lee Slavitskas, 49, of Carlisle, died Sunday, August 19, 2012 at her home.Born March 17, 1963, she was a daughter of Louis Winters and the late Janice Stiles Winters and the widow of Thomas J. Slavitskas.She worked at the Appalachian Orthopedic Center for 29 years. She loved to go to the beach and she loved her cats.In addition to...

Linda Sue Martin

Linda Sue Martin

Aug 18, 2012

Linda Sue Martin, 59, of Harrisburg, died Saturday, August 18, 2012 at the Harrisburg Hospital.Born July 19, 1953 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of Martha Louise Kelley Martin and the late John R. Martin.She was an office clerk for the Naval Deport, Mechanicsburg. She also worked at Capital Product, Mechanicsburg and McCoy Electronics, Mt. Holly Springs.In addition to her...

Doris Jean Sollenberger

Doris Jean Sollenberger

Aug 18, 2012

Doris “Jeanâ€Â Sollenberger, 79, of Shippensburg, died Saturday, August, 18, 2012 at Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle.Born June 3, 1933 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Ray Melvin and Ethel Mae Cooper Hock and the widow of Paul Sollenberger.Surviving are her daughter, Tena Sollenberger of Carlisle; one sister, Betty Smith of Carlisle; one brother, Ray Hock...

Clara L. Woods

Clara L. Woods

Aug 15, 2012

Clara L. Woods, 82, passed away at her daughter’s home on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. She was born December 4, 1929 in Newville to the late Paul T. and Viola E. Stum. She was married to Ralph A. Woods for 51 years and widowed in 2003.She was a seamstress, who enjoyed making clothing for herself, and her family, including several...

Marian M. Murtorff

Marian M. Murtorff

Aug 15, 2012

Marian M. Murtorff, 82, of Carlisle, died peacefully, Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at her home surrounded by her loving family.Born April 30, 1930 in York County, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Helen Kuhn Meals.She was a graduate of Newville High School in 1949. Marian worked with her husband in the Murtorff Construction Company, Inc. as secretary...

Kathryn Light

Kathryn Light

Aug 13, 2012

Kitty went to be with the Lord on August 13, 2012.She is the daughter of the late James K. and Laura E. Shay of Carlisle. Kitty graduated from the Clearfield Nursing School. She loved being a nurse. Caring for others was her calling. She was the Director of Nursing at the Alpine Nursing Home in Hershey for over 30 years....

Martha V. Scherb

Martha V. Scherb

Aug 11, 2012

Martha V. Scherb, 94, of Carlisle, died Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Chapel Pointe at Carlisle.Born August 8, 1918 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Chester R. and Zula B. Bear Wetzel and the widow of Bernard Scherb.She retired from Kinney Shoe, Carlisle. Martha was a longtime member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 1299, Ladies...

Stacie Lynn Hillison

Stacie Lynn Hillison

Aug 11, 2012

Stacie Lynn Pitman Hillison, 50, of Carlisle, died at her home after a long and courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma. Born July 9, 1962 in Springfield, IL, she was the daughter of Dwight E. Pitman of Springfield, IL, and the late Mary Lou Pitman.Surviving her are her husband of 28 years, Colonel Joel R. Hillison, Ph.D., of Carlisle, her son,...

Martha V. Scherb

Martha V. Scherb

Aug 11, 2012

Martha V. Scherb, 94, of Carlisle, died Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Chapel Pointe at Carlisle.Born August 8, 1918 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Chester R. and Zula B. Bear Wetzel and the widow of Bernard Scherb.She retired from Kinney Shoe, Carlisle. Martha was a longtime member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 1299, Ladies...

Laureano Portilla

Laureano Portilla

Aug 8, 2012

Laureano Portilla, Jr., 73, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born April 20, 1939 in Cuba, he was a son of the late Laureano, Sr. and Rosa Garcia Portilla.He worked in Cuba as a salesman for the family business and in America for C. H. Masland and Sons for over 20 years. He was...

Monica Lynn Lentvorsky

Monica Lynn Lentvorsky

Aug 7, 2012

Monica Lynn Lentvorsky, 54, of Boiling Springs, died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at her home after a long battle with cancer.Born December 26, 1957 in Petaluma, California, she was the daughter of Dolores L. McClure and the late James E. McClure.Monica worked 25 years at Thornwald Home, Carlisle.Surviving are her beloved husband of eleven years, Edward D. Lentvorsky of Boiling...

Phillip Alan Atwood

Phillip Alan Atwood

Aug 7, 2012

Phillip “Fortyâ€Â Alan Atwood, 65, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at his home.Born August 21, 1946 in Woodsville, NH, he was a son of Jordan Fred Atwood of West Rutland, VT and the late Josephine (Henderson) Forcucci.He was a self employed over the road trucker who worked for Hemp Brothers, Inc, John W. Gleim, Jr. Excavation, and John...

Emaline Thompson

Emaline Thompson

Aug 6, 2012

Emeline R. Thompson, 93, formerly of Mt. Holly Springs, Palm Harbor, FL, and Fairfield Bay, AK, died August 6, 2012 in Nacogdoches TX where her daughter Patricia resides. Born November 17, 1918 in Mt. Holly Springs, she was a daughter of the late Earl G. and Mary Rank and widow of A. Douglas Thompson.She was a graduate of the local...

Marguerite Gale

Marguerite Gale

Aug 4, 2012

Marguerite “Peg” Gale, 91, of Carlisle, died Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Chapel Point at Carlisle.Born April 4, 1921 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Willis R. and Mabel Brought Wierman and the widow of William F. Gale.She volunteered for the Carlisle Hospital. Marguerite was an active member of First United Methodist Church, Carlisle.Surviving are one daughter,...

Maxine Oyler

Maxine Oyler

Aug 4, 2012

Maxine Hassler Oyler, 84, died August 04, 2012. Maxine was born at home in Newville, Pa. April 13, 1928 to the late Charles Ebert Hassler and Gladys Rockwell Hassler. She graduated Newville High School 1946; Shippensburg University 1950; taught public school in Malvern, Pa. to help put her husband through Wharton Graduate School; and then became a stay-at-home mother. She...

Evelyn Quinn

Evelyn Quinn

Aug 4, 2012

Evelyn Quinn, 79, of Carlisle, died Saturday Aug. 4, 2012 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born Dec. 12, 1932 in Hustontown, a daughter of the late Andrew and Luella Hoffman Stevens and the widower of her husband of 49 years, Jack E. Quinn.She retired from the Cumberland County Nursing Home in 1994 after over 30 years of service.Evelyn is survived...

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