Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Terry Schwartz
Jul 3, 2019
Terry R. Schwartz, 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 11, 1952, in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Walter “Jake” Schwartz and Doris Reeder Schwartz. A United States Marine, Terry served his country honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He was a machine operator at Ingersoll Rand. A faithful...
Jane Stevens Small
Jul 2, 2019
Jane Elizabeth Stevens Small, 93, of Chambersburg and previously of Fayetteville, went Home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, July 2 at Menno-Haven Rehabilitation Center. Known affectionately as “Nanny”, she was born October 2, 1925 in Chambersburg as the daughter of the late Sargie W. and Margaret O. (Patterson) Baughman. Jane was employed at HJ Heinz Co,...
Charles Scott (Col., USA, Ret.)
Jul 1, 2019
Charles H. Scott, (Col. USA, Ret.), age 87, of Lakeland, FL and Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2019, at Chambers Point Nursing Home. Born June 15, 1932, in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Frank C. and Helen Bohland Scott. Colonel Scott was a Soldier, Diplomat, and Student. He served honorably during the...
Imogene Barrick
Jun 29, 2019
Imogene Ann Coccogna Barrick, age 66, of Ft. Loudon, PA, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born November 5, 1952, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Coccagna and Edna Crouse Washinger. Mrs. Barrick was a 1970 graduate of CASHS. She spent most of her life making a...
Robert Guyer
Jun 27, 2019
Robert R. Guyer, 91, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday afternoon, June 27, 2019, just one day after learning he had advanced esophageal cancer. Born in Spring Run, PA, on May 20, 1928, he was the son of the late John V. Guyer and Glenna I. (Mutersbaugh) Guyer of Spring Run, PA. After a brief stint in...
Margaret Patterson
Jun 25, 2019
Margaret Jane Patterson, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, June 25, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 5, 1927 in Hedgesville, WV, she was a daughter of the late Delya Love and Cora Kesecker DeHaven. A graduate of the Martinsburg (WV) High School, she was a homemaker most of her life. Mrs. Patterson was a member of...
Bruce Johnson
Jun 24, 2019
Bruce R. Johnson, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 24, 2019, at his home. Born September 23, 1930, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence McKinley and Helen Grace Wiser Johnson. A 1948 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Johnson went on to work with...
Debra Shew
Jun 23, 2019
Debra J. Shew, 60, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 4, 1958 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Della Showalter Rosenberry and the widow of the late David E. Shew, who preceded her in death on December 1, 2014. Debra worked in retail most...
Charles Wise
Jun 22, 2019
Charles E. Wise, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2019, at Providence Place. Born March 27, 1928, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Herbert S. and Vonna V. Binkley Wise. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Wise served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the AARP #2287, a life...
Paul Long
Jun 21, 2019
Paul Eugene Long, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Friday, June 21, 2019. Born in Maddensville, PA on August 5, 1929, he was the son of the late Clifford and Fannie Wible Long. Mr. Long was a 1947 graduate of the Hustontown High School. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who had a...
Kenneth Derk
Jun 20, 2019
Kenneth Ralph Derk, 73, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at his home with his family by his side. Born January 10, 1946 in Danville, PA, he was the son of the late Ralph A. and Goldie Lesher Derk. A U.S. Army veteran during the Vietnam Conflict, he honorably served his country from 1965 to 1969....
Ronald Bowman
Jun 16, 2019
Ronald L. Bowman, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, June 16, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 4, 1948 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Wilbur Harvey Bowman and Emma Creamer Klenzing Bowman Henry. He was a 1967 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Ron began a career in the insurance industry...
Louis Musto
Jun 14, 2019
Louis E. Musto, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday morning, June 14, 2019 at Menno Haven. Born August 4, 2019 in Akron, OH, he was a son of the late Max and Dora Eileen Kilbourne Musto. Louis was a US Air Force veteran and served honorably for 24 years until his retirement as a Master Sgt. He was...
Marvin Atherton
Jun 12, 2019
Marvin E. Atherton, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at ManorCare Health Services. Born April 15, 1948 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Ray Atherton and Betty Reitzel Atherton Rosenberry. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Marvin had been employed for 18 years with Yocum’s doing aluminum siding...
George McLaughlin
Jun 10, 2019
George E. McLaughlin, 93, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Monday morning, June 10, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 8, 1926 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Milton B. and Mary Elizabeth Armstrong McLaughlin. George was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and served in the US Navy during WWII. A meat cutter by...
Esther Jamison
Jun 9, 2019
Esther I. Sprow Jamison, 89, of Scotland, PA and formerly of Fayetteville, went to be with the Lord on Sunday evening, June 9, 2019 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 4, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John D. and Ruth E. Dull Sprow. She was a 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A homemaker...
Aline Misitis
Jun 8, 2019
Aline F. Misitis, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Tionesta, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, the tenth of twelve children, on November 20, 1944, she was the daughter of the late James and Catherine Casper Hannigan. Mrs. Misitis worked as a homemaker most of her adult life,...
Wayne Shaneberger
Jun 3, 2019
Wayne R. “Berger” Shaneberger, 54, of Nazareth, PA, passed away Monday afternoon, June 3, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Bethlehem, PA. Born August 19, 1964 in Easton, PA, he was a son of the late Robley D.W. and Joanne Bragaglia Shaneberger. Wayne was a 1982 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and attended Penn State University....




