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Melvin Cooley
Apr 30, 2019
Melvin T. Cooley, Sr., 85, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, April 30, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 19, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Cooley. Mr. Cooley served honorably with the US Army during the Korean War. Early in his life he was employed with the former E.D. Plummer...
June McDonald
Apr 30, 2019
June Elizabeth (Etter) McDonald, 92, formerly of 1581 Garman Drive, Chambersburg, PA, passed away at 11:02 PM Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at Paramount Senior Living in Fayetteville where she was a guest since 2011. Born June 18, 1926 in (the Village of Aqua) Chambersburg, PA, she was the youngest daughter of the late Clayton A. and Annie M. Hampton Etter....
Lucy Cathcart
Apr 30, 2019
Lucy Cathcart died peacefully on April 30, 2019 surrounded by her children. Lucy was born in Crafton, PA on February 8, 1925 to Robert F. and Gwendolyn G. Riddle. She attended Rosslyn Farms School and Carnegie High School, graduating from Salem Academy in Winston Salem, NC. She attended Wilson College and Carnegie Mellon University. Lucy married Wallace P. Cathcart on...
Janet Kohler
Apr 30, 2019
Janet M. Kohler, 95, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 15, 1923 in Shippensburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mary Reed Shughart. Her beloved husband, Hughie E. Kohler, preceded her in death in 1975. Janet was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Brethren Church. She was employed...
Harriet Pennabaker
Apr 29, 2019
Harriet B. Pennabaker, 61, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 at ManorCare Health Services. Born October 6, 1957 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Mary Miller Hess. She was a 1975 graduate of the James Buchanan High School and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Slippery Rock University in 1979. Harriett went...
Theodore Fleck
Apr 23, 2019
Theodore R. Fleck, Jr., 81, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Bedford, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Born October 21, 1937 in Bedford, he was the son of the late Theodore R. Fleck, Sr. and Sue Sigler Fleck. His wife of 50 years, Mary E. Tew Fleck preceded him in death. Ted...
Esther Daetz
Apr 22, 2019
Esther Mae Daetz, age 98, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Fairfield, PA, passed away at Providence Place in Chambersburg on Monday April 22. Born April 4, 1921, in Gettysburg, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Amos and Ella Mae Musselman Geigley. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband Paul Crist, her second husband...
Weston Orner
Apr 22, 2019
Weston Jacob Orner, age 4, of Chambersburg, PA, ran into the loving arms of Jesus on Monday, April 22, 2019, at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Born April 12, 2015, in Philadelphia, PA, he is the son of Jay Weston and Brooke Kennedy Orner of Chambersburg, PA. Born with many disabilities, Weston was also a born achiever; surpassing many barriers...
Gladys Mull
Apr 20, 2019
Gladys Marie (Ferry) Mull, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2019, at the Harrisburg Pinnacle Hospital. Born in Chambersburg PA on July 9, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Donald William & Isabel Leedy Ferry. Gladys was a 1954 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School. She was an active member of...
Gabrielle Powell
Apr 20, 2019
Gabrielle Marie Powell, 24, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Born October 6, 1994 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of David H. and Michele Cooksey Powell. Gabby was a 2013 graduate of CASHS. She also had her Cosmetology License. She was employed as a traffic manager with Alpha Space Control. She enjoyed music, art and spending...
Paul Suders
Apr 20, 2019
Paul R. Suders, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Penn Hall Nursing Home. Born June, 21, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Paul L. and Helen Monn Suders. Paul was a 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. He was employed at Chambersburg Paper Mill for 14 years and Hess...
Michael Pristas
Apr 19, 2019
Michael Phillip Pristas, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 4, 1948 in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Phillip Vincello and Elizabeth Pristas. Michael served honorably and proudly for 32 years in the US Army. He was a veteran of Vietnam and a life member...
Joanne Hassler
Apr 19, 2019
Joanne L. “Jo” Hassler, age 68 of Fayetteville, PA, peacefully passed away in the company of her daughters on April 19, 2019, at her home of 33 years. She is the daughter of the late Irene Grabowski and the late Bernard V. Grabowski, Sr. of Baltimore, MD. Jo worked for the Washington County Public Schools for 30 years retiring in...
Lawrence Kaiser
Apr 18, 2019
Lawrence E. Kaiser, Jr., 92, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Thursday evening, April 18, 2019 at Paramount Senior Living in Fayetteville, PA. Born November 11, 1926 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Lawrence E., Sr. and Hazel L. Carbaugh Kaiser. He was a retired master plumber, co-owner of the former Kaiser Plumbing & Heating in Chambersburg, and...
Eugene Barlow
Apr 18, 2019
Eugene G. Barlow, Sr., 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at his home. Born February 24, 1924 in Elwood, IN, he was a son of the late Elsworth and Eliza May Warrick Barlow. His beloved wife, Pauline Marie Sutton Barlow, whom he married on October 18, 1944, preceded him in death on February 19, 2016....
May Polk
Apr 17, 2019
May I. (Fleagle) Polk, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at the Shook Home in Chambersburg PA. Born May 7, 1925 in Freestone PA (Horse Valley) the youngest and last surviving child of Charles and Lillian Fleagle. May moved to Shippensburg in 1943 and worked at various businesses until marrying Sherwood M. Polk in 1956...
Diane Poston
Apr 17, 2019
Diane Mueller Poston, 79, formerly of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, April 17, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 15, 1940 in Darmstadt, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Willi and Elisabeth Mueller. She graduated from high school in Germany and later managed the Animal Shelter Thrift Shop in Shippensburg for many years. She and her...
William Snoke
Apr 16, 2019
William M. “Bill” Snoke, 54, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 12, 1964 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Beverly Chamberlin Cooper and the late Gary Snoke. Bill was a 1983 graduate of CASHS. A US Army veteran, he served honorably from 1983 until 1989. He was employed as an...
June Baker
Apr 15, 2019
June M. Baker, 85, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday evening, April 15, 2019 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 10, 1933 in Scotland, PA, she was a daughter of the late Walter C. and Ruth N. Hock Mull. A 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, she was employed at the F&M Trust Company for 24 years. Mrs....
Danielle Garnett
Apr 14, 2019
Danielle “Toody” Walker Garnett, 57, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 14, 2019. Born March 13, 1962 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of Charles R. Walker of Silver Spring, MD and the late Diane Norman Keith. A 1980 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, she was a US Army veteran. She attended John...
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