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Ronald Davis
Aug 13, 2016
Ronald Leroy Davis, Jr., 68, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning, August 13, 2016 at his home. Born May 12, 1948 in Cumberland, MD, he was a son of Ronald Leroy Davis, Sr. and the late LaVada E.R. Ganoe Davis. Ronald was a 1967 graduate of the Fort Hill High School and retired from Hanover Foods where he...
Katherine Yeager
Aug 13, 2016
Katherine M. Yeager, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, August 13, 2016. Born April 29, 1931, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Amos and Mary Hinkle McLaughlin. A 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Yeager went on to work at the former Stanley Company for a number...
Ross Ratcliffe
Aug 12, 2016
Ross T. Ratcliffe, 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Menno Haven. Born September 30, 1943 in Hamilton, ON Canada, he was the son of the late Thomas and Helen Smart Ratcliffe. Ross was a graduate of Royal York Collegiate in Toronto. He was employed as a salesman with Chemcraft – Sadolin, Inc. in Canada...
Dorothy Stoner
Aug 11, 2016
Dorothy V. Stoner, age 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born June 23, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Margie Virginia Harrison Lovett. Mrs. Stoner worked at the former Swift and Company, the former Franklin County Children’s Home and the former J....
Betty Snyder
Aug 10, 2016
Betty Stewart Snyder, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Penn Hall. Born May 14, 1924, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late David and Nancy Roller Stewart. During her life, Betty worked for and retired from the Stanley Company. She had a passion for cooking, enjoyed gardening, and always wanting to...
Mary Cook
Aug 10, 2016
Mary Delores Cook, 87, of Mont Alto, PA, went to be with the Lord on August 10, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 2, 1929 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Helen Potter Linn. Her beloved husband, Thomas Ray Cook, Sr., preceded her in death in 1998. Delores was a 1947 graduate of...
Martha Spear
Aug 10, 2016
Martha J. Spear, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday August 10, 2016, at Menno Haven. Born August 1, 1928, in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Paul G. and Frances Dunlap Swartz. Her beloved husband, Russell S. Spear, Jr., precede her in death in 2009. Martha was employed as a seamstress at the Stanley Co. in Chambersburg...
Emma Beecher
Jul 30, 2016
Emma Elizabeth Beecher, 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 30, 1934 in Huntingdon, PA, she was a daughter of the late Melvin and Edith Miller White. A homemaker most of her life, she loved spending time with and caring for her family. She served as Secretary and Treasurer of Beecher’s Auto...
R. Pauline Stouffer
Jul 29, 2016
R. Pauline Stouffer, age 102, formerly of Lincoln Way West, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, July 29, 2016 at Menno Haven where she has resided since 2009. Born January 15, 1914 in Mercersburg, she was a daughter of the late Clyde and Ruth Gushard Souders. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Stouffer was a member of King Street...
Linda Forbes
Jul 27, 2016
Linda Forbes, age 73, passed away peacefully at home on July 27, 2016 surrounded by the spirit of the Lord and her loving family. Born July 15, 1943, she was a daughter of the late J. Paul and Mary (Kitzmiller) Lytle. Linda is survived by her cherished husband of thirty years, Raymond Forbes; her daughter Dianne Kelso (Denise Simmers) of...
Seth Shafer
Jul 27, 2016
Seth Byers Shafer, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday morning, July 27, 2016, at Menno Haven. Born January 3, 1928, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Jacob W. and Emma Jane Byers Shafer. Seth was a 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. After his graduation, Seth worked as a machinist helper at Shartles Machine...
Lester Baughman
Jul 26, 2016
Lester Lee Baughman, 68, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at his home. Born August 18, 1947 in East Waterford, PA, he was the son of the late George and Vera Baughman Witter. A U.S. Army veteran, Lester served honorably in Vietnam. Following his discharge from the army, he was employed as a mechanic at Letterkenny Army...
Michael Rotz
Jul 24, 2016
Michael Thomas Rotz, 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning, July 24, 2016. Born December 2, 1951, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Olen and Mary “Jane” Rotz. His wife, Barbara Ann Rotz, preceded him in death on November 2, 2002. He is survived by his children Michael, Savannah, Jeff...
Bette Trogler
Jul 21, 2016
Bette Jane Trogler, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Greensburg, PA, entered eternal life on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center, Shippensburg, PA. Born March 8, 1930, in Greensburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Revon Roy McDermott and Minerva Berringer Smith. Mrs. Trogler was a member of the Marion First United...
Charles West
Jul 20, 2016
Charles E. “Jim” West, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at Menno Haven. He was born on June 23, 1927, in Fayetteville, PA. He was the son of the late Edward C. West and Minnie Brown West. Jim served honorably in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Jim continued his service to the...
Harry D. "Dash" Leedy
Jul 20, 2016
Harry D. “Dash” Leedy, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 30, 1930, in Freestone, PA (Horsevalley), he was the son of the late Harvey C. and Verna R. Rosenberry Forrester Leedy. Mr. Leedy attended Shippensburg Area Schools. He married his wife of 65 years, Edith “Eloise”...
Joseph Redington
Jul 20, 2016
Joseph G. Redington, Jr., 73, of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Born July 8, 1943, in Kansas City, MO, he was the son of the late Joseph and Ann (Dempsey) Redington. A graduate of Scranton Preparatory School (Class of '61) and the University of Scranton (cum laude, Class of '65), he served in...
Dennis Miller
Jul 20, 2016
Dennis Ray “Denny” Miller, 69, of Chambersburg and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away after an over four year battle with cancer on Wednesday morning, July 20, 2016, at his home. Born July 9, 1947, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Deloris Miller Smith, and the late Robert Monn. Denny was a 1966 graduate of CASHS. A U.S. Army veteran,...
John Forster
Jul 19, 2016
John Montgomery Forster IV, of Fayetteville, PA passed away at the Village of Laurel Run on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Born May 26, 1926, in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late John Montgomery III and Gladys Margarite Forster. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Forster served honorably during WWII. He was a graduate of William and Mary college....
David Poper
Jul 19, 2016
David E. Poper, age 63, of South Mountain, PA, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at the South Mountain Restoration Center. Born June 20, 1953, he was the son of Harry C. and Ruth Stottlemeyer Poper. David was an avid sports fan, rooting for the NY Yankees, NY Giants, and the Steelers. Surviving are three siblings, Harriet I. Witherspoon...
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