Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Stanley Sargent
Feb 18, 2015
Stanley E. Sargent, age 84, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on Wednesday morning, February 18, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born August 14, 1930 in Surrey England, he was the son of the late Ernest and Phoebe Kelley Sargent. Stanley and his family emigrated from England to Canada in 1957 and then from Canada to the United...

David Cowan
Feb 18, 2015
David E. Cowan III, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 in his home. Born on February 5, 1945 in Wilmore, PA, he was a son of the late David E Cowan II and Bernadette Godish Cowan. A 1963 graduate of the former Scotland School for Veteran's Children, he then honorably served his country with the U.S....

Mary Kean
Feb 18, 2015
Mary L. Kean age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Philadelphia, PA on January 2, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William and Bertha Leininger MacInnes. Mrs. Kean worked as a presser in the Retail industry for a number of years. Surviving are...

Edward Kauffman
Feb 15, 2015
Edward A. “Bud” Kauffman, age 82, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 27, 1932 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Adam B. and Hazel Carbaugh Kauffman. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Alma Dorothy Ford Kauffman in 1991. A U.S. Army veteran, Bud served...

Kathleen Miller
Feb 14, 2015
Kathleen H. “Puddy” Callahan Miller, age 73, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Hershey Medical Center. Born January 8, 1942, in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Joseph and Kathleen Helena Fleming Callahan. Puddy worked in Electronics at TB Woods Company for 25 years, retiring in 2007. She was a...

Betty Carbaugh
Feb 13, 2015
Betty J. Carbaugh, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, February 13, 2015 at the home of her daughter, Paula R. Woodal. Born February 8, 1928 in Darien, Wisconsin, she was a daughter of the late Harry R. and Anna Mary Redcay Gilbert. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Carbaugh was a member of the Greenvillage Church of...

Sara Dunlap
Feb 11, 2015
Surrounded by her loving family, Sara Dunlap, 81, passed peacefully on February 11, 2015. Sara Grace Sandoe was born in Chambersburg, PA on September 24, 1933 to Irene (nee Roth) and J. Frank Sandoe. She joined sister, Arlene, and would be followed by sister, Phyllis. She graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1951. Upon graduation, she headed to Philadelphia to...

Alene Long
Feb 10, 2015
Alene Hoyt Long, 78, formerly of Huntington, PA, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Born on December 1, 1936 in Lewisport, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Harvey and Mattie Jo Hodges Hoyt. Alene is survived by her husband, James E. Long of Texas; four children, Lynn Long of Mifflin PA, James H. Long and wife Rhonda or Sugar...

Daniel Rock
Feb 10, 2015
Daniel E. Rock, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday morning, February 10, 2015 at ManorCare Health Services. Born March 25, 1925 in Hagerstown, MD, he was a son of the late Clarence and Naomi Hess Rock. Mr. Rock retired in 1988 from the South Mountain Restoration Center. He was a member of the Fayetteville Church of God and enjoyed hunting...

Helen Hill
Feb 9, 2015
Helen M. Hill, age 82, of Spring Run, PA, passed away on Monday morning, February 9, 2015 at her home. Born October 6, 1932 in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Ruth Reed Flora and was raised by her grandparents, George and Minnie Reed. Helen was a homemaker most of her life. She was a member of...

George Baughman
Feb 9, 2015
George J. “Jack” Baughman Jr., 89, also fondly remembered as “Mr. B”, formerly of 421 Terrilynn Drive, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday evening, February 9, 2015 at Providence Place in Chambersburg. Born December 7, 1925 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late George J. Baughman, Sr. and Grace Kling Baughman. A US Army veteran of WWII, Mr. Baughman...

Glenn Murphy
Feb 5, 2015
Glenn H. Murphy, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2015, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on January 21, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , he was the son of the late Mahlon John and Evelyn Murphy. A US Navy veteran, Glenn served honorably from 1956 to 1960. After his military service, Glenn went on...

Walter Gartside
Feb 4, 2015
Walter Glenn Gartside, age 89, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday evening, February 4, 2015 at Menno Haven. Born September 20, 1925, he was a son of the late Walter S. and Sylvia Cupfender Gartside. Glenn was a 1943 graduate of Chambersburg High School. A US Army Air Corps veteran, Walter served honorably during World War II. He then attended...

Konstantinos Masgalas
Feb 3, 2015
Konstantinos J. “Charlie” Masgalas, age 66, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home with his family by his side. Born in Neochori, Greece on July 19, 1948, he was the son of the late Ioannis and Anastasia Zahos Masgalas. A business owner alongside his wife, they owned and operated 30 West Family Restaurant for the last 25 years. Charlie...

Delores Crownhart
Feb 3, 2015
Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, Inc. 333 Falling Spring Road Chambersburg, PA 17202 (717) 264-6416 THOMAS L. GEISEL, Supervisor Delores V. Crownhart, age 88, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away in her home on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Born February 6, 1926 in Lewis, WI, she was the daughter of the late Nealie Hanson and Dagny Grytness Hanson. Having lost her...

Gambel Wilson
Feb 2, 2015
Gambel P. Wilson, age 98, of Amberson, PA, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2015, at the Aprontree Personal Care Home in Dry Run, PA. Born May 14, 1916, in Amberson, PA, he was the son of the late Charles S. and Alice G. Piper Wilson. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Wilson served honorably during WWII. He was a member...

Rebecca Reisher
Feb 2, 2015
Rebecca A. “Becky” Reisher, age 45, of Upper Strasburg, PA, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2015 at her home. Born September 10, 1969 in Huntingdon, PA, she was the daughter of David Cheslock and the late Beverly Morgan Cheslock. Becky was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School’s class of 1988. She went on to work at...

Dr. Nathan Mao
Feb 1, 2015
Dr. Nathan K. Mao, 73, of Chambersburg passed away Sunday evening, February 1, 2015 in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, surrounded by his family. Born on January 10, 1942 in China, he was educated at New Asia College in Hong Kong, Yale University and the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he received his Ph.D. in American Literature in 1966....

Ned Bracken
Feb 1, 2015
Ned Thomas Bracken, 56, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 4, 1958 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Mailon T. and Mary M. Cubeta Bracken. Ned attended Chambersburg area schools and was a graduate of the Franklin Learning Center. He attended services at Greenwood Assembly...
Eric Zentmyer
Jan 31, 2015
Eric William Zentmyer, 26, also known as “Little Buddy” and “Z-Man”, passed from this life to the arms of Jesus on January 31, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born March 28, 1988 in Chambersburg, Eric was the son of David C. (wife Victoria) Zentmyer and Debra Cunningham Petrilla and husband Mark, all of Chambersburg. Eric...