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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.
Edward O. Kyler
Dec 23, 2015
Edward O. Kyler, 90, of Lower Allen Twp., passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2015 in Holy Spirit Hospital, East Pennsboro Twp. He was retired from Rite Aid Corporation, Shiremanstown and formerly owned and operated Kyler’s Atlantic and ARCO Station, Mulberry St., Harrisburg. He was a WWII Army Paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division making 10 combat jumps including Operation Market...
Clinton W. Hammond
Dec 22, 2015
Clinton W. Hammond, 95, formerly of New Cumberland, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in Country Meadows of West Shore, Hampden Twp. He was a retired Major with the United States Air Force and also retired as an Air Force Recruiter working out of the former New Cumberland Army Depot, Fairview Twp. His greatest reward in his long military career...
Anita C. Pryor
Dec 22, 2015
Anita C. Pryor, 83, of New Cumberland, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in Holy Spirit Hospital surrounded by family and supported by an abundance of prayers. Her faith gave her strength and comfort throughout her life, and especially this past year. Her greatest joys in life were time spent with family & friends and in helping others....
Ralph Edgar Peters
Dec 22, 2015
Ralph Edgar Peters, Sr. A man of uncommon character and leadership, Ralph Edgar Peters, Sr. passed from this world to the next on December 22, 2015. Mr. Peters was born to George and Rebecca (Michener) Peters on February 20, 1923 at the Harrisburg Hospital. He grew up with his Uncle Walter and Aunt Leoma Peters in Harrisburg, graduating from William...
Mary Birnbrauer Connolly
Dec 19, 2015
Mary Birnbrauer Connolly, 84, of Camp Hill died Saturday, December 19, 2015. She retired with twenty-one years of service to the Pennsylvania State Police. She had also worked for Bell Telephone of PA in Philadelphia and the Harrisburg Office of Merrill Lynch . She was a member of St. Theresa Parish, New Cumberland and West Shore Country Club. She was...
Laura Dean Mathews
Dec 18, 2015
Laura Dean Mathews of New Cumberland passed away on Dec. 18. An accomplished photographer, she worked for 15 years at the Patriot-News in that capacity and as a supervisor in the photo department. She was 50. She took a buyout from the newspaper in 2008 and started a business that centered on her other passion: gardening. She created a gardening...
John F. Donohoe, Jr.
Dec 17, 2015
John F. Donohoe, Jr., 68, of Duncannon died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Lower Paxton Twp. He was a retired Pipefitter from U.A. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 520, Harrisburg. He was a graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School and The Ohio State University. He was born March 18, 1947 in Harrisburg to the late John F....
Sybyl J. (Hoffmeier) Gher
Dec 17, 2015
Sibyl June (Hoffmeier) Gher, 82, of Fairview Township, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Pinnacle Health Harrisburg Hospital. She was born on January 26, 1933 in Lancaster to the late George K. Hoffmeier and Mary (Kreider) Hoffmeier. She was a 1950 graduate of the former New Cumberland High School and was previously employed by the former Bell Telephone...
Gilbert G. "Gil" Eichelberger
Dec 17, 2015
Gilbert G. "Gil" Eichelberger, 65, of Washington Twp., Wellsville, died Wednesday, December 17, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He retired as a self-employed appliance technician. Gil had a love of the outdoors including camping, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, boating, 4-wheeling and white water rafting; particularly when he was able to do these activities with his family and friends....
Donald Roy Winter
Dec 15, 2015
Donald Roy Winter, 79, of Olmsted Twp., OH, and formerly of New Cumberland, PA, died Tuesday, December 15th, 2015, at Riverview Pointe Care Center, Olmsted Falls, OH. He retired as a Computer Aided Drafting Specialist for the former Dewberry Goodkind, Inc., Carlisle, and was former member of the New Cumberland Police Department. Don was a member of the Air National...
Raymond A. Morris
Dec 14, 2015
Raymond A. Morris, 93, of Mechanicsburg, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 in his residence. He was a retired Controller for D&H Distributing Co., Harrisburg and a WWII Army Air Corps veteran. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mechanicsburg and American Legion Post 109, Mechanicsburg. Ray was born in Harrisburg to the late Raymond Clifford and Anna...
Margaret Jane Dunlap
Dec 14, 2015
Margaret Jane Dunlap ("Aunt Margie"), age ninety, of New Cumberland, PA, passed away peacefully in Bath, NY, on December 14, 2015. Born in Shippensburg, PA, she was the daughter of James M. and Ezzie Woods Dunlap. She is predeceased by her parents, a brother, William Woods Dunlap, and a sister, Jean Hays Dunlap. Surviving is a nephew, James M. Dunlap...
David John Lawyer
Dec 13, 2015
David John Lawyer, 52, of Middletown died Sunday, December 13, 2015 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was a construction laborer and member of Laborers’ International Union of North America Local No. 1180. He enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson and going on Charity rides, NASCAR, and spending time with his family and friends. He was born October 26,...
Patrick M. Mcclain
Dec 12, 2015
Patrick M. McClain, 66, of Highland Park, Camp Hill, passed away Friday in his residence. Pat was an entrepreneur whose skills and interests took him in many different professional directions including mining engineering, restaurant ownership, machined parts manufacturing, and sales. He was a proud Army veteran, an avid reader of mystery novels, and enjoyed many interests from piloting single engine...
Margaret E. Strumsky
Dec 10, 2015
Margaret Edith Strumsky, 82, of Lower Allen Township passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2015. She was born March 21, 1933 in Kettering, England and was the daughter of the late Wilfred G. and Margaret E. (Wilson) Tebbutt. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Stanley on November 28, 2015. They would have been married 62 years on December...
Paul E. Kuhn
Dec 8, 2015
Paul E. Kuhn, 83, formerly of New Cumberland, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Middlesex Twp. He retired as the former owner/operator of Paul's Texaco, Lemoyne, and was also a former employee of Stephenson Equipment and East Coast Food Equipment. Paul was an Army veteran of...
Heath Richard Weigel
Dec 6, 2015
Heath Richard Weigel, 27, of New Cumberland died Sunday, December 6, 2015. Most recently he was a Human Resource Manager at Amazon Fulfillment in Carlisle. He was a 2007 Graduate of Northern Senior High School Dillsburg. He especially enjoyed music and art. He is survived by his father, Randy S. Weigel (Maria A.) of Dillsburg; mother, Brigette J. Hare (David...
Esther M. Hall
Dec 4, 2015
Esther M. Hall, 85, of Harrisburg, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 4, 2015 at home. She was a graduate of the former Lower Paxton High School; a former employee of State Automobile Insurance Company, Harrisburg; a former Director of Children’s Work of Linglestown United Methodist Church; and a member of the Zembo Band Aides. Esther was born in Harrisburg...
Alice V. Farrell
Dec 3, 2015
Alice V. Farrell, 89, of Mechanicsburg, PA, and formerly of Denville, NJ, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015 in Messiah Lifeways, Mechanicsburg. She was a retired Executive Secretary for Suburban Propane, Whippany, NJ and a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church, New Cumberland, PA. Alice was born in Jersey City, NJ, to the late Alexander and Anna (Domalewski) Rygiel....
Kenneth Milton Martz, Jr.
Dec 2, 2015
Kenneth Milton Martz, Jr., 83 of Harrisburg, formerly of Chambers Hill passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 02, 2015 at Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg. He was a retired millwright with over forty-one years of service from Bethlehem Steel, Steelton. He was a member of Chambers Hill United Methodist Church. He enjoyed travel, history, and especially spending time with his grandson....
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