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Miriam Ryder
Aug 16, 2014
Miriam Katherine (Lehman) Ryder, age 87, of Falling Spring Road, Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday morning, August 16, 2014 at Penn Hall. Born April 9, 1927 in Newville, she was a daughter of the late Diller and Elizabeth J. Thumma Lehman. Her husband, William L. Ryder, Sr., whom she married January 26, 1947, preceded her in death on February 19, 2009....
Mildred Sellers
Aug 14, 2014
Mildred A. Sellers, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, August 14, 2014 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born January 3, 1935 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late James and Helen Upperman Diffenderfer. A homemaker most of her life, Mildred had at one time been employed at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg. She...
Cody Johnson
Aug 12, 2014
Cody Michael Johnson, 23, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday evening, August 12, 2014 as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Born June 26, 1991 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Deanna Mellott and Michael B. Johnson, both of Chambersburg. Cody was a 2010 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was employed for the...
Jerry Myers
Aug 12, 2014
Jerry Lee Myers, 85, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday morning, August 12, 2014 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 23, 1929 in Cumberland County, PA, he was a son of the late Boyd and Blanche Alleman Myers. Jerry served with the US Army in Korea and Vietnam, retiring after 22 years of service. He was a member...
Louann Smith
Aug 12, 2014
Louann Smith, 66, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, August 12, 2014 at ManorCare Health Services. Born June 25, 1948 in Indiana County, PA, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Irene Sbatella Kodman. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Smith enjoyed crafts. She is survived by her husband, Lee M. Smith, whom she married June...
Norman Brookens
Aug 11, 2014
Norman J. Brookens, 88, of Fayetteville, PA, went to be with the Lord Monday morning, August 11, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. Born July 18, 1926 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late John and Phoebe McNew Brookens. Mr. Brookens served with the US Navy from 1942-1946 and with the US Army from 1946-1966, retiring...
Matthew Elgin
Aug 9, 2014
Matthew Joseph Elgin, 43, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014 at his home. Born August 7, 1971 in Newport, Rhode Island, he was a son of William Joseph Elgin of Waynesboro and the late Susan Blocher Elgin who passed away on February 16, 2003. Matt attended Shippensburg University and with his brother owned and operated Conserco in...
Linda Harlan
Aug 9, 2014
Linda Kathleen Harlan, age 44, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 9, 2014. Born in Toledo, OH on January 16, 1970, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Harlan and Carol Schassberger Harlan and the step-daughter of Doris Harlan of Toledo, OH. A thoughtful and loving person, Linda cared about...
William Logsdon
Aug 7, 2014
William R. “Bill” Logsdon, III, age 64, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday evening, August 7, 2014 at his home. Born May 22, 1950, he was the son of Elisabeth Resch and the late William R. Logsdon, Jr. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Bill served honorably in Vietnam. He was very proud of his service in the Marine Corps and...
Arlene Brookens Gelwicks
Aug 4, 2014
Arlene Delores Brookens Gelwicks, age 85, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014 at Holy Spirit Hospital. Born October 6, 1928 in Greene Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late George M. and Mary Mae Shields Brookens. Mrs. Gelwicks worked for the Stanley Company in Chambersburg for 15 years and later for Pet Ritz in...
Naomi Lesher
Aug 1, 2014
Noami Ruth Lesher, age 92, of Marion, PA, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Shippensburg, PA on November 9, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Paul I. and Clara Lehman Wenger. Mrs. Lesher served as a Sunday School Teacher for many years. She was a member of the Chambersburg Brethren in...
Larry Bowling
Jul 31, 2014
Larry E. Bowling, 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, July 31, 2014 at his home, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born August 30, 1941 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Charles E. and Sarah C. Harrison Bowling. A 1959 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Larry served with...
J. Edward Uglow
Jul 31, 2014
J Edward Uglow, 66, of Chambersburg, passed away at his home on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Born on July 28, 1948, he was the son of the late Jack Uglow and Thelma Keyser Uglow. A 1966 graduate of St. Thomas High School, Ed attended Shippensburg University. He retired as the former President of Jerr Dan Corporation and went on to...
Milton Fritz
Jul 31, 2014
Milton C. “Red” Fritz, 84, of Chambersburg, died Thursday at Shippensburg Healthcare Center. Surviving are his wife, Marion Suders Fritz; daughters Leslie (Mrs. Alan) Miller and Kathy (Mrs. Stanley) Choffrey; son Jimmy M. Fritz; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; a brother Ronald Fritz; sisters Constance Stevens and Shirley Fritz; and his beloved pet dog, Gunner.
Joan Smith
Jul 30, 2014
Joan Patricia Smith, 82, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday morning at home surrounded by her family. Born November 12, 1931 in Washington D.C., she was the daughter of the late Leland and Esther Hedgcock. After growing up in Silver Spring, MD, marrying and having four children, she and her family moved to the Chambersburg area where she became a...
Charlotte Reasner
Jul 30, 2014
Charlotte Elizabeth “Libby” Hoch Reasner, 95, formerly of Fayetteville, died on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Born on October 16, 1918, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lester David and Lucy Catherine Reeder Hoch. Libby retired in 1975 after teaching 35 years, most of which were served at Andrew Buchanan Elementary School as a...
Billy Fix
Jul 28, 2014
Billy L. Fix, Jr., age 56, of Blairs Mills, PA, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014 at his home. Born September 7, 1957 he was a son of the late Billy L. Fix, Sr. and Shirley Chapman Fix. A 1977 graduate of Southern Huntingdon High School, Billy went on to earn his B.S. in accounting from Indiana University of...
Doris McClure
Jul 26, 2014
Doris J. McClure, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday morning, July 26, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 28, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Kathleen Flora Florig. Her beloved husband, Robert L. McClure, Sr. preceded her in death on September 11, 1986. Doris worked as a file clerk for T.B. Wood’s Co....
Richard Murphy
Jul 25, 2014
Richard E. Murphy was born February 19, 1931, he passed away peacefully surrounded by all his children, several of his grandchildren, his cousin Denis, and his sons-in-law on July 25, 2014 in the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He was the son of late Edward and Alice (nee. McNulty) Murphy. Born and raised in Jersey City, NJ...
Donald Guyer
Jul 24, 2014
Donald C. Guyer, age 71, of Mont Alto, PA, passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg on January 5, 1943, he is the son of Elsie Guyer Little and the late Donald F. Guyer. In addition to his mother, he is survived by two brothers and two sisters. Graveside services will be held...
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