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Mary Springer
Jul 12, 2013
Mary Jane Springer, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Friday, July 12, 2013 at Magnolias of Chambersburg. Born March 21, 1926 in Altoona, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Woodward Robison. Surviving is a son, Darald Springer and wife Patricia of Coventry, CT; three grandchildren, Jason Springer and...
Ruth Keller
Jul 11, 2013
Ruth L. Keller, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born May 6, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Harvey N. and Ruth E. Heintzelman Keller. A 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Ms. Keller worked most...
Paul Crider
Jul 9, 2013
Paul N. Crider, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 in the Falling spring nursing and Rehab Center. Born July 26, 1922 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Cyrus and Cora Leininger Crider. A U.S. Army-Air Corps veteran, Mr. Crider served honorably during WWII, where he was a gunner in the...
Ronald Scarlett
Jul 7, 2013
Ronald Scarlett, 77, of Chambersburg, died on Sunday July 7, 2013. Born on June 25, 1936 in Jamaica, he was the son of the late Charles and Ethel Dixon Scarlett. Ronald worked in agriculture most of his life. He is survived by five children; Jasmine and Jacqueline Scarlett of Jamaica, Janet Scarlett of Curacao, Joan Scarlett Anderson and husband George...
Austin Gunnell
Jul 5, 2013
Austin “Fred” Gunnell, III, 56, of Harrisonville, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday afternoon, July 5, 2013 at his home. Born March 5, 1957 in Washington, DC, he was a son of the late Austin F., II and Grace J. Hall Gunnell. Fred was a graduate of the Wheaton High School, Wheaton, MD and...
Bingham Ailes
Jul 5, 2013
Bingham J. Ailes, 92, of Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Chambersburg died Friday evening, July 5, 2013 at The Village of Laurel Run. Born April 17, 1921 in Johnstown, PA, he was a son of the late Elwood and Katherine Bingham Ailes. Mr. Ailes served during WWII as a US Army medic landing on Omaha Beach. He retired from Bethlehem...
Mary Keller
Jul 2, 2013
Mary Rhoda Byers Keller, a resident of Rodgers’ Personal Care Home died on Tuesday July 2, 2013. Born June 9, 1918 in Letterkenny Township, she was the daughter of the late Enos and Mabel (Myers) Byers. She lived all of her life in the Chambersburg area. As a young person, Rhoda was employed at the former Shirt Craft Factory in...
Paul Farner
Jul 2, 2013
Paul L. Farner, 80, of Fayetteville, PA, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at his home. Born April 24, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul E. and Dorothy M. Hock Farner. Paul was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and served with the US Air Force during the Korean War. He retired from...
Ralph Derk
Jul 1, 2013
Ralph A. Derk, 96, of Chambersburg, PA, died Monday, July 1, 2013 at Menno Haven Retirement Community. He was born October 18, 1916 in Paxinos, PA. A 1934 graduate of the Shamokin High School, Mr. Derk worked as the owner/operator of the Butcher Boy Market in Treverton, PA until his retirement in 1975. After his retirement, Ralph moved to Largo...
Reverend Albert Gibson
Jul 1, 2013
Reverend Albert W. Gibson, Jr., 80, of Fayetteville, PA, died Monday morning, July 1, 2013 at the Gettysburg Lutheran Care Center. Born August 19, 1932 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Albert W., Sr. and Katherine Richwein Gibson. Rev. Gibson was a graduate of Capital University and Trinity Lutheran Seminary, both in Columbus, OH. He was...
Robert Durand
Jun 30, 2013
Robert N. Durand, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 31, 1931 in Watertown, NY, he was a son of the late Roland and Anita Babcock Durand. A graduate of the Watertown High School, he went on to attend college in Canton, NY graduating with a degree in Dairy Science. Mr. Durand served...
Bonnie Rosenbaum
Jun 29, 2013
Bonnie L. Rosenbaum, age 72, of Chambersburg, PA, went peacefully to be with The Lord on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at the Shook Home. Born August 29, 1940 in Windber, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Edna Fisher Boyle. She was the widow of Phillip I. Rosenbaum, who preceded her in death on July 23, 1983....
Jean Walters
Jun 28, 2013
Jean E. Walters, age 80, went home to be with her Lord, Friday morning, June 28, 2013 surrounded by her family. Born February 28, 1933 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd O. Miller, Sr. and the late Catherine E. Wolfe Miller. Mrs. Walters was a 1950 graduate of Waynesboro High School. A homemaker most of...
Mark Hollinshead
Jun 27, 2013
Mark H. Hollinshead, 47, of Ortanna, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, June 27, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 15, 1966 in Ashtabula, OH, he was the son of Marlin H. Hollinshead, and the late Sara Anne Gibson Hollinshead, and step-son of Linda Hollinshead. Mark was a 1985 graduate of McConnellsburg High School and a 1987 graduate of the Antonelli...
Carol Osen
Jun 27, 2013
Mrs. Carol Osen, 76, of Chambersburg, PA passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 27, 2013 surrounded by her family. She was a valiant fighter for 28 years in her battle against breast cancer. Carol was born on January 17, 1937 in Bethlehem, PA, the daughter of the late Charles Martin Sandwick, Sr. and Jessie Ramsay Sandwick. Carol graduated from the...
Edward Garman
Jun 26, 2013
Edward F. Garman, age 70, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Menno Haven Nursing Home on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Born November 27, 1942 in Mill Creek, PA, he was the son of the late Pete P. and Nancy Parks Garman. Mr. Garman was a 1961 graduate of Huntington High School. He joined the U.S. Army National Guard in 1963,...
Dorothy Gift
Jun 25, 2013
Dorothy A. Gift, age 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Born March 17, 1933 in York, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Margaret Darner Kessler. Mrs. Gift worked as a PBX operator in Daytona Beach, FL at the Dayton Memorial Hospital and locally at numerous textile factories,...
Elizabeth Kleffel
Jun 25, 2013
Elizabeth L. Throssel Kleffel, of Mechanicsburg, PA and formerly of Chambersburg, entered into eternal rest on June 25, 2013, joining her late husband Rev. Paul H. Kleffel, on the date of their sixty-fourth wedding anniversary. Born in Mifflinburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Edna Throssel. Elizabeth was a graduate of Mifflinburg High School and Pierce...
Philip Horne
Jun 23, 2013
Philip M. Horne, age 55, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2013 in the York Hospital after complications from a fall. Born February 28, 1958 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Frances Reasner Horne and the late Garnet L. Horne. Mr. Horne worked at the Franklin County Career and Technology Center for over 14 years....
Linda Price
Jun 23, 2013
Linda J. “Bupps” Sheaffer Price, 63, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon, June 23, 2013 at her home. Born June 21, 1950 in Ephrata, PA, she was a daughter of the late Earl Sheaffer and Edna Hilton Miller. Bupps was raised at her beloved Scotland School for Veterans' Children, graduating in 1969. While attending school she obtained her...
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