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Alma Lawver
Jun 22, 2013
Alma V. Patterson Woods Lawver, 82, of York, PA, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2013 in her home. Born on March 12, 1931 in Fannettsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Roy G. Patterson and Mabel E. Woolett Patterson Griffith. Alma was a wonderful homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother, and daughter. She loved family gatherings and...
Carl Cook
Jun 20, 2013
Carl W. Cook, "Cookie", age 78 of 936 Geyer Drive, Chambersburg, PA, passed from this life to his heavenly home on Thursday, June 20, 2013 after an 8 year battle with Parkinson's Disease and 2 years of melanoma cancer. He was born on July 25, 1934 in Chambersburg, a son of the late Ralph D. and Miriam E. (Culler) Cook....
Norman Ryder
Jun 16, 2013
Norman R. Ryder, age 72 of Amberson, PA, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at his home with his family by his side. Born at home in Amberson on December 17, 1940, he was the son of the late Norman C. and Madelyn Daugherty Ryder. Norman was a 1958 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. Norman farmed for a...
Carl Peterson
Jun 16, 2013
Carl William “Chub” Peterson, 81, of Spring Run, PA, died unexpectedly Sunday, June 16, 2013 at his home. Born December 3, 1931 in Willow Hill, PA, he was a son of the late Harold William and Lydia Lorene Dunkle Peterson. Chub served with the US Army and was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg for 36 years, retiring in...
June Hancock
Jun 15, 2013
June L. Hancock, age 88 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born October 21, 1924 in Fayetteville, PA, she was the daughter of the late George and Ursula Hart Metz. Mrs. Hancock was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. She was employed for a number of years...
Carolyn McNew
Jun 14, 2013
Carolyn “Sue” McNew, age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013, surrounded by her family at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Harrisburg, PA on June 1, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Frank P. Reasner and Elva R. McNew Reasner. A book keeper, Sue worked for several businesses in the Dover, DE area...
Raymond Fisher
Jun 14, 2013
Raymond L. Fisher, age 82, of Scotland, PA, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 12, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Charles J. and Ida M. Ross Fisher. A 1950 graduate of the Chambersburg High School, Mr. Fisher went on to attend the former Shippensburg State Teachers College for...
Gladys Ewan
Jun 12, 2013
Gladys S. Ewan, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday evening, June 12, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 4, 1924 in Cove Gap, PA, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Elsie Mellott Briggs. Gladys worked as a nurse’s aide at the former Guilford Convalescent Home, the former Piney Mountain Nursing Home, and as a private nurse....
Helen Daniels
Jun 12, 2013
Helen Sue Daniels, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday morning, June 12, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 29, 1932 in Elba, AL, she was a daughter of the late Sinuwell Yelverton and Eunice Adams Yelverton. Mrs. Daniels worked as a bus aide and a union president in the Buffalo, NY School District. She was a member of the Eastern...
Robert Lauver
Jun 11, 2013
Robert O. Lauver, Sr., age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Providence Place Retirement Community. Born September 14, 1922 in Shamokin, PA, he was the son of the late Charles R. and Florence Klinger Lauver. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Lauver served honorably during WWII, where he participated in the Battle at Rhineland....
Willard Rosenberry
Jun 10, 2013
Willard L. Rosenberry, age 67 of Willow Hill, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, June 10, 2013. Born in Chambersburg on June 29, 1945, he was the son of the late Charles and Annabelle Guyer Rosenberry. Mr. Rosenberry was a graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School. He went on to work for 20 years at the former...
Brian Geissler
Jun 9, 2013
Brian C. Geissler, 72, of Chambersburg, died on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Chambersburg Hospital. Born on February 2, 1941, in Australia, he was the son of the late Charles H. Locke and Muriel S. Newlind Locke Geissler. After his father’s death at an early age, Brian’s mother remarried George Geissler, who adopted him. Brian was an honorably discharged veteran...
Kathleen Douglas
Jun 1, 2013
Kathleen L. Douglas, age 85, of Scotland, PA, passed away on Saturday, June 01, 2013 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born February 28, 1928 in New Franklin, PA, she was the daughter of the late J. Melvin and Gertrude Shatzer Gift. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Douglas enjoyed working around the house, spending time with...
Gwendolyn Smith
May 31, 2013
Gwendolyn C. Smith, age 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2014 in the Manor Care Rehab Center. Born in Fulton County on November 27, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Raymond G. and Nelda S. Carlin Snyder. Mrs. Smith worked in various positions at Letterkenny Army Depot, until her retirement in 1992. She was...
Charles Hollinshead
May 29, 2013
Charles W. Hollinshead, age 92, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Village of Laurel Run on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Born September 4, 1920 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph Hollinshead and Hattie N. Miner Hollinshead Coleman. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Hollinshead served honorably during WWII; where he was wounded in action, and...
Marie Alleman
May 27, 2013
Marie Kathleen Alleman, age 58, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital Emergency Room on Monday, May 27, 2013. Born February 25, 1955 in Williamsport, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Kenneth and Mary Edna McClelland Oliver. A 1973 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Marie went on to earn her Bachelor’s...
Lorraine Evans
May 25, 2013
Lorraine M. Evans, 81, of Fayetteville, passed away Saturday afternoon, May 25, 2013 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born May 7, 1932 in St. Thomas Township, she was a daughter of the late Chester Baker and Louella Bernice Diffenderfer Shatzer. A graduate of the former St. Thomas High School, Mrs. Evans was employed as a supervisor at the former...
Elmer Martin
May 24, 2013
Elmer W. Martin, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at Menno Haven. Born February 7, 1920 in Washington County, MD, he was a son of the late Clyde W. and Ella B. Heckman Martin. A dairy farmer, Mr. Martin operated two farms in Greenvillage and one south of Chambersburg. He also served as President of Franklin...
Millard Cooper
May 23, 2013
Millard A. “Pete” Cooper, Jr., 68, of Fayetteville, PA, died Thursday morning, May 23, 2013 at his home. Born June 10, 1944 in Scotland, PA, he was a son of Gwendolyn Traxler Cooper of Fayetteville, and the late Millard A. Cooper, Sr. Pete was a 1962 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and retired in 1993 from Letterkenny...
Jayne Nansen
May 21, 2013
Jayne Nansen, age 88, a resident of Providence Place Retirement Community in Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday evening, May 21, 2013 after battling cancer. Born on August 31, 1924 in Trenton, NJ, she was the only child born to the late Jay Roy and Erva Martin. Jayne graduated from Hamilton High School in 1942 and continued her education at Mary Washington...
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