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Mary Gansz
Aug 13, 2015
Mary Gansz, 88, a resident of Woodland Retirement Home in Orbisonia, and formerly of Path Valley, died on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntington, PA. Born on February 4, 1927 in Wolcott, NY, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Blanche Sherman Larkin. Her beloved husband Raymond Gansz preceded her in death. She is...
David Summers
Aug 11, 2015
David R. Summers, 67, of Chambersburg, died Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at home. Surviving are 2 daughters, Tara Summers Strong (Matthew) and Natalie Lyons (Jack), 2 step-children, Tom Sites (Donna) and Michele Reed, 13 grandchildren; a sister, Peg Stenger (Larry); and his former wife, Deborah Miller. A full obituary will be published later.
Rodney Cline
Aug 10, 2015
Rodney L. Cline, 51, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born January 9, 1964 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Robert L. Cline of Fayetteville and Darlene Jones Cline of Shiremanstown. Rod was a 1981 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and earned numerous technical certificates in...
Josephine Stouffer
Aug 10, 2015
Josephine Geedy Stouffer, formerly of Hillen Lane, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday evening, August 10, 2015 at Providence Place. Born September 11, 1934 in Lewistown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Calder B. and Ethel Peters Geedy. A 1952 graduate of the Lewistown High School, she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education in 1956 and a...
Teddy King
Aug 9, 2015
Teddy M. King, 80, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 6, 1934 in Uniontown, PA, he was a son of the late Charles W. and Ethel M. Hafer King. Teddy was employed by James River for 28 years until his retirement in 1996. He then worked at Majestic Ridge Golf Club...
Fred Hammond
Aug 9, 2015
Fred Ray Hammond, 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday evening, August 9, 2015 at NMS Nursing Home, Hagerstown, MD. Born August 1, 1940 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Thomas P. and Barbara Hoffman Hammond. Fred was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and served with the Army National Guard for eight years...
Dora Shetler
Aug 8, 2015
Dora E. Shetler, age 92, of Liverpool, PA, and formerly of Amberson Valley, PA, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2015, at her daughter’s residence. Born on January 29, 1923, in Amberson, PA, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Margaret Palm Varner. A homemaker most of her adult life, Mrs. Shetler enjoyed playing cards, crocheting, puzzles, talking,...
Eleanor Davidson
Aug 6, 2015
Eleanor L. “Ellie” Davidson, 94, of Chambersburg, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday afternoon, August 6, 2015 at Spiritrust Assisted Living. Born February 16, 1921 in East Orange, NJ, she was a daughter of the late William C. and Eleanor Powell Elder. Her beloved husband, John Davidson, preceded her in death in 2000. A graduate of...
Doris Stahl
Aug 6, 2015
Doris E. Stahl, 74, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill. Born December 3, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Ellwood M. and Mary E. Mouer Stahl. A 1958 graduate of the former St. Thomas Township High School, Doris devoted 24 ½ years of her life to...
Dorothy Stevens
Aug 5, 2015
Dorothy E. “Dottie” Stevens, 89, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Wednesday morning, August 5, 2015 at Providence Place where she had been a resident for the past seven years. Dottie was born on December 4, 1925 in Chambersburg. A 1943 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Dottie worked as a clerical supervisor in the personnel department at Letterkenny...
Theodore Heefner
Aug 5, 2015
Theodore C. “Ted” Heefner, Jr., age 84, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on August 5, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing Home, Chambersburg, PA. Born in Chambersburg on May 31, 1931, he was the son of the late Theodore C. “Shorty” Heefner, Sr. and Lillian Kline Heefner. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School in 1949, Ted was a gifted...
John Bachtell
Aug 5, 2015
John L. Bachtell, age 66, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the York Hospital on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Born March 22, 1949, in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of the late Jack C. and Marie Frances Czarnecki Bachtell. A graduate of North Hagerstown High School, John went on to serve his country honorably from 1968 – 1973, in...
Ronald Fritz
Aug 2, 2015
Ronald E. “Ron” Fritz, Sr., age 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg, PA on December 20, 1936, he was the son of the late Milton and Helen Mickley Fritz. Mr. Fritz worked as a shipping expeditor at Corning Glass for 40 years retiring in 2000. An avid outdoorsman,...
Gladys Cramer
Jul 30, 2015
Gladys Louise Cramer, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday evening, July 30, 2015 at her home. Born January 6, 1927 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Percy and Lulu Shoop Haines. Gladys was a 1945 graduate of the former Washington Township High School near Waynesboro. She and her late husband owned and operated the former Suburban...
Alene Hill
Jul 30, 2015
Alene Smith Hill, 98, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, PA. A resident of Penn Hall Menno Haven for the past three years, she was a descendent of early southwest Virginia pioneers and settlers, the Smith, Blair, Strong and Addington families. She was born June 25, 1917 and raised in Wise County, Virginia, where...
Joan Smith
Jul 25, 2015
Joan M. Smith, 88, a resident at The Village of Laurel Run, and formerly of 55 Shadle Drive, Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the nursing home. Born March 27, 1927 in Altoona, PA, she was a daughter of the late Frederick H. and Irma E. Boslet Resig. Joan was a graduate of the Altoona Catholic High...
John Wanamaker
Jul 24, 2015
John C. Wanamaker, 74, of Chambersburg and a resident of Magnolias of Chambersburg for the past year, went home to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on Friday, July 24, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 28, 1940 in Newark, NJ, he was a son of the late Charles C. and Marjorie Cain Wanamaker. John was a 1960 graduate...
Margaretta Heckman
Jul 24, 2015
Margaretta L. Crider Heckman, age 100, of Chambersburg, PA passed away at Menno Haven Nursing Center on Friday, July 24, 2015. Born July 7, 1915 in Greene Township, she was the daughter of the late George O. and Annie Horst Crider. Mrs. Heckman was a 1933 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was a homemaker most of her...
Martin Senn
Jul 24, 2015
Martin “Marty” P. Senn, 91, a resident at Michaux Manor in Fayetteville and a former long-time resident of the Cascade, MD area, passed away July 24, 2015. Born November 30, 1923 in Youngstown, OH, he was a son of the late Martin J. and Mary Randolph Senn. He graduated in 1942 from South High School, Youngstown, OH, where he played...
John Fowler
Jul 21, 2015
John T. “Terry” Fowler, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday July 21, 2015. He is survived by a brother, Warren Fowler; a half-brother, Marion Cyhanick; and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Sharon Geissler Fowler; brother, Victor Fowler; and half-brother Joseph Cyhanick. Services and interment will be private. Arrangements are entrusted to...
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