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Thelma Campbell
Jan 15, 2017
Thelma M. Campbell, 93, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday morning, January 15, 2017 at Shook Home. Born July 29, 1923 in Letterkenny Township, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin L. and Rosa Zeek Landis. Her husband of 50 years, Hays M. Campbell, preceded her in death on July 12, 2003. Thelma was a 1943 graduate of the...
Lorraine Koons
Jan 11, 2017
Lorraine E. Koons, 92, of Chambersburg, died on Wednesday evening January 11, 2017 at Menno Haven. Born on January, 3rd 1925, she was the daughter of the late C. Blaine Rotz and Mary Jane Buterbaugh Rotz. Lorraine was a faithful member of the Chambersburg Church of the Brethren. She was the co-founder of Scotland Road Market Inc. / The Butcher...
Ruby Byers
Jan 9, 2017
Ruby Virginia Lesher Byers, 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday evening, January 9, 2017 at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born March 31, 1921 in St. Thomas, she was a daughter of the late Abram and Ivy Pearl Finafrock Lesher. She had worked alongside her late husband at their family business, the former Paul M. Byers, Inc. in Chambersburg. She...
Virginia Shields
Jan 8, 2017
Virginia F. Shields, 76, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 22, 1940 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late William and Martha Timmons Hepfer. She retired in 2014 from Johnson Controls in Waynesboro where she had worked for more than twenty years. Early in her life she had been employed...
Mildred Witter
Jan 8, 2017
Mildred Mary McGowan Witter, 96, of Fayetteville, PA, passed peacefully in her home Sunday morning, January 8, 2017, while surrounded by her family. Born January 2, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Sherry S. and Anna Hepffer McGowan. She was a 1939 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and served in the US Coast Guard...
Donna Sylvain
Jan 6, 2017
Donna Jean Sylvain, age 60, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, January 6, 2017. Born February 23, 1956, in Chelsea, MA, she was the daughter of Kathleen Cavanaugh Sylvain and the late Robert N. Sylvain. A U.S. Navy veteran, Donna served honorably from 1980 – 1986. She went on to work as a computer technician...
Mark Stader
Jan 6, 2017
Mark Richard Stader, age 58, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, January 6, 2017. Born November 2, 1958, in Quantico, VA, Mark is the son of Dr. Richard O. and Mary Louise Stader. A 1977 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Mark went on to earn his Bachelor's degree from Juniata College and...
Kathryn DeShong
Jan 5, 2017
Kathryn G. DeShong age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, January 5, 2017. Born October 29, 1939, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Louise Knepper Helman, Sr. Mrs. DeShong dedicated over 40 years, working at Knouse Foods, retiring in 2004. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and baking. Surviving are five...
Walter Smith
Jan 4, 2017
Walter J. Smith, 94, longtime resident of Madison, CT and for the last three years of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 in the Quincy United Methodist Home in Waynesboro. Born on December 15, 1922 in Troy, NY, he was a son of the late Walter S. Smith and Kerstine Jensen Smith. He grew up in New...
Donald Feldman
Jan 4, 2017
Donald Vaden Feldman, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Born in Chambersburg, PA on January 28, 1934, he was the son of the late Donald A. and Mildred L. Miller Feldman. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Feldman served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He was a diesel mechanic for a number...
Robert Boyer
Dec 30, 2016
Robert D. “Bob” Boyer, 91, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Friday, December 30, 2016, at the Chambersburg, Hospital. Born May 1, 1925 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Elsie Verbena Stabley Boyer. Bob was a 1943 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A U.S. Army veteran, he served honorably in World War...
Eugene Eichelberger
Dec 29, 2016
Eugene C. “Gene” “Ike” Eichelberger, 95, passed away on Thursday morning, December 29, 2016, at Menno Haven. Born April 5, 1921, in Hopewell Township, PA, he was a son of the late Johan “Adam” and Nona Maude Steele Eichelberger. His beloved wife of 59 years, Ura Alzene Mountain Eichelberger, preceded him in death on March 19, 2007. Gene was a...
Martha Ross
Dec 29, 2016
Martha M. Reasner Ross, 101, a resident at Menno Haven in Chambersburg and formerly of Hampton in Adams County, passed away Thursday afternoon, December 29, 2016 at Menno Haven. Born June 8, 1915 in Fayetteville, she was a daughter of the late David B., Sr. and Frances Boggs Reasner. Martha had worked as a seamstress at several factories in the...
Carol Baker
Dec 29, 2016
Carol Piper Baker, 68, of Willow Hill, PA, passed away Thursday morning, December 29, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 23, 1948 in Dry Run, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Gladys Hampton Piper. Following graduation from the Fannett-Metal High School in 1966 she went to work at Grove Manufacturing. While working at Grove she attended...
Kenneth Bowman
Dec 28, 2016
Kenneth A. Bowman, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at his home. Born May 17, 1924 in Letterkenny Township, he was a son of the late Joseph Nathaniel and Rachel E. Holden Bowman. Early in his life, Kenneth was employed at Marvin’s Gulf Station. He was later employed as a Welder at Grove Manufacturing and most...
George Fream
Dec 28, 2016
George Francis Fream (“Fran”) died peacefully on Wednesday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Beth and Rob Floyd in Fayetteville, PA, with his family close by. He was born May 10, 1925 in Gettysburg, PA to the late George W. and Luella Riffle Fream. During his childhood, he worked on many of the farms in the area and...
George Owens
Dec 28, 2016
George T. “Tom” Owens, Sr., age 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Golden Living Center, Frederick, MD on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. Born on June 18, 1940, in Marion, VA, he was the son of the late George and Pauline Cregger Owens. Mr. Owens was a 1958 graduate of Marion High School in Marion, VA where he excelled...
Emery Horn
Dec 27, 2016
Emery P. Horn, 91, of Shippensburg and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 27, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 10, 1925 in Freestone, PA (Horse Valley), he was one of fifteen children born to the late George D. and Vera Wright Horn. Emery, along with six of his brothers served their country honorably, and survived WWII....
Agnes Crouse
Dec 27, 2016
Agnes P. Crouse, 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born June 6, 1925, in Harrisonburg, VA, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Tressie Myers Painter. Her husband, Robert G. Crouse, preceded her in death on August 22, 1992. Agnes was a 1943 graduate...
Calvin Gardner
Dec 27, 2016
Calvin M. Gardner, 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, December 27, 2016 at ManorCare Health Services. Born December 25, 1926 in Hummelstown, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence Lee and Frances Bush Gardner. Mr. Gardner was a graduate of the former Annville High School and served with the US Navy during WWII. He owned and...
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