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Deanna Yeager
Jan 9, 2016
Deanna L. Yeager, age 63, of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Johnstown, PA, she was the daughter of Phyllis Jean Wentz and the late Clement Dean Allshouse. Deanna last worked for Burpee Greenhouses in Fannettsburg, PA. She attended Shady Pine Mennonite Church. Deanna loved her pet whitetail deer, her dogs,...
Joann Poppenwimer
Jan 9, 2016
Joann Poppenwimer, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Saturday, January 9, 2016. Born January 11, 1932, in Altoona, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Eileen Schleich Whitfield. A 1949 graduate of the Altoona High School, Mrs. Poppenwimer went on to Altoona School of Nursing, where she became a registered nurse. She...
Irvin Miller
Jan 9, 2016
Irvin E. Miller, 75, of Lincoln Way West Chambersburg, died on Saturday, January 9, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on August 1, 1940 in St. Michaels, Cambria County, PA, he was a son of the late Dorsey A. Miller and Anna Brough Miller. Irv graduated from the Adams Summerhill Joint High School, he then served his country with the U.S....
Herbert Plasterer
Jan 7, 2016
Herbert P. Plasterer, 93, peacefully passed away at his home on Lincoln Way East on Thursday, January 7, 2016. Herbert Plough Plasterer was born in Chambersburg on December 17, 1922, the son of Hiram Plough Plasterer and Carrie Brake Plasterer. A graduate of the Chambersburg High School Class of 1940, he was attending Shippensburg College when drafted into World War...
Bradley Gsell
Jan 6, 2016
Bradley L. “Brad” Gsell, age 63, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2015, at his home. Born July 18, 1952, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Herbert R. and Edna Jamison Gsell. Brad was a 1970 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and a 1974 graduate of Princeton University, with a...
R. Charles Poe
Jan 6, 2016
R. Charles Poe, 85, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, January 6, 2016 at Penn Hall. Born July 4, 1930 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Roy C. and Ruth L. (Brechbill) Poe. Charlie began his career at the Ford Company. In 1958 he started Charlie’s Used Cars and continued as the owner/operator for the...
Richard Sellers
Jan 5, 2016
Richard C. Sellers, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, January 5, 2016 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 6, 1932 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Harry and Gail Coble Sellers. Richard retired from Grove Manufacturing in Shady Grove, PA after forty years of service. He was a member of Mt. Olivet United Brethren Church. He...
Lesa Sowers
Jan 5, 2016
Lesa A. Sowers, 53, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 16, 1962 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of William O. and Laura H. (Rowe) Wishard. Lesa was a 1980 graduate of CASHS. She was employed as a secretary for the federal government for 34 years, first at Rockville, MD, and...
Ida Wilk
Jan 4, 2016
Ida P. Wilk, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, died Monday morning, January 4, 2016 at Providence Place. Born March 17, 1927 in Brownsville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Amelia Landi Citro. Ida was a 1945 graduate of the Brownsville (PA) High School. She was first employed by G. C. Murphey Department Store in Brownsville, PA then...
Margie Over
Jan 3, 2016
Margie A. Over, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 3, 2016. Born March 27, 1924 in Peru Lack, Juniata County, PA to John and Minnie Piper Wise, she was raised by her grandparents, Bernard and Margaret Miller Wise. Mrs. Over was a 1942 graduate of the Lewistown High School and was...
Karen Knight
Jan 3, 2016
Karen L. Knight, 60, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 3, 2016 at her home. Born March 16, 1955 in McConnellsburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles Naugle and Alma Osler. Karen was a graduate of the James Buchanan High School and has been employed for nearly 20 years with Franklin County Head Start where she...
Shirley Reese
Jan 3, 2016
The Earth lost an angel in Shirley Ailine Reese on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family and friends after a courageous seven year battle with cancer. Born July 22, 1938 in St. Thomas Township, she was a daughter of the late David W. and Ester Pheil Pool. Her husband, John S. Reese II, whom she...
Germaine Deshong
Jan 3, 2016
Germaine Ruth Deshong, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, January 3, 2016 at her home. Born September 26, 1938 in Freeport, ME, she was a daughter of the late Armand and Ruth Lloyd Gardner. She had been employed early in her life at the Mayberry Shoe Store in Rochester, NH and later worked at her family’s orchard, Brown’s...
R. Edward Whetstone
Dec 30, 2015
R. Edward Whetstone, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, December 30, 2015 at his home. Born June 20, 1934 in Bedford, PA, he was a son of the late Harold S. and Gladys E. (Diehl) Whetstone. He was a 1952 graduate of the Bedford High School. Ed was employed for thirty five years with Pennelec, retiring as an...
Ines Runk Mentzer
Dec 29, 2015
Ines G. (Hoover) Runk Mentzer, 89, of Chambersburg, was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by her family. Born May 26, 1926 in Todd Township, Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel D. and Olive J. Drake Hoover. Ines was a 1942 graduate of Robertsdale High...
Maxine Rife
Dec 29, 2015
Maxine K. Rife, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, December 29, 2015 at her home. Born August 4, 1931 in Marion, PA, she was a daughter of the late George B. and Mary Alice Snyder Seilhamer. Maxine was a graduate of the Greencastle High School. She was a homemaker most of her life and enjoyed sewing and cooking....
Jean Cook
Dec 25, 2015
Jean E. Cook, 94, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015. Born on November 16, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was the only child of the late Charles H. Hambright and Mary Seibert Mickey Hambright. She was the widow of Robert W. Cook, whom she married on September 6, 1941. They resided in Menno Village for more than 18...
Thomas Shearer
Dec 23, 2015
Thomas B. “Tom” Shearer, age 79, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, December 23, 2015. Born in Fannettsburg, PA on December 9, 1936, he was the son of the late Gamble and Grace Brown Shearer. Mr. Shearer was a 1955 graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School, he went on to work at Craft Press...
Clarence Myers
Dec 21, 2015
Clarence H. “Ike” Myers, 87, of Chambersburg and formerly of Dublin, PA, died on Monday, December 21, 2015 in Menno Haven. Born on June 21, 1928 in Bedminster Twp., PA, he was a son of the late Isaiah M. Myers and Sadie Kratz Myers. He was the widower of M. Irene Miller Myers, who preceded him in death on December...
Peggy Roberts
Dec 20, 2015
Peggy L. Umbrell Roberts, age 69, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at her home. Born May 27, 1946 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late James C. and Iva Miller Umbrell. Peggy was a 1964 graduate of CASHS. She started her career at Hennessy Products, in Chambersburg, working her way up to Administrative...
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