Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Harold Gunnells

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Patricia Adams

Patricia Adams

Dec 13, 2012

Patricia A. Adams, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Born April 13, 1935 in St. Thomas, PA, she was the daughter of the late David William and Esther Grace Pheil Pool. Mrs. Adams worked at a number of places in the Chambersburg Area, including the former Stanley Company, the former...

Shirley Beecher

Shirley Beecher

Dec 12, 2012

Shirley M. Beecher, age 63, of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 in her home. Born January 16, 1949 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Dora Rotz Evans. Mrs. Beecher worked as a Certified Nurses Aid from 1981 until 1995 at the South Mountain Restoration Center, where she continued her...

Glen Perry

Glen Perry

Dec 10, 2012

Glen R. Perry, Sr., 85, of St. Thomas, PA, died Monday morning, December 10, 2012 at Menno Haven. Born July 8, 1927 in Staunton, VA, he was a son of the late Leroy Lester and Belle Rice Perry. He served with the US Army during WWII and received a Bachelor’s Degree in 1960 and a Master’s Degree in 1962 from...

Virginia Hauck

Virginia Hauck

Dec 9, 2012

Virginia M. Hauck, age 66, of Mt. Union, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at the Falling Spring Nursing Home. Born June 3, 1946 in Lackawanna, NY, she was the daughter of the late Hazel Hauck. Ms. Hauck worked as a certified nurse’s aide for a number of years. She loved animals and enjoyed spending time with her...