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Donald Eby
Nov 2, 2014
Donald L. Eby, 73, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, November 2, 2014 at Menno Haven. Born January 23, 1941 in Washington County, MD, he was a son of the late Allan and Naomi Showalter Eby. Mr. Eby was an employee and later a partner at Lehman’s Egg Service in Chambersburg for 46 years, retiring in 2010. After retiring...
Sarah Peters
Nov 1, 2014
Sarah Louise Crawford Peters 87, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 1, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, James W. Peters, who passed away on August 22, 2002. Sarah was born February 14, 1926, in Halfway, MD, the daughter of Chester P. Crawford and Clara Shearer Crawford. Sarah graduated from Chambersburg High School in...
Jerry Small
Oct 30, 2014
Jerry Lee Small, 77, of Palm Bay, Florida, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2014. He was born January 5, 1937 in Chambersburg and moved to Brevard County, Florida in 2010. Jerry was a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. After retiring, he worked as a rural letter carrier for the U. S. Postal Service. He was also an...
Herbert McElwain
Oct 30, 2014
Herbert R. “Butch” McElwain, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday morning, October 30, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 5, 1922 in Bellwood, PA, he was a son of the late John R. and Anna Mary Hillard McElwain. His beloved wife of 52 years, Ella Mae Snyder McElwain, preceded him in death on February 8, 1999. A...
Dennis Ommert
Oct 29, 2014
Dennis R. Ommert, age 65, of South Mountain, PA, passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 7, 1949 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of John Ommert and the late Mary Ricker Ommert. A U.S. Marine, Dennis served honorably during the Vietnam conflict, where he was awarded the National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service...
Marie Miller
Oct 28, 2014
Marie Yvonne Miller, age 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday morning, October 28, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. Born August 18, 1942, in East Orange, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Elissa Brusseau Purcell. Marie was a 1960 graduate of East Orange High School in New Jersey. She worked as an...
Arthur Beidel
Oct 28, 2014
Arthur R. Beidel age 83, of Willow Hill, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Born in Willow Hill, PA, he was the son of the late John A. and Sarah Wilson Beidel. A “Jack of all Trades,” Art spent most of his working years in the Septic Business, where he also was the proprietor...
Lloyd King
Oct 26, 2014
Lloyd T. King, Sr., age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 26, 1931 in Penn Mar, PA, he was the son of the late George and Bertha King. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. King served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He went on to work at the South Mountain...
Isabel Ott
Oct 25, 2014
I. Virginia Ott, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, October 25, 2014 at the Shook Home. Born September 12, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Alonzo and Hazel Gipe Jones. She attended the former Chambersburg High School and was a homemaker most of her life. After her children were grown, she worked for several years...
Jeannette Lehman
Oct 23, 2014
Jeannette B. Lehman, age 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 8, 1926 in Newton Falls, OH, she was the daughter of the late Arthur F. and Bessie Grinnell Bender. Her beloved husband of 47 years, John Parr Lehman, preceded her in death on September 10, 1995. A 1944 graduate of Newton...
Janet Patterson
Oct 23, 2014
Janet C. Patterson, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on June 10, 1933, she was a daughter of the late J. Garnet Patterson and Ruth E. Dice Patterson. A longtime and faithful member of the Chambersburg Bible Church, she was also a member of the Berean Sunday School Class. Over the...
Debra Bodkins
Oct 22, 2014
Debra A. Bodkins, 57, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday evening, October 22, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 23, 1957 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Vera Baker Mulhollen of Chambersburg and the late Raymond W. Mulhollen. A graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, she was employed for many years as a Sales Associate at K-Mart. She...
Eugene Keebaugh
Oct 21, 2014
Eugene K. “Gene” Keebaugh, 84, of Fayetteville, PA, died Tuesday morning, October 21, 2014 at Providence Place. Born December 28, 1929 in Metal Township, Franklin County, PA, he was a son of the late Cloyd A. and Gertrude S. Glass Keebaugh. He owned and operated the former Keebaugh Sheet Metal in Chambersburg for many years. Eugene was a member of...
Dawn Taylor
Oct 21, 2014
Dawn W. Taylor, age 88, of McConnellsburg, PA, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Altoona, PA, she was the daughter of the late Calvin J. and Marguerite McGough Whitehead. Her beloved husband of 67 years, Robert M. “Bob” Taylor, preceded her in death on March 10, 2013. Dawn was a 1944 graduate of Upper Darby High...
Anna Bittinger
Oct 20, 2014
Anna E. Bittinger, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014 at Menno Haven. Born, March 8, 1925 in Newburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Oliver James and Eve Rife Bittinger. A 1943 graduate of Shippensburg high School, Anna went on to attend Shippensburg University where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree...
Francis Hare
Oct 20, 2014
Francis E. Hare, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, October 20, 2014 at his home. Born May 6, 1927 in Littlestown, he was a son of the late John E. and Ora Bankert Hare. Francis was a 1946 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and retired from Letterkenny Army Depot. Early in his life he worked as...
Robert Shadle
Oct 19, 2014
Robert O. Shadle, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, October 19, 2014, at ManorCare Health Services. Born August 15, 1927 in Greenvillage, he was a son of the late Orrin B. and Carrie E. Holtry Shadle. A US Army Air Corps veteran, Mr. Shadle retired in 1989 as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds from the Chambersburg Area School...
Jayden Beck
Oct 19, 2014
Jayden Ryder Beck, age 2, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in York, PA on June 8, 2012, he was the son of Paul and Heather Thomas Beck. In addition to his parents, Jayden is survived by four siblings, Kyler, Leah, Savannah, and Zoey Beck; his paternal grandparents, Kathy...
Donald Jones
Oct 19, 2014
Donald N. “Jake” Jones, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Menno Haven. Born August 23, 1931 in Richmond Furnace, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence J. and Neva Neil Jones. Donald was a 1949 graduate of the former Metal Township High School and served in the US Army. He retired from Letterkenny...
Hazel Myers
Oct 18, 2014
Hazel Gipe Myers, age 98, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 31, 1916 in Guilford Township, she was the daughter of the late William Grove and Nellie Bard Gipe of Chambersburg. A life time member of King Street United Brethren Church, where she...
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