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Mary Perry
May 20, 2013
Mary A. Perry, 71, formerly of Fayetteville, PA, died Monday evening, May 20, 2013 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she resided for the past five months. Born August 31, 1941 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Paul E. and Vera G. Hawbaker Orris. A graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, she operated...
Frank Andreus
May 19, 2013
Frank C. Andreus II, Col. USAF (Ret.), 69, of Fayetteville, PA passed away May 19, 2013 after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend and an inspiration to others as he walked in faith on his journey. He was born in Temple, TX where his father was stationed in the Army. He...
Debra Beaver
May 17, 2013
Debra A. “Debbie” Beaver, 53, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013 in Manor Care Nursing and Rehab. Born April 14, 1960, she was the daughter of Kenneth and Dorothy Beaver. Debbie is also survived by two sisters, Karen Dirkmaat (husband Dennis) and Michele Paris and a niece, Emma Paris and three nephews, Nick Paris and Kyle...
Lois Sollenberger
May 16, 2013
Lois E. Sollenberger passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Menno Haven, Chambersburg, PA. She was born on September 25, 1919, the third child of Willis M. and Ivy Hartman Rice. Her childhood home was in Zullinger, PA, and she graduated from Washington Township High School in 1938. She married Norman W. Sollenberger on January 25, 1941. They worked...
Shirley Rife
May 15, 2013
Shirley S. Rife, Chambersburg, died on May 15, 2013. Born March 12, 1926 in Reading, PA. , she was the daughter of Harry and Edith (Coleman) Sonon. A graduate of Kutztown University, she had been employed by the Chambersburg Area School District for over 30 years as a Librarian, retiring in 1988. Her love for books and reading continued as...
Mary Jane Tritle
May 14, 2013
Mary Jane Tritle, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born April 30, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late John L. and Mary J. Walterick Hanes. Mrs. Tritle was a 1944 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed early in her life...
Helen Bishop
May 12, 2013
Helen E. Bishop, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Gettysburg, PA. Born February 15, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Chronister Ankerbrand. Mrs. Bishop was a 1948 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was a lifetime member of the...
Donald Stahl
May 11, 2013
Donald E. Stahl, age 73, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 25, 1939 in Mercersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Jacob Howard and Ruth Gehr Stahl. Don attended school in the Greencastle-Antrim School District. He worked at the Norlo Farm, which is now the Norlo Park for...
Stuart Long
May 10, 2013
Stuart Lemont Long, 49, of Fannettsburg, PA passed away on Friday May 10, 2013. Born on July 22, 1963 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Wilbur L. and Rosalie A. (Hockenberry) Long of Fannettsburg. Stuart was a 1983 graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School. He attended the Apostolic Faith Church in Chambersburg. In addition to his parents he...
Jacoba den Hartog
May 10, 2013
Jacoba “Coby” W. den Hartog, 75, of Fayetteville, PA, died unexpectedly on Friday, May 10, 2013 at her home. Born in Zetten, The Netherlands, she was a daughter of the late Gerard and Bertha VanLaar Hofman. Following graduation from nursing school she worked as a registered nurse in Arnhem, Holland. She married Johannis “John” den Hartog on April 11, 1963...
Jacqueline Stewart
May 9, 2013
Jacqueline M. Stewart, 86, a resident at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday evening, May 9, 2013 at the nursing home. Born April 10, 1927 in Metz, France, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Martha Wagner Gelas. She was employed as Public Relations Coordinator at Chambersburg Hospital for more than thirty years. Mrs....
Alfred Spoonhour
May 9, 2013
Alfred Spoonhour, 88, of Fayetteville, PA, died Thursday morning, May 9, 2013 at his home. Born March 17, 1925 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Charles H. and Mary J. Brown Spoonhour. A US Navy veteran of WWII, he retired from Mt. Cydonia Sand Company in Fayetteville. Alfred was a member of the Greater Good News Church...
John Gearity
May 8, 2013
John E. “Jack” Gearity, of Fayetteville, PA, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Jack was born in Beaverdale, PA on January 4, 1938. He was lovingly raised by his grandparents, Edward and Elizabeth Gearity, a truly remarkable couple. He attended school at Beaverdale, The Franciscan Preparatory School, and St. Francis College. In addition, he also studied...
Evelyn Lydic
May 8, 2013
Evelyn Mae Stepler Lydic, 87, of Chambersburg, died Wednesday May 8, 2013 at Manor Care Health Services. Born on April 29, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles C. and Verna E. Stepler. A 1944 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Evelyn spent her working years as a maintenance specialist, retiring from Letterkenny Army Depot...
Gary Cox
May 8, 2013
Gary D. Cox, age 66, of Fayetteville, PA passed away at Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Born April 23, 1947 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Francis J. Cox and Agnes V. Shatzer. A 1965 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Gary served in the US Army Reserves during the Vietnam Conflict. He...
Ellen Campbell
May 7, 2013
Ellen Houser Campbell, born in Milroy, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania on September 11, 1923, died Tuesday evening, May 7, 2013. Her husband, Robert Bruce Campbell, preceded her in death on March 3, 2012. Ellen is survived by her daughter Lisa Ellen Aston (Mrs. Randall) of Georgetown, Texas, and a sister, Marguerite Jacobs of Shippensburg, PA. Preceeding her in death, in addition...
Noah Burkholder
May 5, 2013
Noah A. Burkholder, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 18, 1921 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Abram I. and Carrie Hostetter Burkholder. Early in his life, Mr. Burkholder was employed at the former Walker Brothers Feed in Chambersburg. He married his wife, Bertha Flohr Burkholder on...
David Tipton
May 5, 2013
David Russell Tipton, age 44, of Scotland, PA passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013. Born in Nuremburg, Germany on March 7, 1969, he was the son of Johnny C. and Rosie Johnson Tipton. A 1987 graduate of Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Dave went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Army and the Army National Guard. He worked...
James Faubel
May 4, 2013
James E. “Jim” Faubel, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 04, 2013 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born September 28, 1922 in Clay Hill, PA, he was the son of the late Harry E. and Catherine Fulton Faubel, Sr. A U.S. Army veteran, Jim served honorably during WWII, in the infantry as an...
Arlene Pearl
May 3, 2013
Arlene B. D. Pearl, age 85, formerly of Chambersburg, PA passed away on May 3, 2013 at Long Term Care in McConnellsburg, PA. Born March 4, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Alma Wilds and step daughter of the late Paul Wilds. Mrs. Pearl worked at the Former Franklin County Nursing home for 20 years, retiring in 1988....
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