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Wallace Gossert
Oct 10, 2015
Wallace W. “Wally” Gossert, Jr., age 58, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 19, 1957, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Wallace W. Gossert, Sr. and the late Myrtle Kline Gossert. Wally was a 1977 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior high School. He was last employed...
Jacqueline Picking
Oct 9, 2015
Jacqueline L. Picking, 75, of Marion, PA, passed away Friday morning, October 9, 2015 at her home. Born December 20, 1939 in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Russell T. and Rhoda G. Walck Miller. Mrs. Picking was a 1957 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education...
Barbara Eline
Oct 9, 2015
Barbara J. Eline, age 79, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, passed away in her son’s home on October 9, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, on March 9, 1936, to the late Clark and Mildred Herr Patterson. She graduated from Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the class of 1954, where she was a majorette...
Alma Snyder
Oct 9, 2015
Alma M. Snyder, 88, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Friday morning, October 9, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 17, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Noah and Bessie Gelsinger Statler. Her beloved husband of 61 years, Eugene “Gene” H. Snyder, preceded her in death on November 6, 2010. Alma worked...
Dawn Kauffman
Oct 4, 2015
Dawn E. (Russell) Kauffman, 54, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday, October 4, 2015. Born September 12, 1961 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Chester Leroy and Edith Lucille (Newingham) Russell. Dawn was a 1979 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was employed as a waitress at the Route...
Lois Hammond
Oct 3, 2015
Lois J. Hammond, age 55, of Willow Hill, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, October 3, 2015, after a courageous six year battle with cancer. Born in Chambersburg, PA on October 24, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Loraine Horn Hockenberry, after her mother’s passing, six months after her birth; she was raised...
Arthur Newman
Oct 2, 2015
Arthur F. Newman, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, October 2, 2015. Born in Philadelphia, PA on June 5, 1937, he was the son of the late Arthur Edward and Camille Marie Fittipaldi Newman. Surviving is his wife of 39 years, Peggy Zeigenfuss Newman, whom he married in Philadelphia on March 6, 1976; his daughter,...
Frank Hocker
Oct 1, 2015
Frank L. Hocker, a child of God, passed away on October 1st, 2015 at the age of 79. At the time of his death he resided in Fayetteville, PA. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, George W. Hocker and Rachel Sutcliffe Hocker, a sister, Rebecca Hocker Hewitt and his brother, George T. Hocker. He is survived by his...
Evelyn Ausherman
Sep 30, 2015
Evelyn G. Ausherman, age 86, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Born in Dallastown, PA on March 24, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Pius and Lucille Eberly Grim. Mrs. Ausherman was a 1946 graduate of Red Lion High School. She worked at Ft. Dietrich for several years, and retired...
Dorothy Fahnestock
Sep 28, 2015
Dorothy Mae Fahnestock, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Monday morning, September 28, 2015, while vacationing in Ocean City, Maryland. Born July 13, 1936, in Burnt Cabins, PA, she was a daughter of the late John T. and Pearl A. Mock Shore. She had been employed at the former PET, Inc. in Chambersburg....
Kenneth Sterner
Sep 27, 2015
Kenneth L. Sterner, Sr., age 88 of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at his home on Sunday, September27, 2015. Born March 9, 1927, in Hanover, PA, he was the son of the late Milton H. and Cecelia Brauwer Sterner. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Sterner served honorably during WWII. He went on to own and operate Franklin County waxing service for...
Gina Roman
Sep 25, 2015
Gina White Roman, age 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015, at Menno Haven Nursing Center. Born in Dundee, Scotland on September 7, 1941, she was the daughter of the late William and Jemima Angus Watson. Gina immigrated to the United States from Scotland in 1965, arriving and working in Providence, RI and then moving to...
Nina Gamble
Sep 21, 2015
Nina J. Gamble, age 89, formerly of Concord, PA, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015, at Manor Care Nursing Home in Chambersburg, PA. Born October 7, 1925, in Blain, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alexander “Zane” Kennedy and Glenna Marie Stroup Kennedy. Mrs. Gamble was a graduate of Blain High School, and had worked as a...
Bernadena Rotz Etter
Sep 21, 2015
Bernadena L. “Bernie” Rotz Etter, 93, of Orrstown, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born July 21, 1922 in St. Thomas Township, she was a daughter of the late George and Valley Snurr Ehrhart. Bernie worked seasonally at Knouse Foods in Chambersburg and also at Buttonwood Cafeteria at Letterkenny Army Depot. She was a...
Donald Helmuth
Sep 21, 2015
Donald L. Helmuth, 79, of Marion, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at his home. Born June 9, 1936, he was a son of the late William and Mildred Kline Helmuth. Donald worked as a die maker for James River for 38 years until his retirement in 1999. He was a member of Heidelberg Church of Marion and a...
Mary Armel
Sep 20, 2015
Mary Lucille “Lucy” Armel, age 82, peacefully entered to Kingdom of God on Sunday, September 20, 2015, with her children by her side at the Village of Laurel Run, where she had been a resident. Born February 23, 1933, in Greene Township, she was the daughter of the late Blair N. and Carrie E. Barton. Mrs. Armel was a 1951...
Walter Moul
Sep 20, 2015
Walter W. Moul of Chambersburg, PA died at age 84 on Sunday, September 20, 2015, after a brief illness. He was born on October 19, 1930, in York County, the son of the late Walter R. Moul and Elsie G. Moul Johnston. He was married to Doreen Lesher Moul in June of 1950. Mr. Moul was a 1948 graduate of...
Jared Stopyra
Sep 18, 2015
Jared Dalton Stopyra, age 15, of Johnstown, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 18, 2015. Born July 27, 2000 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of Andrew Thomas Stopyra, Jr. and Jami Rae Hartman. Jared was a student at Johnstown Middle School. He enjoyed helping others, including volunteering at the St. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen and taking...
Trudy Smith
Sep 18, 2015
Trudy R. Smith, 56, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015 at her home. Born February 15, 1959 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Sarah Kohler Rotz. A 1977 graduate of CASHS, Trudy went on to earn her B.S. in Business Information Systems at Drexel University in 1981. She later earned her...
Betty Frey
Sep 17, 2015
Betty “Joyce” Frey, 90, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Menno Haven. Born April 14, 1925 in Lewistown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Willis J. and Elizabeth E. (Wolfkill) Boyer. Her beloved husband of 45 years, Glen E. Frey, preceded her in death on September 5, 2012. Joyce was a 1943 graduate of...
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