Anita-Sheaffer-Obituary

Anita Sheaffer

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

02/03/1960 - 11/16/2025

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November 16, 2025
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Anita M. Sheaffer, 65, of Harrisburg and formerly of Halifax and Middletown, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. You may know her from her nearly 30 years working at Highmark, or earlier when she cooked at Denny's Lennies restaurant in Halifax. She attended Middletown...

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Anita's family and mine will be forever tied together, as back in the 1970s my parents would go to her parents every Friday evening to teach them about the Bible.That's where they were introduced to her sister-in-law Dianne, who really hit it off with my mother. In time, my mom would make the drive to Middletown every week to teach Dianne more about the Bible. Anita would often message me about what was happening with her. This past year, my husband and I were able to visit her twice. I was...

We shared the love of the NFL. But not the raiders. She was the first person I knew that had one of those huge satellite dishes. The ones that rotated. She could get all the NFL games. Very revolutionary in it's time. Loved to drop in and watch the games with her. She will be missed

Oh, my beautiful friend Anita. I will always remember the awesome stories. They bring a smile and a chuckle every time I think of... Lush, the turtle :-) Tony, and his disdain for "paper work" & "Steve" which was every skunk or opossum (can't remember which now). And one more, Maggie (The Cat) telling on Buzz for tearing up the bathroom while her and Thelma were out-and-about. "Home again, home again, jiggety jig" I could go on and on. Anyway, I will miss her. Sending much love and...

Anita was my dear friend. We worked at Highmark . She had a witty personality . I will cherish forever. So until we meet again my friend! Xoxo

We shared her bucket list and enjoyed every minute with her snd Sadie...so many stories to tell. YOU WILLALWAYS STAY IN MY HEART GOOD FRIEND AND :SISTER"

I always liked her funny memes and one day she asked if I would play scrabble with her, because she said "no one else would play with her because she was so bad". In the beginning of it, she was lol, but she truly got allot better and even beat me a few times. We shared our happy moments and sad throughout our games and became closer friends through it all. I will miss her quick wit and just knowing she was there, only a click away. RIP My dear friend and I hope to see you again in the next...

I graduated with Anita and I remember us going door to door selling frozen pizza and subs to pay for our senior class trip. I also got to see her, her mom and her kitties quite often when they lived on my mail route. My son was also in a fantasy football league with her for a few years. She did love her Raiders. I've always loved her dry wit. Prayers and sympathy to her family.

Many great memories of working together at Lennie's when Jean Lawlor was our boss. We worked at of Saturday morning breakfast shifts together, and Sundays were always busy too.We would run into each other at craft shows , not knowing we signed up for the same one. Remember her mom being there with her. We had cats in common and if I recall correctly we had mated my male Siamese cat Tokyo, with her female, sorry I can't remember her cats name. I got one of the kittens,a male and I called him...

Anita & I were in graduation class 1978, Halifax. She was always a kind person. Sad to hear of her passing. May she rest in peace and peace & love to her family. XO Tammy