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Debra Creager
Apr 11, 2015
Debra K. Creager, 61, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at home. Born on June 26, 1953 in York, PA, she was the daughter of the late Stewart L. and Evelyn V. Bushey Miller. Debra was a 1971 graduate of Bermudian Springs High School and a graduate of Shippensburg State College. She had been employed as the...
John Burgoon
Apr 10, 2015
John W. Burgoon, Jr., 68, of Greencastle, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 10, 2015. Born on February 4, 1947 in Frederick, MD, he was the son of the late John W. and Dorothy Crouse Burgoon. John was a 1965 graduate of Littlestown High School and a 1969 graduate of Shippensburg State College. John retired from teaching American History and...
M. Isabelle Lensbower
Apr 9, 2015
M. Isabelle Lensbower, 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday evening, April 9, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born June 20, 1919 in England. Isabelle was employed for many years at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg. She was a life-long member of Central Presbyterian Church. She is survived by seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. In addition to...
Shirley Laub
Apr 9, 2015
Shirley L. Laub, 71, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on June 8, 1943 in Perry County, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Harold Lee and Floy Fritz Sundy. She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Clayton Laub, whom she married in June 1976; a...
Vivian Newman
Apr 8, 2015
Vivian Z. Newman, age 85, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, April 8, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 27, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Loretta Phiel Schellhase. Her beloved husband of 54 years, Paul Newman, preceded her in death on September 16, 2003. Vivian was a graduate of...
Margaret Maxwell
Apr 6, 2015
Margaret Elizabeth Maxwell, 97 of Concord, PA, known to her family and friends as “Marg” or “Peg”, passed away Monday evening, April 6, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Carlisle. Born April 11, 1917 in Osceola Mills, PA, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Ellen Olson Wiberg. A 1935 graduate of the Altoona High School, Mrs. Maxwell...
Janet Bumbaugh
Apr 6, 2015
Janet G. Bumbaugh, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Monday afternoon, April 6, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 17, 1933 in Needmore, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Ruth Garland. Janet was a 1951 graduate of the former Warfordsburg High School. Upon moving to Chambersburg she was...
Harold Johnson
Apr 5, 2015
Harold R. Johnson, 78, of Saint Thomas, PA, passed away to be with the Lord on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015 at the Menno Haven Nursing Facility of Chambersburg. Born at home on February 6, 1937 in Richmond Furnace, Metal Township, PA, he was a son of the late Earl W. and Hazel (Wolff) Johnson. A 1954 graduate of Metal...
Mildred Spielman
Apr 4, 2015
Mildred K. Spielman, age 87, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 04, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born January 10, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Mary C. Eberly Eckenrode. A homemaker most of her adult life, she enjoyed gardening, knitting, crocheting, singing, and playing the organ. She was...
Brian Truett
Apr 3, 2015
Brian R. Truett, 44, of Colorado Springs, CO, died unexpectedly on Thursday, April 3, 2015 at his home. Born February 7, 1971 in Cherry Point, NC, he was a son of Richard Truett (wife Susan Truett) of Fayetteville, and Phyllis Monn Hart (husband Loren “Buzz” Hart) of Chambersburg. A 1989 graduate of CASHS, Brian was employed as a welder in...
Rev. Ronald Milley
Apr 3, 2015
Rev. Ronald G. Milley, 83, of Chambersburg, passed into the presence of His Lord on April 03, 2015 in his home 810 Long Lane Chambersburg. He was born to Philip and Agnes Milley on February 26, 1932 in Toronto, Ontario. He was a member of the Washington Union Alliance Church in New Castle, PA and upon retirement a faithful adherent...
Thomas Palmer
Apr 2, 2015
Thomas James Palmer, age 85, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday evening, April 2, 2015 at Pinnacle Heath in Harrisburg. Born January 30, 1930 in Newton Hamilton, PA, he was the son of the late James H. Palmer and Naomi Irvin Palmer. Early in his life, Tom worked as a dairyman for the Milton Hershey Estates. He then worked...
Doris McCleary
Apr 2, 2015
Doris J. McCleary, age 73, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Born March 4, 1942 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Blaine D. Creamer, Jr. and Anna P. Butts Stockslager. Along with her husband, Mrs. McCleary was co-owner and operator of Creamer Oil Company...
Beulah Group
Apr 2, 2015
Beulah J. Group, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Thursday, April 2, 2015. Born July 9, 1927, in Mercersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Laura Kuhn Peck. A homemaker most of her adult life, Mrs. Group cherished time spent with her family, especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed sewing, traveling, and...
Robert Pautienus
Apr 2, 2015
Robert P. Pautienus, 74, Fayetteville, PA, passed away Thursday April 2 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Gilberton, PA., February 25, 1942, he was the son of the late Joseph and Anna (Cominsky) Pautienus. Bob moved to Laurel, MD in 1962, where he worked at Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group in Linthicum, Maryland, for 30 years, and retired in 1992. He...
Tolbert Karns
Apr 1, 2015
Tolbert Karns, Jr., age 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday evening, April 1, 2015 at his home. Born June 6, 1932 in Harrisonville, PA, he was a son of the late Tolbert Karns, Sr., and Beatrice Wilson Karns. His beloved wife, Jean McKnight Karns, preceded him in death on June 16, 2006. Tolbert worked at TB Woods for...
Reba Miller
Apr 1, 2015
Reba L. Miller, a resident of Menno Haven Nursing Center, Chambersburg, went home to be with The Lord on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Reba was the daughter of the late John H. and Laura Riggs Miller of Washington County, PA. She completed public school and High School near Claysville, PA. In 1943, upon graduation from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago,...
Carl Gipe
Mar 30, 2015
Carl S. Gipe, Jr., 72, formerly of Orbisonia, passed away Monday afternoon, March 30, 2015 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born January 27, 1943 in Fannettsburg, he was a son of the late Carl S. Gipe, Sr. and Edna Shatzer. Carl served in the US Army Reserves from 1961-1967. He then served Active Duty from 1967 until his retirement...
Geraldine Miley
Mar 30, 2015
Geraldine Mutersbaugh Miley, age 89, of Carlisle, PA, and formerly of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2015 at Manor Care in Carlisle, PA. Born July 16, 1925, in Mountain Green, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Mutersbaugh and Elsie Guyer Reed. A homemaker most of her adult life, she enjoyed crocheting, cooking, and listening to...
Robert Arnsparger
Mar 28, 2015
Robert Paul Arnsparger, 60, of Ft. Loudon, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 28, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 31, 1954 in Chambersburg, Bob attended Corpus Christi School and the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He worked for many years at the former Hennessey Products in Chambersburg until the company’s closing and was then employed at Lamtech, Inc. A...
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