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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...
Nickolas Johns
Mar 27, 2015
Nickolas W. “Nick” Johns, 82, of Spring Run, PA, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born on December 2, 1932 in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, PA he was the son of the late Upton R. and Mary E. Baker Johns. Nick was woodcarver by trade, but also loved to farm. A veteran of the U.S. Army,...
Thelma Carbaugh
Mar 27, 2015
Thelma J. Carbaugh, 76, of Fayetteville, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on May 21, 1938 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Genevieve Sachman Thomas. A homemaker most of her life, Thelma was a life member of Franklin Fire Company Ladie’s Auxillary. Thelma was a fan...
Peter Menedis
Mar 26, 2015
Peter A. Menedis, age 75, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday morning, March 26, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 12, 1940 in Washington D.C., he was the son of the late Albert G. and E. Helene Menedis. A U.S. Navy Veteran, Peter worked for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company for 31 years until his retirement in 1989....
Richard Alsedek
Mar 26, 2015
Richard D. Alsedek, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday evening, March 26, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born August 17, 1937 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late Albert and Dorothy G. Seiler Alsedek. Mr. Alsedek earned a Bachelor’s Degree at Oregon State and retired in 1995...
Miriam Funk
Mar 25, 2015
Miriam K. Funk, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, March 25, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born April 18, 1920 in Altoona, she was a daughter of the late Perry J. and Elizabeth Colliflower Kanarr. She was a 1938 graduate of the Altoona High School and retired from the Register and Recorders Office at the...
Alvin Hartman
Mar 24, 2015
Alvin Richard Hartman, 85, of Taneytown, MD, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Born February 1, 1930 in Letterkenny Township, he was a son of the late Charles S.F. Hartman and Velva Kling Hartman. He worked most of his life as a heavy equipment operator. Mr. Hartman is survived by his brother, Marlin Dean Hartman of Chambersburg; three nieces, Stephanie...
Ronald Martin
Mar 24, 2015
Ronald G. “Tiny” Martin, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, March 24, 2015 at Carolyn Croxton Slane Hospice Residence in Harrisburg, PA. Born October 23, 1940 in Orrstown, PA, he was a son of the late McClay E. and Verda M. Butts Martin. After attending Shippensburg High School, Ronald first worked for Valley Pride Baking Co....
Randolph Douglas
Mar 23, 2015
Randolph K. “Randy” Douglas, age 59, of Ft. Loudon, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Monday afternoon, March 23, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 17, 1955 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Morris and Margaret E. Kelso Douglas. Randy was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot for seventeen years and last employed at Manitowoc (formerly Grove Manufacturing) in...
Robert Daugherty
Mar 23, 2015
Robert L. Daugherty, Sr., 77 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015 at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, WV. Born April 4, 1937 in Philippi, WV, he was a son of the late Pat and Wanita Daughtery. Bob was a 1955 graduate of the Philippi High School and went on to receive a 4 year degree...
Esther Strite
Mar 22, 2015
Esther J. Strite, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, while surrounded by her family on Sunday afternoon, March 22, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 11, 1936 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Anna Hock Crider. Mrs. Strite was a 1955 graduate of the Shippensburg...
Lilly Black
Mar 21, 2015
Lilly P. Black, age 58, of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at her home. Born April 8, 1956 in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of Sylvia P. Rohm Powell and the late John K. Powell. A 1974 graduate of CASHS, Lilly then went to TWA Airline Training School in Kansas City, MO. She completed her...
Carol Cassell
Mar 21, 2015
Carol Ann Cassell, age 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday morning, March 21, 2015 at Hershey Medical Center. Born July 17, 1949 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Lurene I. McClure Gearhart. Her husband, Robert A. Cassell, preceded her in death on September 9, 2005. Carol worked as a restaurant manager for...
Elva Fahnestock
Mar 21, 2015
Elva M. Fahnestock, age 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Menno Haven Nursing Center. Born April 25, 1919, in Antrim Township, she was the daughter of the late Cyrus and Jennie Mae Trovinger Hykes. The last of her immediate family, she is survived by a sister - in - law, Ruby Hykes and several...
Gloria Snowberger
Mar 18, 2015
Gloria Joycene Snowberger, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 5, 1932, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Helen Haugh Mentzer. A homemaker most of her working years, she did work at Landis Machine in her earlier years. Gloria enjoyed reading, especially mystery...
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