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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...
Phyllis Whisler
Apr 13, 2019
Phyllis J. Whisler, 89, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 13, 2019, while under hospice care at Providence Place Retirement Community. Born on July 17, 1929 in Shippensburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late S. Elmer and Ethel K. Jones Watson. She attended Shippensburg State Teacher’s College, and later worked as a dental hygienist for 20...
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...
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