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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...
Allen Arbona Chapman
Oct 25, 2016
Allen B. Arbona Chapman, age 45, of Dry Run, PA, passed away unexpectedly at the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Born October 26, 1970, in Pensacola, FL, he was the son of Paul and Bernice Chapman. A “Jack of All Trades”, Allen worked in many different capacities and occupations throughout his life. He was currently working at Hickory...
Robert Sprow
Oct 22, 2016
Robert L.“Pork” Sprow, 72, of Nalcrest, FL and formerly of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Forsythe Hospice House in Auburndale, FL. Born November 17, 1943 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Lewis C. and Ethel E. Barnes Sprow. He was a 1962 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School where he was a...
Yvonne Kay Summers
Oct 22, 2016
Heavenly Father welcomed Yvonne “Kay” Summers into paradise on October 22, 2016. Kay was born September 3, 1942 in Mercersburg, PA. She was a daughter of the late Orland F. and Pauline E. Summers. Kay graduated in 1960 from Chambersburg Area Senior High School and attended BYU in Provo, Utah. She was of Christian faith. Surviving are her sister Celia...
Barbara Peshkin
Oct 20, 2016
Barbara J. Peshkin, 66, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday morning, October 20, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 13, 1949, in Flagstaff, AZ, she was the daughter of Therma Elise Holmes Strickler and the late John Raymond Strickler. Her beloved husband, Michael R. Peshkin, preceded her in death on June 29, 2015. Barb was a 1967 graduate of...
Silas Bland
Oct 16, 2016
Always first to say “I love you,” to wrap his arms around his mama's neck, hold his sisters' hand and volunteer for a road trip with daddy, Silas was the most precious gift—the purest reflection of God's love and beauty in the world. Born December 14, 2004, in Chambersburg, PA, He was Daniel and Tricia's miracle baby, defying odds at...
John Coffman
Oct 14, 2016
John “Jack” C. Coffman, age 78, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, October 14, 2016. Born October 2, 1938, in Ottumwa, IA, he was the son of the late John Robert and Marjorie Rowland Coffman. A 1961 graduate of the University of Iowa, Jack earned his Bachelor degree in Mathematics and Physics. He went on...
Saundra Feldman
Oct 13, 2016
Saundra Lee Feldman, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, October 13, 2016. Born April 21, 1939, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jane K. Pheil and step-daughter of Kate Cordell. Mrs. Feldman worked in food service as a waitress most of her working years. She enjoyed cooking, baking, shopping...
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