M. LOUISE KARPER, 90, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Health Care Center.
She was born on February 18, 1921 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Jesse and Leora Booz Jones.
Louise was employed at Shippensburg University, where she worked in the Athletics Laundry Department, retiring in 1981. She was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg, a member of the Ft. Morris AARP #2525, and liked to make needlepoint and crafts.
She is survived by her son, Roy F. (Nancy) Piper of Orrstown; her daughter, Catherine L. (Ray) Washinger of Shippensburg; a stepson, David E. Karper of Carlisle; a stepdaughter, Patricia (Rodney) Shatzer of Chambersburg; three brothers, Chester (Bermeda) Jones, Leroy (Frances) Jones, and John (Romaine) Jones, all of Shippensburg; three sisters, Bernita (Bruce) Bistline of Carlisle, Beatrice Waggoner of Mechanicsburg, and Ethel Palmer of Shippensburg; seven grandchildren; many great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Roy F. Piper, Sr.; her second husband, David Karper; and one grandson, Scott Washinger.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Inc., Shippensburg. The Rev. Dr. Francis H. Norton will officiate. Interment will follow in the Spring Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Messiah United Methodist Church at 30 South Penn Street Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Source : The Public Opinion Newspaper - Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania - Saturday, December 10, 2011
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Unable to add Shippensburg to the place of birth field as Shippensburg is in two counties, Franklin and Cumberland, and the obituary does not state in which county she was born.
M. LOUISE KARPER, 90, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Health Care Center.
She was born on February 18, 1921 in Shippensburg, a daughter of the late Jesse and Leora Booz Jones.
Louise was employed at Shippensburg University, where she worked in the Athletics Laundry Department, retiring in 1981. She was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg, a member of the Ft. Morris AARP #2525, and liked to make needlepoint and crafts.
She is survived by her son, Roy F. (Nancy) Piper of Orrstown; her daughter, Catherine L. (Ray) Washinger of Shippensburg; a stepson, David E. Karper of Carlisle; a stepdaughter, Patricia (Rodney) Shatzer of Chambersburg; three brothers, Chester (Bermeda) Jones, Leroy (Frances) Jones, and John (Romaine) Jones, all of Shippensburg; three sisters, Bernita (Bruce) Bistline of Carlisle, Beatrice Waggoner of Mechanicsburg, and Ethel Palmer of Shippensburg; seven grandchildren; many great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Roy F. Piper, Sr.; her second husband, David Karper; and one grandson, Scott Washinger.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Inc., Shippensburg. The Rev. Dr. Francis H. Norton will officiate. Interment will follow in the Spring Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Messiah United Methodist Church at 30 South Penn Street Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Source : The Public Opinion Newspaper - Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania - Saturday, December 10, 2011
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Unable to add Shippensburg to the place of birth field as Shippensburg is in two counties, Franklin and Cumberland, and the obituary does not state in which county she was born.
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