Obituaries

Shirley M. Wood

Shirley M. Wood

Mar 1, 2011

Shirley M. Wood, 76 of Carlisle, died Tuesday March 1, 2011 in Harrisburg Hospital. Born May 13, 1934 in Mt. Union, she was the daughter of the late Art and Violet (Black) Smith. Shirley graduated valedictorian of Mt. Union Area High School, class of 1952. For 41 years she was a property casualty agent working for Malcolm M. Simons and...

Edna Augusta Wells Esser Heyliger

Edna Augusta Wells Esser Heyliger

Feb 26, 2011

Edna Augusta Wells Esser Heyliger, 103, of Carlisle, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Chapel Pointe @ Carlisle.Edna received recognition for her extensive volunteer work at Chapel Pointe.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 4, 2011 at Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 North Hanover Street, Carlisle, with burial in Letort Cemetery, Carlisle. A viewing will...

Leona Barth Arnold

Leona Barth Arnold

Feb 24, 2011

Leona Barth Arnold, 93, of Newville died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at the Green Ridge Village, Newville.Born July 7, 1917 in Chicago, IL, she was a daughter of the late Arthur William and Ella Bork Barth and the widow of Wiley Ellsworth Arnold. She was a graduate of Nicholas Senn High, Chicago. She attended Grinnell College, IA and Northwestern University,...

Nancy Lee Still

Nancy Lee Still

Feb 22, 2011

Nancy Lee Still, 78, of Carlisle, died, Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born June 23, 1932 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late John and Carrie Glass McBride and the widow of James Edward Still.Surviving are one son, John Edward Still (and wife, Connie) of Carlisle, one daughter, Deborah Copa of St. Cloud, MN,...

Samuel Ryle Glenn

Samuel Ryle Glenn

Feb 21, 2011

Samuel Ryle Glenn, 94, of Carlisle, PA entered into rest at his home on Monday, February 21, 2011.He was born July 23, 1916 in Cummingstown, PA the son of the late Rev. James J. Glenn and Lutitia Goodhart Glenn.He graduated from Carlisle High School in 1935, retired from General Motors Corporation, Baltimore, MD in 1977. He was a member of...

Robert Smith

Robert Smith

Feb 20, 2011

Robert E. “Smitty” Smith, 71, of Carlisle, died Monday, February 20, 2011at Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle after fighting a courageous battle against cancer.Born February 18, 1940 in Bedford County, he was a son of the late Elmer and Cora Belle Messer Smith.He was a truck driver for 15 years for Giant Foods and prior employment with Carolina, Roadway and...

Prof. Philip N. Lockhart

Prof. Philip N. Lockhart

Feb 20, 2011

Prof. Philip N. Lockhart, 82, died Sunday, February 20, 2011. He was retired from the Asbury J. Clarke Chair of Latin at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.Prof. Lockhart was born May 3, 1928, near Smicksburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, to the late J. Donald and Margaret (North) Lockhart. His early years were spent on the family farm on which he was born....

John Levan Garman

John Levan Garman

Feb 19, 2011

John Levan Garman, 77, of Boiling Springs, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill.Born December 27, 1933 in Lutztown, he was a son of the late Benjamin F. and Pearl Anne Brehm Garman.He was owner/operator of Garmanhaus Bed and Breakfast, Boiling Springs. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Boiling Springs, and a member...

June E. Stevens

June E. Stevens

Feb 17, 2011

June E. Stevens, 96, of Carlisle, died, Wednesday, February 17, 2011 at Green Ridge Village, Carlisle.Born September 11, 1914 in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late William S. and Catherine Llwellyn Stevens.She was a graduate of Elmer L. Myers High School, Wilkes-Barre. June received her BA from the former Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre and her MA from Wesleyan University,...

Frank Paul Ficalora

Frank Paul Ficalora

Feb 16, 2011

Frank Paul Ficalora, 91, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at home.Born February 21, 1919 in New York, he was a son of the late Paul and Concetta Gianelli Ficalora.He was a barber for Winklemans Barber Shop and later owned his own barber shop on Elm Street, Carlisle. Frank was a US Army veteran who served during WWII.Surviving are...

