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Beulah Cunningham
May 27, 2017
Beulah “Bea” Cunningham, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at home on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Born November 4, 1935 in Mercersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Corinna Cantner Welsh. Mrs. Cunningham worked at the Franklin Learning Center as a teacher’s aide for 24 years, until her retirement in 1996. She attended Shippensburg Independent...
Blanche Shoemaker
May 26, 2017
Blanche May Over Shoemaker, age 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, May 26, 2017, at Manor Care in Chambersburg. Born in Williamson, PA on September 14, 1923, she was the daughter of the late James H. and Beulah Culler Over. Mrs. Shoemaker was a 1942 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She worked in the banking industry...
Dorine Devore
May 25, 2017
Dorine E. Myers Devore, age 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2017, at Providence Place. Born November 29, 1923, in Orrstown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Laura E. Myers. Mrs. Devore was a 1941 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. Mrs. Devore worked for many years at the former Stanley...
Jack Polk
May 25, 2017
Mr. Jack T. Polk, 78 years of age, formerly of Newville, PA, passed away on May 25, 2017. Mr. Polk was preceded in death by his parents, McKean E. and Mary Gladys Polk of Shippensburg, PA, sister, JoAnne Etter of St. Thomas, PA, and brother, Sherwood M. Polk of Chambersburg, PA. Mr. Polk is survived by his wife, the former...
Troy Smith
May 25, 2017
Troy Eugene Smith, age 49, of McConnellsburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord with his family by his side on Thursday, May 25, 2017, at the VA Hospital in Martinsburg, WV. Born October 13, 1967, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Blaine M. and Judith E. Smith. A 1985 graduate of the Chambersburg Area School District, Troy...
Patricia Aughinbaugh
May 24, 2017
Patricia Ann Aughinbaugh, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg on March 1, 1930, she was the daughter of the late John Bryson and Claire Irene Miller Kessinger. Mrs. Aughinbaugh was a 1948 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. Mrs. Aughinbaugh was co-owner and operator of Aucky’s...
Jack Myers
May 23, 2017
Jack P. Myers, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his son’s home on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Born November 10, 1933, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Oliver and Fannie Heckman Myers. Jack served in the US Army and was self-employed as a painter most of his life. He also worked for more than ten years...
Charles Small
May 19, 2017
Charles William “Bill” Small, 72, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 10, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late William and Bertha Furry Small. Bill was a 1962 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Following graduation, he served honorably in the U.S. Navy. Bill was employed...
Millard Wheeler
May 19, 2017
Millard Griffith Wheeler, Jr., 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2017 at his home. Born September 22, 1940 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Millard Wheeler, Sr. and Helen Rose Wheeler. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Millard served honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He was employed with IBM for 25 years until...
Frederick Berger
May 17, 2017
Frederick D. Berger, 72 years of age, of Chambersburg PA, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. He is survived by his wife Donna Waddleton; mother, Edna Cooper of Windsor North Carolina; his three daughters Lorrie Berger, Lisa Cannon and husband Austin, Lynette Doyle and husband Joseph ; grandchildren, Austin, Kaitlyn, Jacquelyn, and Samuel. He was pre-deceased...
Nancy Sheaffer
May 16, 2017
Nancy B. Sheaffer, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at the Carolyn Croxton Slane Residence in Harrisburg, PA. Born December 3, 1935 in Mifflin County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Franklin Brown and Pauline Leach Brown. Nancy was employed at the Chambersburg Hospital as an RN for 40 years until her retirement in...
George Bartle
May 13, 2017
George Rodney Bartle, 79 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, May 13, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 4, 1938 in Greencastle, he was a son of the late Ellis and Ruth Shoap Bartle. Mr. Bartle served with the National Guard for eight years. He was employed at the former Dairimaid in Chambersburg and then retired from Harrisburg...
Marie Dankelmann
May 12, 2017
Marie A. Dankelmann, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 15, 1926, she was the daughter of the late William and Rose Forstner Ziegler. Mrs. Dankelmann was a graduate of Mastbaum High School. Mrs. Dankelmann went to work in retail at Strawbridges and Clothier in Philadelphia and for the...
Dennis Rosenberry
May 11, 2017
Dennis Lee “Denny” Rosenberry, age 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 11, 1942, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Lawrence Henry and Zelda Louise Geyer Rosenberry. Denny was a 1961 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Denny went to work in sales at...
Clarence Cooper
May 9, 2017
Clarence E. “Spike” Cooper, 67, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at his home. Born July 28, 1949 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Orlan and Jane Staley Cooper. Surviving is his wife of 30 years, Susan I. Cooper, whom he married on July 9, 1986. Spike was a 1967 graduate of Forbes Road...
Patricia Baer
May 2, 2017
Patricia L. Baer, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home with her family by her side on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Born August 19, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Emory and Isabel Thressia Freet McClure. A 1957 graduate of Greencastle Antrim High School, Mrs. Baer babysat while raising her children, then continued her career...
Thomas Henn
Apr 28, 2017
Thomas Michael “Tom” Henn, 64, of Chambersburg, passed away due to complications of heart disease on Friday, April 28, 2017 in Georgetown (SC) Memorial Hospital. Born on September 9, 1952 in New Brighton, PA, he was a son of the late John Henn and Helen Podnar Henn. A U.S Army veteran, Tom served two tours in Vietnam. Upon returning to...
Robert Rinick
Apr 26, 2017
Robert Gibbons Rinick, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at the York Hospital. Born February 21, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Robert F. and Helen Gibbons Rinick. Mr. Rinick was a 1954 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. He went on to work for the former James River...
Ruth Hartzok
Apr 25, 2017
Ruth A. Hartzok, 94, of Chambersburg, died peacefully Tuesday, April 25, 2017, with family at her side. Born Jan. 12, 1923, in St. Thomas, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul Tritt and Helen Keefer Aughinbaugh. She was preceded in death by her husband, M. Lee Hartzok. She graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1940 and was employed...
Robert Dihel
Apr 25, 2017
Robert H. Dihel, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on his 53rd wedding anniversary, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 15, 1935, in Rising City, NE, he was the son of the late Harold and Ruby McElravy Dihel. Mr. Dihel was a 1953 graduate of Clover Park High School in Tacoma, WA. A U.S. Army...
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