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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...
Gene McCleary
Jul 18, 2016
Gene Minerva Beahm McCleary died Monday, July 18th at the Shook Home, Chambersburg, PA. When she was an infant, her parents Strother Washington and Irma Berry Beahm moved from Clover Hill, VA to Waynesboro, PA. Gene graduated from Waynesboro High School in the class of 1940. She married Irvin B. McCleary, Jr., April 14th, 1945 and they had two sons,...
Elmer Drawbaugh
Jul 17, 2016
Elmer L. “Ick” Drawbaugh, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, July 17, 2016 at ManorCare Health Services. Born April 20, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Elmer L. and Mary Elliott Drawbaugh. He was a 1947 graduate of the Chambersburg High School and served in the US Navy during the Korean War. He retired...
Jeanne (Jean) Cullinane
Jul 17, 2016
Jeanne (Jean) Marie (Tilden) Cullinane, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away of natural causes on Sunday, July 17, 2016. She was born April 6, 1924 in Roslindale, MA. She was the daughter of Henry and Grace (Smallman) Tilden. Jeanne was formerly from Humarock, MA, Melbourne and Vero Beach, FL before settling in Chambersburg in 2008. She was preceded in...
Clyde Kimple
Jul 16, 2016
Clyde Edwin “Clydie” Kimple, 53, of Orrtanna, PA, passed away at his home on Saturday, July 16, 2016, surrounded by his family. Born July 8, 1963, he was a son of Clyde H. Kimple and the late Margaret “Peggy” Brown Kimple. Clydie was a 1981 graduate of CASHS. He was employed as a forklift operator at Knouse Foods for 25...
Betty Cramer
Jul 15, 2016
Betty Jessell Cramer, age 94, passed away on Friday evening, July 15, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was presently a resident of The Manor at Penn Hall. She formerly lived at 951 S. Fifth Street in Chambersburg. Born August 11, 1921 she was the youngest daughter of the late Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Talhelm) Jessell. She grew up at...
Carlos Simon
Jul 15, 2016
Carlos J. Simon, 52, of Philadelphia, passed away on July 15, 2016. Born June 15, 1964, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of Julio Simon and Carmen Melendez. He is also survived by two sisters, Carmen Simon (Jamel Murray) of Fayetteville, and Linda Castro (Jose) of Fayetteville; two nieces, Elizabeth Santos Simon and Vanessa Sanchez Simon; and a nephew...
Rosalie Poznaniak
Jul 15, 2016
Rosalie Victoria Poznaniak, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday morning, July 15, 2016, at Hershey Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born July 10, 1941 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Marie Slowikowski Wujek. Rosalie married the love of her life, Leonard W. Poznaniak, on September 27, 1969...
Jack Parr
Jul 11, 2016
Jack D. Parr, 60, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, July 11, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 27, 1955 in Tennessee, he was a son of Josephine Tarr Parr and the late Jack D. Parr. Jack had been employed as an electrician with Ellsworth Electric in Chambersburg for the past eight years. Previously he was employed with...
Marilyn Noll
Jul 7, 2016
Marilyn Vera White Noll, age 77, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Born August 29, 1938, in Massena, NY, she was the daughter of the late William Frank and Vera Hartom White. A computer programmer/systems analyst for the Federal Government, Marilyn served for 25 years, prior to her retirement. She enjoyed traveling...
Fred Wagner
Jul 7, 2016
Fred C. Wagner, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Bridgeville and Upper St. Clair, PA, passed away on Thursday, July 07, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 12, 1924, in Bridgeville, PA, he was the son of the late John and Anna Rudda Wagner. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Wagner served honorably during WWII. Mr. Wagner was...
Larue Jones
Jul 5, 2016
Larue Jones, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, July 5, 2016 at her home. Born June 23, 1926 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Merle and Dorothy Pentz Sheffler. She was a 1943 graduate of the Waynesboro Senior High School. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Jones was an avid fan of Washington...
Michael Spangler
Jul 5, 2016
Michael Raymond Spangler, age 62, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at his home. Born September 9, 1953, in Hanover, PA, he was the son of Everett Raymond Spangler and the late Judy L. Brown Spangler. A 1971 graduate of Southwestern High School in Hanover, PA, Mike went on to Shippensburg University, where he graduated in...
Elsie Bricker
Jul 4, 2016
Elsie B. Bricker, age 90, of Ft. Loudon, PA, entered into eternal rest on Monday, July 4, 2016, at her home. Born June 15, 1926, in Fort Loudon, she was the daughter of the late George and Nellie Bryson Walck. Elsie was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ. She sang in the church choir for a number of...
Russell Cook
Jul 4, 2016
Russell E. Cook, 94, of Chambersburg, died on July 4, 2016, at his apartment at Providence Place. Born August 25, 1921 in Cashtown, Adams County, he was the son of the late E. Bright and Maude M. Kump Cook. He was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chambersburg. Mr. Cook was a 1939 graduate of Gettysburg High School, and...
Linda Rosenberry
Jun 29, 2016
Linda Rosenberry, 68, of Fayetteville, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at Hershey Medical Center. Born September 10, 1947 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Charles F. and Pansy N. Baker Funk. Her beloved husband, Robert W. Rosenberry, preceded her in death in 2000. Linda was a 1966 graduate of WASHS. She was employed as a...
Phillip Jackson
Jun 26, 2016
God called His servant Phillip Matthew Jackson, age 36, home early Sunday morning, June 26, 2016. Phillip was called home suddenly and surprisingly to all who love and care for him, whom are many. Phillip “P.J” was born December 27, 1979 in Waycross, GA and was residing in Greencastle, PA with his beloved wife, Amber Lynn Campbell Jackson; two daughters,...
Emma F. "Faye" Dice
Jun 24, 2016
Emma F. “Faye” Dice, age 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2016, at the Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born January 26, 1936, in Newville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Pearl Gilbert Mowers. Mrs. Dice was a 1954 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. Talented and interested in many occupations,...
Mildred Henninger
Jun 23, 2016
Mildred “Millie” (Forster) Henninger, 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at home on Thursday June 23, 2016. Born January 26, 1926 in Mahanoy City, PA. Daughter of the late Nicholas and Matilda Forster, she is preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, Harry Henninger. She moved to the area 29 years ago from Woodbridge,...
Albert Bumbaugh
Jun 16, 2016
Albert G. Bumbaugh, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 23, 1929 in Lantz, MD, he was a son of the late Crawford and Ina Pryor Bumbaugh. Albert served in the National Guard for two years. He was previously employed at the former Brake Pontiac Cadillac in Waynesboro and the former...
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