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Donna Mort
Apr 12, 2019
Donna May Sheffield Mort, age 86, of Ft. Loudon, PA passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday April 12, 2019. Born May 9, 1932 in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Mabel Snyder Sheffield. Donna was a homemaker throughout her adult life. She enjoyed cooking, baking, especially cakes, basket making, gardening, and collecting...
John Hartley
Apr 12, 2019
John R. “Jack” Hartley, 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday evening, April 12, 2019 at Chambers Pointe. Born June 24, 1923 in Philipsburg, PA, he was a son of the late John C. and Annie E. Clark Hartley. He was a 1941 graduate of the Philipsburg High School and went on to earn a degree from the DuBois Business...
Crystal Yoder
Apr 11, 2019
Crystal Jean Yoder, age 51, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, April 11, 2019. Born November 7, 1967, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Lena Scott Mumper. Crystal was a 1985 graduate of CASHS. She worked as the office manager and co-owner of DJ Repair in Chambersburg. She was...
Earl Deavor
Apr 11, 2019
Earl L. Deavor, age 95, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Providence Place Retirement Community. Born May 29, 1923 in Chambersburg, PA, he was a son of the late Harry R. and Pauline M. Newman Deavor. Earl was a 1940 graduate of Hustontown High School in Hustontown, PA. He was a proud veteran of the United...
Margaret "Louise" Mower
Apr 10, 2019
Margaret L. “Louise” Mower, 85 of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at her home. Born July 7, 1933 in Needmore, PA, she was a daughter of the late Frederick and Mary Keebaugh Blair. Louise was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church where she taught...
Patsy Saber
Apr 9, 2019
Patsy Marie “Pat” (Gabler) Saber, age 81, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 in the Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born in Chambersburg on September 4th, 1937, Pat will be greeted in heaven by her husband Gerald L. “Jerry” Saber, whom she married in 1958, her parents, Harold C. and Eleanor J. (Schaff) Gabler, Sr.,...
Dorothy Gushert
Apr 9, 2019
Dorothy I. Gushert, age 99, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at Menno Haven. Born December 9, 1919, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Frank E. and Sarah C. Leib Demuth. Mrs. Gushert worked as a homemaker for most of her adult life also helping as secretary for her husband’s business and working...
William Prentice
Apr 8, 2019
William Aitken Prentice, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Monday, April 8, 2019. Born in Colver, PA on January 31, 1931, he was the son of the late Robert and Isabella Aitken Prentice. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Prentice, served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He continued his service as an accountant working for the...
Larry Eckert
Apr 6, 2019
Larry A. Eckert, 73, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Mansfield, OH, passed away at his home on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Born May 21, 1945 in Mansfield, OH, he was the son of the late George and Mildred Haldeman Eckert. Larry was a 1963 graduate of Lexington High School in Lexington, OH. He was employed most of his life...
Dr. J. Myers
Apr 5, 2019
Dr. J. Fred Myers, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2019. Born May 20, 1930 in Orrstown, he was the son of the late Aaron H. and Laura E. Bender Myers. He was also preceded in death by four siblings, Barry Lee Myers, Dr. Richard A. Myers, Dorine Devore and Jean Wilson. He is survived by his...
Pasquale Antonucci
Apr 5, 2019
Pasquale “Pat” Antonucci, 53, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 11, 1966 in Gioia Sannitica, Caserta, Italy, he was the son of Francessco and Giovannina Antonucci of Hamden, CT. Pat was a graduate of Hamden High School. He was employed as a prepress operator at Phoenix Color and also the owner/operator...
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...
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