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Margaret Thatcher
Apr 18, 2017
Margaret (Peggy) Louise Thatcher, 76, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Menno Haven. Born on January 25, 1941, in Canton, OH, she was a daughter of the late Elza Sherman Taylor and Hilda Carolyn Bates Taylor. A retired school teacher and family counselor, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education with her major in Spanish...
James Shives
Apr 18, 2017
James Frederick “Fred” Shives, 80, known to his son’s friends as “Ferd”, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, April 18, 2017 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 25, 1937 in McConnellsburg, he was a son of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Clara Hazel Mellott Shives. A design draftsman, he retired from Manitowoc in 2000. Following his retirement, he was employed...
Orphaline Querry
Apr 17, 2017
Orphaline Dell Querry, 101, of Chambersburg, was called home to her Lord after a long journey on April 17, 2017, at Penn Hall in Chambersburg. She was born on July 1, 1915 in Mapleton, PA, a daughter of the late C.H. and Nora (Bailey) Dell. She was a graduate of the Mt. Union High School, Mt. Union, PA. On June...
John Lynch
Apr 16, 2017
John F. “Jack” Lynch, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Chambers Pointe Nursing Center (formerly Penn Hall) in Chambersburg. Born November 8, 1923 in Philadelphia, he was a son of the late John and Rosalie Roletter Lynch. Mr. Lynch graduated from the Williamson Trade School as a machinist in 1943 and then volunteered for the US...
Jay Chronister
Apr 16, 2017
Jay F. Chronister, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 30, 1924 in Adams County, he was a son of the late John C. and Bessie Wetzel Chronister. Mr. Chronister served honorably with the US Army during WWII and later retired from Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg. He was an active...
M. Alvin Snider
Apr 15, 2017
M. Alvin Snider, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, went Home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 15, 2017, from the Shook Home, Chambersburg. Born on April 9, 1931, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Mark H. and Emily Dubbs Snider. A 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Alvin went on to...
Joyce Brown
Apr 15, 2017
Joyce A. Brown, 79, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017, at her home. Born April 3, 1938, in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late James N. and Ella F. Keyser Bender. Mrs. Brown was a 1956 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. In addition to being a homemaker, she was also the...
Alice Miller
Apr 14, 2017
Alice M. Miller, age 96, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017, at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born November 28, 1920, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph W. and Elsie B. Leidig Byers. A homemaker most of her adult life, Mrs. Miller enjoyed caring for and spending time with her family. She...
Miriam Alexis
Apr 14, 2017
If you were to venture into Miriam Alexis’ home in the last weeks of her life, you wouldn’t be alone. A constant stream of well - wishers visited her bright home, the phone was constantly ringing, people wanted to be there. And if it happened to be cocktail time, she had everyone’s favorites ready to pour. For that was the...
Wayne Ricks
Apr 12, 2017
Wayne Anthony Ricks, age 62, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Born in Connelsville, PA on September 1, 1954, he was the son of the late William S. and Anna Mae Meadows Ricks. Mr. Ricks served honorably in the U.S. Army from 1978 – 1982. He worked in warehousing for a number...
Alice Golden
Apr 12, 2017
Alice L. Golden, age 82, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at the York Hospital. Born July 2, 1934, in Big Cove Tannery, PA, she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Margaret Pittman. Mrs. Golden was a registered nurse for over 41 years, starting her career at the Fulton Co. Medical Center and retiring...
Michael Dean
Apr 11, 2017
Michael R. Dean, 58, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 18, 1959 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Veloris S. Dean, Sr. and Rosetta Cooper Dean. Michael enjoyed bowling, Legos, and Pro Wrestling magazines. He also played in the Angel Hand Bell Choir in Mercersburg. He is survived by four...
Judith Long Seabolt
Apr 11, 2017
Judith M. Long Seabolt, age 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Born June 7, 1941, in Columbia, KY, she was the daughter of the late Albert Owen and Etta Mae Dixon Burris. A restaurant manager for most of her career, she managed several local restaurants. She enjoyed cooking, grocery shopping, being...
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;...
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