Recent Obituaries

Franklin D. Bistline

Franklin D. Bistline

Jan 14, 2019

Franklin "Frank" Delano Bistline, 82, of Carlisle, passed away on Monday, January 14, 2019 at Chapel Pointe, Carlisle. He was born on October 27, 1936 in Carlisle and was a son of the late George and Clara (Drawbaugh) Bistline.

Frank graduated from Carlisle High School with the Class of 1954. He was a US...

Evelyn N. Holiday

Evelyn N. Holiday

Jan 12, 2019

Evelyn N. Holiday, 94, of Carlisle, passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Chapel Pointe, Carlisle. She was born on June 30, 1924 in Sayre, Bradford County and was a daughter of the late Elmer and Ethel (Campbell) Holiday.

Evelyn was a retired registered nurse. She served as a missionary nurse in Vietnam....

Jean L. Garner

Jean L. Garner

Jan 10, 2019

Jean L. Garner, 88, of Carlisle, passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at UPMC-Pinnacle Carlisle. She was born on July 31, 1930 in Huntingdon and was a daughter of the late Wilbur A. and Hazel (Gahagan) Shields. Her devoted husband of 59 years, Melvin Ralph Garner, passed away on April 11, 2018.

Mrs....

Randolph M. Deihl

Randolph M. Deihl

Jan 5, 2019

Randolph M. Deihl, 61, of Carlisle, entered in eternal life on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Geisinger-Holy Spirit Hospital. He was born on February 18, 1957 in Carlisle and is a son of Shirley M. (Foster) Deihl of Carlisle and the late John M. Deihl.

Randy graduated in 1975 from Big Spring High School....

Dorothy J. Steele

Dorothy J. Steele

Jan 4, 2019

Dorothy "Dot" J. Steele, 88, of Gardners, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2019 at her home. She was born on August 31, 1930 in Carlisle and was a daughter of the late James E. and Ethel (Bixler) Raudabaugh and the widow of Herbert L. Steele who passed away on February 22, 1993.

Dot...

Wilma M. Liebrum

Wilma M. Liebrum

Jan 4, 2019

Wilma M. Liebrum, 96, of Carlisle, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2019 at Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community, Carlisle. She was born on September 14, 1922 in Barnesville, Schuylkill County and was a daughter of the late Earl L. and Susan (Searfoss) Fegley.

Wilma graduated from Delano High School. She retired after 22 years...

Ssgt John W.

Ssgt John W.

Jan 1, 2019

SSGT (Ret) John W. Fulps, USAF, 61, of Carlisle, died on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at Select Specialty Hospital in Camp Hill. He was born on February 28, 1957 in Paris, France and was a son of the late Bennie L. and Selma M. (Burgess) Fulps.

John graduated in 1975 from Pleasant Grove High...

Gloria A. Myers

Gloria A. Myers

Dec 29, 2018

Gloria A. Myers, 79, of Carlisle, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Harrisburg Hospital. She was born on July 22, 1939 in Houtzdale, Clearfield County and was a daughter of the William H. and Margaret C. (Lese) Wilkinson.

Gloria was a homemaker and assisted her husband with Pastoral...

Cora G. Taylor

Cora G. Taylor

Dec 28, 2018

Cora G. Taylor, 97, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2018 at Church of God Home in Carlisle. She was born on September 3, 1921 in Carlisle and was a daughter of the late John M. and Sarah (Stouffer) Sheaffer. Cora was the widow of Leroy R. Taylor, who died January 6, 2001.

Cora...

Gladys B. Morehouse

Gladys B. Morehouse

Dec 26, 2018

Gladys B. Morehouse, 87, of Mt. Holly Springs, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at her son's home. She was born on April 3, 1931 in Dry Run, Franklin County and was a daughter of the late John F. and Margaret I. (Price) Seibert. She was the widow of Raymond M. Morehouse, Sr., who passed away on...

Glenn E. Railing

Glenn E. Railing

Dec 26, 2018

Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Glenn E. Railing, US Army Reserve, age 92, of Carlisle, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at Chapel Pointe in Carlisle. He was born on August 8, 1926 in Carlisle and was a son of the late Lee M. and Edith M. (Wagner) Railing.

Glenn graduated in 1944 from...

Marion E. Miller

Marion E. Miller

Dec 21, 2018

Marion Ellen (Snow) Miller, age 89, of Carlisle went to be with the Lord on Dec. 21, 2018. Born in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Ellis and Myrtle (Kyle) Snow.

Marion was a graduate of New Cumberland High School, the class of 1947, where she was a majorette in the New...

C. Glenn Bear

C. Glenn Bear

Dec 20, 2018

C. Glenn Bear, 91 of Carlisle, went to be with his loving Lord on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at his home. He was born on June 9, 1927 in Barnitz (Carlisle) and was a son of the late George A. and Helen M. (Roush) Bear.

Glenn graduated from Boiling Springs High School in 1945....

Olive L. Horner

Olive L. Horner

Dec 20, 2018

Olive L. Horner, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at Cumberland Crossings, Carlisle. She was born in Harrisburg and was a daughter of the late Robert B. and Helen E. (Wilson) Hollar, and the widow of the late Francis L. Horner, Sr., who passed away on July 31, 2004.

Olive was retired from...

John R. Bear

John R. Bear

Dec 14, 2018

John Robert Bear, 94, of Carlisle, passed away on Friday, December 14, 2018 at ManorCare Health Services, Carlisle. He was born on January 10, 1924 in Cumberland County and was a son of the late Orie C. and Clara (Hoover) Bear. John was married for 63 years to the late Dorothy M. (Kelly) Bear who passed away January...

Merle D. Sennett

Merle D. Sennett

Dec 13, 2018

Merle D. Sennett, 81, of Newville, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at Green Ridge Village, Newville. He was born on July 21, 1937, in Carlisle and was a son of the late Harry Sennett and Sarah (Danner) Sennett.

He was a former employee of C.H. Masland & Sons of Carlisle for 38...

Taylor A. Hodge

Taylor A. Hodge

Dec 13, 2018

Taylor A. Hodge, Jr., 83, of Carlisle, died on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at his home. He was born on September 17, 1935 in Carlisle and was a son of the late Taylor A. Hodge, Sr. and Florence Patricia (Brown) Hodge.

Taylor graduated from Carlisle High School in 1954 where he was a...

John R. Gregor

John R. Gregor

Dec 11, 2018

John Robert Gregor, 93, died peacefully on December 11, 2018 at Claremont Nursing Home in Carlisle. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, a son of the late Annie (Malcolm) and Robert MacKay Gregor, and was married to the late Barbara (Whittaker) Gregor. He is survived by his three children: Judith L. Shiffler of Carlisle, John G. (wife Wendy)...

Edward H. Beck

Edward H. Beck

Dec 6, 2018

Edward H. Beck, 69, of Carlisle, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at ManorCare Health Services in Carlisle. He was born on March 28, 1949 in Harrisburg and was the son of the late Charles E. and Anna (Schlosser) Beck.

Ed graduated in 1967 from the John Harris High School, Harrisburg. He was...

Brandon E. Decker

Brandon E. Decker

Dec 1, 2018

Brandon Edward Decker Skiles, 33, of Bethlehem and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2018 in Bethlehem. He was born on February 13, 1985 in McConnellsburg and was a son of Lisa A. (Carriero) and her husband, James D. Skiles of Newville and Jeffrey Decker and his companion, Vicki Sharrow of Gaylord, MI.

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