Obituaries

Central PA Obituaries

This is a collection of obituaries for New Cumberland, Camp Hill, Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg, Etters, York Haven, Harrisburg, Wormleysburg, Lewisberry, Enola and Central PA area.

Bob  Allen Dubs

Bob Allen Dubs

Nov 20, 2013

Bob Allen Dubs, 60, of Etters died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at his home. A Vietnam War Navy veteran, he retired as a Program Analyst for Foreign Military Sales from the former Mechanicsburg Navy Depot. Recently he had worked as a Sales Associate at Lowes in Mechanicsburg and he delivered parts for Bobby Rahal Automotive dealerships. He was also a...

Pauline A. Sherbocker

Pauline A. Sherbocker

Nov 18, 2013

Pauline A. Sherbocker, 99, formerly of Highspire, died Monday, November 18, 2013, at Homeland Center, Harrisburg. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church, Steelton, for more than 80 years. Born on January 15, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Edgar P. and Lydia E. (Schaffer) Stehman. She was the widow of Gerald E. Sherbocker. Surviving are...

Raymond Thomas  Wandell, Iii

Raymond Thomas Wandell, Iii

Nov 18, 2013

Raymond Thomas Wandell, III, 65, of Mechanicsburg died Monday at his home. A Vietnam Army Veteran, he was the retired owner/operator of Pentech, Austin, TX and previously retired as President of AMP France. He held the Commission of Colonel on the staff of the Governor of Kentucky in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. He was a duck hunter and...

Jean G.  Evertts

Jean G. Evertts

Nov 18, 2013

Jean G. Evertts, 87, of New Cumberland went to be with the Lord Monday, November 18, 2013 at Holy Spirit Hospital. She was a retired Clerk II from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. She was a member of Baughman Memorial United Methodist Church, New Cumberland Golden Age Club, and PARSE. Jean liked to be around people. She was a good...

Albert Schaffhauser

Albert Schaffhauser

Nov 16, 2013

Albert Schaffhauser, 86, of Camp Hill and formerly of New Cumberland passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 16, 2013 in the Carolyn Croxton Slane Hospice Residence. At the age of 24, Albert emigrated to the US in 1951 from Austria. He retired after 28 years as an accomplished Master Craftsman, Cabinet Maker and Project Manager of the former E.C. Snyder,...

Scott Bard Custer

Scott Bard Custer

Nov 16, 2013

Scott Bard Custer, 30, of Etters, tragically passed away, Saturday, November 16, 2013 as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was the son of Daniel and Barbara (Brown) Custer born in Harrisburg, PA. He was employed as a diesel mechanic with UPS and a 2001 graduate of Red Land High School. Scott was married to Tiffani (Snyder) Custer and...

Ira M.  Hoffman

Ira M. Hoffman

Nov 14, 2013

Ira M. Hoffman, Jr., 82, of New Cumberland died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Carolyn Croxton Slane Residence, a Service of Hospice of Central PA, Susquehanna Twp. A Korean War Navy Veteran he was a retired Program Manager from the former Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Hampden Twp. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Lemoyne; West Shore...

Wilbur "Bill" L. Hoffman

Wilbur "Bill" L. Hoffman

Nov 13, 2013

Wilbur L. "Bill" Hoffman, 62, of Lower Allen Twp., Camp Hill, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Holy Spirit Hospital, East Pennsboro Twp. He retired as a forklift operator for the former Defense Distribution Region East, New Cumberland and was an Army Veteran of the Viet Nam War. Bill was a huge NASCAR fan and in particular, a fan of...

Steve J. Tobias, Jr.

Steve J. Tobias, Jr.

Nov 12, 2013

Steve J. Tobias, Jr., 83, of Fairview Twp., New Cumberland, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in his home. He was born in Latrobe, PA. He was a retired welder/fitter for Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Steelton Plant; an Army veteran of the Korean War; a member of St. Theresa Parish, New Cumberland; American Legion Post 143, New Cumberland; Past Commander of...

Frank J. Kempf

Frank J. Kempf

Nov 12, 2013

Frank J. Kempf, 87, formerly of New Cumberland, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Bethany Village, Lower Allen Twp. Born on March 29th, 1926 in Enhaut, he was the son of the late Frank L. and Anna (Schaffhauser) Kempf. He was the widower of Patricia J. (Sullivan) Kempf and was preceded in death by a daughter, Margaret A. Lyng, a...

