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Dr. Richard Allias
Mar 10, 2013
Dr. Richard Albert Allias, 83, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013 at his home after a long term illness. Born February 14, 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA, he was a son of the late Joseph and Angela Gerino Allias. He was raised and spent most of his early life in Springdale, PA. He was a graduate of the...
Dr. Joseph Strite
Mar 10, 2013
Joseph Ogilby Strite, M.D., 88, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He was born on February 12, 1925 in Chambersburg to Edwin and Ellen (Cooke) Strite. Dr. Strite grew up in Chambersburg. He graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1942, where he played the trumpet in the Rhythm Kids dance band. After high...
Elton Guyer
Mar 9, 2013
Elton Guyer, Jr., age 81, of McConnellsburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 8, 1931 in Willow Hill, PA, he was the son of the late Thomas E. and Mary C. Moore Guyer. A US Army veteran, Elton served honorably in the Korean War. He was a self employeed painter most of...
Ruth Keller
Mar 9, 2013
Ruth (Meyers) Keller, of Chambersburg, PA, died on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Born November 22, 1929 in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late J. Calvin Meyers and Iva Mae (Moser) Meyers. From the beginning, she followed her own path, determined not to let others “break her spirit.” After graduation from Hagerstown High School, Ruth went to nurses...
Richard Jessen
Mar 8, 2013
Richard M. Jessen, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, died Friday, March 8, 2013 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg, PA. Born March 16, 1924 in Oak Harbor, OH, he was the son of the late Conrad F. Jessen and Marie B. Siefield Jessen. Richard was a 1942 graduate Oak Harbor High School and served honorably in the US Navy during WWII. Upon...
Larry Hobbs
Mar 8, 2013
Larry Wayne Hobbs, 63, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013. Born August 20, 1949, in Sikeston, MO, he was a son of Helen Oyler Hobbs and the late Frank Hobbs. A 1967, graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Larry served honorably in the US Army during Vietnam. Larry worked as a mechanic at Letterkenny Army...
Paul Goshorn
Mar 6, 2013
Paul Porter Goshorn, age 76, of Chambersburg and formerly of Spring Run, PA passed away on March 6, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 27, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Jacob P. and Ethel Doyle Goshorn. A master plasterer, Paul was well known for his beautiful swirled ceilings, he went on to work for...
Eugene Howe
Mar 4, 2013
Eugene Howe, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, died Monday, March 4, 2013 at ManorCare Health Services. Born October 12, 1928 in Phillipsburg, PA, he was a son of the late Orvis V. Howe and Adda Grace George Howe. Eugene was a graduate of the Robertsdale High School and served as Rifleman with the US Army during WWII and the Korean Conflict...
Janet O'Connor
Mar 4, 2013
Janet Elaine O’Connor, 88, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Charlottesville, VA, died March 4, 2013 at Menno Haven. Janet was born April 23, 1924 in Meadville, PA to the late Thomas Emory Kane II and Mildred Mae (McMahon) Kane. She attended the Pennsylvania Conservatory of Music and Thiel College before marrying Joseph B. O’Connor. They shared 40 years of...
Lorena Bowers
Mar 2, 2013
Lorena Bowers, 97, of Shippensburg, PA, died peacefully Saturday morning, March 2, 2013 at Quincy United Methodist Home. Born October 27, 1915 in Montgomery, AL, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Johanna Renka Adlesich. A homemaker most of her life she treasured her children and their families as the center of her life. Mrs. Bowers had a...
Charles Haas
Feb 28, 2013
Charles R. Haas, 95, a resident at Menno Haven and formerly of 264 West Queen Street, Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday morning, February 28, 2013 at Menno Haven. Born January 15, 1918 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Charles H. and Mary Lulu Baughman Haas. Charles served in the Pennsylvania National Guard with Troop E, 104th Calvary from...
Donald Gallagher
Feb 27, 2013
Donald P. Gallagher, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday afternoon, February 27, 2013 at home. Born February 15, 1925 in Johnstown, PA, he was a son of the late Charles E. and Blanche I. Baldwin Gallagher. A graduate of Richland High School, Johnstown, PA, he went on to attend the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown after his military service. Don served...
Paul Pefley
Feb 24, 2013
Paul Pefley, Jr., 80, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday, February 24, 2013 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 11, 1932 in Greencastle, he was a son of the late Paul Sr., and Gladys Burkholder Pefley. Mr. Pefley served in the US Army with the 728th Infantry Division during the Korean War and was discharged at the rank of Sergeant. While in...
Donald Boles
Feb 22, 2013
Donald W. “Jeep” Boles, age 68, of Chambersburg, PA; passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Chambersburg, PA. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service in the...
Anna Burtman
Feb 22, 2013
Anna L. Burtman, age 83, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013 in Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on September 26, 1929 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Irvin Yohe and Clara Reed Yohe. She was the widow of Franklin R. Burtman, whom she married on October 11, 1952. He preceded her in...
James Rhodes
Feb 21, 2013
James E. “Jim” Rhodes III, age 66, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on Thursday, February 21, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Altoona, PA, he was the son of the late James E. Rhodes Jr. and Vivian L. Baird. Jim was a 1964 graduate of the former Scotland School for Veteran’s Children. He went on...
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...
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