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Robert Fickes
Oct 17, 2019
Robert E. "Bobby" Fickes III, 40, of Fayetteville, passed away due to natural causes on Thursday, October 17, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on November 9, 1978 in Waynesboro, PA, he was a son of Annette Freeman Fickes of Fayetteville and Robert E. Fickes Jr. of Shippensburg. Bobby was most recently employed as a maintenance supervisor for Applegate Insulation at...
H. Vivian Shetter
Oct 16, 2019
H. Vivian Shetter, 90, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, after a brief illness. Born October 20, 1928 in Orrstown, she was a daughter of the late Samuel C. and Ada Jewel McNair Garnes. Her beloved husband, Jack S. Shetter, preceded her in death on March 7, 1997. Vivian spent most of her life making a home...
Frances Grove
Oct 15, 2019
Frances M. Grove, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Michaux Manor. Born January 30, 1928 in Bellwood, PA, she was a daughter of the late John R. and Anna Mary Hillard McElwain. Mrs. Grove was a 1946 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed at Belle Jewelers in downtown Chambersburg for 50...
Vickie Vance
Oct 11, 2019
Vickie L. Earley Vance age 67, of Ft. Loudon, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 11, 2019, at the Harrisburg Hospital. Born July 5, 1952, in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Jean L. Kendall Earley. Vickie was a graduate of McConnellsburg High School and the former Shippensburg State College, where she earned a...
Vincenzo Fontanarosa
Oct 10, 2019
Vincenzo Fontanarosa, 62, of Chambersburg, PA passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 10, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Born September 20, 1957 in Naples, Italy, he was the son of the late Nicola and Anna Fontanarosa. Vinny worked as a mechanic at Knouse Foods for 18 years. His biggest passion in life was physical fitness. You would often...
Charles Frame
Oct 4, 2019
Charles W. Frame, Jr., 91, of Avalon, NJ, and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Menno Haven. Born August 3, 1928 in West Chester, PA, he was a son of the late Charles W. Frame, Sr. and Helen Morgan Frame. Charles was a graduate of St. Agnes Catholic School in West Chester. A US Navy...
Anna Shoap
Oct 2, 2019
Anna P. Isenberger Shoap, 86, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, October 2, 2019 at Parker House in Quincy, PA. Born August 19, 1933 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late George I. and Matilda Kyler Isenberger. Mrs. Isenberger was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She retired from the US Government after 30...
Gary Cooper
Oct 1, 2019
Gary J. Cooper, 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA. Born June 8, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Orville Guy and Kathleen Evelyn Snively Cooper. Gary was a 1962 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and attended Hagerstown Junior College. He retired from Letterkenny Army...
Lois Plasterer
Sep 30, 2019
Lois Cecilia “Pat” Piper Plasterer, 90, of Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on September 30, 2019. Born August 16, 1929 in Amberson Valley, she was the daughter of the late Newton B. and K. Myrtle Flautt Piper. Pat graduated from the former Fannett Township High School in Dry Run with the class of 1946. She...
Barbara Wego
Sep 29, 2019
Barbara M. Wego, wife, homemaker, and Registered Nurse, died on Sunday, September 29, 2019, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. She was born on September 19, 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of the late Arthur and Margaret Boe. She was in residence at the Shook Home in Chambersburg. Prior to that she resided at the Village of Luther Ridge, a retirement community,...
John Rosenberry
Sep 25, 2019
John Cloyd Rosenberry, 80, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Born April 26, 1939, in Horse Valley, PA he was the last living child of the late Roy and Dora (Horn) Rosenberry. John started his own logging business at the age of 15, operated a saw shop for a number of years, and later he started his own sawmill...
Roy Creager
Sep 22, 2019
Roy J. Creager, Sr., age 86, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019, at the York Hospital. Born March 3, 1933, in Mercersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Albert R. and Zella Schultz Creager. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Creager served honorably in the Korean Conflict, he continued his service at Letterkenny Army Depot,...
Cora Thompson
Sep 21, 2019
Cora “Corky” V. (Keyes) Thompson was born April 21, 1935 in Hagerstown, MD to Reginald O. Keyes, Sr. and Cecelia (Stoner) Keyes. She entered eternal peace on Saturday, September 21, 2019. Corky met and married her loving husband, Edward A. Thompson, Sr. and was blessed with four children. She was a devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and was affectionately...
Charles Woodal
Sep 21, 2019
Charles Edward Woodal, age 84, known to many as “Woody” or “Ed”, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 7, 1935 in Path Valley, he was a son of the late Earl T. and Hazel Rohrabaugh Woodal. Ed owned and operated Woodal’s Gararge in Chambersburg. Early in his working career he was employed at Landis...
Walter Matthews
Sep 20, 2019
Walter Elwood “Woody” Matthews, Sr., 76, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019 at the Chambersburg, Hospital. Born October 26, 1942 in Portsmouth, VA, he was a son of the late Garland and Mary Rawles Matthews. Woody earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in 1971. He was employed at Corning Glass Works for over...
Elaine Meyers
Sep 20, 2019
Elaine G. Meyers, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away September 20, 2019 after a brief illness. Born September 22, 1947 in Toledo, OH, she was the daughter of of the late Roy A. Rife and Hazel Stewart Rife. After graduating from Chambersburg Area Senior High School, she began her career at F&M Trust Company and retired from the bank 38...
Doris Miller
Sep 20, 2019
Doris Miller, 94, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019 at Chambers Pointe. Her beloved husband of 60 years, Edwin W. Miller, preceded her in death on May 19, 2011. Doris was born on February 26, 1925 in Latham, TN to the late William and Lester May Grogan Maxey. Her father owned a three floor general store there...
John Hawbaker
Sep 15, 2019
John A. “Jack” Hawbaker, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, September 15, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on September 27, 1943 in Lebanon, PA, he was a son of the late Lester A. and Pauline Snell Hawbaker. A 1961 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Jack worked for James River Corporation for 37+ years, and then Frey Communications...
Glenn Webber
Sep 15, 2019
Glenn Albert Webber, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 15, 2019. Born May 14, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Albert C. and Mary E. Davis Webber. Glenn graduated from the Chambersburg Area Senior High School in 1960. He was employed with Norfolk Southern Railroad for...
Beverly Coldsmith
Sep 15, 2019
Beverly F. Coldsmith, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, September 15, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 7, 1933 in Greencastle, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth Eugene and Kathryn Louise Stains Leedy. A homemaker most of her life, Bev had at one time worked as a waitress in the Chambersburg area. She was a...
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