J. Patrick Brogan, Jr.

J. Patrick Brogan, Jr.

Nov 9, 2013

J. Patrick Brogan, Jr., TSgt. U.S.A.F., Ret., 69, of Fairview Twp., New Cumberland, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 in Harrisburg Hospital. He was a retired Technical Master Sargent in the United States Air Force with 27 years of service and a former employee of ITT Technical Institute, Harrisburg Campus; a member of American Legion Post 974, Fairview Twp.; and enjoyed...

Eleanor Mae Kurzenknabe

Eleanor Mae Kurzenknabe

Nov 9, 2013

Eleanor Mae Kurzenknabe, 89, formerly of Harrisburg and Camp Hill, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 in the Masonic Village of Elizabethtown. She was born April 23, 1924 in Harrisburg to the late Harvey and Florence (Hoke) Miller and was a graduate of the former William Penn High School, Harrisburg. She was a member of Penbrook United Church of Christ and...

Emory  D.  Thornton

Emory D. Thornton

Nov 5, 2013

Emory D. “Pat” Thornton, 88, of Etters, formerly of Punta Gorda, FL died Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Carolyn Croxton Slane Residence, Susquehanna Twp., a Service of Hospice of Central PA. A WWII Army Veteran, he was a retired sign painter and the owner/operator of Thornton Signs on the West Shore. He enjoyed volunteering at Military Heritage Museum in Punta...

Doris J. Sheaffer

Doris J. Sheaffer

Nov 3, 2013

Doris J. Sheaffer, 80, of Fairview Twp., New Cumberland, died Sunday, November 3, 2013 in Holy Spirit Hospital, East Pennsboro Twp. She was a retired cook for the New Cumberland Army Depot (DDRE), Fairview Twp. She attended Camp Hill Church of God; loved Country Music, her annual birthday trips to Tennessee, and feeding wildlife in her backyard. She dearly loved...

Evelyn M.  Noval

Evelyn M. Noval

Nov 3, 2013

Evelyn M. Noval, 94, formerly of Lower Allen Twp. passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Emeritus at Creekview, Mechanicsburg. Evelyn was born February 18, 1919 in Carbondale, PA to the late Frank and Mabel Ryan. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Jesus Noval and Othnel Kipp and five brothers. She was retired from the Commonwealth of...

Bonnie E.  Brubaker

Bonnie E. Brubaker

Nov 2, 2013

Bonnie E. Brubaker, 71, of New Cumberland died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Holy Spirit Hospital. She was a graduate of Cedar Cliff High School. She retired from Prudential Insurance (Mechanicsburg) as an Assistant Office Manager and was co-owner of Poor Richard's Auto Sales in New Cumberland for thirty-five years. A woman of Faith, she was very active in her...

Louise P. Sowers

Louise P. Sowers

Nov 2, 2013

Louise P. Sowers, 82, of New Cumberland, died Saturday, November 2, 2013 in her residence. She was a retired Executive Assistant to the Dean of the Penn State Hershey School of Medicine, where she worked for 27 years. Louise loved anything to do with music, theatre, and dancing, was an avid reader, and was a die-hard Penn State football fan....

Ruth Ann Sheaffer

Ruth Ann Sheaffer

Oct 30, 2013

Ruth Ann Sheaffer, 83, of Susquehanna Twp., formerly of New Cumberland, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at home. A 1948 graduate of Middletown High School, she worked for the former Bell Telephone Co. at the Middletown Office; the former Office of Security Investigations, Olmstead A.F.B.; and retired from G.S.A. Fleet Management Office at the former New Cumberland Army Depot....

Edythe M.  Gassert

Edythe M. Gassert

Oct 30, 2013

Edythe M. Gassert, 88, of The Woods at Cedar Run, Camp Hill, formerly of New Cumberland died Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Select Specialty Hospital, Camp Hill. She was a retired Surgical Nurse having worked for David A. Johnston, M.D. in Harrisburg. She was a member of Second United Church of Christ, Harrisburg; VFW Post 7415 Ladies Auxiliary, and American...

Emmanuel Matthew Paul

Emmanuel Matthew Paul

Oct 29, 2013

Emmanuel Matthew Paul, 57, of New Cumberland, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 in Lucerne, Switzerland while traveling on business. Emmanuel lived in South Harrisburg for much of his boyhood. He enjoyed being a patrol boy at Sacred Heart of Jesus School, where he helped students cross the intersection of Cameron and Paxton Streets. He then attended St. Theresa...

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