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Evelyn High
Jul 22, 2014
Evelyn B. High, 86, of Kearneysville, WV, died Tuesday evening, July 22, 2014 at the Winchester Medical Center. Born June 25, 1928 in Hagerstown, MD, she was a daughter of the late Hubert Earl and Mary Ramona Price Wolford. A graduate of North Hagerstown High School and a homemaker most of her life, she had worked as a seamstress at...
Grace Mowery
Jul 18, 2014
Grace M. Mowery, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, July 18, 2014 at her home. Born May 3, 1930 in Washington Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late William E. and Edna M. Sheffler Stevens. She attended Waynesboro Area Schools and was employed for 40 years at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg. She attended Christian...
Donald Horton
Jul 17, 2014
Donald R. Horton, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at his home. Born April 8, 1938 in Fulton, County, PA, he was a son of the late William and Goldie Chaney Horton. He was employed by the Borough of Chambersburg, retiring after 31 years of service. Mr. Horton was a member of Freedom In Christ Church, the...
Jeffrey Sites
Jul 17, 2014
Jeffrey Lee Sites has gone to join with peace in the sky. He departed this earth on July 17, 2014 from the Hershey Medical Center surrounded by his family and under the care of the most amazingly dedicated staff. Jeff was born on November 4, 1949 in Chambersburg to the late Paul Miller Sites and Helen Mills Sites, being one...
Jerome Albert
Jul 17, 2014
Jerome C. Albert, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, July 17, 2014 at ManorCare Health Services. Born October 18, 1933 in Altoona, PA, he was the son of the late Jerome C. and Anna Wiesen Albert. Mr. Albert was a graduate of Homestead High School, Homestead, PA, and went on to receive a Bachelor’s Degree from the University...
Donald Cook
Jul 16, 2014
Donald Bowker Cook, 97, of Spring Run, PA, formerly of Hockessin, DE, passed away July 16, 2014 at home, surrounded by his loving family. Born January 14, 1917 in Easthampton, MA, he was the son of Melvin Jesse and May Bowker Cook. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 52 years, Elizabeth Conant Cook on March 18, 1996 and...
Joan Jurado
Jul 16, 2014
Joan C. Jurado, 73, of Chambersburg, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Manor Care Health Services, Chambersburg. Services and interment will be private and at the convenience of the family.
Helen Kramer
Jul 13, 2014
Helen M. Kramer, 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Sunday evening, July 13, 2014 at Quincy Home, where she was a guest for the past several weeks. Born July 5, 1940 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Herbert K. and Grace Musser Reilly. Helen had been employed at the former Nichol’s Department Store in Chambersburg and then...
James Musslewhite
Jul 12, 2014
James E. Musslewhite, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2014 in the Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born May 24, 1923, in Tyler, TX, he was the son of the late Edgar Barton and Annie Mae Scott Musslewhite. A U.S. Navy veteran, Jim served honorably during WWII. After the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941,...
Joseph Sallurday
Jul 11, 2014
Joseph A. Sallurday, Jr., age 66, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday morning, July 11, 2014 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born September 12, 1947 in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph A. Sr., and Winnifred A. Lockley Sallurday. Joe was a 1966 graduate of West Side High School in Scranton. Drafted into the...
William Ritchey
Jul 10, 2014
William S. “Bill” Ritchey, 66, of Chambersburg, died on Thursday, July 10, 2014, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on March 1, 1948 in St. Thomas, PA, he was the son of the late Samuel W. and Mabel Christman Ritchey. Many remember Bill as the owner/operator of Ritchey’s Exxon. Over the years, he was...
Delores Guyer
Jul 10, 2014
Delores A. Guyer of Alexandria, VA, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014. She was the beloved wife of Donald D. Guyer; mother of Patricia A. Guyer, Rebecca L. Brown (Kevin) and Paula Guyer; sister of Freddie Tingler, Vernice Bain (Harry) and Martha Boustead; grandmother of Shawn (Jennifer) and Nathan Brown. Relatives and friends may call at Agett-Geisel Funeral Home, 18875...
Helen Houpt
Jul 8, 2014
Helen M. Houpt, age 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 3, 1917 in Clarinda, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Bruce A. and Katherine Kirk Burd. Mrs. Houpt worked for the Stanley Company for 33 years as a seamstress, retiring in 1970. She was a volunteer for...
Charles Fisher
Jul 6, 2014
Charles R. Fisher, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday evening, July 6, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 22, 1926 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Charles J. and Ida Ross Fisher. Charles served with the US Navy during WWII in the South Pacific and retired from Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg. He started his own insurance...
Mary Danzberger
Jul 6, 2014
Mary C. Danzberger, 93, formerly of 228 East Washington Street, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, July 6, 2014 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born August 20, 1920 in Muddy Run, Letterkenny Township, PA, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Ruth Hoover Etter. During WWII she served with the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps for six months....
Waltraud Lyons
Jul 5, 2014
Waltraud “Jo” Lyons, age 85, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at the Quincy Nursing Home. Born in Wanne-Eickel, Germany on April 28, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Adolf and Auguste Lehmann. Mrs. Lyons was part owner and operator of “The Boutique” in Adams County, she operated the shop until her retirement 1991....
Francesca Harris
Jul 4, 2014
Francesca “Chessie” Marie Harris, age 36, of Carlisle, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 4, 2014. Born February 28, 1978 in Harrisburg, PA, she was the daughter of David E. and Angela M. Scott Harris. Chessie worked as a CNA for over 14 years at Cumberland Crossings Nursing Home. She had attended Chambersburg Area Senior high School. Her hobbies...
Donalee Hallock
Jul 1, 2014
Donalee Ann Hallock, age 71, of Marion, PA, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at her home with her family by her side. Born on September 22, 1942 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Mary Jane Brant Diffenderfer. A registered nurse, Mrs. Hallock earned her nursing degree from the Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing,...
Lester Brookens
Jun 30, 2014
Lester H. “Bud” Brookens, age 83, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born January 11, 1931 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Herbert H. and Jeannien Brookens. Bud worked as a heavy equipment operator and school bus driver for the Chambersburg Area School District for...
Elizabeth Lloyd
Jun 30, 2014
Elizabeth May Lloyd, age 101 of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Westminster, MD, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, June 30, 2014. Born August 3, 1912 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Gertrude Llewellyn. Mrs. Lloyd worked as a seamstress for a number of years, and later managed an Alteration Department. She...
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