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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Deborah Hoch
Aug 23, 2019
Deborah M. Hoch, 64, of Newburg, PA, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 4, 1955 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Donald Brechbill and the late Lucille J. Dullabaun Rock. A 1973 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School she had worked at Letterkenny Army Depot and had managed the Dollar...
Elizabeth Geisinger
Aug 22, 2019
Elizabeth D. Geisinger, 83, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, August 22, 2019 at her home. Born August 4, 1936 in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Dorothy Foulke Zuberka. She was a 1954 graduate of the Kutztown High School and was employed at the Allen Organ Co. in Macungie for 36 years, retiring in...
Michael Deutsch
Aug 22, 2019
Michael D. Deutsch, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away August 22, 2019 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 1, 1941 in, he was a son of the late Benjamin and Mildred Stiller Deutsch. Michael had been employed as a police officer in Washington, DC and later retired from the United States Postal Service. He is survived by his wife, Jane Gillespie...

Bonnie Garrison
Aug 21, 2019
Bonnie K. Garrison, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at Chambers Point. Born March 4, 1943 in Butler, PA, she was a daughter of the late John W. and Regina M. Stokes Smith. Bonnie was a 1961 graduate of Butler High School. She spent most of her life making a home for her family and...
Jack Templeton
Aug 15, 2019
Jack Richard Templeton was born September 25, 1927, in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN, son of Orban Fleetwood Templeton and Emma Alley Pendleton. He was married to Julia Virginia Tolbert May 20, 1955, in Washington, D.C. She was a native of Fayetteville, Franklin Co., PA. They resided in Silver Spring, MD since 1966. Surviving are four children: Jack K. “Pete” Templeton...
Rebecca Over
Aug 13, 2019
Rebecca L. “Becky” Over, 37, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at her home. Born December 21, 1981 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of John S. Over and Susan A. (Browder) Over. Becky was a 2000 graduate of CASHS. She loved spending time with her family and her five golden retrievers, Bailey, Henry, Charlie, Sunny and...

Michael Davenport
Aug 10, 2019
Michael W. “Fuz” Davenport, passed Saturday August 10, 2019 in his wife’s arms, at home, after a nine month fight with lung cancer. He was born December 5, 1957 in Chambersburg to Ruth Davenport and the late Albert Davenport. In addition to his mother, he leaves behind his wife, Linda; step-son Philip Hoover; step-daughter Suzanne Balzer (Dan); and a beloved...

Lucille Kendall
Aug 10, 2019
Lucille R. Kendall, age 73, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2019, in Chambersburg. Born July 13, 1946, in Paw Paw, KY, she was the daughter of the late Lincoln and Virginia Raines. Mrs. Kendall was a graduate of Paw Paw High School. She worked at Giant Food Stores in the deli for a number of years....
Cathy Dillman
Aug 9, 2019
Cathy L. Dillman, 66, of Blairs Mills, PA, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2019 at York Hospital. Born April 14, 1953 in Niles, MI, she was a daughter of the late Howard and Ellen Tennison Payton. Cathy was employed as a supervisor at Ventura Foods in Chambersburg for 28 years. She was a member of Nossville United Methodist Church....

Ralsome Buchanan
Aug 9, 2019
Ralsome “Buck” Buchanan, 97, of St. Thomas, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 9, 2019. Born April 30, 1922 in Clinchfield, VA, he was a son of the late Lewis and Mary Johnson Buchanan. Buck served with the US Army in France during WWII. He had worked as a truck driver; as a mechanic in the California...
Robert Love
Aug 8, 2019
Robert Dale Love, 79, of Waynesboro, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at the Waynesboro Hospital. Born March 23, 1940, he was a son of the late Thomas Eugene and Veronica K. Popson Love. Robert was a 1957 graduate of Brookville High School. He later earned a B.S. degree in education from Clarion University. A U.S. Air Force veteran,...
Robert Detweiler
Aug 5, 2019
Robert E. "Bob" Detweiler, 85, passed peacefully on Aug. 5, 2019, at Menno Haven in Chambersburg, Pa. He was the husband of the late Mary A. (Erdman) Detweiler. Bob was born in Quakertown, Bucks County on Nov. 17, 1933, to the late Earl and Edna (Landis) Detweiler. A 1951 graduate of Quakertown High School, he went on to earn a...
Carolyn Holzer
Aug 4, 2019
Carolyn Gsell Holzer, 84, of Penn National, died Sunday, August 4, 2019. Born on June 9, 1935, Carolyn was the daughter of Isabel Binkley and Norman Guy Roof. She graduated from Fair Haven High School, Massachusetts and Penn Hall Prep School and Jr. College. She was the church secretary for First Lutheran Church, sold advertising for WCBG radio, and worked...
Sharon Washabaugh
Aug 3, 2019
After an inspiring, courageous and brave eight year battle with cancer, Sharon Dianne Washabaugh, 64, of Chambersburg went Home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Saturday, August 3, 2019, in the comfort of her home. She was born October 13, 1954 in Chambersburg, the daughter of the late Patricia Ann (Swartz) and Richard David Washabaugh. She...
Julio Lecuona
Aug 1, 2019
Julio D. Lecuona of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 87 years of age, died at home on Thursday, August 1, 2019. The only child of the late Julio and Isabel (Bella) Lecuona, he was born on September 3, 1931 in Havana, Cuba. He graduated high school from the Columbus School in Havana and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from...
Ruby Stouffer
Jul 30, 2019
Ruby M. Stouffer, 82, of Martinsburg, WV and formerly of Chambersburg passed away Tuesday afternoon, July 30, 2019 at Menno Haven. Born November 9, 1936 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Ethel Wagaman Stouffer. Ruby was a 1953 graduate of the Greencastle Antrim High School and served as class secretary. She worked for 42 years...

Gwendolyn Jones-Gordon
Jul 29, 2019
Gwendolyn Massey-Jones-Gordon, 65, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Wintergarden, FL, went Home to be with the Lord Monday, July 29, at her home while surrounded by her family. Born on July 29, 1954 in Wintergarden, FL, she was a daughter of the late K.C. and Annie Mae Massey. Gwen was a Registered Nurse in the Behavior Health Department of Chambersburg...
Mary Corwell
Jul 29, 2019
Mary C. Corwell, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, July 29, 2019 at ManorCare Health Services. Born October 22, 1935 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Cleadis E. and Catherine Heckman Peters. Mary had been employed at the former J. Schoeneman Co. in Chambersburg for nearly 20 years prior to her retirement. She was a...
Dolores Deardorff
Jul 27, 2019
Dolores J. Deardorff, 86, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at her home. Born August 19, 1932 in Chambersburg, she was the only daughter of the late Charles G. and Beulah M. Helman Overcash. Dolores devoted most of her life to making a home for her family. She enjoyed ceramics, painting, gardening and raising miniature Schnauzers. She...