Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Kathy Flickinger
Apr 28, 2012
Kathy J. Flickinger, age 37, of Ickesburg, PA died Saturday, April 28, 2012 in the Hershey Medical Center. Born November 2, 1974 in Carlisle, PA, she was the daughter of Kenneth E. and Helen W. (Scott) Flickinger. Kathy was a 1992 graduate of West Perry High School. She formerly worked as an Inventory Control Specialist at Wal-Mart in Mechanicsburg, PA....

Michael Rutledge
Apr 28, 2012
Michael W. Rutledge, 49, of Doylesburg, PA, died on Saturday, April 28, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on July 13, 1962 in Johnstown, PA, he was the son of Donald and Donna Rodkey Rutledge. A graduate of Johnstown Vo-Tech High School, Mike had most recently worked at Shriver Foods in Shippensburg, PA as a Line Leader and had previously...

Shelby Mundock
Apr 27, 2012
Shelby Lee Mundock, age 10, of Chambersburg, died Friday evening, April 27, 2012 at Hershey Medical Center. Born December 7, 2001 in Somerville, NJ, she was a daughter of Jonathon and Karen Fetchina Mundock. Shelby was a fourth grade student at Hamilton Heights Elementary School where she enjoyed playing for the school soccer team. She enjoyed computers, video games, music,...

John Shore
Apr 24, 2012
John Ellsworth Shore, 85, of St. Thomas, PA, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at his home. Born November 28, 1926 in Burnt Cabins, PA, he was a son of the late John Thomas and Pearl Ann Mock Shore. John served in the US Navy during WWII and retired from Parman and Ellis, Inc., Portland, OR. He was a member of...

Chester Wenger
Apr 21, 2012
Chester V. Wenger, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday evening, April 21, 2012 at his home. Born October 8, 1927 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Morris B. and Elsie Rife Wenger. He attended the former Portico School and the Chicago Technical Institute and later served with the US Army during WWII. Following his discharge from the...

Dustin Farner
Apr 20, 2012
Dustin B. Farner, age 10, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Hershey Medical Center on Friday, April 20, 2012. Born in Chambersburg on June 18, 2001, he was the son of Eric B. Farner of Fayetteville, PA and Rashell S. Burkett of Chambersburg, PA Dustin was a fifth grade student at Scotland Elementary School. He enjoyed playing baseball for...

James Yocum
Apr 20, 2012
James Edward Yocum II, 65, of Chambersburg, died on Friday, April 20, 2012 in the Meritus Medical Center of Hagerstown, MD. Born on November 24, 1946 in Belleville, PA, he was the son of M. Marie (Miller) Yocum and the late James E. Yocum Sr. A graduate of Kishacoquillas High School in Belleville, PA, Jim went on to earn his...

Reed Cromer
Apr 19, 2012
Reed “Bud” Cromer, age 78 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the York Hospital on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Born in Ft. Littleton, PA on May 24, 1933, he was the son of the late Robert Bruce and Estelle Wible Cromer. A U. S. Army veteran, Bud served his country honorably during the Korean Conflict. Bud has been employed at...

Gary Quivers
Apr 19, 2012
Gary Lee Quivers, Sr., 60, of Charleroi, PA, died unexpectedly due to complications of surgery on Thursday, April 19, 2012 in the Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born on October 22, 1951 in Chambersburg, he was a son of John and Margaret (Ridout) Quivers, of Chambersburg. Gary grew up in Chambersburg, attending the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and John Wesley A.M.E....

Carl Fisher
Apr 17, 2012
Carl L. Fisher, 83, of Fayetteville, departed this life on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in the Select Specialty Hospital of York. Born April 8, 1929 in Scotland, he was a son of the late Charles J. and Ida Ross Fisher. A US Navy veteran of WWII, Carl retired from Letterkenny Army Depot in 1972. Following his retirement he went on...

Muriel Brown
Apr 17, 2012
Muriel I. Brown, 89, formerly of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born on December 18, 1922 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Paul E. and Ruth Neuroth Brown. A 1941 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Muriel retired from Letterkenny Army Depot on December 31, 1982 with...

Hattie Shadle
Apr 17, 2012
Hattie Ruth Strock Shadle, 92, passed away Tuesday night April 17, 2012 at Menno Haven Nursing Center, where she had been residing for the past 2 months. Hattie was born on July 30, 1919 in St. Thomas, PA to Elmer Gushert and Ruth Gayle Haulman Strock. Hattie married Kenneth Leroy Shadle on August 27, 1936. Hattie was a great wife,...

James Gorman
Apr 16, 2012
James Richard Gorman, Jr., age 59, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, April 16, 2012. Born August 1, 1952 in Inkerman, PA, he was the son of the late James R. Gorman, Sr. and Jule Marshalonis Gorman of Fairless Hills, PA. Mr. Gorman was a graduate of Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills, PA. Mr....

Edward Kuhlman
Apr 15, 2012
Dr. Edward Lammert Kuhlman, age 75, of Fayetteville, PA went home to be with his Savior on Saturday, April 14, 2012. Born in Chester, PA on August 17, 1936, he was the son of the late Richard and Gertrude Reising Kuhlman. Dr. Kuhlman taught in many capacities throughout his career. He had finished his professional career at Messiah College, where...

Junnie Blankenship
Apr 14, 2012
Junnie Gaton Blankenship, Jr., 83, of Fayetteville, PA, died Saturday morning, April 14, 2012 at Waynesboro Hospital. Born April 1, 1929 to the late Junnie Gaton Blankenship, Sr. and Addie Lowder Blankenship, he was raised and educated in Chase City, VA. Junnie moved to Washington, DC as a teenager. He joined the DC Air National Guard and was called to...

Carrie Peebles
Apr 12, 2012
Carrie A. Peebles, 98, of Laguna Hills, CA died Thursday April 12, 2012 in Laguna Hills. She was preceded in death by her husband Lester H. Peebles in 1978 and also by two children. Carrie is survived by two children; Ed Sherin of New York, NY and Judith Russell of Laguna Hills, CA; and six grandchildren. Graveside services will be...

Wesley Crusey
Apr 12, 2012
Wesley A. Crusey, age 101, a resident at Providence Place since May of 2011 and formerly of Chambersburg and Fayetteville, went home to be with the Lord Thursday morning, April 12, 2012. Born May 1, 1910 in Shippensburg, he was a son of the late Raymond A. and Annie Eckenrode Crusey. First employed at the former Peerless Furniture Factory in...

Howard Cramer
Apr 11, 2012
Howard James “Bud” Cramer, 73, of Fayetteville, PA, died on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital ER. Born on June 20, 1938 in Shippensburg, PA, he was a son of Virginia Shriner Cramer Reed of Shippensburg and the late Howard G. Cramer. A 1956 graduate of Shippensburg High School, Bud honorably served his country with the U.S. Army....

Margie Poe
Apr 11, 2012
Margie C. Poe, age 82, a resident of The Village of Laurel Run and formerly of Fayetteville, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Born September 25, 1929 in Fayetteville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Fickes and Mary G. McKenrich Fickes Mull Stoops. Margie was a press operator for the former Stanley...

Irvin McCleary
Apr 10, 2012
Irvin Benedict McCleary Jr. passed away April 10, 2012 at the Shook Home, Chambersburg, PA. Irvin was born in Waynesboro on April 21st 1921 to father, Irvin B. McCleary Sr. and mother, Susan Alice Shorb McCleary. He had an older sister, Jane Alvilda McCleary-Sizemore. He resided in the Waynesboro area until 2011 when due to health conditions he and his...