Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Jane Harris

Jane Harris

Dec 6, 2016

Jane M. Harris of Northfield Drive, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania died on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut on April 12, 1926, she was the daughter of Robert Morrison and Grace Ethel McBride. A graduate of Meriden Hospital School of Nursing in 1947, she did obstetrical, gerontological, and neonatal nursing in hospitals in Connecticut and the U.S. Army Hospital in...

Betty Truett

Betty Truett

Dec 5, 2016

Betty J. Truett, age 64, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2016, at her home with her family by her side. Born December 1, 1952, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Max L and Catherine V. Courtney Perry. Mrs. Truett worked as a CNA for over 35 years. She was a member of...

Linda Spedden

Linda Spedden

Dec 3, 2016

Linda L. Spedden, 68, of Chambersburg, passed away on December 3, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 21, 1948, in Roaring Spring, PA, she was a daughter of the late Walter Mills, Jr., and Lois Ritchey Mills. Linda was a 1966 graduate of CASHS. She was a homemaker most of her adult life. Linda is survived by her husband...

George Steele

George Steele

Dec 2, 2016

George G. Steele, Jr., 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at Menno Haven. He was born in Philadelphia on March 18, 1930 to the late George and Dorothy (Hileman) Steele. George is survived by his wife, Pam; three children, George G. Steele, III (wife Gaye, daughters Eppie Helms and Elysse Helms), daughter Linda Steele; and son...

Lois Hinkle Statler

Lois Hinkle Statler

Dec 1, 2016

Lois A. Hinkle Statler, 87, passed away Thursday evening, December 1, 2016 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born March 19, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Glenn E. George and Esther Miller George Kanner. She attended the former Chambersburg High School and was employed as a Benefits Coordinator in the Human Resources Department at Chambersburg...

John Hahn

John Hahn

Dec 1, 2016

John D. Hahn of Chambersburg, PA died peacefully at home on Dec. 1, 2016 at the age of 80 after an extended illness. Born July 21, 1936, in Canton, OH, he was the son of the late John and Mary (Gerlock) Hahn. John was a graduate of Timken High School and the University of Akron. He was a master woodcarver...

Robert Cook

Robert Cook

Dec 1, 2016

Robert E. “Cookie” Cook, Sr., 79, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, December 1, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 9, 1937 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Rodney Eugene and Pearl Edna Frey Cook. An auto body mechanic most of his life, he and Marlin “Butch” Myers owned and operated Myers and Cook Body...

George Haulman

George Haulman

Nov 30, 2016

George W. Haulman, Jr., 69, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 3, 1947, in Chambersburg he was a son of the late George W. Haulman, Sr. and Helen Mull Haulman. George was a 1967 graduate of CASHS. He was employed at Johnnies Restaurant and Hotel Services in Chambersburg...

Ronald Perry

Ronald Perry

Nov 29, 2016

Ronald L. Perry, Sr., 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, November 29, 2016 at his home. Born November 26, 1939 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lester Perry and Rhoda Baker Perry Sollenberger. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was happily married to Mary Jane Thomas Perry, the girl...

Betty Poe

Betty Poe

Nov 27, 2016

Betty L. Poe, 69, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening, November 27, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 27, 1947 in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Roy G., Sr. and V. Lois Socks Wagaman. She was employed for more than thirty years at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg and worked for several years...

Ronald Hoffer

Ronald Hoffer

Nov 27, 2016

Ronald C. Hoffer, Sr., 64, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday evening, November 27, 2016 at his home. Born July 20, 1952 in Williamsport, PA, he was a son of the late Richard and Louise Clark Hoffer. Ronald was a 1970 graduate of the Williamsport High School and served honorably with the US Navy for fifteen years. He was then employed...

Eric Glass

Eric Glass

Nov 26, 2016

Eric Lee Glass, age 49, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, November 26, 2016. Born September 17, 1967, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Sandra K. Cooke Frank (the late Donald Frank) and the late Charles Glass. Eric was a 1985 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Eric worked as a...

Eleanore  Schmid

Eleanore Schmid

Nov 25, 2016

Eleanore Marie (Ellie) Schmid, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 16, 1929, in Elizabeth, NJ, she was the daughter of the late John and Helen Homolish Leskanic. Mrs. Schmid was a 1947 graduate of Linden High School in Linden, NJ. She was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic...

Ellen Rife

Ellen Rife

Nov 24, 2016

Ellen B. Rife, age 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Thursday, November 24, 2016, with her family by her side. Born February 14, 1952, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Clyde H. and Mary Naomi Burkholder Lehman. A 1970 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Mrs. Rife went on to Licensed Practical...

Doris Oyler

Doris Oyler

Nov 24, 2016

Doris Katherine Phillips Oyler, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, left the family and friends she loved on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 24, 2016. Born January 2, 1923, she was adopted at 11 months of age via The Christian’s Home of Pittsburgh by Drucilla Kissell Phillips and William Blair Phillips. Doris graduated from the former Chambersburg High School in 1940. She was nicknamed...

George Cowley

George Cowley

Nov 24, 2016

George L. Cowley, 71, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 13, 1944, in McKeesport, PA, he was the son of the late Frank A. and Nelle Mehrman Cowley. George was a 1962 graduate of the former Duquesne High School. He later earned his B.S. in Education from Clarion University in 1966...

Arthur Hughes

Arthur Hughes

Nov 23, 2016

Arthur Ralph Hughes, 69, of Fayetteville, passed away Wednesday morning, November 23, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 27, 1947 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Ralph George and Margaret Stanchowski Hughes. A U.S Army veteran, Arthur served honorably in the Vietnam War. He was employed with Valley Quarries and New Enterprise Stone and Lime for...

Annabelle Jones

Annabelle Jones

Nov 23, 2016

Annabelle Jones, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, in Clarksville, TN. Formerly of Fayetteville, PA, she most recently was residing in Hopkinsville, KY. Born August 10, 1923 in Fayetteville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jacob E. and Nora B. Shields Young. Mrs. Jones was a life member of the American Legion Post 46 and...

Amara Hoke

Amara Hoke

Nov 23, 2016

Amara Olivia Hoke, age 3, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at 8:24 AM, born in York, PA, she is the daughter of Jeffrey T. and Brittany R. Hoke. Amara loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them; she loved to listen to music, and the chaos that came with having three...

Elizabeth  Cowan

Elizabeth Cowan

Nov 21, 2016

Elizabeth J. Cowan, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2016 in Penn Hall. Born on November 21, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was a daughter of the late Walter Smith and Marie Dunn Smith. Elizabeth worked for many years for the Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, where she later served as the Executive...