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Marie Dean
Nov 20, 2016
Marie B. Dean, age 99, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Amberson, PA, passed away at Penn Hall Nursing Center on Sunday, November 20, 2016. Born January 15, 1917, in Altham, PA, she was the daughter of the late George F. and Ann May Sauer Bussell. A Homemaker most of her working years, she was employed as a lathe operator...
Earl Snyder
Nov 17, 2016
Earl E. Snyder, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, November 17, 2016 at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born November 11, 1924 in West Branch, Iowa, he was a son of the late Albert and Della Mae Myers Snyder. Earl was a 1942 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and served with the US Army in Korea near...
Walter Lehman
Nov 15, 2016
Walter Lehman, Jr., 88, Possum Hollow Rd., died on Tuesday evening, November 15, 2016, at his home. Born June 6, 1928, in Franklin County, PA, he was the son of the late Walter H. and Ada G. (Martin) Lehman. He was a member of the Antrim Mennonite Church near Greencastle and attended the Culbertson Mennonite Church near Chambersburg. He was...
William Trogler
Nov 15, 2016
William A. Trogler, 86, a resident at Elmcroft in Shippensburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, November 15, 2016 at the nursing home. Born May 4, 1930 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Albert and Helen Bivens Trogler. Mr. Trogler served with the US Army during the Korean War and was employed by Roadway trucking company He was...
Sharon Henry
Nov 12, 2016
Sharon A. (Williams) Henry, 71, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away Saturday morning, November 12, 2016 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born November 15, 1944 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Richard Hill and Ruth Hussong Hill Cullison, and a step-daughter of the late James Cullison. Sharon was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High...
Edith Wenger
Nov 12, 2016
Edith I. Wenger, age 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2016, at Manor Care Health Services. Born January 19, 1919, in Franklin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late William R. and Mary E. Burkhart Forrester. Mrs. Wenger was a 1936 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She later worked at the Chambersburg...
George Robinson
Nov 9, 2016
George F. Robinson, Sr., 82, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at ManorCare. Born July 5, 1934 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lloyd and Viola I. “Floe” Trace Robinson. His wife, Kathryn E. Robinson, preceded him in death on March 27, 2007. George was employed as a shipping clerk with T.B. Woods for...
Helen Hornbaker
Nov 8, 2016
Helen M. (Hull) Hornbaker, 98, of Chambersburg, passed away November, 8, 2016 at the Shook Home. She was born July 8, 1918 to the late Clyde and Mary Jane (Brindle) Hull, in St. Thomas. Her husband Lester P. Hornbaker, Sr., preceded her in death on June 18, 1977. Early in her life she was employed at the Woolen Mill in...
Dereck Middlekauff
Nov 5, 2016
Dereck Alan Middlekauff, 23, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 5, 2016 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 21, 1993 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Timothy R. and Melissa Wright Ebersole. Dereck was a 2011 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He was a licensed mechanic and was most recently employed...
Mark Keefer
Nov 5, 2016
Mark C. Keefer, 47, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 5, 2016 at his home. Born September 22, 1969 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Charles L. Keefer, Jr. and wife Cheryl of Shippensburg and Beverly Myers Rhine and husband Palmer of Chambersburg. Mark was a 1987 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was...
Pauline Wagner
Nov 4, 2016
Pauline L. Wagner, 87, formerly of Brookens Road, Fayetteville, PA, passed away Friday evening, November 4, 2016 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 3, 1929 in Fayetteville, she was a daughter of the late David and Rhoda Mae Peters McNew. Her husband, Charles A. Wagner, whom she married on October 4, 1947, preceded her in death on...
Bonnie McDonald
Nov 4, 2016
Bonita L. "Bonnie" McDonald, 77, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2016 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on June 5, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late William P. McDonald Sr. and Elizabeth “Eva” Cramer McDonald. Bonnie is survived by two brothers, Richard L. “Wimp” McDonald (and wife, Maxine) of Hagerstown,...
James Killian
Nov 3, 2016
James L. “Jim” Killian, Jr., 61, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2016 at the Shippensburg Healthcare Center surrounded by loving friends and staff. Born October 20, 1955 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late James L., Sr. and Bertha Gilbert Killian. Jim attended the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and was employed at the former...
Eugene Eckenrode
Nov 3, 2016
Eugene L. “Gene” Eckenrode, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2016, at the Village of Laurel Run. Born July 20, 1940, in Amberson, PA, he was the son of the late Lee and Margaret Culbertson Eckenrode. Gene was a 1958 graduate of Shippensburg High School. He served honorably in the U.S. Navy for three years and...
Bonnie Fleming
Nov 2, 2016
Bonnie L. Fleming, 65, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at her home. Born November 5, 1950 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Harold and Margie Fickes Poe. Bonnie was a 1968 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Early in her life she was employed at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg...
James Cullison
Oct 31, 2016
James H. Cullison, 95, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Marion, passed away Monday morning, October 31, 2016 at Menno Haven. Born August 31, 1921 in Reisterstown, MD, he was a son of the late Albert F. and Grace E. Yingling Cullison. Mr. Cullison served honorably with the US Army Air Corps during WWII. He was employed for 37 years...
Charles Bless, Sr.
Oct 29, 2016
Charles Eshelman Bless, Sr., age 99, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at Providence Place of Dover, Dover, PA. Born January 19, 1917, in Elizabethtown, PA, he was the son of the late Charles S. and Bertha W. Eshelman Bless. A member of King Street United Brethren Church for over 70 years, he was a member...
Francis Johnston
Oct 27, 2016
Francis “Frank” D. Johnston, age 77 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home with his family by his side on Thursday, October 27, 2016. Born February 22, 1939, in West Chester, PA, he was the son of the late Francis and Marion Nilan Johnston. A 1961 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, Frank earned his Bachelor of Science degree...
Maxine Garner
Oct 27, 2016
Maxine Shields Garner, age 96, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 16, 1920, in Ft. Loudon, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John and Gertrude Kahn Nelling. Mrs. Garner was a 1939 graduate of the former Lemasters High School in Lemasters, Pa. Following high school, she was a...
Suzette Reaid
Oct 26, 2016
Suzette “Ettie” Reaid, age 51, passed unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at her home. Born February 3, 1965, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Robert L. Reaid, Sr. and the late Verdella E. Keith Reaid . A 1983 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Ettie went on to attend Shippensburg University, where she was a member...
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