Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Dale Shoop
Nov 18, 2013
Dale C. Shoop, age 85, of East Waterford, PA, passed away at his home on Monday, November 18, 2013. Born July 1, 1928, in Doylesburg, PA, he was the son of the late James and Grace Goshorn Shoop. Mr. Shoop was a self - employed dairy farmer and truck driver. He was a member of the Shippensburg Fly Fishing Club....

Jeffrey Helman
Nov 14, 2013
Jeffrey T. Helman, 48, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013 at his home. Born August 31, 1965 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Bonita Strock Plasterer and the late Lester I. Helman. Following graduate from high school, Jeff was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot. He enjoyed growing flowers, carpentry work, music, and was an avid fan...

Bernadette Sevast
Nov 13, 2013
Bernadette Ann Sevast, 86, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, November 13, 2013 at her home. Born November 4, 1927 in Pottstown, PA, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Colligan Vicchio. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Sevast most recently worked as an Executive Assistant with Alpha Space Control. She was a member of...

Ellis Shaffer
Nov 11, 2013
Ellis “Fred” Shaffer, 81, of Marion, PA, died and went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 11, 2013 at his residence. Born February 11, 1932 in Bakerton, PA, he was a son of the late Ellis S. and Margaret Smith Shaffer. Fred served in Germany with the US Army from January of 1953 until being discharged on...

Carrie Hughes
Nov 10, 2013
Carrie E. Hughes, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, November 10, 2013 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she resided since Friday afternoon. Born July 16, 1927 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Catherine Williams Fisher. She retired from Letterkenny Army Depot. Mrs. Hughes was an active member of Scotland United...

Evelyn Zentmyer
Nov 9, 2013
Evelyn B. Zentmyer, 83, of Blakewood Drive, Chambersburg, PA died on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at home. Born on September 23, 1930 in McConnellsburg, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Pearl Barton Black. Her husband Donald W. Zentmyer preceded her in death on January 4, 2009. She was a 1948 graduate of McConnellsburg High School. In her...

Raymond Smalley
Nov 8, 2013
Raymond G. Smalley, 90, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Friday afternoon, November 8, 2013 at his home. Born April 25, 1923 in South River, NJ, he was a son of the late Gustav and Emilie Wedemeyer Smalley. He served with the US Army Air Corps in the European Theatre during WWII and with the US Naval Air Wing during the...

Conwell Rife
Nov 8, 2013
Conwell K. Rife, Sr., 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday evening, November 8, 2013 at Menno Haven. Born November 5, 1929 in Letterkenny Township, PA, he was a son of the late Paul S. Rife and Alice K. (Huber) Rife. Mr. Rife was a graduate of Shippensburg High School and served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict...

Glendale Smith
Nov 8, 2013
Glendale B. Smith, 85, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday afternoon, November 8, 2013 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 21, 1928 in Parsons, KS, he was a son of the late Glen O. and Flora Ellen Critcher Smith. Mr. Smith was a 1946 graduate of the Anacostia High School in Washington, DC. He served with the...

David Hallett
Nov 8, 2013
David G. Hallett, 56, of Chambersburg, PA, died Friday evening, November 8, 2013 in York Hospital. Born August 18, 1957 in Pittsburgh, PA, he was a son of the late Harry Hallett, Sr. and Berniece King Hallett. He retired from the Franklin County Communications Center where he worked as a 911 Dispatcher. He was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot and...

Muriel Weaverling
Nov 7, 2013
Muriel A. Weaverling, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 7, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 10, 1922 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Burt King Mason and Myrtle Watkins Mason. She retired from Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg after many years of service. Mrs. Weaverling was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church...

Anna Rife
Nov 5, 2013
Anna Elizabeth (Alleman) Rife, age 77, of Chambersburg, departed this world on Tuesday, November 05, 2013 to be reunited with her loving husband, Merle W. Rife, who preceded her in death on February 26, 2001. Born on June 22, 1936 in Guilford Township, she was a daughter of the late Norman Alleman and Eva Spangler Alleman. Anna worked at the...

Chalmers Walck
Nov 2, 2013
Chalmers A. Walck, Jr., age 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 2, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 11, 1937 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of Chalmers A., Sr. and Anna Lucille Hassinger Walck. A graduate of Hagerstown High School in 1955, Mr. Walck went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force,...

Anna Statler
Oct 29, 2013
Anna Belle Statler, 84, formerly of Marion, PA, died Tuesday evening, October 29, 2013 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chambersburg. Born March 1, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Nelson and Carrie Foreman. She retired from Letterkenny Army Depot, where she had been employed for many years, and then worked in the cafeteria...

William Cuff
Oct 29, 2013
William E. Cuff, 82, of St. Thomas, died Tuesday morning October 29, 2013 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 6, 1931, he was a son of the late Morris Cuff and Minnie C. Riley Brown. His wife, Janet D. Keith Cuff preceded him in death on June 7, 2000. William worked as a farmer in his early life until he started...

Mary Crist
Oct 28, 2013
Mary E. Crist, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on October 28, 2013 at Magnolia’s Senior Living. Born March 7, 1922 in Newville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Helen R. Spidel Eichelberger. A homemaker most of her adult life, Mrs. Crist enjoyed volunteering at the Chambersburg Hospital, where she was a volunteer for over...

Earl Gill
Oct 27, 2013
Earl David Gill, Jr., age 66, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at his home. Born March 28, 1947 in Mechanicsburg, PA, he was the son of Edna Ruth Lehigh Gill and the late Earl David Gill, Sr. A 1966 graduate of Mechanicsburg High School, Mr. Gill went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Army...

Ida Woods
Oct 27, 2013
Ida V. Miller Woods, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born December 9, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Robert C. and Mildred C. Snyder Miller. A Bank Teller, Mrs. Woods worked for the former Old National Bank and Valley Bank for 30 years, retiring...

Mary Kyler
Oct 26, 2013
Mary Lou Kyler, 85, formerly of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, October 26, 2013 at Providence Place in Chambersburg where she resided for the past year. She retired from Letterkenny Army Depot after 34 years of service. She had attended St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fayetteville. Mary Lou was a long-time member of the Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Department where...

Clarence Monn
Oct 24, 2013
Clarence Monn, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday afternoon, October 24, 2013 at ManorCare Health Services. Born September 25, 1919 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late William and Nora Short Monn. A US Army veteran, he had been employed at Knouse Foods and T.B. Woods and Sons, Inc. in Chambersburg. Clarence served six years as Union Steward...