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

Robert West
Apr 4, 2012
Robert W. West, Sr., age 70, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at his home. Born August 8, 1941 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late John and Dorothy Schnable West. . Bob was a 1959 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and a U.S. Navy veteran, during the Vietnam Conflict;...

Cynthia Beury
Apr 3, 2012
Cynthia Morse Beury, age 63, of Fayetteville, PA; passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at her home with her family at her side. Born October 4, 1948 in Ayer, MA; she was the daughter of the late Albion and Barbara Weston Morse. Cynthia was a homemaker throughout most of her adult life. She enjoyed camping, swimming, water skiing, and...

Elmer Peterson
Apr 3, 2012
Elmer H. “Pete” Peterson, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, died early Tuesday morning, April 3, 2012 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 27, 1930 in Fannettsburg, he was the son of the late Elmer H. Peterson, Sr. and the late Winifred Horton Peterson Coover. Pete served in the US Army National Guard. He was employed as a truck driver with H.C. Gabler...

Donald Menner
Mar 30, 2012
Donald E. Menner, 79, of Chambersburg, died Friday March 30, 2012 at Menno Haven Nursing Center. Born on August 31, 1932 in Jasper, Indiana, Don was the son of the late Leo and Lucille Flick Menner. Don attended public schools in Jasper and left home in his late teens to pursue a baseball career as a pitcher. Soon afterwards, he...

Meriam Fleming
Mar 30, 2012
Meriam S. Harry Fleming, 90, of Concord, PA, a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother, passed away peacefully Friday evening, March 30, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. Born May 14, 1921 in Dry Run, she was a daughter of the late Walker W. and Sophie Heckman Harry. A homemaker most of her life,...

Anna Scutchall
Mar 29, 2012
Anna Mae Freiwald Scutchall, age 90, formerly of Greenvillage, PA, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at Providence Place of Chambersburg. Born on March 24, 1922 in Johnstown, PA, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Friewald. She was married to Merrill Simon Scutchall on August 3, 1977. He preceded her in death on January 15,...

Harvey Meyers
Mar 28, 2012
Harvey Mentzer Meyers, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday afternoon, March 28, 2012 at his home where he was born and raised. Born July 29, 1928 to the late Harvey F. and Susan Baer Mentzer Meyers, he attended school in Edenville. A farmer for almost sixty years, he was the third generation in his family to operate the family farm...

Edward Mikulich
Mar 28, 2012
Edward “Ed” Raymond Mikulich, Sr., 83, of Chambersburg, PA, died at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012, in his home in Potomac, MD, following an extended illness. Ed was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Margaret Mikulich, on January 4, 2004 following 45 years of marriage. Born March 2, 1929, in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late...

Doris Leonard
Mar 27, 2012
Doris H. Leonard, 84, of Fayetteville, PA, died Tuesday afternoon, March 27, 2012 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 21, 1927 in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, PA, she was a daughter of the late Omar G. and Della Ramsey Hollinger. Mrs. Leonard was a 1945 graduate of the former Lemasters High School and the Central Penn Secretarial School in Harrisburg, PA....

Kenneth George
Mar 26, 2012
Kenneth E. George, age 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012 in his home. Born on August 31, 1920 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Curtis and Stella Binkley George. For over 64 years, he was married to the late Lillian Mae Fahrney George, until she preceded him in death on June 23, 2007....

Carl Adams
Mar 26, 2012
Carl Lee Adams, age 56, of Spring Run, PA, passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012 at his home. Born June 16, 1955 in Chambersburg, PA; he was the son of Carl and Patricia Pool Adams. A Machinist, Carl worked at numerous local manufacturing companies, to include: Mack Truck, Letterkenny Army Depot, McDonald Douglas, Landis Machine, and the former Ingersoll...

Keith Kunkle
Mar 25, 2012
Keith M. Kunkle, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at his home. Born in Greensburg, PA on December 17, 1937, he was the son of the late Homer and Mildred Miller Kunkle. A U.S. Army veteran, Keith served honorably during the Vietnam conflict. He retired from LSSA at Letterkenny Army Depot in 1985. Upon...

Darlene Burkholder
Mar 24, 2012
Darlene J. Burkholder, 73, of Chambersburg, PA, a loving and devoted, wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away peacefully Saturday evening, March 24, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. Born December 27, 1938 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Moses M. and Hazel Schellhase Glass. Darlene retired as a Unit Manager from Home Interiors and...

Donald Engle
Mar 22, 2012
Donald LeRoy Engle, age 65, of Scotland, PA, chose Heaven on Thursday, March 22, 2012 in the Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. Born on June 30, 1946 in Barrelville, MD, he was a son of the late Harry G. and Grace M. (Walker) Engle. Don was employed with Cumberland Valley Tree Service for over 30 years. He was a...

Edward Seibert
Mar 20, 2012
Edward A. “Sonny” Seibert, 72, of Fayetteville, PA, died Tuesday afternoon, March 20, 2012 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 11, 1939 in Willow Hill, he was a son of the late Edward W. and Nellie V. Fleagle Seibert. Early in his life he worked at Gillan’s Orchard prior to entering the US Army. Following his discharge from the military he...

Barbara Petesich
Mar 18, 2012
Barbara E. Ferry Petesich, age 50, of Harrisburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, PA. Born August 18, 1961 in Washington, D.C., she was a daughter of Alan and Carolyn Ferry of Spring Run, PA. A 1979 Graduate of Fannett-Metal High School and from Indiana University of PA in 1983,...

Leslie Barrick
Mar 18, 2012
Leslie A. “Uncie” Barrick, 74, of 12479 Creek Road, Fannettsburg, PA, died Sunday morning, March 18, 2012 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 26, 1937 in Fannettsburg, he was a son of the late Daniel Carson and Mabel J. Nusbaum Barrick. Leslie was a farmer all of his life and had at one time been employed by Metal Township. He was...

Ruth Stubler
Mar 17, 2012
Ruth Stubler, 90, a resident at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday morning, March 17, 2012 in the nursing home. Born July 7, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Edward F. and Mary R. High. Ruth was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed for more than thirty...

Mary Johnson
Mar 17, 2012
Mary Jane Johnson, 93, a resident at Menno Haven and formerly of Spring Run, PA, passed away Saturday evening, March 17, 2012 at the nursing home. Born June 12, 1918 in Fannettsburg, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Emma Snyder McCurdy. Mary Jane was a graduate of the former Fannett Township High School and worked at Letterkenny...

Joan Spangler
Mar 16, 2012
Joan E. Spangler, 69, a resident of Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA, went to be with The Lord on her sixty-ninth birthday Friday morning, March 16, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born March 16, 1943 in York County, PA, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Verna I. Smith Airing. She was...