Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Barbara Fickes
Jun 19, 2018
Barbara K. Fickes, age 60, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at her home unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Born March 26, 1958, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Max “Jim” and Retha Schellhase Goetz. Mrs. Fickes was a 1976 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She had most recently worked in customer service...
Marva Spell
Jun 16, 2018
Marva Grafton Harris Spell, 87, of Bronx, NY and formerly of Hyde County, NC, passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2018. Born January 13, 1931, in Hyde County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Gladys Gibbs Harris. Her beloved husband, John Ivey Spell, preceded her in death on October 16, 1991. Marva was a 1949 graduate...

Kyle Simpson
Jun 13, 2018
Kyle S. Simpson, 29, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Born April 27, 1989 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Scott W. Simpson and Diana Dove Snider. Kyle enjoyed cooking and working on vehicles. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his children, Isabella and Bentley; his sister, Jessica Sherman (Jesse); brother, Brandon Simpson (Megan); step-mother Tracey...

John Snyder
Jun 13, 2018
John B. Snyder, Jr., 69, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, PA. Born February 27, 1949 in Hanover, PA, he was the son of the late John B. Snyder, Sr. and Shirley May Stair Snyder. He is survived by his wife, Mary C. Shaffer Snyder; three children, John Michael Snyder,...
Patricia Hare
Jun 10, 2018
Patricia Ann Hare, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018 at Hershey Medical Center. Born December 4, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Chalmers W. and Roberta V. Glass Peters. Patricia was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and the York Hospital School of Nursing. A Registered Nurse, she retired from...
Bess Archibald
Jun 9, 2018
Bess C. Archibald, 78, of Fayetteville, PA, died Saturday, June 9th, 2018, at the home of her daughter, Sherry (Kevin) Coffey. Born October 11, 1939, in Patterson, NJ she was the daughter of the late Robert and Bessie Clyde Bryson. Bess graduated from Fairlawn High School in Fairlawn, NJ. She worked for TV Guide Magazine and at John Hopkins Applied...

Betty Boyer
Jun 7, 2018
Betty A. Boyer, age 98, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2018, at her daughter’s home in Abingdon, MD. Born June 2, 1920, in Scotland, PA, she was the daughter of the late Earl H. and Susie A. Plum Culbertson. A devout Christian, Mrs. Boyer was a lifelong member of Scotland United Methodist Church, where she had...

Frank (Francesco) Clemente
Jun 7, 2018
Frank (Francesco) Clemente, age 42, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born June 23, 1975, in Livingston, NJ. Frank graduated from Cedar Cliff High School in 1993. He graduated from store management school in both North Carolina and Chicago. Frank and his wife, Amy, built and opened Chambersburg Salt Cave @...
Winifred Agett
Jun 3, 2018
Winifred B. “Winnie” Agett, 94, of Fannettsburg, and formerly of Dry Run, PA, passed away Sunday morning, June 3, 2018 at her home. Born September 9, 1923 in Troxelville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jacob H. and Nellie Ocker Bingman. Winnie attended James M. Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre for two years and graduated in 1942 from...

Joanne Gilliland
Jun 2, 2018
Joanne Gilliland, 85 entered Heaven peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 23, 1933, in Rockhill Furnace, PA, she was the daughter of the late James and Anna Pheasant. Joanne was a 1951 graduate of the former Orbisonia High School. She married Clifford Gilliland Jr. on July 4, 1953. Joanne was a member...

Margaret Gilbert
Jun 1, 2018
Margaret Ellen Gilbert, 80, of Fayetteville, PA (1937-2018) It is with great sadness that the family of Margaret Ellen Gilbert (Matthews) announce her death after a long illness on Friday, June 1st, 2018, at the age of 80 years. A native of Gettysburg, PA and graduate of Gettysburg Area Senior High School, she has resided in Fayetteville, PA for 59+...
Selma Thomson
May 31, 2018
Selma Margaret Wertime Thomson, 100, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Born October 3, 1917, in Harmony Cottage on the Wilson College Campus in Chambersburg, she was the last surviving child of the late Rudolf and Flora Edith Montgomery Wertime. Her husband, James Cutting Thomson, whom she married in 1948, preceded her...
Eric Payne
May 30, 2018
Eric J. Payne, 87, of Marion, PA, passed away Wednesday evening, May 30, 2018, at his home. Born May 27, 1931, in Shropshire County, Wellington, United Kingdom, he was a son of the late Thomas and Violet Brooks Payne. Eric grew up in the United Kingdom, coming to the United States when he was 18 years old. He moved to...
Joan DeFonzo
May 27, 2018
Joan L. DeFonzo passed away at Quincy Village, Waynesboro, PA on Sunday, May 27, 2018. Joan was born April 10, 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA. Joan was the daughter of the late Aloysius and Catherine Frank Vogel, pre-deceased by first husband William K. Bogler, second husband, George J. DeFonzo and sister Barbara A. Burford. Mother of, William A. Bogler (Robin), Thomas...

Arlene Overcash
May 26, 2018
Arlene I. Overcash, age 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2018, at Quincy Village. Born April 7, 1923, she was a daughter of the late John W. and Iva M. Frey Mahon. Mrs. Overcash was a 1941 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She worked as a nurse’s aide for a number of years, retiring...
Charles Schroeder
May 25, 2018
Charles “Chuck” White Schroeder, 74, of Chambersburg, died on Friday, May 25, 2018. Born on June 10, 1943 in York, PA, he was a son of the late Robert Kraus and Gloria (White) Schroeder. Chuck graduated from York Suburban High School in 1961 and the West Chester State College in 1965. Immediately following college, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine...

Thelma Nuschke
May 25, 2018
Thelma L. Nuschke, wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away Friday evening, May 24, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 8, 1928 in Bogata, Texas, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Lora Conine Brumley. Her beloved husband of 67 years, Paul L. Nuschke, preceded her in death on April 21, 2014. As an active and...

Richard Williams
May 24, 2018
Richard C. “Dick” Williams, age 84, of East Waterford, PA, entered into eternal rest on May 24, 2018, at the Brookline Nursing Home in Mifflintown, PA. Born August 18, 1933, in Blairs Mills, he was a son of the late Irvin “Ted” and Mary Smith Williams. A proud U.S. Army veteran, Dick served honorably during the Korean Conflict, stationed in...
Donald Fogelsanger
May 24, 2018
Donald Herbert Fogelsanger, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with his heavenly Father on Thursday, May 24, 2018. Born January 16, 1934, he was a son of the late Reuben and Martha Hartman Fogelsanger. Don was a 1951 graduate of Shippensburg High School. He continued his education at Elizabethtown College, earning his Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts, graduating in...
Philip Reynolds
May 23, 2018
”May the Force will be with you Always”- Obi-Wan Kenobi. Philip Kenneth Reynolds IV, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at his home. Born May 19, 1988, in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Philip K. Reynolds III and Kimberlie Rigsby Polis. Philip worked as a Correctional Officer at the Roxbury Correctional Institute. He...