Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Peter Pasquoche
Mar 31, 2013
Peter H. “Petey” Pasquoche, age 85, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013 at the Village of Laurel Run Nursing Home. Born October 28, 1927 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Peter H. Pasquoche and Ruth Lenora Hood Miller. Mr. Pasquoche worked for 25 years at Park-Davis Pharmaceutical, where he retired and then...

Paul Shaffer
Mar 28, 2013
Paul E. Shaffer, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday morning, March 28, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 9, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Max and Hazel Hartman Shaffer. Paul was self-employed, most of his life, as an over the road truck driver. In his early years he drove a coal truck, delivering coal in...

David Zeigler
Mar 25, 2013
David F. Zeigler, 78, of Spring Run, died Monday, March 25, 2013 at his home. Born January 9, 1935, he was a son of the late Harry and Margaret A. Stong Zeigler. A US Air Force veteran, Dave served his country honorably during the Korean Conflict. Dave worked as a carpenter for Welty Shaffer Construction retiring in 1997. He was...

Max Goshorn
Mar 24, 2013
Max E. Goshorn, age 79 of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at his home. Born January 10, 1934 in Blairs Mills, PA, he was the son of the late Edgar E. and Eva Fortney Goshorn. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, Mr. Goshorn retired from the military in 1973 after 21 years...

Eugene West
Mar 24, 2013
Eugene C. West, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2013 in the Shook Home. Born on September 18, 1933 in Altoona, PA, he was a son of the late Harry S. and Grace A. Lee West. After graduating from Altoona High School in 1951, he entered the U.S. Navy Reserves and served from 1951-55, two years on...

Audrey Holstay
Mar 23, 2013
Audrey J. Holstay, 68, of Chambersburg, died on Saturday, March 23, 2013 in the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born on May 25, 1944 in Hopewell, PA, she was a daughter of the late H. Ernest Ford and Grace L. Auman Ford. A 1962 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Audrey married her husband, David J. Holstay, on January...

Charles Heckman
Mar 23, 2013
Charles E. Heckman, age 97, of Chambersburg, PA passed away at Menno Haven Nursing Center on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Born August 27, 1915 in Letterkenny Township, he was the son of the late James M. and Emma K. Huber Heckman. A 1933 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Heckman went on to serve in the U.S. Navy...

Murray Kauffman
Mar 23, 2013
Murray E. Kauffman, a resident of Guilford Township, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at The Village of Laurel Run, in Fayetteville, PA. Murray was born November 19, 1919 in Chambersburg. The son of the late M. Archie Kauffman and Margaret Hafer-Kauffman, Murray had a brother, Robert J. Kauffman, and a sister, Dorothy Kauffman, who have also passed. Reared...

Terry Lensbower
Mar 21, 2013
Terry L. Lensbower, age 51, of Chambersburg, PA passed away unexpectedly in the Emergency Room at Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Born October 15, 1961 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Frank and Ruth Griffith Lensbower of Chambersburg. Terry was a 1979 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He was first employed by Gibble’s Snack...

Ethel Marshall
Mar 20, 2013
Ethel H. Marshall, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA went home to be with her Lord Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Born August 17, 1921 in Collingswood, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Philip J. and Ethel Welcome Hoffer. A dedicated loving wife and mother, Mrs. Marshall worked tirelessly caring for her children and husband. As an Army wife, she...

Lenora Ewing
Mar 19, 2013
Lenora W. Hann Ewing, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on June 14, 1920 in McConnellsburg, she was a daughter of the late Brice Hann and Ida Clarissa Tritle Hann. She was the widow of Albert Ewing, who preceded her in death on January 8, 1983. A homemaker and avid gardener,...

Marjorie Ritter
Mar 19, 2013
Marjorie B. Ritter, age 87 of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Quincy Retirement Home. Born November 5, 1925 in Bedford County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Cora Messer Smith. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Ritter enjoyed spending time with her family. She resided in Fayetteville for a number...

Susan Martz
Mar 18, 2013
Susan J. Martz (58) of Chambersburg, PA passed away unexpectedly on the evening of Monday, March 18, 2013 at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Born May 9, 1954 in Schenectady, NY, she was the daughter of the late Donald M. and Eileen G. Cook (ne̒e McFadden). As a compassionate and selfless person, Susan thrived on caring for others. Her...

Martha Hepfer
Mar 16, 2013
Martha C. Hepfer, 96, of Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday morning, March 16, 2013 at ManorCare Health Services. Born December 30, 1916 in Roxbury, PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph E. and Jesse Holtry Timmons. Mrs. Hepfer was a homemaker most of her life. Her husband, William D. Hepfer, preceded her in death in March of 1964. She...

Richard Parks
Mar 15, 2013
Richard D. “Dick” Parks, Jr., 47, of Chambersburg, PA, died unexpectedly Friday, March 15, 2013. Born September 19, 1965 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Richard D. Parks, Sr. of Chambersburg and the late Dorothy I. Harding Parks. Dick was a 1984 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was currently employed as a truck driver at...

Ngoa Duong
Mar 15, 2013
Ngoa K. Duong, age 80, of Chambersburg, died Friday March 15, 2013 at Pinnacle Health Center, Harrisburg. She was the widow of Phat Hong who died December 23, 2005 and is survived by 3 sons, Son, Hai, and Nguen Hong; a daughter Mai Hong; 7 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. A viewing will be held from 1-3:00 PM Saturday, March 23,...

Gertrude Giorgini
Mar 14, 2013
Gertrude P. Giorgini, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday evening, March 14, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. Born March 1, 1937 in Media, PA, she was a daughter of the late William E. J. and Clara Little Platt. Mrs. Giorgini attended Nativity B.V.M. Parochial School and Notre Dame High School in Moylan, Rose Valley, PA. She married...

Robert Mooshian
Mar 13, 2013
Robert E. Mooshian, 49, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born May 6, 1963 in Westminster, MD, he was a son of the late Charles and Grace Craig Mooshian. He was a graduate of Oral Roberts University and was employed as a Flooring Sales Specialist at Lowes. Robert was...

Ilene McElwain
Mar 13, 2013
Ilene M. “Red” McElwain age 60, of Fayetteville, PA passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Sunday, March 10, 2013 after a seven year long courageous battle with cancer. Born in Washington, DC on August 8, 1952, she was the daughter of the late George W.S. and Ilene Marie Roles Miller. Red worked for Knouse Foods for 44 years, where...

Dorothy Flood
Mar 13, 2013
Dorothy W. Flood, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday morning, March 13, 2013 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 24, 1924 in Dry Run, PA, she was a daughter of the late Curtis and Sarah Myers Miller. A homemaker, Dorothy was a member of Central Presbyterian Church in Chambersburg. Her husband of 62 years, Henry A. Flood, preceded her in...