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Patricia Goshorn
Feb 20, 2013
Patricia W. Goshorn, age 75 of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Born January 23, 1938 in Minneapolis, MN, she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Ruth Dorwaldt Wood. A U.S. Army veteran, Mrs. Goshorn served honorably until her discharge when she married her husband Max in 1957. She was an Army wife, traveling all...
Geraldine Shoop
Feb 17, 2013
Geraldine B. Shoop, age 82, of Spring Run, PA, passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, February 17, 2013. Born September 14, 1930 in Doylesburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Verne and Fannie Mae Shoop Hammond. Geraldine dedicated 23 years, to the former Stanely Company, where she retired in 1983. In retirement, Geraldine enjoyed spending time...
Scherrie Kennedy
Feb 16, 2013
Scherrie M. Kennedy, age 80, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2013 in her home, while surrounded by her family. Born on October 25, 1932 in Vancouver, British Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Charles W. Campbell and Lillian Walker Campbell. In addition to raising and caring for her family, Scherrie’s many career positions included fashion...
Mary Tyrrell
Feb 16, 2013
Mary Ruth (McGee) Tyrrell, age 96, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born September 14, 1916 in Durham, NC, she was a daughter of the late Roy S. and Annie (Hayden) McGhee. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, John Tyrrell (who died in 2004), a sister, Jennie Mann, and...
Earl Gaughenbaugh
Feb 15, 2013
Earl J. Gaughenbaugh, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Wheeling, WV, died Friday, February 15, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on August 22, 1927 in Wheeling, WV, he was a son of the late Raymond M. and Gertrude Welch Gaughenbaugh. He is survived by his wife, Dolores Dougal Gaughenbaugh, daughter, Cynthia Ann Shank and husband Rick, of Hagerstown, MD; son...
Grant Gsell
Feb 15, 2013
Grant S. Gsell, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Upper Strasburg, PA, passed away on Friday, February 15, 2013 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born April 12, 1924 in Marion, PA, he was the son of the late Grant M. and Florence Statler Gsell. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Gsell served honorably in both WWII...
Carole Moore
Feb 15, 2013
Carole A. Moore, 74, of Chambersburg, PA died unexpectedly on Friday, February 15, 2013 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born on July 1, 1938 in Passaic, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Mary Stefnik Byrnes. An elementary school teacher in her younger years, Carole received her Bachelor’s Degree from William Patterson University in Wayne, NJ. She was a...
Wallace Gossert
Feb 14, 2013
Wallace W. “Bose” Gossert, Sr., 80, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday morning, February 14, 2013 at his home. Born January 30, 1933 in Quincy, PA he was a son of the late G. Norman and Hazel Beam Gossert. A US Army veteran, he worked for the late Ralph W. Horst for thirty years. Bose was a life member of the...
William Gartner
Feb 13, 2013
William “Bill” B. Gartner, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with the Lord Wednesday afternoon, February 13, 2013 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born October 2, 1931 in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late John J. and Freida E. Hauser Gartner. Bill was a graduate of St. Benedict High School in Newark, NJ and...
Annie Kramer
Feb 12, 2013
Annie L. “Louise” Kramer, 78, of Fayetteville, PA, died Tuesday evening, February 12, 2013 at her home. Born August 25, 1934 in Williamston, NC, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Gracelene Morris Robertson. She retired from B.P.O. Elks Lodge #600 in Chambersburg where she was employed as a waitress for 17 years. She had been previously employed...
Jacqueline Shaul
Feb 12, 2013
Jacqueline Karin Sylvia Shaul, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday morning, February 12, 2013 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 12, 1930 in Merignac, France, she was the daughter of the late Jacques and Emma Wijk Samazeuilh. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Shaul was the “chief of staff” for her family for the thirty years...
Katherine Bishop
Feb 11, 2013
Katherine V. Bishop, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, entered into eternal rest on Monday afternoon, February 11, 2013 at the home of her son. Born September 24, 1924 in Needmore, PA, she was a daughter of the late Keller Theodore and Viola Hope (Snyder) Mentzer. A 1943 graduate of the former Warfordsburg High School, Katherine was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot...
Henry Wilk
Feb 10, 2013
Henry J. Wilk, Sr., 84, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday evening, February 10, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 17, 1928 in Lamberton, PA, he was a son of the late Frank and Mary Zuchowitz Wilk. A US Army veteran of the Korean War, Henry worked as a coal miner and road construction worker in his younger years. He then...
Mary Green
Feb 9, 2013
Mary P. “Dolly” Green, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born July 8, 1925 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Edgar J. and Helen C. Myers Patterson. Dolly worked for a number of years as a teller at the former Valley Bank. She was a member...
Lee Roy Yeager
Feb 8, 2013
Lee Roy Yeager, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA passed away in his home with his family at his side, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born June 23, 1935 in Fort Loudon, PA, he was the son of the late Frank H. and Alma M. Hornbaker Yeager. Mr. Yeager was a dedicated family man, who loved spending time with his...
Helen Forrester
Feb 6, 2013
Helen B. Forrester, age 82, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in the Harrisburg Hospital. Born on January 5, 1931 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert R. Besore and Mabel E. Burke Besore. A 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, she married her husband, Harold S. Forrester, on October 19, 1949....
Bertha Lehman
Feb 5, 2013
Bertha L. Lehman, age 102, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday evening, February 5, 2013 at Menno Haven where she had resided since October. Born December 30, 1910 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Fannie Landis Caufman. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Lehman had been a member of Chambersburg Brethren In Christ Church for...
Mary Baer
Feb 5, 2013
Mary Edith Baer, 87, a life-long resident of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday morning, February 5, 2013 at the home of her daughter. Born December 21, 1925 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Minnie F. Bickley Smith. A 1943 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mary Edith excelled as a mother, homemaker, and home...
William Pugh
Feb 4, 2013
William E. “Bill” Pugh, age 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013 in the Hershey Medical Center. Born September 16, 1947 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Paul Lester and Kathryn Isamay Nye Pugh. Bill served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during Vietnam, upon completion of his obligation; he went...
George Robinson
Feb 2, 2013
George F. Robinson, Jr., 54, of Chambersburg, died Saturday morning, February 2, 2013 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 12, 1958 in Chambersburg, he was a son of George F. Robinson, Sr. of Chambersburg and the late Kathryn Forney Robinson. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and served in the US Army. George enjoyed cooking and...
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