Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Judy Lippy
Dec 14, 2017
Judy K. Lippy, 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Thursday morning, December 14, 2017. Born October 13, 1950 in Rockhill Furnace, PA, she was the daughter of Natha L. Jenkins Cisney and the late Donald O. Cisney. Judy was a 1968 graduate of Greencastle Antrim High School. She was employed as a manager with PSECU at...

Patricia Preso
Dec 13, 2017
Patricia Ann Preso, age 66, of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away at her home on Wednesday, December 13, 2017. Born April 19, 1951 in Doylesburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Edna Parson Yocum. Her husband, Charles Preso, preceded her in death. Pat was employed at the Burpee Greenhouse in Fannettsburg as a plant packer. She was...
Thomas Lucas
Dec 12, 2017
Thomas Keller Lucas, 23, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, December 12, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 26, 1994 in Mattoon, Illinois, he was a son of Ernest Jay Lucas of Chambersburg and the late Angela Nugent Lucas who preceded him in death in 1997. Thomas was a 2013 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School....
Robert Preisler
Dec 11, 2017
Robert Lynn Preisler, 61, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 15, 1956 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Betty Daugherty Zimmerman and husband Robert of Chambersburg and the late Clyde Preisler. Mr. Preisler had at one time co-owned Nitterhouse Alarm and Communication in Chambersburg. Earlier in his life he worked...
Robert Seebach
Dec 9, 2017
Robert David Seebach, age 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Hershey Medical Center on Saturday, December 9, 2017. Born June 19, 1943, in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles and Marie Kreitler Seebach. Mr. Seebach was a U.S. Army veteran serving honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He had owned and operated Bonnie’s Gun Shop...
Doris Nester
Dec 8, 2017
Doris Mae Nester, 92, died on Friday, December 8, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She is survived by her brother, Louis Miller (97) of Olmsted Falls, Ohio and her four children: Reed (Karen) Nester of Williamsburg, VA; Todd Nester of Maplewood, NJ; Timothy Nester of Amarillo, TX; and Kathleen (Robert) Bolton of Gap, PA; three grandchildren: Matthew Nester, Michael Nester...

Raymond Shoemaker
Dec 2, 2017
Raymond R. Shoemaker, age 76, of Ft. Loudon, PA passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at the Fulton County Medical Center. Born in Chambersburg, PA on January 9, 1941, he was the son of the late William Roland and Catherine Edna Arnold Shoemaker. A 1959 graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School, Raymond went on to serve in the U.S....
Carla Baker
Dec 2, 2017
Carla Ann Baker, 33, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at her home. Born November 7, 1984, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Douglas Baker (Teresa) and Angela Baker (Donald Swackhammer, Jr.). Carla enjoyed going swimming and spending time with her family. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her son, Glenn Edward Robinson...
Gabriel Sollenberger
Dec 2, 2017
Gabriel Nathan Sollenberger, 20, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 15, 1997, in Hershey, PA, he was the son of Dwight A. and Cheryl E. Armstrong Sollenberger. Gabriel attended Franklin Learning Center. He loved going to school, his friends, teachers and his nurses. He also enjoyed music, going to concerts, movies,...
Leon Lehman
Dec 1, 2017
Leon K. “Lindy” Lehman, 96, of Chambersburg passed away Friday, December 1, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 30, 1921, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Harry L. and Alma M. Long Lehman. His wife, Lura Doris McGinnis Lehman, whom he married June 4, 1944 in Ft. Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, while they were both serving in...
Virginia Behrens
Dec 1, 2017
Virginia S. Behrens, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday morning, December 1, 2017 at Menno Haven. Born January 19, 1931 in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Francess Anderson Seeth. Virginia was a graduate of Port Richmond High School in Staten Island, NY. She was employed as an Administrative Assistant with the US Department...
Randy Sowers
Nov 29, 2017
Randy W. Sowers, 57, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Hershey Medical Center. Born August 15, 1960 in Darmstadt, Germany, he was a son of Diane Muller Poston of Fayetteville, and the late William D. Sowers. Randy was a 1979 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and was employed for many years at Dilly’s...

Ronald Bish
Nov 29, 2017
Ronald John Bish, 80, longtime resident of the Hagerstown, Md., and Greencastle, Pa., area, received his ultimate healing when he went home to be with Jesus on Nov. 29, 2017. His devotion to Christ, the church and his family was an inspiration for the many who knew him. Born to the late John and Helen Bish on March 1, 1937,...

Ray Bricker
Nov 25, 2017
Ray Keller Bricker, age 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 16, 1941, in Chambersburg, PA, he was a son of the late Daniel W. and Stella Keller Bricker. Ray worked as a farmer most of his life. He and his wife owned and operated Bricker Transportation in Chambersburg. He...
Wallace Morris
Nov 25, 2017
Wallace W. “Wally” Morris, age 87, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Magnolia’s Nursing Home. Born November 4, 1930, in Glouschester, MA, he was the son of the late Wilbur and Fedora Grumbine Morris. A 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Wally went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Navy during the...

Clarence Bard
Nov 24, 2017
Clarence Rosco Bard, age 91, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017. Born November 23, 1926, in Scotland, PA, he was the son of the late George S. Bard and Cora Henry Bard. A WWII and Korean War veteran, Mr. Bard served honorably in the U.S. Navy, while serving he also was employed by the TB Wood Sons Company, where...
Joan Fleming
Nov 23, 2017
Joan Billig Fleming, age 79, passed to her eternal home on November 23, 2017. Joan was born and raised on a farm in rural Catawissa, PA to Lewis and Carrie Billig in 1938. She graduated from Roaring Creek Valley High School in Numidia, PA in 1955. Joan has 3 siblings: Ruth Kreischer, Albert Billig, both deceased, and Gladeth O’Gorman who...

Robert Maloney
Nov 21, 2017
Robert J. Maloney, age 86, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Quincy Nursing Home on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. Born in Brooklyn, NY on February 20, 1931, he was the son of the late Patrick J. and Margaret Furlong Maloney. A U.S. Army veteran, Bob served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He attended St. John’s College, and had worked...

Helen Zimmerman
Nov 20, 2017
Helen G. Zimmerman, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on November 20, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Newton Hamilton, PA, on June 12, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Dora Witters Bair. Helen held various positions during her career in the insurance industry and found her risk management work most satisfying. She...
Allen Shands
Nov 20, 2017
Allen L. Shands, 73, of Chambersburg, PA and Myrtle Beach, SC and formerly of Manassas, VA and Orange, VA, passed away Monday morning, November 20, 2017. Born August 9, 1944, he was the son of the late M.L. (Bob) and Clara Lee Edwards Shands. After attending Orange County High School in Orange, VA, he served in the U.S. Army National...