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Margaret Cox
Dec 28, 2012
Margaret Jane Cox, 92, of Fayetteville and formerly of Harrisburg, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 in the Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. Born on October 5, 1920 in Harrisburg, she was a daughter of the late Roy Waltz and Inis Harvey Waltz. Margaret graduated from the former William Penn High School in Harrisburg. She was retired from the...
Harry McAllen
Dec 28, 2012
Harry Leroy “Dick” McAllen, 96, of Chambersburg and formerly of Path Valley passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2012 joining his beloved wife, Nora Worley whom he married December 30, 1939. Born January 30, 1916 in Fannettsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Donald and Sadie Traxler McAllen. Early in Dick’s life he worked at the CC Camp...
Donald Petra
Dec 28, 2012
Donald L. Petra, age 84 of Fayetteville, PA passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, December 28, 2012. Born October 5, 1928 in Hackinsack, NJ, he was the son of the late Jack Rogers and Marie Kovarik. A US Army veteran, Mr. Petra served honorably during the Korean Conflict, where he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver...
Harvey Brechbiel
Dec 27, 2012
Harvey F. Brechbiel, Jr., age 90, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital ER. Born on November 19, 1922 in Waynesboro, PA, he was a son of the late Harvey F. and Edith Brechbiel. He was the widower of Beulah Tolbert Brechbiel, who preceded him in death on October 1, 2006. Harvey was...
Harold Gunnells
Dec 27, 2012
Harold Stouffer "Snootch" Gunnells, age 68, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 after a brief illness. Harold was born in Chambersburg on May 17, 1944 to the late Frank Owen and Elva Stouffer Gunnells. He was a 1964 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and entered the Navy after graduation. He was an airplane maintenance specialist...
Helen Brindle
Dec 26, 2012
Helen Pauline Brindle, age 83, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Quincy United Methodist Home. Born in Chambersburg on March 17, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Doris Hancock Crist. Mrs. Brindle was a 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She worked in factories most of her adult...
Gladys Freet-Bankowski
Dec 25, 2012
Gladys P. Freet Bankowski, age 78, of Tinley Park, IL, passed away on December 25, 2012 at Palos Community Hospital. Born July 2, 1934 in Concord, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mae Hockenberry Freet. Gladys enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She is survived by six children, Carl Grasser, Jack Grasser (Betty)...
William Drake
Dec 23, 2012
William B. Drake, 65, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday morning, December 23, 2012 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born September 19, 1947 in Concord, PA, he was a son of the late Boyd and Phyllis Hockenberry Drake. A 1967 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School he served in the US Army Reserve. Bill had been employed at Grove...
Merle Leisher
Dec 23, 2012
Merle E. “Doggie” Leisher, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA passed away peacefully in his sleep at Manor Care Nursing and Rehab Center in Chambersburg on Sunday, December 23, 2012 with his family at his side. Born July 6, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Robert and Hazel Cockley Leisher. A 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg...
Xavier Kretzmer
Dec 23, 2012
Xavier Kretzmer, age 2, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2012. Born October 17, 2010, he is survived by his parents, Thomas M. and Kimberly Kretzmer, and his nine siblings. Services under the direction of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center will be private.
Steven Saum
Dec 22, 2012
Steven D. Saum, 55, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 26, 1957 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late George R., Sr. and LuRae Ferry Saum. He had been employed for twenty years at Lowes, working at stores in Chambersburg, Shippensburg,...
Samuel Naugle
Dec 21, 2012
Samuel Lee Naugle, 68, of Chambersburg, PA, died Friday, December 21, 2012 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Greene Township. Born October 22, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Wilda Parker. Sam was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and served...
Anna Bock
Dec 21, 2012
Anna Mae Bock, age 80, of Chambersburg, died Friday, December 21, 2012 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born December 13, 1932 in Royersford, PA, she was the daughter of the late Norman G. and Anna B. Kulp Reid. Anna Mae was a 1950 graduate of the Royersford High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in...
Carrie Arrowood
Dec 20, 2012
Carrie E. Arrowood, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Born August 14, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Ellen Holtry Christman. Her husband, Buford Arrowood, preceded her in death on December 11, 1971. Mrs. Arrowood worked at the former Stanley Company as a press...
Edward Casseday
Dec 18, 2012
Edward P. Casseday, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday morning, December 18, 2012 at his home. Born September 7, 1926 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Robert E. and Hazel Eleanor Stake Casseday. He was a 1944 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and a graduate of the former Eckel’s School of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia....
Louise Brookens
Dec 18, 2012
Louise M. Cool Brookens, 87, formerly of Fayetteville, PA died Tuesday morning, December 18, 2012 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she had been a guest since June 21, 2006. Born May 13, 1925 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Ambrose W. and Catherine Foose Cool. A homemaker most of her life, Louise was a...
Joyce Bard
Dec 17, 2012
Joyce F. Bard, 62, of Chambersburg, PA, died Monday evening, December 17, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Born October 9, 1950 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles H. and Gilma VanScyoc Baker. She was a 1968 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to receive a Bachelor’s Degree...
Joan Fox
Dec 15, 2012
Joan Fox, age 80, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2012 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born July 31, 1932 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late George and Rose Snyder Deitzel. A 1950 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Joan went on to work at the former Stanley Company for...
Linda Stouffer
Dec 14, 2012
Linda L. Stouffer, 69, of Chambersburg, wife of R. Leroy Stouffer, passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on July 21, 1943 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of Mark L. Verdier of Chambersburg and the late Betty E. Weagley Verdier. A 1961 graduate of Waynesboro High School, Linda worked as a bank teller for...
Lena Mumper
Dec 14, 2012
Lena Mae Mumper, 82, of Chambersburg, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, December 14, 2012 in Manor Care Health Services. Born on June 4, 1930 in East Freedom, PA, she was a daughter of the late Winfield and Eliza Scott. Mrs. Mumper worked as a clerk at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, where she retired in 1992...
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