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Julie Alexander
Mar 9, 2022
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Richard Szabo
Mar 8, 2022
Richard William Szabo, 61, of Swatara Township, died Tuesday March 8, 2022 in his home. He was a former Parts Manager for the former Francis for Fords Automotive Dealership and was involved in all the clubs in Steelton. Richard was an avid boater on the Susquehanna River and Raystown Lake. He was part of the original generation of the Hill...
Josephine Rimpfel
Mar 8, 2022
Josephine A. Caracciolo Rimpfel, 83, of Harrisburg, died on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 in UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital She was a 1956 graduate of Altoona High School and a 1959 graduate of Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing. Josephine was a retired Nurse Surveyor for the PA Department of Health and had worked as a nurse at Harrisburg Hospital for many...
Thomas Grubic
Mar 6, 2022
Thomas F. Grubic, 72, of Mechanicsburg, died Sunday, March 6, 2022 in the Thornwald Home, Carlisle. He was a graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School Class of 1967, a former employee of Quest Diagnostics, Baltimore and was a Supervisor in the Graphics Dept. of Northrop-Grumman, Washington, DC. He was a member of Prince of Peace Roman Catholic Parish, Steelton, St....
Michael Milakovic
Mar 5, 2022
Michael A. Milakovic, 60, of Mechanicsburg, died Saturday, March 5, 2022 in his home. He was a graduate of Steelton-Highspire High School Class of 1980 and Slippery Rock University Class of 1984, where he earned a Bachelors Degree. He was a Computer Operator for Capital Blue Cross, a member of St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, Oberlin, and a 50-year member...
Joann Meek
Feb 25, 2022
JoAnn C. Meek, 83 of Mechanicsburg, died Friday, February 25, 2022 in UPMC - Carlisle Hospital. She retired from 42 years in banking with the former Dauphin Deposit Bank as the Assistant Vice President of Deposits Operations. JoAnn is a 1956 graduate of the former Harrisburg Catholic High School (now Bishop McDevitt) and was a member of the Mechanicsburg VFW...
Kenneth Kelsey
Feb 24, 2022
Kenneth C. Kelsey, 89, of The Middletown Home, died Thursday, February 24, 2022 in Carlisle. He was a graduate of John Harris High School Class of 1950; a US Army Veteran of the Korean War serving in Japan and Korea; he served in US Army Reserves from 1952 until 1962 and PA National Guard 28th Division from 1962 until retirement...
Penny Paget
Feb 22, 2022
Penny Paget, 75, of Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 in the Center. She retired as a Medical Secretary of the Cardiology Department of Harrisburg Hospital and was of the Presbyterian faith. Penny was born on November 13, 1946, daughter of the late John and Ethel Halfpenny Paget. She is survived by a cousin...
Linda Brillinger
Feb 20, 2022
Linda Louise ( Balchunas ) Brillinger of Paxtang, died at her residence Sunday, February 20, 2022 by her husband''s side. She was born in Danville,PA on November 21, 1940 to her father, Albert M. Balchunas and mother, Betty L. (Bower) Balchunas. She was the oldest of seven children. They were a large and loving family who stayed close throughout their...
Michael Snyder
Feb 19, 2022
Michael Dennis Snyder, 68, of Harrisburg, died on Saturday, February 19, 2022 in UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital . He was a retired Supervisor for Sirah Contractors and a member of Friendship Fire Company "Bressler Club" , St. Lawrence Club and the Dutch Club. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wayne and E. Bernadine Hoover Snyder and sisters, Edna,...
Harold Shull
Feb 18, 2022
Harold S. "Hap" Shull, 87, Stroudsburg, died Friday, February 18, 2022 in the Gardens at Blue Ridge, Lower Paxton Twp., under the care of Hospice of Central Pennsylvania. He was born in Swatara Township, and was the son of the late Henry A. Shull and Esther A. Eshenour Shull. Hap is survived by his four daughters, Catherine S. and husband...
Walter Celsky, Sr.
Feb 12, 2022
Walter A. "Sonny" Celsky, Sr., 68, of Marysville and formerly of the Steelton''s West Side, died Saturday, February 12, 2022 in Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. He was a US Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, a truck driver for Scholastic Book Fair, and attended Steelton Mennonite Church. Walter was the son of the late George and Lawanda L....
Jose Pagan
Feb 9, 2022
Jose A. Pagan, 43, of Swatara Twp., died on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 in M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was the Director of NE Distribution for Woodstream Logistics, Mechanicsburg and a member of St. Catherine Laboure Roman Catholic Church. Jose is survived by his loving wife, Daisy Colon Pagan; one daughter, Eliana Marie Pagan; parents, Anibal Pagan Hernandez and Gladys...
Fae Kireta
Feb 8, 2022
Fae Romaine Kireta, 89, entered her final resting place on February 8, 2022. It was her wish to be at home surrounded by her family when she made the final and peaceful journey to be with Dad (even she referred to Charlie as Dad) who went to his final rest in 2016. He was her soul mate and loving husband...
Harvey Henry
Feb 7, 2022
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Anthony Meluso
Jan 27, 2022
Anthony “Tony” Meluso, 71, of Middletown, died Thursday, January 27, 2022. Born in Sant’Arsenio, Salerno, Italy, Tony was the son of the late Angelo Pietro and Luigia “Gina” (Vricella) Meluso.Tony immigrated to the United States on the SS Cristoforo Colombo when he was 14 years old at the insistence of his parents who wanted him to pursue an education and...
Edward Kovach, Jr.
Jan 25, 2022
Edward F. Kovach, Jr., 71, of Swatara Twp., died Tuesday, January 25, 2022 in UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital, Lower Paxton Twp. He was a Process Distribution Specialist at the Defense Distribution Center, New Cumberland and a Roman Catholic and member of the Sons and Daughters of Italy. Ed was the son of the late Edward F. Kovach, Jr. and Charlotte...
Jerry-Jules Palermo
Jan 25, 2022
Jerry-Jules Max Palermo, 56, of Steelton, died Tuesday, January 25, 2022 in Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.Jerry was a proud citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. He is survived by his wife, Wendy M. Barish Palermo; two daughters, Alissa J. Palermo and Olivia J. Palermo, both of Steelton; one brother, Michael Sacca and wife Crystal, Steelton; his mother, Paula...
Edward Schaffstall
Jan 23, 2022
Edward R. Schaffstall, 81, of Country Meadows of Hershey and formerly of Susquehanna Twp., died Sunday, January 23, 2022 in Country Meadows. He was a retired Senior Chief Petty Officer with the US Navy serving 20 years of active service and an additional 10 years in the US Navy Reserve. He was a member of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Roman...
Jennie Ward
Jan 23, 2022
Jennie Lee Ward, 83, of Steelton, passed away at The Middletown Home, where she peacefully entered into eternal life. She was the daughter of the late Thomas P. and Mary E. Ward, who she cared for until their demise. Jennie is survived by several cousins, Helen Schindler, Janet Hill, Nancy Trievel, Earl Frady, Jr., Brian Frady, Lee Baer-Shull and Peggy...
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