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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...
Jason Johnston
Dec 26, 2016
Jason W. “JJ” Johnston, 36, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Monday, December 26, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital from complications of asthma. JJ’s final act of kindness was to give the gift of life through organ and tissue donation. Born February 19, 1980 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Cole C. and Malenda “Mindy” J. Rice Johnston of Shippensburg....
Ilona Hensel
Dec 23, 2016
Ilona M. Hensel, age 94, a resident of Menno Village, passed from this life on Friday, December 23, 2016. She was born August 12, 1922 near Dodge City, KS and grew up in western OK. She was the daughter of the late Clifton E. and Sylvia Lenora Allen Green. Mrs. Hensel attended Jabbok Bible School and Messiah College. She served...
Ronald Overcash
Dec 22, 2016
Ronald K. Overcash, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, December 15, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. Born December 13, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Donald K. and Elizabeth E. Summers Overcash. He served honorably in the US Navy and was employed as a Public Assistance Auditor for the State of...
James Bidlack
Dec 22, 2016
James Cecil Bidlack, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, December 22, 2016. Born July 14, 1929, in Columbus, OH, he was the son of the late Cecil S. and Marie M. Scheiderer Bidlack. A U. S. Army veteran, Jim served honorably during the Korean Conflict. Jim went on to work in media and...
Austin Gelwicks
Dec 21, 2016
Austin Ray Gelwicks, age 17, of Spring Run, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in McConnellsburg, PA on March 5, 1999, Austin is the son of Daniel R. Gelwicks, Jr. and Heather M. Gipe Gelwicks. Austin was a senior at Fannett-Metal High School, where he was...
Donna Johnson
Dec 21, 2016
Donna Lee Johnson, age 67, of Greencastle, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, December 21, 2016. Born on September 12, 1949, in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Glenn and Doris Lowery Johnson. Ms. Johnson worked for the Greencastle Antrim School District for nearly thirty years. She had a gift for working with children,...
Betty Gipe
Dec 19, 2016
Betty J. Gipe, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, December 19, 2016. Born September 21, 1932, in Mercersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late James C. and Elsie V. Burkholder Robinson. Early in her life Mrs. Gipe was employed at the former Brandon Restaurant and then worked at Corning Glass in Greencastle for 30 years, retiring...
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