Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Richard Lehman
Dec 14, 2017
Richard C. Lehman, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday evening, December 14, 2017 at Menno Haven. Born March 12, 1939 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Clayton F. and Esther Witmer Lehman. He was a 1957 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and retired from Office Suppliers after 27 years of service. Earlier in...
Amos Henson
Dec 14, 2017
Amos E. “Bud” Henson, Jr., 69, of DeBary, FL and formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, FL. Born April 27, 1948, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Amos E. Henson, Sr. and Mary Jane Stoner Henson. A US Army veteran, Bud served honorably in Vietnam...
Rickey Rideout
Dec 14, 2017
Rickey A. Rideout, age 66, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Thursday, December 14, 2017. Born September 1, 1951, in Hagerstown, MD, he was a son of the late Maurice Quivers and Dorothy Rideout. A U.S. Navy veteran, Rickey served honorably from 1970 to 1972 during the Vietnam era, and in the Navy Reserves for the next...

Rosalie Bonner
Dec 14, 2017
Rosalie M. Bonner, 79, of Fayetteville, PA, went to be with her Creator on Thursday morning, December 14, 2017 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA. Born December 10, 1938 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was a daughter of the late Leo and Michalina Golembiewski Oldziejewski. She had been employed as a secretary and teacher’s aide in Dover, NJ. Early in...
Charles Pollock
Dec 14, 2017
Charles A. “Charlie” Pollock, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, December 14, 2017 at his home. Born August 24, 1938 in Shirleysburg, PA, he was a son of the late Charles I. and Mary E. Horne Pollock. Charlie was a 1956 graduate of Captain Jack High School in Mt. Union. He was a barber in Chambersburg for many...

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...