Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Kimberly Burdge
Dec 20, 2015
Kimberly J. Burdge, age 48, of East Waterford, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born December 15, 1967, in Lewistown, PA, she was the daughter of Mary Burdge and the late David Burdge. A 1985 graduate of Juniata High School, Kim went on to serve in the U.S. Navy in 1989 –...

Max Benedict
Dec 20, 2015
Max H. Benedict, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday morning, December 20, 2015 at his home. Born August 30, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Glenn and Pearl Helman Benedict. He served with the US Army during the Korean War and retired from Letterkenny Army Depot with 29 years of service. Following his retirement he was...

Stewart McCleary
Dec 19, 2015
Stewart Michael McCleary, 70, of Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday morning, December 19, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 19, 1945 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lester and Elizabeth McCleary. He was employed as a truck driver by Lehman’s Egg Service for many years and also worked as a custodian at the Chambersburg...

Jean Swanson
Dec 19, 2015
Jean M. Swanson, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Penn Hall where she had resided since 2009. Born in Lemasters, PA in 1926, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Greenawalt Myers. Jean was a 1944 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in...
Joan Strader
Dec 18, 2015
Joan E. Strader, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday evening, December 18, 2015 under the care of Quincy Village and SpiriTrust Lutheran Home Care and Hospice. She had been a resident of Edenville for the past 23 years. Born December 13, 1929 in Donora, PA, she was the daughter of the late J. Francis and Elsie V. Gilmer Strang....

Martin Wells
Dec 17, 2015
On December 17th 2015 Martin D Wells of Fort Loudon passed from this world and those who loved him. He was best known as Marty. He was born July 29, 1943 in DuBois, PA to the late Joseph and Dorothy (Reitz) Wells. He attended Dubois School. Marty worked five plus years at Gabler Trucking in Chambersburg and he retired from...

Betty Ailes
Dec 17, 2015
Betty J. (Picking) Ailes, 91, of Fayetteville, PA, formerly of Chambersburg and Johnstown, passed away on Thursday morning , December 17, 2015 at The Village of Laurel Run. Born March 23, 1924 in Johnstown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Fred C. and Elizabeth Picking Kent. She was the devoted and loving wife of 71 years to the...

Martha Shoop
Dec 17, 2015
Martha J. Shoop, 88, of East Waterford, PA, passed away on Thursday evening, December 17, 2015 at her home. Born August 16, 1927 in Port Royal, PA, she was a daughter of the late Earnest S. and Roseanna Dalton Peterson. Her beloved husband of 67 years, Dale C. Shoop, whom she married on August 10, 1946, preceded her in death...
Shirley Grove
Dec 17, 2015
Shirley L. (McNew) Grove, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, December 17, 2015 at Providence Place where she has resided the past four years. Born January 30, 1935 in Fayetteville, PA, she was a daughter and the baby of six children born to the late David C. and Rhoda (Peters) McNew. Shirley grew up and lived in...
Beatrice Swisher
Dec 15, 2015
Beatrice N. Swisher, 93, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Menno Haven. Born February 20, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Walter I. and Gertrude Stoner Hoover. Her beloved husband, Richard D. Swisher, preceded her in death on August 27, 2002. Beatrice was employed as a seamstress early in her life at Interwoven for...

Kathryn Criniti
Dec 15, 2015
Kathryn M. Criniti, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Born October 30, 1927, in Yardley, PA, she was the daughter of the late Anna Doyle Robbins. Mrs. Criniti graduated from the former Yardley School. She worked as a teacher’s aide for years at a local Junior High school in...

Robert Hartwig
Dec 14, 2015
Robert H. Hartwig, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 19, 1944 in Warsaw, NY, he was a son of the late John Henry and Marjorie Jane Hilborn Hartwig. He was a member of MCC of the Spirit Church in Harrisburg, PA. Robert is survived by his brother, Jack Hartwig and...
Robert Wilson
Dec 13, 2015
Robert E. “Bob” Wilson, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 2, 1938, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Arthur and H. Louise High Wilson. A machine operator, Bob dedicated 36 years, working at the James River Corporation, retiring in 1998. He...

Florence Hepfer
Dec 12, 2015
Florence E. Hepfer, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 9, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Brandt C. Gonder, Sr. and Barbara G. Werdbaugh Gonder. Florence was a 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was employed at Grief Company as a seamstress for...

Robert Greenwalt
Dec 12, 2015
Robert James Greenwalt, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, December 12, 2015 at his home. Born May 1, 1922 in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, he was a son of the late Milton J. and Martha Singer Greenwalt. A 1940 graduate of the John Adams High School in Queens, NY, Mr. Greenwalt served with the US Army during WWII....

Richard Methner
Dec 10, 2015
Richard William Methner, a long time resident of Chambersburg, died quietly in his sleep on December 10th at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, WV at the age of 99. Richard was born August 19, 1916 in Old Bridge, NJ, to Charles and Catherine Methner, the fourth oldest of ten children, two of whom died in infancy. He graduated from...

Helen Martin
Dec 9, 2015
Helen E. Martin age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Born in Shippensburg PA, on November 20, 1928, she was the daughter of the late William and Ruth Ellen Witter Reath. Mrs. Martin worked at the Shippensburg University and at Knouse Foods for a number...

Beverly Stepler
Dec 9, 2015
Beverly L. Stepler, age 87, of Fayetteville, PA, and formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 09, 2015, at the Village of Laurel Run. Born in Chebeague Island, ME on May 17, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Ray E. Hamilton and Mildred V. Turner Hamilton. A seamstress at the former Stanley Company, Mrs. Stepler dedicated...
Glenn LaRose
Dec 8, 2015
Glenn E. LaRose, 66, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Hershey Medical Center. Born April 22, 1949 in Bridgeport, CT, he was a son of the late William Joseph LaRose, Jr. and Jacqueline Pease LaRose Crayton. A U.S. Navy veteran, Glenn served his country honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He was employed at Grove Worldwide for...

Anna Marie Hock
Dec 8, 2015
Anna Marie Hock, age 78, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at her home. Born in Chambersburg, PA on February 25, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Roy W. and Dorothy Mae Wolf Gilbert. A 1955 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Mrs. Hock was a member of the first graduating class...