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Clark Trace
Nov 27, 2018
Clark E. Trace, 75, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Merritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, MD. Born September 22, 1943 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Norman and Ina Walker Trace. Clark was a 1961 graduate of CASHS. A US Army veteran, Clark served honorably from 1961 – 64. He was employed as...
Richard Blair
Nov 25, 2018
Richard W. Blair, 91, of Chambersburg, passed away of natural causes in his home on Sunday, November 25, 2018. Born on February 20, 1927 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lester H. Blair and Grace L. Wagner Blair. He graduated from the former Chambersburg High School in 1945, and then proudly served his country with the U.S....
Freda Hepfer
Nov 25, 2018
Freda R. Hepfer, 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday evening, November 25, 2018 at her home. Born August 3, 1953 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Leroy and Nellie Margarite Welsh Craig. Freda had at one time worked at Head Start in Chambersburg and later was employed at Knouse Foods. She loved animals and enjoyed...
Mary Stone
Nov 25, 2018
Mary Jane Stone, age 93, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2018, at her daughter’s home in Greencastle. Born September 23, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Mark H. and Emily Dubbs Snider. A 1943 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Stone went on to study at the former Shippensburg State College for...
Elizabeth Houser
Nov 25, 2018
Elizabeth D. “Betty” Houser, age 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Columbia Cottage in Palmyra, PA on Sunday, November 25, 2018. Born January 24, 1924, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Leslie M. and Esther McKenzie Deardorff. A 1941 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Betty Houser went on to study and graduate from...
May Barth
Nov 25, 2018
May E. Barth, 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 8, 1927, in Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Alice Caley Eschner. A 1948 graduate of the Buffalo State Teachers College, May went on to be an elementary school teacher in Buffalo. She then taught secondary...
Violet Pool
Nov 24, 2018
Violet R. Pool age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Menno Haven on Saturday, November 24, 2018. Born June 23, 1928, in Shade Gap, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dallas and Annie Shore Carlin. Mrs. Pool worked as a seamstress for a number of years starting at the former J. Schoenman Company and retiring from the...
John Cleary
Nov 22, 2018
John E. “Butch” Cleary, age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2018. Born December 11, 1950, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late John M. and Maxine H. Woodal Cleary. A U.S. Army Veteran, Butch served honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He retired from U.S. Army in 1985 as a CW4 after 16...
Richard Bowers
Nov 19, 2018
Richard R. “Dick” Bowers, Jr., age 72 of Shippensburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, November 19, 2018. Born September 12, 1946, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Richard R. and Mary Evelyn Furry Bowers. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Dick served honorably during the Vietnam Conflict from 1965 – 1969. He went...
Dean Gelwicks
Nov 19, 2018
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David Cook
Nov 17, 2018
David E. Cook, 59, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning, November 17, 2018 at his home. Born March 17, 1959 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Frank E. and Shirley Grove Cook. David was employed by Franklin County where he worked in the maintenance department at the former Franklin County Nursing Home, retiring after 33...
Garry Heckman
Nov 16, 2018
Garry O. Heckman, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, November 16, 2018 at Hershey Medical Center. Born August 13, 1939, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Garnet and Margaret “Winnie” Dice Heckman Romesburg. A 1959 Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Garry went on to honorably serve in the United States Air Force from 1961-1965....
Ray Ankerbrand
Nov 16, 2018
Ray Lewis Ankerbrand, 73, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday morning, November 16, 2018 at his home. Born December 4, 1944 in Chambersburg at the Maternity Home on Fifth Avenue, he was a son of the late Harry and Margaret Chronister Ankerbrand. Having never resided outside of the Borough of Chambersburg, Ray lived in two different places in his life;...
David Speer
Nov 15, 2018
David H. Speer, 73, of Blairs Mills, PA, passed unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, November 15, 2018. Born June 3, 1945 in Lewistown, PA, he was a son of the late James Speer, Sr., and Lenore Long Speer. David was a 1963 graduate of Southern Huntingdon High School. He was a man of many talents and was highly respected...
Barbara Barrows
Nov 15, 2018
Barbara A. Birmingham Barrows, 91, formerly of Fayetteville, PA was raised to the Heavens on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from the Shook Home in Chambersburg, to spend eternity with her husband Albert. Barbara was born January 10, 1927 in Wilkes Barre, PA; she was the second of five daughters from John Birmingham and Edna Palmer Birmingham Knickerbocker . Barbara married...
Milton Brown
Nov 15, 2018
Milton W. Brown, 94 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018 at The Shook Home. Born August 13, 1924 in Frackville, PA, he was a son of the late David and Barbara Balliet Brown. Milt was a graduate of the Frackville High School and served with the US Army in the European Theatre during WWII. He graduated from...
Ruth Zinn
Nov 14, 2018
Ruth E. Zinn, 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Born August 8, 1927, in Kingsdale, PA, she was a daughter of the late Calvin and Emma Yingling Zinn. Her beloved husband, Daniel F. Harman, preceded her in death in 1973. Ruth was a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles Post 1562 in Gettysburg, and...
Margaret Jansen
Nov 14, 2018
Margaret “Sally” Jansen, 91, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Paramount Senior Living. Born March 25, 1927 in Kaukauna, WI, she was a daughter of the late Thurston and Florence West Lambie. On May 28, 1949 she married the love of her life, Mark “Gunner” Jansen and they were blessed...
Robert Kennedy
Nov 13, 2018
Robert P. Kennedy, age 64, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Montgomery County, MD, passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 in his home. Born August 19, 1954, in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Robert J. and June Lohaus Kennedy. A 1972 graduate of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, in Olney, MD, Robert went...
Guy McCoy
Nov 12, 2018
Guy A. McCoy, 75, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Monday morning, November 12, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 12, 1943 in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Charles A. McCoy and Reatha I. Bowders McCoy. Guy was a 1961 graduate of the Greencastle Antrim High School and worked most of his life in the grocery business...
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