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Rosemary Bowser
Feb 19, 2017
Rosemary Bowser, 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 14, 1952 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Harry P. and Gloria P. Gensler Bowser. A graduate of the Mont Alto campus of Penn State University, Rosemary was a Registered Nurse and was last employed at the Roxbury Treatment Center....
Roger Davis
Feb 18, 2017
Roger Dale Davis, age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born November 25, 1949, in Big Cove Tannery, PA, he was the son of the late Donald Harrison and Ethel Pittman Davis. A 1969 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Mr. Davis went on to work...
Thomas Robinson
Feb 18, 2017
Thomas F. “Chico” Robinson, Sr., 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed Saturday evening, February 18, 2017 at ManorCare Health Services. Born July 30, 1937 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Harriet Lane and Fred Robinson. He was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot for twenty-six years prior to his retirement. Mr. Robinson was a member of Laurel Lodge IBPOE...
Glenda Fogal
Feb 17, 2017
Glenda K. Fogal, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, February 17, 2017. Born in St. Thomas, PA on September 26, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Violet Ricker Gardner. Mrs. Fogal was a 1953 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. Mrs. Fogal worked at Letterkenny Army Depot as...
Daniel Henderson
Feb 14, 2017
Daniel K. Henderson, age 58, of Harrisonville, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Born in Washington, D.C., on December 22, 1958, he was the son of the late Donald K. Henderson, Sr. and Lucy Kirk Henderson. Dan worked in the Logistics industry, driving for a number of companies. He enjoyed riding motorcycles, especially Harley...
Dorothy Bricker
Feb 14, 2017
Dorothy E. Bricker, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Born March 2, 1927, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Mildred Cowan Rice. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Bricker enjoyed quilting, sewing, caring for her grandchildren, and babysitting the neighborhood children. Surviving are six...
Leona Appleby
Feb 12, 2017
Leona Mae Appleby, 84, of St. Thomas, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 12, 1932 in Mount Union, PA, she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Beulah C. Stoner Walker. Her husband, James E. Appleby, Sr., preceded her in death on February 27, 2013. Leona was employed as a cafeteria worker...
Janet Gsell
Feb 12, 2017
Janet M. Gsell of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017 at the age of 91. She was the daughter of Raymond J. Gsell, Sr. and Hazel Taylor Gsell. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Raymond J. Gsell Jr. She is survived by her sister-in-law Jane L. Gsell of Greensburg; and her two nephews...
Gladys Long
Feb 12, 2017
Gladys L. Long, age 96, of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born March 29, 1920, in Dry Run, PA, she was the daughter of the late John H. And Catherine Rhodes Hobble. Mrs. Long was a homemaker most of her adult life. She enjoyed caring for her family,...
Patrick Miller
Feb 11, 2017
Patrick Loudon Miller, 69, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at his home. Born November 4, 1947 in Huntingdon, PA, he was a son of the late Loudon and Patricia Daugherty Miller. Pat was a graduate of Huntingdon High School. He earned his teaching degree from Lock Haven University and also attended Temple University. He was employed...
Merle Christman
Feb 11, 2017
Merle John Christman, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday evening, February 11, 2017 at the Shook Home. Born September 23, 1928 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Charles Basler and Ellen Holtry Christman. Merle was a 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A truck driver most of his life, he retired from the former...
Claire Fish
Feb 11, 2017
Claire M. Fish, 89, a resident of Penn Hall and formerly of 709 Sutton Drive, Carlisle, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, February 11, 2017 at the nursing home. Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, Mr. and Mrs. Fish resided for many years on Long Island, NY. Born July 12, 1927 in Worcester, MA, she was a daughter of the late William...
Julia Annie Sirman Shiver
Feb 8, 2017
Julia Annie Sirman Shiver went to be with the Lord on February 8, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital after a brief illness. Born on February 11, 1928 in Valdosta, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Hamp Sirman, Sr. and Annie Ida Sirman. She was a great and special mother who took pride and interest in all her...
Maureen Heckman
Feb 8, 2017
Maureen Carol West Heckman went home to be with her Lord on February 8, 2017 after a valiant 18-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 71. Maureen was born January 10, 1946 in Chambersburg, PA to the late Boyd West and Elsie Mae West. She was married to her husband of 45 years, Galen “Gene” Heckman, until his passing in...
Sherryl Jones
Feb 7, 2017
Sherryl S. Jones, 65, of Scotland, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 17, 1951 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late C. Wallace and Marion Michaels McGehee. Sherryl was a 1969 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree from Morehead...
Karen Fedele
Feb 7, 2017
Karen Diane Fedele, 56, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 7, 1961, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Orlena M. Hummer Kuhn and husband William E. “Bill” Kuhn and the late Clifford V. Speer. Karen was a 1979 graduate of CASHS. A U.S. Army veteran, she served honorably from...
Barbara Luebbe
Feb 7, 2017
Barbara May Luebbe (nee Schoenrock) of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2017, in Hershey, PA, with her five children at her side. Barbara was born on May 1, 1931 in New Haven, CT, to Leona and Walter Schoenrock. She graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven in 1948. Barbara earned a Bachelor’s degree from Hartwick College...
Goldie Farris
Feb 5, 2017
Goldie Lovins Farris, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Shook Home on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Born January 5, 1929, in Rock Castle, KY, she was the daughter of the late Rothel Ester Lovins and Elsie Mink Lovins. Mrs. Farris was a 1947 graduate of Nancy High School in Nancy, KY. An employee of Wilson College and...
Frank Myers
Feb 3, 2017
Frank P. Myers, age 86, of Fayetteville, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, February 3, 2017, at his home. Born August 26, 1930, in Fayetteville, PA, he was the son of the late Harry E. and Mary Anna Peters Myers. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Frank served with honor for over 22 years, retiring...
Anna Gearhart Freet
Feb 3, 2017
Anna M. Gearhart Freet, 100, went home to be with her Lord on Friday morning, February 3, 2017 at Menno Haven. Born June 28, 1916 in Oakville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Elsie Clever Cordell. Anna was employed as a seamstress for the Stanley Co. for 35 years until her retirement. She was later employed...
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