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Norman Peters
Apr 10, 2017
Norman E. Peters, 83, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 27, 1934 in Chambersburg, PA he was a son of the late Delbert and Elizabeth Connor Peters. Norman was a 1952 graduate of Fleetwood High School in Fleetwood, PA. He then earned his Bachelor’s Degree in education from Shippensburg University in 1956....
Rev. Martha Helman
Apr 9, 2017
Rev. Martha M. Helman, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 31, 1937, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Nettie Newell Shores. Rev. Helman dedicated 25 years, working at the former Stanley Company as a sewing machine operator, retiring in 1979. She later became...
Blanche Umbrell
Apr 9, 2017
Blanche L. Umbrell, age 96, of Waynesboro, PA and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017. Born October 29, 1920, in Waterfall, PA, she was the daughter of the late James and Emma Reeder Barnett. Mrs. Umbrell was a homemaker most of her adult life, she enjoyed caring for her family and friends. She did work for...
Robert Eckman
Apr 7, 2017
Robert E. Eckman, Jr., 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday afternoon, April 7, 2017 at Brookview Health Care Center at Menno Haven after a long illness. Born September 13, 1921 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Robert E. and Margaret E. Houpt Eckman. A 1939 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Bob entered the US...
Sarah Umbrell
Apr 7, 2017
Sarah Catherine Umbrell, 85, of Doylesburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born September 21, 1931 in Spring Run, she was a daughter of the late Paul J. and Sarah K. Shields Junkin. Sarah was a graduate of the former Fannett Township High School and then attended the former Chambersburg School of Business....
Mary Long
Apr 5, 2017
Mary Jane Long, 73, of Fannettsburg, passed away on Wednesday morning, April 5, 2017. Born May 10, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Myrl E. and Thelma O. Snyder Johnson. Mary was a homemaker most of her life. She loved bingo, canning, cooking, crocheting and spending time with her family. Mary was a member of the Shippensburg American...
Dr. Edwin Sponseller
Apr 5, 2017
Dr. Edwin H. Sponseller, Jr., 73, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, passed away surrounded by family Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital following an eleven year battle with lymphoma. Born March 6, 1944 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sponseller was a son of the late Edwin H., Sr. and Jane Shively Sponseller of Chambersburg. He graduated from Northampton High School Northampton, Massachusetts;...
Donald Baker
Apr 4, 2017
Donald E. Baker, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Chambers Pointe Nursing Center. Born September 30, 1935 in Stoufferstown, he was a son of the late Glenn and Mabel Stouffer Baker. Mr. Baker was a truck driver for fifty years. He was a member of Marion First United Methodist Church and a life member of the...
Pastor Manuel Diaz
Apr 3, 2017
Pastor Manuel A. “Manny” Diaz, Jr., 61, of Chambersburg, PA, passed from this life into life eternal on Monday morning, April 3, 2017 at Hershey Medical Center. Born September 5, 1955 in Valley Forge, PA, he was a son of the late Manuel A. Diaz, Sr. and Gladys M. Colbert Diaz. A service to celebrate Manny’s life will be held...
E. Pauline "Polly" George
Apr 3, 2017
E. Pauline “Polly” George, age 87, of Willow Hill, PA, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab. Born November 13, 1929, in Concord, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Clara Yocum Coons. Polly worked as a teacher’s aide early in life and then as a bartender at the American Legion...
Orpha Bakner
Apr 3, 2017
Orpha J. (Rock) Bakner, 83, of Pond Bank, PA, passed away Monday morning, April 3, 2017 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 18, 1933 in Pond Bank, she was a daughter of the late Roy N. and Esther Bumbaugh Rock. A 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Bakner was a homemaker most of her...
Frederick Wilhelm
Apr 3, 2017
Frederick H. Wilhelm, Sr., 81, of Fannettsburg, PA, died Monday, April 3, 2017 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 7, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Harrison Brooke and Ruth Virgil St. Clair Wilhelm. A graduate of the former Dry Run High School, he served honorably in the US Army from 1958-1960. Early in his life he...
Jacob "Jake" Ramer
Apr 1, 2017
Jacob Barry “Jake” Ramer, age 62, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at his home with his family by his side. Born January 18, 1955, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Charles and Dorothy Bricker Ramer. Jake was a 1972 graduate of James Buchanan High School. He...
Glen Blubaugh
Apr 1, 2017
Glen Ordean Blubaugh, age 85, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab. Born in Waynesboro, PA, on October 15, 1931, he was the son of the late Clarence D. and Ruth Creager Blubaugh. Mr. Blubaugh served honorably in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He then went on to work...
Betty McCleary
Apr 1, 2017
Betty J. McCleary, age 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Born February 19, 1923, in Robertsdale, PA she was the daughter of the late Gladys Alloway Monn and Harvey Bridenstine. Mrs. McCleary was a 1941 graduate of Robertsdale High School. Betty was an employee...
Rev. Richard Meloy
Apr 1, 2017
Rev. Richard Eugene Meloy, age 89, of Doylesburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Menno Haven in Chambersburg, PA. Born on December 8, 1927, in Harrisburg, PA, he was the son of the late Edgar Beaver and Orpah Frickman Meloy. A 1945 graduate of John Harris High School and an Eagle Scout,...
Robert "Bob" Mentzer
Mar 31, 2017
Robert L. “Bob” Mentzer, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 5, 1938, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Lester Wallace and Josephine Stoner Mentzer. A 1956 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School, Bob went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Air Force. Bob...
Ruth Brown
Mar 31, 2017
Ruth Elizabeth Brown, age 100, of Shippensburg, PA, and formerly of Orrstown, PA, went home to be with her Savior on March 31, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 22, 1916, in Nyesville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Eber and Grace Hammond Wenger. She attended school in Letterkenny Township. Mrs. Brown worked at the former Stanley...
Lucille Rock
Mar 31, 2017
Lucille J. Rock, age 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Village of Laurel Run on Friday, March 31, 2017. Born July 5, 1935, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Irvin H. Dullabaun, and Goldie M. Martin. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Landis P. Rock who passed away on October 25,...
Pauline Burkett
Mar 31, 2017
Pauline Kay “Polly” Burkett, 49, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017 at her home with her family by her side. Born October 22, 1967 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Wallace Gossert, Sr. and Myrtle Pauline Kline Gossert. Polly was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was a life member...
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