Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Janet Forrester-Pickell
May 15, 2012
Janet L. Forrester-Pickell, age 70, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Born January 10, 1942 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd E. and Isabelle F. Flohr Mummert. Mrs. Pickell worked in the Banking industry at the former First National Bank...

Joyce Morrison
May 13, 2012
Joyce Lynn Morrison, 73, of Benton, PA and formerly of Chambersburg, died on Sunday, May 13, 2012 in Bonham Nursing Center, Stillwater, PA. Born March 31, 1939 in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Pearl (Jones) Young. A graduate of Wilson College, Joyce majored in German and went on to work at the College for...

Joyce Morrison
May 13, 2012
Joyce Lynn Morrison, 73, of Benton, PA and formerly of Chambersburg, died on Sunday, May 13, 2012 in Bonham Nursing Center, Stillwater, PA. Born March 31, 1939 in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Pearl (Jones) Young. A graduate of Wilson College, Joyce majored in German and went on to work at the College for...

Carl Blair
May 9, 2012
Carl L. Blair, Jr., 65, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday morning, May 9, 2012 at Quincy United Methodist Home where he resided the past several months. Born January 4, 1947 in Reading, PA, he was a son of the late Carl L., Sr. and Lydia Christine Bartles Blair. Carl was a 1965 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School...

William Freet
May 2, 2012
William Henry Freet, Sr., age 92, of Chambersburg, died on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on July 8, 1919 in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late Maria Schraedley Yingst Fralich and William Harry Freet. He was the widower of Betty Fennell Freet, the love of his life, whom he married on November 7, 1941....

Donald Bankes
May 1, 2012
Donald John Bankes, 88, of Chambersburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 with members of his family present. He was born on January 24, 1924 in Mt. Pleasant Mills, PA to the late Cryder H. Bankes Sr. and Ellen J Pugh. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Jean A....

Rebecca Dill
May 1, 2012
Rebecca Ann Finney Dill, 73, of Fayetteville, passed away while surrounded by her loving family and friends on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on May 31, 1938 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Edward George and Mayburn Schultz (Fitz) Finney. A 1956 graduate of Waynesboro High School, Beckey worked as a Library...

Nancy Johnson
Apr 29, 2012
Nancy J. Johnson, age 69 of Doylesburg, PA; passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Dwight and six siblings. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 1 PM in the Agett-Geisel Funeral Home, Dry Run, PA; where the family will receive friends one hour prior to...

Ronald Garber
Apr 28, 2012
Ronald L. Garber, 68, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with the Lord Saturday morning, April 28, 2012 from his home while surrounded by his family. Born November 4, 1943 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lloyd and M. Margaret Rosenberry Garber. Ronald was a 1961 graduate of the Chambersburg High School and served in the Pennsylvania...

James Burghard
Apr 28, 2012
James Burghard Sr., 72, of Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday morning, April 28, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 9, 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was a son of the late Clement and Stella Key Burghard. A US Army veteran, he met his wife in 1959 in Saumur, France while serving in the military. A computer programmer, Jim...

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...