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R. Sheldon Starr
Apr 5, 2019
R. Sheldon Starr, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 5, 2019 from the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 23, 1940 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Rev. Barton M. and Mildred E. Poe Starr. Sheldon was a 1958 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He farmed for many years...
Freda Shoop
Apr 4, 2019
Freda E. Shoop, 98, formerly of Waterloo, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Aristacare at Woodland Park in Orbisonia, PA. Born January 1, 1921 in Waterloo, she was a daughter of the late T. Lynn and Mary Alice Gray Eaton. Mrs. Shoop attended school in Waterloo. During WWII she worked for the war effort at Letterkenny Army Depot while...
Mary Fortney
Apr 2, 2019
Mary J. Fortney, 81, of Shade Gap, PA, passed away at her daughter’s home on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Born August 18, 1937 in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late George Thomas Gardner and Ellen Rebecca Vanderau Leininger. Mrs. Fortney worked for the Stanley Company in Chambersburg, for 18 years, then as an executive assistant for the...
Herbert Kopsch
Apr 1, 2019
Herbert J. Kopsch, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday evening, April 1, 2019 at the Shook Home. Born August 19, 1942 in Backi Brestowatz, Yugoslavia, he was a son of the late George and Rosalia Herbert Kopschitz. A graduate of St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana, he retired in 2006 from JLG Industries where he had worked as the...
Ethel Butler
Apr 1, 2019
Ethel Butler Jordan, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born August 12, 1933 in Chester, PA to the late Willie and Alverna Johnson. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Freddie Devior Jordan; children Renee, Carlos, Loretta, Stewart ; sisters Mildred, Josephine, Francis, and brother Leroy. Ethel graduated...
Barbara Gladfelter
Mar 31, 2019
Barbara Ruth Gladfelter, 74, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Chambersburg. Born September 24, 1944, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the youngest of three daughters to the late Amos D. and Florence L. Stoner Wenger. Her two older sisters, Patricia Ann King and Pauline Fay Meredith, also predeceased her. Barbara was a member of King Street United...
Margaret Rotz
Mar 30, 2019
Margaret Horst Rotz, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Saviour on Saturday, March 30, 2019. Born near Marion, Franklin County, PA on November 19, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Ralph B. and Maude Foust Horst. Mrs. Rotz graduated with the class of 1944 from the former Chambersburg High School. She joined...
George Staples
Mar 30, 2019
George Michael “Mike” Staples, age 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, MD. Born August 12, 1942, he was the son of the late George L. and Jimmie Oma Ivy Staples. After graduation, Mike served honorably in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict, from 1965 – 1970, he continued...
Chester Fish
Mar 29, 2019
Chester “Chet” B. Fish, Jr., age 93, a resident of Penn Hall and formerly of 709 Sutton Drive, Carlisle, PA passed away on Friday morning, March 29, 2019 at the nursing home. Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, Mr. and Mrs. Fish resided for many years on Long Island, NY. His loving wife, Claire M. Commo Fish, preceded him in death...
Joan Martin
Mar 29, 2019
Joan L. Martin, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019, at Magnolias of Chambersburg. Born February 21, 1927, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Lester G. and Martha J. McDonald Hockensmith. Mrs. Martin worked at the former Stanley Company for over 20 years. After retirement, she and her husband, Wayne H. Martin...
Joyce Sollenberger
Mar 29, 2019
Joyce Larue Neil Sollenberger, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 29, 2019, at her home with her family by her side. Born August 27, 1939, in Willow Hill, PA, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Viola M. Oberlander Neil. Mrs. Sollenberger was a 1957 graduate of...
John Hoctor
Mar 27, 2019
John A. “Jack” Hoctor, 80, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully at his home on March 27, 2019. Born September 28, 1938 in Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late John E. and Katherine McLaughlin Hoctor. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Jack served honorably from 1956 – 59. He was employed as an engineer with IBM for 30 years...
Doris Hockensmith
Mar 27, 2019
Doris Marie Cook Hockensmith, age 94, of Magnolia’s in Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Born in Waynesboro, PA on January 3, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Paul Evert and Elva Rebecca Picking Cook. A 1942 graduate of the former Waynesboro High School, Mrs. Hockensmith went on to work at Letterkenny Army Depot for 38...
Albert Schuchman
Mar 25, 2019
Albert B. Schuchman, 83, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2019. Born October 9, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Ray and Bertha Gsell Schuchman. His beloved wife, Vera Pine Schuchman, preceded him in death on December 30, 2010. Early in his life, Albert was employed at the U.S. Paper Mill in Chambersburg. He...
Patrick Ingle
Mar 24, 2019
Patrick L. Ingle, age 65, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at his home on Sunday, March 24, 2019. Born August 28, 1953, in Wichita, KS, he was the son of the late Leonard and Alyce McIntosh Ingle. A truck driver for 28 years, Patrick worked for Preston Trucking, retiring in 2001. He was a member of the Teamsters Union. A...
Timothy Krebs
Mar 23, 2019
Timothy W. Krebs, 54, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 12, 1964 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of Mary H. Angello Sanders of Fairfield and David H. Krebs of Littlestown. He was a graduate of the Littlestown Area Senior High School and went on to earn a...
Shirley West
Mar 23, 2019
Shirley L. West, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 16, 1938 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Howard M. and Caroline B. Gipe West. Shirley was a 1956 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and had been employed as a secretary at Wilson College. She...
Allen Smetzer
Mar 23, 2019
Allen Emmert Smetzer, age 94, of Chambersburg PA, passed from this life on Saturday, March 23, 2019, and entered into His Eternal Rest. He was born in Waynesboro PA, to George E. and Thelma L. (Harne) Smetzer. He grew up in Waynesboro, and was a 1942 graduate of the Waynesboro High School. Allen enlisted in the United States Army in...
Loretta Chaney
Mar 20, 2019
Loretta M. Chaney, 80, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Born June 24, 1938 in Baltimore, MD, she was a daughter of the late Herbert C. and Mildred Russell Morrow. Loretta was a graduate of Milford Mill High School in Baltimore County. She was employed as an office manager at Boyle Buick for 15 years until her...
Harold Burkholder
Mar 16, 2019
Harold V. Burkholder, 85 of Chambersburg, PA, passed peacefully on Saturday evening, March 16, 2019. Born March 11, 1934 in Marion, PA, he was a son of the late Mildred M. Burkholder and was raised by Ralph and Julia Burkholder in Fayetteville, PA. He worked as an international representative with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) prior to his...
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