Della R. Besore, 86, of Shippensburg, passed away Sunday, October 5, 2025 at the Chambersburg Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Born Monday, February 6, 1939 in Robertsdale, Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Chester and Jean Barber Duvall.
She was a graduate of the Robertsdale Senior High School.
Della retired from the James Burd Elementary School in Shippensburg, where she worked in the cafeteria with 30 years of service. She was a member of the former Evangelical Tabernacle Church in Shippensburg.
She is survived by one daughter, Kathy J. (Brien) Hardy-Mikell; two step-daughters, Patricia (Philip) Mellott, and Bridget (Roger) Crouse; two step-sons, Donald and James Besore; one brother, Jay Rupert; two sisters, Geraldine Sites, and Judy Neville; three granddaughters, Amber (Warren) Scott, Baille Mikell, and Megan Hardy Singer; two great-granddaughters, Aryanna Sherman, and Alexyah Scott; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Melvin Hardy; second husband, Arthur G. Besore; two sons, Faron Lee and Eddie Hardy; three sisters, Donna Griffith, Kay Williams, and Ruth Neville; and one brother, Johnny Duvall.
Funeral services and burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 150 Monument Road, Suite 100, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 or online here.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium Inc.
Online condolences may be expressed at the funeral home’s website.
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