Elvina M. (Updegraff) Jones
Nov 3, 2020
Elvina M. (Updegraff) Jones, 91, of New Cumberland, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Daughter of the late Gilbert Updegraff and Margaret (Taylor) Ruppert, she was born on November 17, 1928 in Newberry, York County. The oldest of nine children, Elvina grew up in a setting much different than today’s time. She attended school in...
David A. Taylor
Nov 2, 2020
David A. Taylor, SFC, US Army Retired, 65, of New Cumberland died Monday, November 2, 2020 at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital. He was a veteran of Vietnam, Desert Shield, and Desert Storm. After retiring from the Army, he worked for Fairview Twp. Waste Water Treatment Plant and retired from Defense Logistics Agency, New Cumberland in 2017. A loving husband and...
Anne Elaine Piccirilli
Oct 31, 2020
Anne Elaine (Wright) Piccirilli, 77, of Camp Hill, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2020 in her home surrounded by her loving daughters. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Camp Hill and past president and long-time fine arts committee co-chair of the Camp Hill Woman’s Club. Anne enjoyed spending time with her family,...
George David Brown, Jr.
Oct 30, 2020
George David Brown, Jr., 75, of York Haven, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2020 in Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital, East Pennsboro Twp. He was a retired Diesel Mechanic with UPS, Harrisburg, later retired from PADE Auto Auction, Strinestown and was also a delivery driver for An Olde Towne Florist & Greenery, New Cumberland. He was a member of Zion...
Loretta E. Royer
Oct 29, 2020
Loretta E. Royer, 96, died Thursday, October 29, 2020 in Bethany Village, Mechanicsburg, PA after a brief illness. She was born November 25, 1923 in West York, PA to the late John and Della (Smith) Bowser. She graduated from West York High School, class of 1941 and graduated from Rosenfield’s School of Beauty, York, PA. She was employed as a...
Clifford Henry Page
Oct 29, 2020
Clifford Henry Page, 94, of Harrisburg, passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2020, at his residence. He retired as a Supervisor of the Paint Division for the former Jackson Manufacturing, Harrisburg; a WWII Army veteran; a member of Swatara Church of God. Born in Harrisburg on February 25, 1926, he was the son of the late Isaac T. and Nora...
Michael J. Keane, Sr.
Oct 28, 2020
Michael J. Keane, 88, of New Cumberland, passed away on Wednesday, October 28th at his home. He was a graduate of Catholic High School, Harrisburg and attended Penn State University and Wharton School. He served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves. Throughout his life he held positions in the heavy equipment and truck parts industries and...
Timothy Michael Shovlin
Oct 28, 2020
Timothy Michael Shovlin, 58, of Lower Paxton Township, Harrisburg, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at UPMC Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Lower Paxton Twp. He was a retired Regional Loss Prevention Manager for CVS Health; a Third-Degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus, Council 869; a member of the Enola Sportsman Club; a Son of the American Legion Post 272; a...
Eva M. Wacker
Oct 28, 2020
Eva M. Wacker, 92, of New Cumberland died Wednesday, October 28th at UPMC Carlisle. She was born June 21, 1928 in Rudytown to the late Mary Rudy. She was also preceded in death by her infant daughter Diane and husband of seventy-two years Ralph. A loving housewife and mother, her favorite hobby was constantly knitting blankets for friends and loved...
Nancy Lou Baum
Oct 28, 2020
Nancy Lou Baum, 81, formerly of New Cumberland, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 in Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital, East Pennsboro Twp. She was a retired computer operator with the former Kinney Shoe Corporation Service Center, Shiremanstown. She enjoyed traveling and camping with her family and loved going to Hollywood Casino with her daughter Terri. Nancy was born in...
Ralph Anthony Mika
Oct 27, 2020
Ralph Anthony Mika, 94, of Lower Allen Twp., New Cumberland, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family, Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born June 10, 1926 and raised in Perth Amboy, NJ, Ralph graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1944. He proudly served his country during WWII in the United States Army...
Dorothea J. Coulson
Oct 22, 2020
Dorothea J. (Crozier) Coulson, 84, of New Cumberland, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020 in Frey Village, Middletown surrounded by her loving family. She was a retired (1978) Registered Nurse with Harrisburg Hospital, Blue Ridge Haven West, Camp Hill and Mechanicsburg Rehabilitation Center. Dorothea was a member of First Church of the Brethren, Harrisburg; Harrisburg Hospital Alumni; and the...
William R. "Bill" Bobb
Oct 22, 2020
William R. “Bill” Bobb, 67, of New Cumberland, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at home. The son of Mary Ellen (Long) Bobb, and the late Frank Elmer Bobb, Jr., he was born on August 20, 1953 in Harrisburg. Upon high school graduation, Bill entered the military, serving in the United States Air Force for four years. Following Bill’s...
Gary L. Miller
Oct 20, 2020
Gary L. Miller, 66, of New Cumberland died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at his home. He retired as an IT Manager for SCI, Camp Hill. After retirement he became an Enrolled Agent with the US Dept. of the Treasury – IRS, preparing taxes for Jackson Hewitt. He was a member of Baughman Memorial United Methodist Church, New Cumberland and also...
Charlene Ann Mcfarland
Oct 17, 2020
Charlene Ann McFarland, 80, of Lower Allen Twp., Camp Hill, died Saturday, October 17, 2020, at her home surrounded by family. In her lifetime, she worked as a waitress at places such as The Gazebo Room on 2nd and Locust Streets in Harrisburg and Harry’s Tavern in Harrisburg, as well as a dietary aide at Holy Spirit Hospital. As a...
Elizabeth Humber Hean Stone
Oct 17, 2020
Elizabeth Humber Hean Stone passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family in her home in New Cumberland, PA on October 17, 2020. She was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on January 30, 1927, as the only child of the late Frank Rahn Hean and Petrona Humber Hean. When the Depression wiped out the company for which Frank was house counsel in...
Hilbert "Hilly" Elwood Whitmer
Oct 17, 2020
Hilbert “Hilly” Elwood Whitmer, 92, of Fairview Twp., New Cumberland, passed from this life into the arms of our Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Born in Millersburg on Nov. 5, 1927, he was the son of the late Emerson and Naomi (Ettinger) Whitmer. He retired after 38 years as an employee of Pennsylvania Power & Light. One...
John J. Gallagher
Oct 16, 2020
John J. Gallagher, Esquire, 71, of Harrisburg, passed away suddenly on Friday, October 16, 2020. He practiced law in both Washington, D.C. and Harrisburg, PA for more than 40 years focused primarily on utility law. He was a member of the PA Bar Association. John was a graduate of Mt. St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, MD and Creighton University School of...
Janet Blake Pepinsky
Oct 14, 2020
Janet Blake Pepinsky, aged 95, formerly of Willistown Township, Chester County, PA, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, in Harrisburg, PA. Born in Demopolis, AL, she was the daughter of the late Thomas B. and Margaret (Levy) Blake. A graduate of Auburn University with a B.S. in Chemistry, Janet worked as a chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Edward S. Wasko
Oct 11, 2020
Edward S. Wasko, 85, of Camp Hill died Sunday, October 11, 2020 at Lebanon VA Medical Center. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he was retired from Drakes Bakery and most recently worked for Giant Foods in New Cumberland. He was a member of St. Theresa Parish, New Cumberland. A Fourth Degree Member of Knights of Columbus, St. Theresa...