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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...
Kathy Shatzer
Jan 31, 2013
Kathy Dawn Shatzer, age 42, of Shippensburg, passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2013 in Greencastle. Born on December 5, 1970 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Ruth Shauf of Chambersburg Kathy was employed with Shcreiber Foods in Shippensburg. She was a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post 223 and the Minnequa Social Club, both in...
Catherine Spedden
Jan 30, 2013
Catherine R. Spedden, 95, of Chambersburg, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Born July 27, 1917 in Chambersburg, she was the widow of Elwood Spedden and is survived by two sons, Elwood (Phyllis) and Denton (Linda); six grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
Dorothy Fischer
Jan 30, 2013
Dorothy E. Beden Fischer, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday morning, January 30, 2013 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 16, 1921 in Bloomington, IL, she was the daughter of the late Roland and Etta Ghost Beden. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Fischer had worked as a riveter for the US Government during WWII. She had also been...
Donald Sollenberger
Jan 30, 2013
Donald T. Sollenberger, 88, of Chambersburg, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at his home. Born August 8, 1924 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Harry G. and L. Alcesta Duffield Sollenberger. A 1942 graduate of Chambersburg High School, Donald earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1945 and his Master’s Degree from that university...
Charlie Bailey
Jan 29, 2013
Charlie E. Bailey, retired building contractor and real estate salesman, went home to be with his Lord, Tuesday afternoon, January 29, 2013. Born in Omega, GA, he was a son of the late Orbin Charlie and Minnie Sue Nelms Bailey. He is survived by his wife, Vicki, two sons, Michael of Brighton, TN, and Jeremy of Omaha, NE; three daughters,...
Clifford Miller
Jan 27, 2013
Clifford J. Miller, 88, died Sunday, January 27, 2013, at Penn Hall in Chambersburg. He was born April 7, 1924, in Duluth, Minnesota, the son of the late Henry Miller and Bregetta Furlong Miller. He had one brother and one sister, who preceded him in death. He married Audrey Kolowrat in Kendall, Wisconsin, in 1947. He is survived by nine...
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