Adams County Library System

Index of Local Obituaries

Introduction :     The library is working in cooperation with the Adams County Historical Society www.achs-pa.org  to expand this database to include all death notices appearing in Gettysburg newspapers from November 1800 to the present. It should be noted that that the names appearing here are typed exactly as they appeared in the various papers. Many names have variant spellings and researchers should search under several possible combinations to ensure accuracy in finding information. Neither the library nor the Society authenticates or otherwise verifies the information listed here. The information will not be changed but is listed as it originally appeared in publication.  

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Gettysburg Times 1800-1815 and 2000 to Present

Gettysburg Truth March 12, 1887 to January 25, 1890, August 23, 1890

Adams Sentinel

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100 Sample Entries:
Corsette, Gladys Kinsley   Born: 5/30/1918 at Kansas City, KS Died: 11/13/2008 at Gettysburg Lutheran Village, Gettysburg, PA
Lovering, V. Ruth   Born: 1/22/1924 at Shamrock, TX Died: 11/12/2008 at Fairfield, PA
Weaver, Maysie F. "Buckeye"   Born: 5/28/1922 at Fairfield, PA Died: 11/11/2008 at Manor Care, Camp Hill, PA
Harner, Patricia J.   Born:  at  Died:  at York Hospital, York, PA
Yingling, William H. "Little Bill"   Born:  at  Died:  at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Hamilton, L. O'Dell   Born: 6/10/1920 at York Springs, PA Died: 11/11/2008 at Camp Hill, PA
Last, Jean Woods   Born: 6/30/1929 at London, England Died: 11/11/2008 at Orlando, FL
Shanaberger, Robert R.   Born:  at  Died:  at Homewood at Plum Creek Community, Hanover, PA
Bechtel Jr., Guy A.   Born:  at  Died:  at Abbottstown, PA
Aumon, Erma G.   Born: 1/23/1917 at Adams County Died: 11/10/2008 at Brethren Home Community, New Oxford, PA
Emanuel, Helen B. (Bennett)   Born: 7/17/1928 at  Died: 11/9/2008 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Taylor, Ralph G.   Born: 8/4/1930 at Shelbiana, KY Died: 11/8/2008 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Wilt, David Martin   Born: 1/21/1940 at Rockville, MD Died: 11/7/2008 at Gettysburg, PA
Heller, Ruby A. (Warren)   Born: 4/18/1922 at Menallen Township Died: 11/6/2008 at Aspers, PA
Butler, Creoleoa A. (Sis)   Born: 1/11/1926 at Green Springs, Adams County Died: 11/6/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Crooks, Melvin E. "Mel"   Born: 12/17/1919 at Hanover, PA Died: 11/6/2008 at Brethren Home Community, New Oxford, PA
Basehore, John W.   Born: 4/22/1934 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 11/5/2008 at Brethren Home Community, New Oxford, PA
Hoffman, Ruth A. (Kemper)   Born:  at  Died:  at Green Acres Nursing Center, Gettysburg, PA
Baumgardner, Chrishawna R.   Born: 8/30/1981 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 11/6/2008 at York Hospital, York, PA
Long, Phyllis Louise (McKinney)   Born:  at  Died:  at Hillside Retirement Home, Fairfield, PA
Bowser, Gene E.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover, PA
Smith, Faye H.   Born: 1/26/1937 at Gardners, PA Died: 10/31/2008 at Forest Park Health Center, Carlisle, PA
King, William W.   Born: 11/20/1963 at Cambridge, MA Died: 11/2/2008 at Loudoun County, VA
Gruber Jr., Charles   Born: 2/23/1920 at Fairfield Died: 8/18/2008 at
Hofe Sr., Edgar L.   Born: 12/29/1920 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 11/2/2008 at Golden Living Center, Gettysburg, PA
Elder, Courtney I.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hall, Hanover, PA
