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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Candice Cuff
Aug 20, 2013
Candice E. Cuff, age 40, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 in the York Hospital. Born January 15, 1973, she was the daughter of William E. Cuff and the late Janet D. Keith Cuff. A 1991 graduate of the James Buchanan Senior High School, Candice went on to work for Summit Health Physician Services, working in...

Baden Rininger
Aug 13, 2013
Baden A. Rininger, age 8, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away at the Hershey Medical Center on Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Born in Chambersburg on June 23, 2005, he was a son of Brett A. Rininger and Tara Harris. Baden loved motorcycles, cars, monster trucks, fishing, remote control cars, four-wheeling, and sports; especially, the Philadelphia Eagles. In addition to his parents,...

Glenn Wingert
Aug 11, 2013
Glenn A. Wingert, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday evening, August 11, 2013 at his home. Born August 18, 1921 in St. Thomas, PA, he was a son of the late Edward B. and Esther C. Burkhart Wingert. Mr. Wingert owned and operated Wingert’s Village Auto Sales for 36 years. He was currently a member of St. James United...

Clyde Lehman
Aug 11, 2013
Clyde H. Lehman, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA died Sunday, August 11, 2013 at his home. Born January 27, 1923 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Daniel and Mary Horst Lehman. He attended the former Portico School. Mr. Lehman was a farmer his entire life. He was a charter member and building trustee of the present Strasburg...

Marion Strickler
Aug 10, 2013
Marion Elizabeth Howard Strickler, 86, of Chambersburg, died Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Marion was born to the late Marion and Laura Howard on May 14, 1927 in Hornell, NY. She graduated from Penn Hall Preparatory School. She received her B.S. in Retail and Merchandising from Drexel University in Philadelphia in 1949. Marion was the co-owner...

Margaret Ricchi
Aug 10, 2013
Margaret Jean Ricchi, age 81 of Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Oswego, NY, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2013 at the Village of Laurel Run. Born March 31, 1932 in Oswego, NY , she was the daughter of the late George and Jane Matott Famularo. A Homemaker, Jean enjoyed spending time with her family. She enjoyed antiquing, bird watching,...

Sheila Graham
Aug 9, 2013
Sheila M. Graham, age 50, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, August 9, 2013. Born in Chambersburg on November 25, 1962, she was the daughter of the late Bertis Dale and Dorothy O’Donnel Keefer. Sheila worked at NMS Healthcare in Hagerstown as a nurse. She enjoyed spending time with her family, her church family,...

Ronald Miley
Aug 4, 2013
Ronald L. Miley, Sr., age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2013 surrounded by his family in the Waynesboro Hospital. Born in Chambersburg on December 27, 1945, he was the son of the late David F., Sr. and Arabella Kyler Miley Ron attended Greencastle Antrim School District. He went on to receive his G.E.D. from the...

Roberta Funderwhite
Aug 4, 2013
Roberta M. Funderwhite, age 62, of Amberson, PA and formerly of Phoenixville passed away in the Hershey Medical Center on Sunday, August 4, 2013. Born June 7, 1951 in Phoenixville, PA, she was the daughter of Helen E. Roberts Funderwhite and the late Robert Funderwhite. Ms. Funderwhite was a 1969 graduate of Downingtown High School. She was employed as a...

Bonnie Donley
Aug 1, 2013
Bonnie M. Donley, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday evening, August 1, 2013 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 16, 1935 in Harrisonburg, VA, she was a daughter of the late Garnet and Lillian Cootes Sleighter. Early in her life, Bonnie was employed at the former Tracy Fashions and the Stanley Company. She was last employed...

James Staude
Aug 1, 2013
James E. Staude, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully, Thursday evening, August 1, 2013 at his home. Born January 23, 1927 in Pittsburgh, PA, he was a son of the late Oswald and Freda Robinson Staude. Mr. Staude served in the US Army during WWII and retired from the Gulf Oil Corporation. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant...

Edith Shoop
Aug 1, 2013
Edith Kathleen “Dolly” Shoop, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday morning, August 1, 2013 at Menno Haven. Born April 27, 1920 in Nyesville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Eber Jacob Wenger and Grace Lenora Hammond Wenger. Her husband, Glenn Abram Shoop preceded her in death on July 11, 1983. Dolly worked at the former Stanley Co. as...

Lois Mills
Jul 31, 2013
Lois Edna Mills, 88, of New Franklin, PA, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 10, 1924 in Hopewell, PA, she was a daughter of the late Clayton and Alma Bollman Ritchey. A graduate of Robert P. Smith High School in Hopewell, Mrs. Mills worked early in her life at the...

Florence Purnell
Jul 27, 2013
Florence E. Purnell, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in her home on Saturday, July 27, 2013 with her family by her side. Born April 25, 1936 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Mildred S. Helman Christman. A 1954 graduate of the former Chambersburg High school, Mrs. Purnell went on to work at...

J. Earl Dibert
Jul 26, 2013
J. Earl Dibert, age 84, former resident of Chambersburg, PA had his Heavenly homecoming on Friday, July 26, 2013, while a resident at Somerford Frederick, MD. Born April 16, 1929, he was the oldest son of Joseph and Daisy Grimes Dibert of Everett, PA. Upon graduating Everett High School, Earl served on the mission field in Nigeria for two years...

Joseph Corso
Jul 23, 2013
Joseph Gerald Corso, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Born in the Bronx, NY on August 6, 1938, he was the son of the late Frank and Dorothy Ryckitta Corso. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Joe served honorably for 20 years, retiring in 1976. Mr. Corso continued his service at...

Lester Shockey
Jul 22, 2013
Lester B. Shockey, Jr., 62, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Monday, July 22, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 28, 1951 in Connellsville, PA, he was the son of the late Lester B. and Beulah F. McCabe Shockey. A US Air Force veteran, Lester was employed throughout his lifetime by the US Government, and was last employed as an IT...

Edgar Rosenberry
Jul 19, 2013
Edgar James “Ed” Rosenberry, age 77, of Clearwater, FL, died Friday, July 19, 2013 in his home. Born June 4, 1936 in Fannettsburg, PA, he was the son of the late David and Mary Ann Hoover Rosenberry. Ed was an entrepreneur all his life, he enjoyed golfing, skiing, flying planes, collecting, and Penn State Football and watching the Tampa Bay...

Merlyn Jones
Jul 17, 2013
Merlyn Ralph Jones, 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Wednesday evening, July 17, 2013 at Menno Haven Retirement Community, Chambersburg, PA. Born February 12, 1931 in Berwick, PA, he was the son of the late Merlyn D. and Dorothy Brader Jones. Merl was a graduate of Nescopeck High School, Nescopeck, PA and received a BS Degree in Health and Physical...

Earl Jansen
Jul 17, 2013
Earl H. Jansen, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning, July 17, 2013 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 31, 1935 in Little Chute, WI, he was a son of the late Henry and Loretta E. Coenen Jansen. He earned a BS in Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee and retired as a Quality Assurance/Technical Manager...