Guy Herbert Porterfield

Guy Herbert Porterfield

Feb 15, 2011

Guy Herbert Porterfield, 91, of Carlisle, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at the Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle.Born November 25, 1919 in Sharon, PA, he was a son of the late Elmer Elsworth and Susan Jennings Porterfield and with widower of Nellie Adams Porterfield.He retired from DuPont, Richmond, VA after 34...

Clara L. Zawadski

Clara L. Zawadski

Feb 12, 2011

Clara L. Zawadski, 87, of Carlisle and formerly of Shiremanstown died gently at her daughter’s home in Carlisle Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011.Born May 2, 1923, in Plymouth, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Augustus and Helen Wasilewski Stravinski and the widow of Alfonso S. Zawadski, to whom she was married to for 55 years.Clara created, designed and cut...

Frances Wolf Crock

Frances Wolf Crock

Feb 8, 2011

Frances Wolf Crock, 92, of Carlisle, formerly of Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New Castle, DE, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle.Born May 9, 1918 in Fairfax, VA, she was a daughter of the late George P. and Belle Graham Wolf and the widow of William A. Crock, Jr.She was a graduate of the University...

Dorothy G. Kehler

Dorothy G. Kehler

Feb 8, 2011

Dorothy G. Kehler, 90, of Carlisle died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle.Born Aug. 3, 1920, in Natalie, she was a daughter of the late John and Lossie Lehman Hinks and the widow of the Rev. Albert E. Kehler.She graduated as salutatorian from Cunningham High School. She was an accomplished pianist.Dorothy was a member of...

David Nicholson

David Nicholson

Feb 8, 2011

David Nicholson, 55, of Shippensburg died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born April 25, 1955, in Lafayette, Ind., he was a son of the late Wesley Gilbert and Myrtle Crockett Nicholson.He was owner/operator of Dave’s CB Shop. He was a U.S. Army veteran who proudly served his country with the 101st Airborne during the Vietnam War.Surviving are...

Catherine Myers

Catherine Myers

Feb 8, 2011

Catherine A. “Tootsie” Myers, 55, of Newport, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at her home.Born April 30, 1955 in Punxsutawney, she was a daughter of the late Philip and Roberta Anderson Annarino and the widow of Frank Myers.Catherine was always a woman of strong faith.Surviving are her brother, Philip Annarino (and wife, Eileen) of Punxsutawney, her sister-in-law, Carrie Carr (and...

Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson

Feb 4, 2011

Born March 31, 1935 in Laurens, SC, he was a son of the late Fred L. Sr. and Bertha Rector Wilson.Fred was deeply loved by his immediate and extended family and his friends. He will be greatly missed. Fred worked for Azalea Mobile Homes, Clinton, SC where he was a builder and later retired from Carlisle SynTec after 25 years....

Jeffrey Masland Garrett

Jeffrey Masland Garrett

Feb 1, 2011

Jeffrey Masland Garrett, 57, of Carlisle, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.Born August 4, 1953 in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Elisabeth Masland and Whitney Garrett. Jeffrey will be remembered for his wit and lively sense of humor and will be deeply missed by his family and friends.Surviving are his former wife,...

Doris Zeigler

Doris Zeigler

Jan 31, 2011

Doris Zeigler, 81, of York, died peacefully Monday, January 31, 2011 in The Village at Sprenkle Drive, York.Born August 4, 1929 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Edgar William Fry and Omie Mary Margaret Showvaker Fry Wiser and the widow of Jay Wheeler Zeigler.She retired from McCrory’s Distribution Center, York in 1993. Doris was a member of...

Ethel A. M. Cornman Putt

Ethel A. M. Cornman Putt

Jan 31, 2011

Ethel A. M. Cornman Putt, 93, formerly of Boiling Springs, died Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Church of God Home, Carlisle.Born April 17, 1917 in Lower Frankford Township, she was a daughter of the late Parker E. and Estelle Yorlets Cornman.She was employed in housekeeping for Dr. William Stull, Cumberland County Nursing Home and the Carlisle Hospital and in...

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