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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...
Mary Joann Marshall
Mar 14, 2019
Mary Joann Marshall, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at her home. Born March 10, 1932 in East Liberty, OH, she was the daughter of the late Gerald and Mary Horn Delong. Her beloved husband, Thomas O. Marshall, Jr., preceded her in death on January 15, 2019. A 1950 graduate of East Liberty High School, she...
James Montoy
Mar 13, 2019
James “Jim” Montoy, 55, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Chambersburg. Born June 22, 1963 at Fort Eustis, VA, he was a son of Norman Montoy of Waynesboro, PA and the late Betty J. Chimileski Montoy. Jim was a 1981 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School and...
Regina Thomas
Mar 12, 2019
Regina M. Thomas, age 88, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Menno Haven. Born December 25, 1930, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Mary Peters Fogal. Mrs. Thomas was a 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was a homemaker most of her adult life, caring for...
Anna Cook
Mar 12, 2019
Anna S. Cook, age 85, of Scotland, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born December 1, 1933, in South Mountain, PA, she was the daughter of the late Curvin W. and Lottie Shaffer Stambaugh. Mrs. Cook was a 1952 graduate of the former Quincy High School. She had an extensive career working in...
Randy Plyler
Mar 12, 2019
Randy James Plyler, age 62, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Born May 22, 1956, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Elisabeth Lesher Plyler and the late James Plyler. Randy was a 1974 graduate of CASHS. He went on to work for Volvo Construction Equipment, where he worked for 25...
Edna Miller
Mar 11, 2019
Edna Mae Miller, 96, formerly of Chambersburg, died on Monday, March 11, 2019 in Melbourne, Florida. Born in 1922 in Lima, Ohio, to George and Clara Kempher, she graduated from the schools of Allen County, Ohio, and worked in the war effort at Westinghouse Corporation helping to build radios for military aircraft. On June 24, 1944, at Cairo, Ohio, she...
Gene Gellman
Mar 10, 2019
GENE A. GELLMAN (January 19, 1947 – March 10, 2019) FAYETTEVILLE, PA and THE VILLAGES, FL -- Gene Gellman passed away peacefully at his Fayetteville home on Sunday, March 10 at the age of 72. Born in Richmond Borough, New York, NY, he was the son of the late Irving and Vesta C. (Rauber) Gellman. Gene is survived by his...
Georgianna Rosenberry
Mar 9, 2019
It breaks our hearts to say our mother, Georgianna (Goodhart) Rosenberry, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Born May 3, 1945 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Betty V. Holtry Hughes and George C. Goodhart. Georgianna was a 1964 CASHS graduate. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert Allen Rosenberry, whom preceded her in death on...
Lawrence Rosenberry
Mar 8, 2019
Lawrence H. Rosenberry, Jr., 83, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully Friday morning, March 8, 2019 at Menno Haven while surrounded by his family. Born October 10, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lawrence H., Sr. and Zelda Guyer Rosenberry. He was a 1954 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and served with the United States...
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