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Glenn Beecher
May 27, 2016
Glenn E. Beecher, Sr., age 85, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at his home on Friday, May 27, 2016, surrounded by his family. Born March 17, 1931, in Jacksonville, PA, he was the son of the late Paul E. and Pearl Margarent Jones Beecher. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Beecher served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He was the founder...
Thomas Carbaugh, Jr.
May 27, 2016
Thomas L. “Tom” Carbaugh, Jr. (SSG, USA Ret.) age 43, of Leesville, LA, and formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, May 27, 2016. Born August 28, 1972, in Chambersburg, he is the son of Monta Rae Shaw Beaver and her husband, Terry of Chambersburg, PA and Thomas L. Carbaugh, Sr. and his wife, Edna...
Leonard Gearhart
May 22, 2016
Leonard E. “Butch” “Lenny” Gearhart, age 69, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016, at his home, with his family by his side. Born October 12, 1946, in Chambersburg, Butch is the son of Catherine E. “Kitty” Nixon Gearhart and the late Guy E. Gearhart. Butch was a 1964 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School....
Karl Fahnestock
May 20, 2016
Karl Elwood Fahnestock, 78, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Selinsgrove, PA, passed away Friday evening, May 20, 2016 at his home. Born June 1, 1937 in Selinsgrove, he was a son of the late Mary Frantz Finsterbush and the late Kenneth G. Fahnestock. Karl was a 1955 graduate of the Selinsgrove High School and served in the United States...
John Reichard
May 20, 2016
John E. “Bud” Reichard, 91, formerly of Waynesboro, went to be with The Lord, Friday, May 20, 2016 in The Village of Laurel Run, where he had resided for the past year. Born March 10, 1925 in Five Forks, PA, he was a son of the late Edgar Glenn and Carrie Irene Harshman Reichard. Bud and his wife Esther spent...
Joanne Marzolf
May 17, 2016
Joanne M. Marzolf, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. Born March 2, 1945, in Allentown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Elmer and Dorothy Bowers Long. Mrs. Marzolf was a graduate of the Pine Grove High School. She was a homemaker most of her life. Her husband, Chester L. “Chet” Marzolf, whom...
John Peak
May 17, 2016
John B. Peak, 82, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Portland, OR, passed away Tuesday evening, May 17, 2016 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 27, 1933 in Louisville, KY, he was a son of the late Marcus and Velma Peak. John served in the US Army and was later retired from Owens Illinois Glass in Portland. He also owned and...
Mary Melkonich
May 16, 2016
Mary Melkonich, 86, a resident of The Village of Laurel Run in Fayetteville, PA and formerly of St. Clair, PA, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016 at the nursing home. Born February 8, 1930 in St. Clair, she was a daughter of the late Wassil and Pearl Ponczar Draovitch. Her husband, Frank Melkonich, preceded her in death in April of...
Dr. Robert Richards
May 13, 2016
A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Robert N. Richards, Sr. was born on July 9, 1922 in Glenolden , Pennsylvania to Jane Shaw and Arthur Richards. He graduated from Glenolden High School, Pennsylvania Military College and Temple Medical School. During his Orthopedic Residency in Philadelphia, he married Mary Lou Ford and started a family. He practiced medicine in Greenville, Pennsylvania before...
Glenn Zimmerman
May 11, 2016
Glenn E. Zimmerman, age 88, of Carlisle, PA and formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Forest Park Health Center and Rehabilitation in Carlisle, PA. Born June 14, 1927, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Lloyd E., Sr. and Edna Hetrick Zimmerman. A 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School,...
Judith Caudle
May 11, 2016
Judith A. Caudle, 72, of Berryville, VA, passed away on May 11, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, May 16, 2016 in Lincoln Cemetery, Chambersburg, PA.
Helen Rife
May 9, 2016
Helen B. Rife, 98, of Chambersburg, passed away Monday morning, May 9, 2016 at Menno Haven. Born April 8, 1918 in Edenville, PA she was a daughter of the late W. Frank and Annie M. Reigle Shetron. Her beloved husband, Donald E. Rife, preceded her in death in 1960. Helen was employed at the Stanley Co. from 1939 – 44,...
Edward Peters
May 8, 2016
Edward F. Peters, Sr., age 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 20, 1938, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Eugene R. and Mary C. Fogal Peters. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Peters served honorably from 1956 - 1959. He was a member of Corpus Christi...
Mary Newman
May 7, 2016
Mary Irene Newman, 90, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Centerline, MI, passed away Saturday morning, May 7, 2016 at The Shook Home. Born March 28, 1926 in St. Thomas, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Mary Musselman Rotz. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Newman was an Avon representative for more than twenty years. During...
Robert Ray
May 6, 2016
Robert Lee Ray, age 55, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Friday morning, May 6, 2016 at his home after a two year battle with cancer. He was the son of Nancy Ray-Rice and the late George Ray, Jr. He was predeceased by his step-father, Lester Rice. Robert had worked at AC&T in Hagerstown and was a lifetime member of ABATE....
Ralph Dicken
May 4, 2016
Ralph Edward Dicken, 57, of Mercersburg, PA, died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in Chambersburg Hospital. All seemed to be going well in his life when he suddenly felt ill that evening. He went to a neighbor’s home, they called an ambulance for him, and he died at the hospital of cardiac arrest. Born September 5, 1958, he was the...
Jane McCarthy
May 3, 2016
Jane Catherine McCarthy, pictured here with her husband, John, of 57 years, passed away at her home Tuesday, 3 May 2016. Their love and deep respect for each other endured throughout their lives. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 20 February 1929, she was the daughter of Daniel and Jane (Convery) Otterson who immigrated to the United States from Longfield, Northern...
Sarah Heck
May 2, 2016
Sarah Pauline Heck, 90, a resident at the Shook Home in Chambersburg, passed away Monday evening, May 2, 2016 at the nursing home. Born January 9, 1926 in Cove Gap, PA, she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Minnie Pearl Bentz Deck. Mrs. Heck was a graduate of the former Lemasters High School and during WWII was employed...
Merle Gilbert
Apr 30, 2016
Merle L. Gilbert, Sr., 82 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, April 30, 2016 at his home. Born March 29, 1934 in Nyesville, PA, he was a son of the late Alfred W. and Susan C. Jones Gilbert. Merle attended Chambersburg schools and co-owned and operated the former Gilbert and Flagle Logging in Fayetteville for nearly 40 years prior...
Nancy Beecher Jackson
Apr 30, 2016
Nancy G. Beecher Jackson, age 89, of Carlisle, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Chapel Point Nursing Home in Carlisle. Born February 19, 1927, she was the daughter of the late William and Annie Lamma Bodkins. Mrs. Jackson worked at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg, while studying to be a CNA. She worked as a CNA...
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