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:
Wilson, Evelyn M.   Born:  at  Died:  at Silver Run, MD
Chase, William E.   Born:  at  Died:  at Fairfield, PA
Shirley, Tom D.   Born:  at  Died:  at Fairfield, PA
Halter, Reba V.   Born: 11/7/1919 at Uniontown, MD Died: 4/9/2011 at Gettysburg Lutheran Home, Gettysburg, PA
Oyler, Evelyn Jane   Born: 6/9/1930 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/9/2011 at Green Acres Convalescent Home, Gettysburg, PA
Miller, Louise Mae (Rice)   Born: 8/2/1927 at Aspers, PA Died: 4/10/2011 at York Springs, PA
Logan, Evelyn Myers   Born: 7/2/1915 at Craig County, VA Died: 4/7/2011 at New Castle, VA
Brown, James E.   Born: 11/8/1941 at Thurmont, MD Died: 4/9/2011 at Pleasant Acres Home, York, PA
Chase, William E.   Born: 6/17/1941 at Worchester, MA Died: 4/8/2011 at Fairfield, PA
Rutter, Patrick G.   Born:  at  Died:  at
Musselman Jr., George   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hall, Hanover, PA
McLaughlin, Pauline Evelyn   Born:  at  Died:  at Lorien Nursing and Rehab. Center, Taneytown, MD
Brehm, Donald E.   Born: 7/13/1926 at Plainfield, NJ Died: 4/11/2011 at Chapel Pointe at Carlisle, Carlisle, PA
Crone, Gladys E.   Born: 5/27/1920 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/11/2011 at Ecumencial Community in Harrisburg, PA
Crouse, Neil J.   Born: 4/21/1971 at Hanover, PA Died: 4/8/2011 at York County, PA
Shirley, Tom D.   Born: 5/27/1944 at Arkansas Died: 4/7/2011 at Fairfield, PA
Hikes, Alexine G.   Born: 9/20/1918 at Florence, SC Died: 4/11/2011 at Chapel Pointe at Carlisle, Carlisle, PA
Malinosky, Kathleen I.   Born: 6/4/1926 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/11/2011 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Lorah, Jack F.   Born:  at  Died:  at Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, PA
Moser, Anna C.   Born: 2/5/1930 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/12/2011 at Green Acres Convalescent Home, Gettysburg, PA
Koontz, Edna Bechtel   Born: 12/17/1917 at Carroll County, MD Died: 4/13/2011 at Homewood at Crumbland Farms, Frederick, MD
Winand, Merle E.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Lorah, Jack F.   Born:  at  Died:  at Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, PA
Miller, Christian E.   Born:  at  Died:  at
Tulp, Jane Kane   Born: 7/27/1931 at Baltimore, MD Died: 3/13/2011 at Martin Convalecent Hospital, Tiburon, CA
Frock, Velma Nadine   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hall Nursing Center, Hanover, PA
Baldwin, Patrick A.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hall Nursing Center, Hanover, PA
Warren, Kathryn M.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hall Nursing Center, Hanover, PA
Swackard, Sammie Lee   Born: 2/25/1959 at Camilla Mitchell, GA Died: 4/14/2011 at Gettybsurg, PA
Morehead, Carl M. "Milt"   Born: 8/1/1923 at Littlestown, PA Died: 4/14/2011 at The Brethren Home, New Oxford, PA
Small, Harold J.   Born: 1/7/1928 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/15/2011 at Gettybsurg, PA
Leach, Oscar   Born:  at  Died:  at Colombia Cottage, Hanover, PA
Stultz, Gary L.   Born:  at  Died:  at Littlestown, PA
Weitzel, Elizabeth Jane   Born: 5/20/1926 at Baltimore, MD Died: 4/16/2011 at Gettybsurg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Weikert, Jo Ann   Born: 11/21/1927 at Fairfied, PA Died: 4/16/2011 at Fairfield, PA
Warren, Kathryn M.   Born: 3/28/1935 at Silver Run, MD Died: 4/15/2011 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center, Hanover, PA
Kolarik Sr., Leo J.   Born: 7/3/1930 at Hanover, PA Died: 4/17/2011 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Davidson, Ethel Mary   Born:  at  Died:  at Colombia Cottage, Hanover, PA
Wolf, Jay D.   Born: 3/2/1922 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/18/2011 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Richstine, Dorman L.   Born: 9/20/1925 at Hanover, PA Died: 4/19/2011 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Townsend, Jean E.   Born: 1/21/1923 at Harrisburg, PA Died: 4/18/2011 at Brethren Home Community, New Oxford, PA
Harbaugh, G. Rodney   Born:  at Farefield, PA Died:  at Sanatoga Center, Pottstown, PA
Meehan, Rebecca A.   Born:  at  Died:  at Carlisle, PA
Mummert, Pauline Marie "Polly"   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hall
Wagaman Jr., John Ellsworth   Born: 10/31/1966 at Hanover, PA Died: 4/20/2011 at Cumberland Co., PA
Hankey, Carl W.   Born: 2/1/1924 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/20/2011 at Gettysburg Lutheran Village, Gettysburg, PA
Fetrow, Bill   Born: 1/3/1953 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/21/2011 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, IN
Hursh Rebert, Pearl A. (Gunnet)   Born:  at  Died:  at East Berlin, PA
Arentz, Carolyn C. 'Grammy'   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover, PA
