Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Thelma Cramer

Thelma Cramer

Mar 12, 2014

Thelma F. Cramer, 102, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at Menno Haven. Born March 14, 1911 in Philadelphia, PA, she was a daughter of the late James and Florence Bean Thorpe. She and her late husband, Rev. George Cramer, Jr., who preceded her in death on November 4, 2006, worked together to help establish Camp Bethel,...

Kathleen Cooper

Kathleen Cooper

Mar 12, 2014

Kathleen E. Cooper, 93, of Chambersburg, PA died on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at her residence. Born on March 18, 1920 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Beulah Jones Snively. Her beloved husband, whom she married in May 1932, Orville G. Cooper, Sr. preceded her in death. Kathleen is survived by three sons; Orville G....

Carolyn Shaffer

Carolyn Shaffer

Mar 9, 2014

Carolyn M. Shaffer, 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born July 20, 1945 in Hancock, MD, she was a daughter of the late Joseph H. Marks, Sr. and Marian Smith Marks. Carolyn was a graduate of the Hancock High School and had been employed for twenty years by Dunn and...

Della Ile

Della Ile

Mar 8, 2014

Della M. Ile, 71, of Willow Hill, PA, died Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Hershey Medical Center. Born March 20, 1942 in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Andrew John and Mary Ann Glunt Woods. Della was a graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School and served as Postmaster with the US Postal Service at Willow Hill. She...

Sandra Enslin

Sandra Enslin

Mar 6, 2014

Sandra L. Enslin, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Thursday morning March 6, 2014 at her home. Born February 6, 1940 in Scranton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Wesley E. and Alice Enslin Hall. Her husband, Arnold Enslin, preceded her in death on September 8, 2009. Sandra was a member of Marion First United Methodist...

Leta Hussack

Leta Hussack

Mar 6, 2014

Leta Alexander Hussack, 85, of Chambersburg, (recently a resident of Magnolias) went to be with her Lord on March 6, 2014. Leta was born in Lewistown Hospital on April 6, 1928, to the late Matthew G. and Gretchen Harry Alexander. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Z. Hussack, her son Stephen Alexander Hussack, her older brother Robert...

Robert Diller

Robert Diller

Mar 5, 2014

Robert H. Diller, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 5, 2014. Born October 11, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was a son of late Silas S. and Emma Horst Diller. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church where he was President of the Hoover Sunday School class. He had...

Janet Keyser

Janet Keyser

Mar 5, 2014

Janet Louise (Kyle) Keyser, age 87, formerly of Fayetteville, PA, died Wednesday morning, March 5, 2014 at Providence Place Retirement Community in Chambersburg. Born February 26, 1927 in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Russel B. and Claudia Trace Kyle. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School she spent most of her life as a homemaker....

Lili Stevens

Lili Stevens

Mar 4, 2014

Lili Genee Stevens passed peacefully in the loving arms of family March 4, 2014. She has left her footprints on all of our hearts. Lili was the beloved daughter of Chris Stevens and Morgan Landis. She will be sadly mourned by, but, forever remembered by the following family members: Great great grandmothers-Ruth Jay & Ethel Mae Vansickle. Great grandparents-Lon &...

Mary O'Brien

Mary O'Brien

Mar 4, 2014

Mary Ellen “Mollie” O’Brien, age 104, of the Penn Hall Nursing Center in Chambersburg, PA, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Born in Lewisburg, PA on July 15, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Clinton and Cuba Moyer Aurand. A graduate of Lewisburg High School, Mrs. O’Brien went on to marry her husband,...

Gerald Shaffer

Gerald Shaffer

Mar 3, 2014

Gerald S. “Jerry” Shaffer, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, March 3, 2014. Born March 25, 1936 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Gerald C. and Margaret Hoy Shaffer. A 1954 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Jerry went on to join the U.S. Army, where he...

Randolph Patterson

Randolph Patterson

Mar 2, 2014

Randolph F. Patterson (CDR, USN Ret.), age 88 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born September 17, 1925 in Norfolk, VA, he was the son of the late Harvey and Wydie Webb Patterson. A graduate of the Naval Academy, Randy went on to dedicate over 21 years of service to the...

Inger Pancoast-Edwards

Inger Pancoast-Edwards

Mar 1, 2014

Inger A. Pancoast-Edwards, 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 1, 2014 at the York Hospital. Born April 7, 1939 in Finland, she was the daughter of the late Karl and Alice Backlund Westerholm. Mrs. Pancoast-Edwards was a graduate of High Point College, High Point, NC. She was a member and Past President of the Tidewater chapter and...

Dorothy Jordan

Dorothy Jordan

Mar 1, 2014

Dorothy (Dot) Nicoll Jordan, 89, passed away on Saturday evening, March 1, 2014 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg PA. Born on August 1, 1924 in the Astoria section of the Borough of Queens, New York, NY she was the oldest daughter of Edna and Benjamin Nicoll. Dot graduated from Garden City High School and Douglass College with a Bachelor’s degree...

Edgar Baer

Edgar Baer

Feb 27, 2014

Edgar L. “Cub” Baer, Jr., 53, of Chambersburg, PA, died unexpectedly Thursday morning, February 27, 2014 at his home. Born August 28, 1960 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Edgar L. Baer, Sr. and the late Helen Perry Baer. He had worked in construction most of his life. Cub is survived by two daughters, Fawn Baer and Lindsay Baer,...

Dorothy  Taylor

Dorothy Taylor

Feb 25, 2014

Dorothy Kathleen Taylor “Kathy”, age 69, of Walnut Bottom, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Born October 11, 1944 in Fort Worth, TX, she was the daughter of the late John and Helen Thomas Cook. A computer programmer, Mrs. Taylor work for the former Ingersoll-Rand Company and later for Volvo in Shippensburg, retiring in...

Vivian Cook

Vivian Cook

Feb 23, 2014

Vivian J. “Bib” Cook, age 83, of Fayetteville, PA went to be with her Lord while surrounded by her family on February 23, 2014 at Gettysburg Hospital. Born December 24, 1930 in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Evelyn McKelvey Fahnestock. Her husband of 63 years, Furman Cook, preceded her in death on April 24,...

Terry Starliper

Terry Starliper

Feb 23, 2014

Terry L. Starliper, 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 23, 2014 at Harrisburg Hospital. Born December 4, 1948 in Clear Spring, MD, he was a son of the late Harry Wilson and Grace Viola Eshelman Starliper. Terry retired from the former James River Company in Chambersburg where he had worked for 32 years. He was a member...

M. Hartzok

M. Hartzok

Feb 22, 2014

M. Lee Hartzok, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday morning, February 22, 2014. Born March 19, 1924 in Kyrock, KY, he was a son of the late Melvin E. and Ethel Garns Hartzok. A 1942 graduate of Chambersburg High School, Lee was vice president of his senior class. He then began his career as an owner/operator of...

Ann Carr

Ann Carr

Feb 21, 2014

Ann F. Carr, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, died Friday morning, February 21, 2014 at home with her children. Born February 4, 1924 in Strasburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Blanche Coyle Metzler. Ann worked in her home as a beautician for 10 years until she and her family moved to Chambersburg in 1969. She...