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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...
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...
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