Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Jasper Stouffer

Jasper Stouffer

Jul 29, 2018

Jasper S. Stouffer Jr, 93, of Chambersburg, passed away at his home peacefully on Sunday morning, July 29, 2018. Born January 5, 1925, in Chambersburg, PA, he was a son of the late Jasper and Lottie Berklite Stouffer. A WWII Veteran, Jasper served in the Army Air Force as a B29 Aircraft Mechanic on the Island of Tinian. He served...

Barry Suhrie

Barry Suhrie

Jul 28, 2018

Barry L. Suhrie, 68, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at his home. Born August 17, 1949 in Cumberland, MD, he was the son of the late Charles A. and Helen L. Myers Suhrie. Mr. Suhrie was a graduate of Bedford High School. He was employed most of his life as a car salesman. Mr. Suhrie is...

William Sellers

William Sellers

Jul 27, 2018

William O. Sellers, 69, of Chambersburg, passed away July 27, 2018 at Magnolias of Chambersburg. Born March 14, 1949 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Alvin O. Sellers and Julia E. Black Goshorn. He was a 1967 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim High School and went on to attend the Williamsport Area Community College. Mr. Sellers worked as...

Ruth Offutt

Ruth Offutt

Jul 26, 2018

Ruth Ellen (White) Offutt, age 73, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018, at her daughter’s home. Born January 5, 1945, in Frederick, MD, she was a daughter of the late Howard W. and Sadie S. (Bussard) White. Mrs. Offutt married Franklin Thomas Offutt Sr., on August 25, 1962. They had four children together. Mr. Offutt preceded...

Debra Mulhollen

Debra Mulhollen

Jul 23, 2018

Debra Jean “Deb” Mulhollen, age 60, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Monday, July 23, 2018. Born October 7, 1957, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Betty McClure Stevens and the late Glen Stevens. Deb worked in Inventory Control at Staples for the last several years. She enjoyed riding motorcycles and camping with her husband, making...

Kevin Riedy

Kevin Riedy

Jul 20, 2018

Kevin Dan Neil Riedy, age 59, of Chambersburg, PA, loving husband, father, and grandfather, went home to be with his Lord and Savior after a short, brave battle with cancer on Friday, July 20, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 20, 1959, in Allentown, PA, he was a son of Lillian Mantle Riedy and the late James Riedy. A...

Erma Prohonic

Erma Prohonic

Jul 20, 2018

Erma Zabrosky Prohonic, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 29, 1935, in Windber, PA, she was the daughter of the late Simon and Elizabeth Prem Zabrosky. Mrs. Prohonic was a 1954 graduate of Windber High School. She married her late husband, John in 1954. She worked as a...

Arthur Kramer

Arthur Kramer

Jul 20, 2018

Arthur C. “Art” Kramer, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, July 20, 2018, at his home. Born June 20, 1929, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Arthur A. and Blanche Coble Kramer. Mr. Kramer worked 38 years for the former Chambersburg Stone Company and McCleary Oil, as...

Marlene Putt

Marlene Putt

Jul 19, 2018

Marlene Kay Putt, 64, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2018. Born September 3, 1953 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Arvie P and Helen E. Reath Martin. Marlene was a homemaker and in her early years she worked at Modern Dry Cleaners in Chambersburg. She enjoyed playing bingo, gambling at Charlestown and spending time...

Larry Wagaman

Larry Wagaman

Jul 14, 2018

Larry E. Wagaman, 73, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2018 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born on June 26, 1945 he was a son of the late Luther and Marguerite Cameron Wagaman. Larry was employed for many years at South Mountain Restoration Center prior to his retirement in 1995. He was a member of Pond Bank...

Mary Burns

Mary Burns

Jul 13, 2018

Mary S. Burns, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Friday morning, July 13, 2018 at her home. Born August 10, 1928 in Martinsburg, WV, she was a daughter of the late James E. Beard, Sr. and Mary Ellen VanMetre Beard. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Burns attended Mt. Pleasant United Brethren Church in Chambersburg. She was a...

Charles Butler

Charles Butler

Jul 12, 2018

Charles “Chuck” Butler, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 15, 1926, in Chicago, IL, he was a son of the late Roland Glen and Theda Propst Butler. A US Army veteran, Chuck served honorably during World War II; he then earned an associate’s degree from Purdue University. Chuck worked at...

Shelva Moats

Shelva Moats

Jul 10, 2018

Shelva J. Moats, 80, of Mont Alto, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at The Gardens of Gettysburg. Born November 12, 1937, in Worleytown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Raymond K. and Grace P. Trout Meyers. Shelva was a graduate of Greencastle High School. Early in her life she was employed at South Mountain Restoration Center....

Peter Hall

Peter Hall

Jul 8, 2018

Peter Clayton Hall, 73, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away suddenly on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Chambersburg on April 14, 1945, he was a son of the late George E. and Ruth Clayton Hall. Peter graduated from Chambersburg High School and served two tours with the US Army during the Vietnam War....

Donald Wood

Donald Wood

Jul 6, 2018

Donald F. “Don” Wood, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at his home with his family by his side on Friday, July 6, 2018. Born in Alexandria, VA on September 28, 1940, he was the son of the late William L. and Helen Morris Wood. Don was a graduate of Surrattsville High School in Clinton, MD. He worked...

Dennis Lawson

Dennis Lawson

Jul 2, 2018

Dennis W. “Bud” Lawson, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Menno Haven on Monday, July 2, 2018. Born September 21, 1929, in Shenandoah Junction, WV, he was a son of the late Jesse Carson and Edith M. Southard Lawson. An expert stone and brick Mason, Bud worked for Merletti Brothers Masonry for years, retiring in 1998. Bud co-owned...

Kenneth Beaver

Kenneth Beaver

Jul 2, 2018

Kenneth E. Beaver, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on, July 2, 2018. Born September 24, 1933, in Greencastle, he was a son of the late John K. and Mae Ella Ovelman Beaver. He was a 20 year Air Force veteran and was later employed at the Chambersburg Post Office with over 20 years of service. He loved his dogs, Eddie...

Francis Harlowe

Francis Harlowe

Jul 1, 2018

Francis E. “Jack” Harlowe, 95, of Waynesboro and formerly of Marion, passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2018, at the Shook Home. Born November 24, 1922 in Tyrone, PA, he was a son of the late John M. and Mary E. Sprouse Harlowe. His beloved wife Kathryn A. Flick Harlowe preceded him in death on December 8, 1997. Jack was...

Crawford Peters

Crawford Peters

Jun 30, 2018

Crawford F. Peters, 76, of St. Thomas, PA, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Saturday morning, June 30, 2018 from his home. Born May 20, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Cletus and Catherine Heckman Peters. Early in his life, Crawford had worked as a gas station attendant. He was then employed as...

Lois Stambaugh

Lois Stambaugh

Jun 30, 2018

Lois L. “Babe” Stambaugh, 89, of Chambersburg, passed away with her family at her side on Saturday, June 30, 2018, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 24, 1928, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Gerald M. and Ruth M. Keebaugh Kegerreis. Her beloved husband, Joseph A. Stambaugh, preceded her in death in 1984. Lois was a 1946...