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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Maxine Cleary

Maxine Cleary

May 19, 2015

Maxine H. “Sis” Cleary, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, May 19, 2015 at her home. Born December 22, 1931 in Richmond Furnace, PA, she was a daughter of the late Earl and Hazel Rohrbaugh Woodal. She was employed for forty years at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg. Mrs. Cleary was of the Protestant faith. She was...

Robert Murray

Robert Murray

May 19, 2015

Robert C. Murray, 74, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on May 19, 2015, at home with family. Originally, he was from Ontario, NY, where he was born on December 30, 1941. He was the son of the late Lawrence and Florence Murray of Rochester, NY. Out of high school Mr. Murray enlisted in the Army on February 19, 1960, and...

Elsie Guyer Little

Elsie Guyer Little

May 18, 2015

Elsie Guyer Little, 96, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, May 18, 2015 at her home. Born August 18, 1918 in Fannettsburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Isabella Rodenbaugh Osler. Elsie was a graduate of the former Fannettsburg High School and worked at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg for more than thirty years. She...

Richard Lundy

Richard Lundy

May 18, 2015

Richard J. “Rick” Lundy, 43, of Larchmont, NY, died unexpectedly on Monday, May 18, 2015 in his home. Born on September 25, 1971 in Chambersburg, PA, he was a son of Ann Lundy of Chambersburg and Robert J. Lundy Jr. (Marie) of Shippensburg. Rick graduated from Chambersburg Area High School in 1989 and earned his B.S. from IUP and his...

Mark Power

Mark Power

May 17, 2015

Mark S. Power, age 68, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at ManorCare Health Services. Born June 24, 2015, he was a son of the late John S. and Kathryn Giersberg Power. A 1964 graduate of Robert E. Perry High School in Rockville, MD, Mark then attended the University of Maryland. He served honorably in...

Gregory Lensbower

Gregory Lensbower

May 15, 2015

Gregory L. Lensbower, age 59, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, May 15, 2015. Born February 10, 1956, in Chambersburg, he is the son of Frank L. and Ruth (Griffith) Lensbower. Mr. Lensbower attended school in Chambersburg. Upon graduating in 1974, he entered the Marine Corps and received an Honorable discharge in 1979. He...

Mary DeBross

Mary DeBross

May 14, 2015

Mary R. DeBross, age 65, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Smethport, PA, passed away on Thursday morning, May 14, 2015 at her home. Born July 18, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Nellie McElwee O’Brien. A 1967 graduate of Smethport High School, Mary first worked for Kodak in Bradford, PA. She then worked for...

Wilbur Wilson

Wilbur Wilson

May 12, 2015

Wilbur C. “Carl” Wilson, age 73, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at his home. Born October 11, 1942 in Dry Run, PA, he was the son of Wilbert Clair and Margaret Ellen Shanabrouth Wilson. A U.S. Army veteran, Carl served honorably during the Vietnam era. He worked as a machinery operator for Nitterhouse Concrete Products...

Edward Shatzer

Edward Shatzer

May 11, 2015

Edward V. Shatzer, Sr., age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, May 11, 2015, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 12, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late John L. “Stuffy” and Gwendola P. Gift Shatzer. A lineman for United telephone, Mr. Shatzer dedicated 39 years of service, retiring in 1991. He was a member...

David Tweedy

David Tweedy

May 10, 2015

David L. Tweedy, 64, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born on May 28, 1950 he was the son of the late Newton and Lillian Bjurstrom Tweedy. David spent his working years at the former Grove Worldwide as a flame cutter. David was a member of the Grove Gray Group. David was a member...

Beverly Minnich

Beverly Minnich

May 9, 2015

Beverly J. Minnich, 91, of Chambersburg, went to heaven on Saturday, May 09, 2015, at Menno Haven Nursing Center. Born on March 4, 1924, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Juell and Grace Shoop Jones. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of fifty-six years, Robert C. Minnich, on June 24, 2002. A 1943 graduate...

Jodi Baer

Jodi Baer

May 9, 2015

Jodi A. Baer, age 47, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at her home. Born March 9, 1968, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Galen Yohe and the late Lois Shaffer Yohe. A 1986 graduate of James Buchanan High School, Jodi went on to work at Manor Care in Chambersburg, for the last 25 years,...

Betty Carlin

Betty Carlin

May 6, 2015

Betty L. Carlin, 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday afternoon, May 6, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 30, 1942 in McConnellsburg, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth Joseph and Helen Sowers Carbaugh. Betty was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and the former Chambersburg Hospital School of Nursing. A Licensed Practical Nurse, she...

Richard Bowman

Richard Bowman

May 6, 2015

Richard C. Bowman, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at his home. Born August 13, 1941 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Elwood and Ruth Mowery Bowman. Richard is survived by his wife, Sharon Sallurday-Bowman; a step-daughter, Sara Valadez and husband Ronald of Fresno, CA; three granddaughters, Jonah, Grace, and Jesha...

Annie Grant

Annie Grant

May 6, 2015

Annie M. Grant, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, died May 6, 2015 at home. Born on April 1, 1931 in Mt. Airy, NC, she was the daughter of the late Major and Ada Belle Martin Hayden. She was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Waynesboro and a social member of Burt J. Asper Post 46, American Legion. She is...

Juanita Shetler

Juanita Shetler

May 5, 2015

Juanita M. Cummings Shetler, 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday evening, May 5, 2015 at her home. Born April 9, 1951 in Leesburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Raymond L. and Dorcas Unger Cummings. Juanita had been employed at the former James River Corporation, Pet-Ritz, and at Vandekamps, all in Chambersburg. She enjoyed her later...

Randy Goodyear

Randy Goodyear

May 3, 2015

Randy Allen Goodyear, age 59, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015, at his home. Born August 24, 1955, he was a son of the late Faye A. Tritle Goodyear. Randy worked as an assembler for Volvo Manufacturing in Shippensburg. He was a member of the Orrstown Rod and Gun Club and Christian Life Assembly of God....

Christine Beldyk

Christine Beldyk

May 3, 2015

Christine J. Beldyk, age 86, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 23, 1928, in Spring City, PA, she was the daughter of the late George and Mabel Hoffman Mauger. A homemaker most of her adult life, Mrs. Beldyk enjoyed sewing and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and...

Clair Johnson

Clair Johnson

May 2, 2015

Clair E. “Gene” Johnson, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, May 2, 2015 at his home. Born January 23, 1934 in Stoufferstown, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence McKinley and Mary Wiser Johnson. Early in his life, Gene was employed as a heavy equipment operator. He later went to work at Letterkenny Army Depot, retiring...

Zoe Fegan

Zoe Fegan

May 1, 2015

Zoe Isabelle Fegan, age 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Edward R. and Cora I. Sollenberger Fegan. She is also preceded in death by her brother, Charles Fegan. A graduate of Chambersburg High School, Zoe worked as an accounting clerk in Harrisburg for the Commonwealth of...