Kuhn Sr., Charles E. "Possum, Buck"   Born: 11/1/1919 at Adams County Died: 11/1/2008 at Green Acres Nursing Center, Gettysburg, PA
Kneller, Beulah M. Newcomer   Born: 1/29/1918 at  Died: 10/31/2008 at
Carson, Constance L. "Connie"   Born: 7/12/1931 at Waynesboro, PA Died: 11/1/2008 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
McVicker, Rev. Dr. Eugene Robbins   Born: 1/1/1924 at Watsontown, PA Died: 11/1/2008 at Homewood at Plum Creek, Hanover, PA
Arentz, Louise M.   Born:  at  Died:  at Homewood at Plum Creek, Hanover, PA
Gobrecht, John Edward   Born:  at  Died:  at Brethren Home Community, New Oxford, PA
Segessenman, Alma L.   Born:  at  Died:  at Gettysburg Lutheran Home, Gettysburg, PA
DeCosmo, Raymond J.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover, PA
Graves, Mira   Born: 4/23/1921 at Boston, MA Died: 10/28/2008 at Country Meadows Community, Mechanicsburg, PA
Wetzel, June M. B.   Born:  at  Died:  at Lutheran Retirement Village, Hanover, PA
Fresch, Nancy Lynn   Born: 10/12/1953 at Bethesda, MD Died: 10/28/2008 at Gettysburg, PA
Smith, Eileen P.   Born: 9/29/1958 at Washington, DC Died: 10/29/2008 at Gettysburg, PA
Smith-Ness, Sarah C.   Born: 12/3/1976 at Uniontown Died: 10/26/2008 at York Hospital, York, PA
Webster, Jack Amos   Born: 12/14/1927 at Altoona, PA Died: 10/26/2008 at Gardners, PA
Jones-Santiago, Virginia J.   Born: 4/15/1941 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 10/25/2008 at
Smith, Helena M.   Born: 10/27/1923 at Hanover, PA Died: 10/27/2008 at Hanover, PA
Farfan Alvarado, Manuel   Born: 7/1/1973 at Mexico Died: 10/26/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Surrency, Dorothy A. "Dot"   Born: 2/12/1946 at  Died: 10/24/2008 at Brethren Home Community, New Oxford, PA
Myers, Pauline V. Haugh   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Maynard, Dorothy Florence Crolius   Born:  at  Died:  at Littlestown, PA
Schaffer, Ruth D.   Born:  at  Died:  at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Tate, Margaret E.   Born:  at  Died:  at East Berlin, PA
Bange, Ruth E.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Pritt, Frances M.   Born: 6/12/1942 at Gouberneur, NY Died: 10/23/2008 at Gettysburg, PA
Glass, Fred A.   Born: 6/25/1923 at Adams County Died: 10/23/2008 at Edgegrove, PA
McSherry, Arlene M.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Baker, Lois Jane   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hall Nursing Center, Hanover, PA
Milo, Walter J.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover, PA
Williams, Neva E.   Born: 9/1/1920 at Abbottstown, Adams County Died: 10/20/2008 at York Hospital, York, PA
Biser, Ronald W.   Born: 8/31/1941 at Waynesboro, PA Died: 10/23/2008 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Currens, Myrna G.   Born: 4/13/1916 at Biglerville, PA Died: 10/22/2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, Winston-Salem, NC
Clabaugh, Clarence M. "Tony"   Born: 9/4/1943 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 10/21/2008 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Arthur, Justus G.   Born: 7/12/1926 at Hollidaysburg, PA Died: 10/22/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Smith, Nancy M.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Potts, Dr. Robert J.   Born: 2/18/1925 at Greensburg, Westmoreland County Died: 10/19/2008 at Dallastown Nursing Center, Dallastown, PA
Jacoby, Robert E.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Young, Lois M.   Born: 7/26/1928 at New York, NY Died: 10/20/2008 at Golden Living Center, Gettysburg, PA
Yohe, Doris K. (Kluck)   Born: 8/23/1924 at Menallen Township, Adams County Died: 10/19/2008 at Green Acres Nursing Center, Gettysburg, PA
