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Robert Yanchuk
Sep 21, 2013
Robert G. Yanchuk, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Manor Care Nursing Home. Born April 20, 1928 in Boston, MA, he was the son of the late Michael and Alice Podgeski Yanchuk. Mr. Yanchuk served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during WWII. A retired Boston police officer, Mr. Yanchuk dedicated 30...
Vincent McNerney
Sep 21, 2013
Vincent Patrick McNerney, 70, of Shippensburg, died Saturday evening, September 21, 2013. Born July 22, 1943 in Huntingdon County, he was a son of Frances Senft Sterrett and the late Gerald McNerney. A U.S. Navy veteran, Vince served honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He enjoyed traveling, animals and was very artistic. He worked as an operating room technician at Chambersburg...
George Loukopoulos
Sep 20, 2013
George P. Loukopoulos, age 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, September 20, 2013. Born in Arahova, Greece on June 13, 1935, he was the son of the late Periklis and Katerina Regas Loukopoulos. A foundry worker by trade, George dedicated 25 years at T.B. Wood’s and Company, where he retired in 1996. Well known...
Pearl Musser
Sep 20, 2013
Pearl E. Musser, 92, of the Orrstown Personal Care Home died Friday, September 20, 2013 at the home. Born on April 28, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John C. and Elizabeth E. Snoke Wingert. A homemaker most of her life, she helped her husband on the family farm. She was a member of Air Hill...
Sylvia Wheeles
Sep 20, 2013
Sylvia Lynne Wheeles, age 50 of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2013 at the Golden Living Nursing Home in Gettysburg, PA. Surviving are three children, Thomas, Daniel and Katelyn Wheeles; three grandchildren; and three siblings. A Memorial service will be held on Sat. September 28 at 2 PM at St. Paul United Methodist Church, Chambersburg, PA. Arrangements...
Shirley Miller
Sep 20, 2013
Shirley M. Miller, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, died Friday, September 20, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 5, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Mary Helen Shearer Stair. Shirley worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at South Mountain Restoration Center until her retirement in 1993. She is survived by her son, John B. Snyder and wife...
Frank Uglow
Sep 19, 2013
Frank Uglow, age 78, of Chambersburg, PA died on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at his home. Born October 21, 1934, he was a son of the late Edward and Anna Stratton Uglow. His wife, Judith Snyder Uglow preceded him in death on September 25, 2001. Frank worked as a corrections officer in the Franklin County Prison where he later retired....
Joe Stout
Sep 17, 2013
Joe D. Stout, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA died Friday, September 13, 2013 at his home. Born March 18, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Roy M. and Mildred L. Stout. Joe was a 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A U.S. Army veteran, Joe served from 1947 until 1952 during which time he...
Louise Faust
Sep 16, 2013
Louise J. Faust, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, died Monday, September 16, 2013 at ManorCare Health Services. Born June 3, 1931 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Bryan C. and Anna C. Bishop Rosenberry. Louise retired from the Chambersburg Hospital in 1996. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Chambersburg and also held membership...
Sarah Weir
Sep 16, 2013
Sarah M. (Kessinger) Weir, 81, died on Monday, September 16, 2013, at Providence Place in Chambersburg.Born November 9, 1931, in Markes, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Kessinger and Rosa Blanche Atherton Kessinger. Her father died when she was an infant, and her mother and beloved stepfather, Fairman F. Lytle, raised Sarah and her sisters on a...
Marsha Shoemaker
Sep 16, 2013
Marsha Lee Shoemaker, age 63, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 in Manor Care Nursing Home. Born March 15, 1950 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Richard Henry, Sr. and the late Pauline Helen Swailes Henry. Marsha worked as a CNA for a number of years. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and playing...
Helen Myers
Sep 14, 2013
Helen E. Myers, 99, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 14, 2013 at Menno Haven. Born September 30, 1913 in Metal Township near Fannettsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Frank R. and Martha E. Traxler Keller. She was a 1932 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed for forty-two years at the...
Martha Harry
Sep 14, 2013
Martha M. Harry, 85, of Blairs Mills, PA, died September 14, 2013 at home. Born on March 10, 1928 in Nossville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alva and Beulah Parson. She was the wife of the late Wilbur T. “Red” Harry, who preceded her in death on May 3, 1980. Martha had various jobs throughout the years,...
Mario Russo
Sep 13, 2013
Mauro Mario “Joe” Russo was born in Bronx, NY on June 20, 1925 to Raphael Russo and Ippolitta Scardigno, immigrants from Foggio, Italy. His parents did not want him to be adversely influenced by the city life so they gave him his first saxophone. At fourteen, he played his first gig at a New Year’s Eve celebration and his musical...
Mildred Gorham
Sep 11, 2013
Mildred T. Gorham, 92, of Shippensburg, PA, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Menno Haven. Born October 2, 1920 in Williamsport, PA, she was a daughter of the late Chester A. and Della M. Williamson Bobst. She was employed with the Chambersburg Area School District for 11 years, retiring as Head Cook at Grandview Elementary School. Mrs. Gorham was a...
Eloise Gardiner
Sep 11, 2013
Eloise M. Gardiner, 95, of Shippensburg, PA, died Wednesday morning, September 11, 2013 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center, where she resided for the past two months. She had previously been a resident of the Episcopal Home in Shippensburg. Born September 20, 1917 in Marietta, OH, she was a daughter of the late Charles M. and Jennie M. Dillie Thurman....
Esther Rowles
Sep 8, 2013
Esther Lorrayne Rowles, age 95, of Amberson, PA, passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center after a brief illness. Born in Amberson on November 12, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Charles S. and Gertrude Piper Wilson. Mrs. Rowles was a life-long resident of Amberson where she had lived in...
Martha "Ann" Dile
Sep 7, 2013
Martha “Ann” Dile, 84, formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 7, 2013 at The Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA. Born March 28, 1929 in Scotland, PA, she was a daughter of the late George “Clyde” and Bessie E. Stine Myers. A 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Dile worked for more than forty...
Marjorie Christie
Sep 6, 2013
Marjorie M. Christie, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 14, 1938 in Elkhart, IN, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Anna Kalman Slack. A registered nurse, Mrs. Christie worked for a number of years in the former Leader nursing home and then on to...
Kathryn Yanchuk
Aug 31, 2013
Kathryn Marilyn Yanchuk, age 76, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Manor Care Nursing Home. Born July 10, 1937 in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of the late William and Florence Layton Driscoll. Mrs. Yanchuk was a homemaker most of her working years, she enjoyed caring for her family and taking care of their...
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