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Shirley Brookens
Apr 1, 2016
Shirley M. Brookens, 85, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016 at the Shook Home. Born June 22, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late John Harold "Hal" Moyer and E. "Claire" Brown Moyer. Her beloved husband, Ray F. Brookens, whom she married on July 22, 1950, preceded her in death on September 7,...
Lawrence Mohr
Apr 1, 2016
Lawrence (Larry) G. Mohr, 89 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Menno Haven. He was born in Mohrtown, a “Place” near Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He was the son of the late Garland John and Carrie Stevens Mohr. His wife, Clara G. Mohr, preceded him in death on October 9, 2006. Larry graduated from Point...
Robert Logan
Mar 31, 2016
Robert Christopher Logan, Sr., died March 31, 2016, three days short of his 91st birthday. He was born April 3, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. He was the son of Howard M. 'Doc' and Virginia N. Head Logan. Before moving to Chambersburg with his family in 1954, he lived in Franklin, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Butler (Butler High School Class of 1944),...
William Schoenleber
Mar 30, 2016
William Ronald Schoenleber, age 78, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 21, 1937, in Upper Darby, PA, he was the son of the late William P. and Dorothy Heimert Schoenleber. A 1955 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Bill went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Army....
Isabel Vanderau
Mar 29, 2016
Isabel H. Vanderau, 98, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2016 at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born August 10, 1917 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late William B. and Clara E. Hays Pentz. Her beloved husband, Val W. “Bill” Vanderau, whom she married on May 16, 1945, preceded her in death in 2001. Isabel...
Barbara Strite
Mar 29, 2016
Barbara Reamy Strite, 76, of Chambersburg, PA died on March 29, 2016 at her home. She was born July 11, 1939 in Baltimore, MD. She was the daughter of the late Dorothea S. and Howard B. Reamy. The family were members of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter of Baltimore. Barb was a 1957 graduate of Eastern High School...
Vonda Gunder
Mar 28, 2016
Vonda R. Gunder, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Quincy, PA, on January 19, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William Fairfax Freeman and Emma Heintzelman Freeman. Mrs. Gunder was a 1946 graduate of the former Quincy High School. She was fortunate enough to be a...
Wayne Loar
Mar 28, 2016
Wayne L. Loar, age 57, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 28, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1959, in Frostburg, MD, he was the son of the late Elmer Walter and Mary Scott Loar. Wayne was a welder by trade. He was a member of The Open Door...
Paul Garland
Mar 26, 2016
Paul Jesse Garland, age 77, of St. Thomas, PA passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Breezewood, PA on May 14, 1938, he was the son of the late Franklin G. and Mildred E. Pepple Garland. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he served his country honorably for four years. He went on to...
Robert Rowe
Mar 26, 2016
Robert Charles Rowe, 82, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Jessup, MD, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Penn Hall Nursing Center with his family by his side. Born May 29, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA, he was a son of the late Charles Rowe and Leota Fellenbaum Rowe McPherson. Bob was employed as a carpenter with Walter A....
Mary Etter
Mar 26, 2016
Mary M. Etter, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born April 3, 1925, in Franklin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Allen J. and Olevia M. Claudy Miner. Mrs. Etter worked at A&P Foods for 50 years, where she later retired. She was a member of...
Katharine Pensinger
Mar 24, 2016
Katharine “Katie” D. Glass Pensinger, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, March 24, 2016 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Matthew Glass and Edith Isenberger Glass Beard. Mrs. Pensinger was a 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed as a...
Terry Heck
Mar 24, 2016
Terry L. Heck, 69, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 11, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John Paul and Margaret Kriner Heck. Terry was a 1965 graduate of CASHS. A U.S. Navy veteran, he served honorably as a river boat patrolman in Vietnam. Following his service,...
Betty Shetron
Mar 23, 2016
Betty L. Shetron, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, March 23, 2016 at the Shook Home. Born September 27, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Jane Mills Bitner. She retired from the former H.J. Heinz Company in Chambersburg after 25 years of service. Mrs. Shetron was a life-long member of St. John’s...
David Owens
Mar 23, 2016
David N. “Tiny” Owens, 66, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 9, 1949 in Ft. Meade, MD, he was the son of the late Luther N. Owens and Pauline Baily Barrett. A U.S. Army veteran, David served honorably in Vietnam. He was employed as a route driver for Pepsi-Cola in Newville...
Mary Rogers
Mar 22, 2016
Mary J. Rogers, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, March 22, 2016 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 16, 1922 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Marahll A. and Dicie E. Holder Foose. Mary retired from Knouse Foods in Chambersburg where she worked for many years. She was a member of Corpus Christi...
Anthony Torina
Mar 22, 2016
Anthony F. Torina, 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 29, 1950 in Johnstown, PA, he was a son of the late Nicholas and Sara DiGuardi Torina. Anthony served with the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, retiring in 2015 with...
Robert Ripper
Mar 19, 2016
Robert Ripper, age 77, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA, with his loving family by his side. Born July 16, 1938, in Windber, PA, he was the son of the late John R. and Anna Bartko Ripper. Mr. Ripper was a 1956 graduate of Adams-Summerhill Senior High School, where...
Nicholas Snyder
Mar 17, 2016
Nicholas Warren Snyder, 23, died unexpectedly, at home, on March 17, 2016. He was born on November 28, 1992, in Chambersburg, PA. Nicholas was a 2011 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, and was finishing his senior year at Penn State University, University Park campus, with a degree in Hospitality Management. Nicholas is survived by his parents, Sandra and...
Ryan Foor
Mar 16, 2016
Ryan Jeffrey Foor, age 22, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Born April 27, 1993, in Chambersburg, PA, he is the son of Jeffrey Eugene and Tanya Renae Etchberger Foor. Ryan was a 2011 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He worked at Volvo in Shippensburg and most recently as a carpenter at Brim...
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