Ogle, Evelyn J.   Born:  at  Died:  at Clayton, DE
Rohrbaugh, Kenneth J.   Born: 10/27/1943 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 4/23/2011 at Gettysburg, PA
Hart Sr., George "Soapy"   Born:  at  Died:  at
Keller Hobbs, Gladys V. (Lindsay)   Born:  at  Died:  at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Bond, Fredrick E.   Born: 4/11/1946 at Clarksburg, W. Va. Died: 4/24/2011 at York Springs PA
Klunk, Mary Kathryn   Born: 3/28/1925 at Adams Co., PA Died: 4/25/2011 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Walker Sr., Russell L.   Born:  at  Died:  at York Hospital, York, PA
Baumgardner, Mary Ellen   Born:  at  Died:  at Littlestown, PA
Bream, Dorthy S.   Born:  at  Died:  at Arendtsville PA
Sieck Sr., Louis C.   Born:  at  Died:  at
Dayhoff, Ethel S.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Carey, Richard O.   Born: 9/27/1940 at Tyrone Twp., Adams Co. Died: 2/18/2011 at Aspers, PA
Mawyer, Ruth S.   Born: 10/25/1908 at Biglerville, PA Died: 2/17/2011 at Claremont Nursing and Rehab. Center, Carlisle, PA
Lott, Elizabeth H. "Dolly"   Born: 9/14/1914 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 2/20/2011 at Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA
Riley, Merle Vincent   Born: 2/10/1920 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 2/18/2011 at Gettybsurg, PA
Shultz, Shawn E.   Born: 10/15/1971 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 2/20/2011 at Gettysburg, PA
Rose, Thomas D.   Born: 2/2/1948 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 2/20/2011 at Dillsburg, PA
Butler, Mytrice "Pat"   Born: 4/17/1920 at North Carolina Died: 2/20/2011 at The Brethren Home, New Oxford, PA
Gates, Leonard W. "Piney"   Born: 1/8/1920 at Quincy, PA Died: 2/20/2011 at Aspers, PA
Pittinger, Robert L.   Born: 8/28/1942 at Taneytown, MD Died: 2/20/2011 at Lorien Nursing and Rehab. Center, Taneytown, MD
Riffle, Joyce R. (Hippensteel)   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Brown, Margaret M.   Born:  at  Died:  at Lake Forest, Orange County, CA
Snyder Sr., Richard E.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover, PA
Ruppel, Vivian E.   Born:  at  Died:  at Amhearst, OH
Riggs, Betty (Shetter)   Born:  at  Died:  at Select Speciality Hosp.,Camp Hill, PA
Carpenter, John Nelson   Born:  at  Died:  at Golden Living Center, Gettysburg, PA
Chillcoat, John F.   Born:  at  Died:  at Waynesboro, PA
Reaves, Patricia Ann   Born: 7/27/1948 at Gettysburg, PA Died: 2/20/2011 at Gettybsurg, PA
Bachman, Edward R   Born:  at  Died:  at Westminster, MD
Murren, caroline M. "Carrie"   Born: 11/10/1923 at Adams County Died: 2/22/2011 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center, Hanover, PA
Clever, Geraldine F. High   Born: 2/8/1923 at Chambersburg PA Died: 2/20/2011 at Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, PA
Seifert, Mildred L.   Born: 1/16/1934 at Pittsburgh, PA Died: 2/21/2011 at McSherrystown, PA
Dayhoff, Ethel S.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Savino, Barbra Ann (Burns)   Born: 12/4/1922 at Florence, Mass. Died: 2/23/2011 at Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA
Bankert, Delores Jean   Born:  at  Died:  at Homewod at Plum Creek, Hanover, PA
Raffensperger, Emory E. Jr.   Born: 6/26/1923 at Biglerville, PA Died: 2/22/2011 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Snyder, Richard E.   Born:  at  Died:  at Hanover, PA
McElwain, Ernest Russell   Born: 1/9/1921 at Bellwood, PA Died: 2/22/2011 at Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Bricker, Ruth E.   Born: 9/22/1908 at Aspers, PA Died: 2/22/2011 at Brethren Home Community, New Oxford, PA
Ricci, Authur Richard   Born: 11/22/1936 at Rochelle NY Died: 2/24/2011 at Littlestown, PA
Meyers, Gloria E.   Born: 1/20/1943 at Carlisle, PA Died: 2/23/2011 at Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, PA
Starner, Margaret M   Born: 1/4/1918 at Adams County Died: 2/23/2011 at Lutheran Retirement Village, Gettysburg, PA
Martinelli, Patrick A.   Born: 8/20/1932 at Gevelston, Texas Died: 2/23/2011 at York Hospital, York, PA
Cover, Ethel M.   Born: 12/4/1925 at Brushtown, PA Died: 2/25/2011 at Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA
Walker, Blake Scott   Born: 11/30/1993 at Waynesboro, PA Died: 2/25/2011 at Gettysburg, PA
Sowers, Mary I.   Born: 10/10/1919 at  Died: 2/24/2011 at Gettysburg Center
Thomas, J. Dorris   Born:  at  Died:  at Homewood at Crumbland Farms, Frederick, MD
Finfrock, Estella M.   Born: 6/30/1921 at Adams County, PA Died: 2/25/2011 at Carlisle Regional Hospital, Carlisle, PA
Wilt, Annie M. (Leas)   Born: 12/22/1926 at Reading Township, Adams County Died: 2/26/2011 at York Hospital, York, PA
Rohrbaugh, Larry E. Sr.   Born: 9/7/1941 at York County Died: 2/26/2011 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center, Hanover, PA
Antolin, Ana   Born:  at Madrid, Spain Died:  at Alexandria, VA