Fissel, Barbara A.   Born: 4/2/1944 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 10/19/2008 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
McCoy, Nannie B.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Melvin, Elinor Dunbar Hampton   Born: 3/31/1935 at Stroudsburg, PA Died: 10/19/2008 at Carlisle Regional Medical Center, Carlisle, PA
Bankert, Edmund P.   Born: 9/9/1942 at Hanover, PA Died: 10/19/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Cubbison, Ronald W.   Born:  at  Died:  at
Day, Frederick A.   Born: 10/23/1940 at Adams County Died: 10/19/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
McMaster, James H.   Born: 12/24/1926 at McSherrystown, PA Died: 10/17/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Gentile Jr., Edward Leo   Born: 11/6/1941 at  Died: 10/16/2008 at Orrtanna, PA
Raffensperger, Ethel M.   Born:  at Romney, WV Died:  at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA
Black, Ray M.   Born: 4/23/1921 at Menallen Township, Adams County Died: 10/15/2008 at Gettysburg, PA
Shearer, Carl R.   Born:  at  Died:  at York Memorial Hospital, York, PA
Drowsky, Kathrine H. (Kathy)   Born: 10/12/1967 at Hanover, PA Died: 10/14/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Seguin, Janet A.   Born: 9/19/1927 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 10/14/2008 at Gettysburg Lutheran Village, Gettysburg, PA
Bream, Wilda L. (Stahl) Swaby   Born:  at  Died:  at Green Acres Nursing Center, Gettysburg, PA
Bream, Cora Vesta   Born: 12/31/1912 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 10/11/2008 at Champaign, IL
Vaughn, Catherine I.   Born: 11/1/1924 at Washington Township, York County Died: 10/14/2008 at Claremont Nursing and Rehab. Center, Carlisle, PA
Botterbusch, Daniel E.   Born: 4/20/1944 at Dover Died: 10/14/2008 at Fairfield, PA
Singley, Mildred J.   Born: 7/11/1922 at St. Thomas Died: 10/13/2008 at HealthSouth Reg. Spec. Hosp., Mechanicsburg, PA
Carter, William S.   Born: 3/29/1925 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 10/13/2008 at York, PA
Brown, Sylvester M.   Born: 2/25/1924 at Bickmore, WV Died: 10/13/2008 at Gettysburg, PA
Duncan, James Earl   Born:  at  Died:  at New Oxford, PA
Berkheimer, Miriam V. "Mim"   Born:  at  Died:  at Country Meadows, York, PA
Bonebrake, Harper J.   Born:  at  Died:  at
Porter M.D., E. Lee   Born: 2/2/1913 at Wayne, Delaware County Died: 10/11/2008 at Gettysburg, PA
DeGroft, Tiffany D.   Born: 10/21/1978 at York County Died: 10/10/2008 at Fairfax County, VA
Boarts, Diane Lynn   Born: 12/21/1971 at Hanover, PA Died: 10/11/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Hotz, John E.   Born: 6/23/1929 at Hanover, PA Died: 10/10/2008 at Hanover, PA
Yelland, Bruce R.   Born: 2/9/1931 at Philadelphia, PA Died: 10/11/2008 at
Beam, Lydia "Lee" H.   Born: 6/7/1925 at Philadelphia, PA Died: 10/11/2008 at Statesman Health and Rehab. Ctr., Levittown, PA
Bushey, Blaine Deardorff   Born: 4/9/1919 at Franklin Township, Adams County, PA Died: 10/10/2008 at Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA
Noel, Madeline F. (Rightmire)   Born:  at  Died:  at Brethren Home Community, New Oxford, PA
Decker, Catherine R. (Diehl)   Born: 3/30/1920 at York, PA Died: 10/9/2008 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Sprankle, Stephanie Marie   Born: 11/4/1977 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 10/9/2008 at
Coleman, Beatrice L.   Born: 8/28/1934 at Baltimore, MD Died: 10/8/2008 at Fayetteville, PA
Wright, Janet R. (Dubs)   Born: 5/6/1922 at Lititz Died: 10/7/2008 at Lancashire Nursing Home, Lancaster, PA
Burl, Kenneth O.   Born: 4/17/1948 at Saranac Lake, NY Died: 10/6/2008 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA