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Irene Gearhart
Jan 26, 2016
Irene L. Gearhart, 78, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2016 at Quincy Village. Born July 5, 1937 in Hancock, MD, she was a daughter of the late Homer and Mabel Younker Weller. Irene was employed as an LPN at the former Franklin County Home for the Aging, and later at Shook Home until her retirement....
Sue Day
Jan 24, 2016
Sue Moyer Day, age 69, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center on Sunday, January 24, 2016. Born May 19, 1946, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Catherine Fetters Moyer. A 1964 graduate of CASHS, Sue went on the earn her bachelor’s degree from Shippensburg University in 1978 and...
Dorothy Sitterly
Jan 24, 2016
Dorothy Marie Andreiuolo Sitterly, 91, a resident of the Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 24, while visiting her daughter, Doree, of West Lake Village, CA. Born on January 4, 1925 in Corona, NY, she was a daughter of the late Francis Andreiuolo and Dorothy Balzer Andreiuolo. She was the widow of Robert J. Sitterly,...
Russell Bender
Jan 24, 2016
Russell A. Bender, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Penn Hall. Born October 29, 1924 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late William and Laura (Miller) Bender. Russell was a 1943 graduate of the former Quincy High School. A U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, he served honorably in the European Theatre as...
Charles Cruz
Jan 23, 2016
Charles Placido Cruz, age 94, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Mr. Cruz was born May 3, 1921 in Honolulu, HI. Mr. Cruz worked for the U.S. Government at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for over 35 years, retiring in 1976. He would eventually move from Hawaii to Maryland and finally permanently...
Rev. Arthur Kuehn
Jan 22, 2016
Rev. Arthur H. Kuehn, 79, of Fayetteville, PA, died at the Colestock Center, Quincy Village, PA on Friday, January 22, 2016. He was born in 1936 in Cincinnati, OH the son of the late Dorothy and Harry Kuehn. Rev. Kuehn graduated from Withrow High School, Wilmington College, and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. He was listed in Who’s Who In High School,...
Robert Puchalski
Jan 20, 2016
Robert “Bob” M. Puchalski, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 5, 1939 in Plymouth, PA, in the home of his late maternal grandparents, Joseph and Sophia Olshefski. He was the son of the late Helen (Olshefski) and Adam Puchalski. Bob was...
Barbara Kauffman Peck Thompson
Jan 19, 2016
Barbara Joy West Kauffman Peck Thompson “Barbie”, age 73, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at her home with her family by her side after a courageous battle with cancer. Born February 12, 1942, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Boyd “Preach” and Elsie Mae Ulrich West. Barbie was a 1960 graduate...
Beulah Cole
Jan 19, 2016
Beulah A. C ole, age 99, a resident of Woodland Retirement Center, Orbisonia, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Born in Harlan, IA on January 3, 1917, she was a farmer’s daughter, she loved the outdoors. She joined the 4-H and raised prize winning short-horn beef, which she showed at the...
Sandra Freet
Jan 17, 2016
Sandra J. Freet, age 72, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2016 in Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center, Chambersburg. She was born on August 3, 1943 in Indian Head, MD to the late LeRoy Gates and Willa Cruise Gates. Sandy was a founding and faithful member of Greencastle Baptist Church. An avid country and gospel music fan,...
Julia Goshorn
Jan 17, 2016
Julia E. Goshorn, age 88, Chambersburg, PA, entered into heaven on Sunday, January 17, 2016, at her home. Born March 8, 1927, in Antrim Township, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Hilda Fox Black. Mrs. Goshorn was a 1944 graduate of Greencastle – Antrim High School. She worked for Corning for 29 years, retiring in 1989. Mrs....
David Bernecker
Jan 16, 2016
David E. Bernecker, 89, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 3, 1926 in Upton, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence E. and Catherine B. (Hopkins) Bernecker. David was a 1944 graduate of St. Thomas High School. A U. S. Army veteran, he served...
Lennard Staley
Jan 16, 2016
Lennard C. Staley, 74, of South Mountain, PA, passed away Saturday evening, January 16, 2016 in the Waynesboro Hospital. Born July 12, 1941 in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Clinton J. and Louise A. Kauffman Staley. Lennard was a 1960 graduate of the former Quincy High School and attended numerous classes at Shippensburg University. An Industrial Engineer...
Robert Zullinger
Jan 15, 2016
Robert G. Zullinger, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, January 15, 2016 at his home. Born September 4, 1932 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul K. and Eva Mae Hassler Zullinger. A 1950 graduate of the Chambersburg High School, Bob went on to graduate from Rutger University’s Graduate School of Banking in 1965. He...
Floyd Furl
Jan 14, 2016
Floyd “Bud” Bittner Furl, Jr., 69, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at his home with his wife and daughters by his side. He is now at peace after a battle with cancer. Born July 11, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Floyd B. Furl, Sr., and Katherine H. (Kraiss) Furl. Floyd...
Sarah Seymour
Jan 14, 2016
Sarah Jane (Smith) Seymour, 39, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Born March 7, 1976 in Zeeland, MI, she was a daughter of David and Joyce (Lehr) Smith. Sarah was a 1994 graduate of Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School. She was employed as an LPN and then earned...
Clair Crouse
Jan 13, 2016
Clair J. Crouse, 69, of Dry Run, PA, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening, January 13, 2016 in the emergency room at Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 4, 1946 in Dry Run, he was a son of the late Wayne P. Crouse, Sr. and Mabel F. Arnold Crouse. He was a 1966 graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School. Clair served honorably with the...
Ida Snider
Jan 12, 2016
Ida Mary Snider, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at Menno Haven. Born August 16, 1932, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Ruth Coble Snider, Sr. Ms. Snider was a lifelong member of St. Thomas Lutheran Church. She worked in retail sales all of her career at both the...
Rastus Baker
Jan 10, 2016
Rastus “Rat” Baker, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 16, 1934 in Big Laurel, KY, he was a son of the late Willie and Maude Turner Baker. Mr. Baker founded Baker Beverage, which has been in business in Chambersburg since 1958. He had attended The Open Door Church. An avid...
George Pensinger
Jan 10, 2016
George H. Pensinger, 63, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening, January 10, 2015 at his home. Born April 15, 1952 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late John T. and Mabel M. Hess Pensinger. George was a 1970 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Music...
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