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John Shemas Obituary (2024) - Shippenburg, PA - Patriot-News View John M. Shemas Jr.'s obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

The Paxtang Fire Company #1 would like to thank Neill Funeral Homes, Inc. located at 3501 Derry Street in Paxtang Borough, for their generous donation of $250.00. Thank you for your support!!

On National Parents Day, we celebrate the incredible role parental figures play in our lives. The National Alliance for Children's Grief offers resources to equip parental figures with knowledge and guidance to help a grieving child. Learn how to support a grieving child by visiting the NACG Family Portal. https://nacg.org/family-portal/ -ancho

Maurice Mentzer Obituary (1930 - 2024) - Duncannon, PA - Patriot-News View Maurice Ben Mentzer Jr.'s obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Shawn Lauver Obituary (1986 - 2024) - Bolivia, NC - Patriot-News View Shawn T. Lauver's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

William Morrow Obituary (1976 - 2024) - Harrisburg, PA - Patriot-News View William Michael Morrow's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

George Berrier Obituary (1937 - 2024) - New Cumberland, PA - Patriot-News View George Robert Berrier's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Ruth Hummel Obituary (1929 - 2024) - Mechanicsburg, PA - Patriot-News View Ruth Hummel's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Patricia Davis Obituary (03/17/1942 - 07/01/2024) - Harrisburg, PA - Patriot-News View Patricia Davis's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Patricia Davis Obituary (1942 - 2024) - Harrisburg, PA - Patriot-News View Patricia Lynn Davis's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Theodore Conrad Obituary (12/10/1946 - 07/04/2024) - Harrisburg, PA - Patriot-News View Theodore Conrad's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Swatara Township will be hosting a FREE shredding event on July 11th, 2024. The event will be held in the front parking lot of the Township Building, 599 Eisenhower Boulevard. This event will provide a safe and secure way for Township Residents to dispose of your confidential material. Please see attached flyer for additional information and NO METAL can be mixed into the paperwork. This includes paperclips, binder clips, hanging file folders, and 3 ring binders. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Carol West Obituary (04/29/1946 - 06/22/2024) - Harrisburg, PA - Patriot-News View Carol Sue West's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

It's been awhile since we had a little Funeral Home Fun...
For a $10.00 Sheetz Gift Card, how many M&Ms does it take to fill one casket? Whoever guesses the closest amount without going over, will receive the card. Put your guesses in the comments no later than 3:00 pm, on Friday, 6/28/24. Good Luck!!!

June has been recognized as Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month since 1994.
Did you know that? Did I know that?I’m not sure.
It seems like 30 years of bringing awareness to something would yield well…more awareness.

Awareness is the quality or state of being aware: knowledge and understanding that something is happening or exists. Do we have that, both knowledge and understanding that men suffer with mental illnesses?

Men stereotypically and culturally have not talked about their mental health because they’ve not been encouraged or supported to do so on a consistent basis.

There have been so many families that I’ve sat with while making funeral arrangements who have said something like, “Dad was feeling pressure in his chest the past couple of weeks, and every time we asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital, he shrugged and assured us he’d get better.”

Men aren’t especially good at being aware of their own pain, until it’s too late.

For me, it was hard to have awareness because I didn’t have the words for what I was experiencing. Or perhaps I was afraid of the words. “Depression” -- I thought -- was a weakness, something that – just like the heart attack that landed stubborn men in the prep room – was best dealt with by avoiding it altogether.
I avoided it, until I couldn’t. Until I saw how it was affecting those closest to me. Until I struggled to get out of bed. To play with my children. Until I forgot what it was like to actually live life. Until even more frightening thoughts started entering my mind.

And then I did the thing men aren’t so great at doing, I asked for help. I found strength in the rubble of weakness.

We learn and are taught from very early age that there is a preconceived notion of how men should be, how men should feel and how men should act. But what we’re taught and what we experience can be two very contradictory things.

We, as men, are molded into the idea of the ideal version of ourselves that society and those around us deem as acceptable. With those ideas set in stone, it only further cements into place that if we suffer from the burdens of mental health issues, we must suffer through them quietly or risk being seen as weak.

I’m inclined to think that the true testament to strength is admitting when we need help and seeking it.

If you suffer with mental health, I see you, I support you and I reiterate loudly how strong you actually are in being vocal about it.

Just as I am proud of myself for seeking help when my depression was bigger than me, I’m proud of you for steps you’ve taken in the past and for steps you might take in the future.