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Frederick Adams
Mar 15, 2012
Frederick W. “Fred” Adams, 93, of Fannettsburg, PA died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born July 31, 1918 in Fannettsburg, he was a son of the late Thomas J. and Mintie Wineman Adams. Fred was a 1942 graduate of the Shippensburg State Teacher’s College. He taught at the former Green Hill School near McConnellsburg and later...
Betty Haines
Mar 15, 2012
Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, Inc. 333 Falling Spring Road Chambersburg, PA 17202 (717) 264-6416 THOMAS L. GEISEL, Supervisor Betty Louise (Martin) Haines, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully, Thursday, March 15, 2012 at home. Betty was born August 5, 1927 in Chambersburg to the late Charles F. and Edna M. McCanns Martin. Her first husband, Richard E. Gelwicks preceded...
Robert Fields
Mar 14, 2012
Robert R. Fields, Jr., age 63, of Orrstown, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at his home. Born August 23, 1948 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Robert R., Sr. and Ruth Mohler Fields. A Welding Instructor for the former Grove Manufacturing and now Manatowoc Crane, Mr. Fields dedicated 37 years. He was an...
Edith Hooven
Mar 13, 2012
Edith Mae Hooven, age 77, of Fayetteville, PA; died peacefully at her son’s home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Born in Elkton, MD on December 20, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Uhler and Ruth (Loller) Haggerty. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl W. Hooven Jr. on August 10, 1996....
Dorothy Dale
Mar 10, 2012
Dorothy S. Dale, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Menno Haven on Saturday, March 10, 2012. Born in Marks, PA on November 4, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Martin Luther and Mary Gift Sixeas. Mrs. Dale worked at Letterkenny Army Depot as a clerk until her retirement on April 4, 1967. She was a member...
Doris Henschel
Mar 8, 2012
Doris V. Henschel, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012 in the Manor Care Nursing Home. Born in Plymouth, MA on September 28, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Helen Frades Ramsdall. Ms. Henschel worked in the housekeeping department at the Shook Home, retiring in 1987. She was a member of...
Evangelene Aurandt
Mar 8, 2012
Evangelene M. Aurandt, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Falling Spring Nursing Home. Born in Mercersburg, PA on January 16, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Ethel McFadden Miller. Mrs. Aurandt worked at Penn Hall Junior College and Wilson College as a maid...
O. Forsythe
Mar 6, 2012
O. Richard Forsythe, 80, of Edgar Avenue, Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday afternoon, March 6, 2012 at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born January 31, 1932 in Peters Township, Franklin County, he was a son of the late J. Albert and Alma Orris Forsythe. He was a member of the Brethren Fellowship in Chambersburg. Richard attended the Greencastle-Antrim High School, Columbia...
Okey Brumfield
Mar 3, 2012
Okey Arthur Brumfield, Jr., age 64, of Fayetteville, PA; passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, WV. Born on March 21, 1947 in Gilbert, WV, Okey was the son of the late Florence and Okey A. Brumfield. Sr. A U.S. Army veteran, Okey served his country honorably in Vietnam from 1964-1973. He worked...
Dr. Howard Hoffman
Mar 2, 2012
Dr. Howard L. Hoffman, 85, of Chambersburg, died Friday, March 2, 2012 at his residence. Born February 25, 1927 in Carlisle, PA. A 1944 graduate of Carlisle High School, he served with the US Navy during WWII and then received his Bachelor’s of Science Degree in 1949 from Dickinson College. He went on to receive his medical degree from Temple...
Marian Fetterhoff
Mar 2, 2012
Marian S. Fetterhoff, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, died Friday afternoon, March 2, 2012 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 25, 1922 in New York, she was a daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Zolar Stavana. During WWII, she was employed at the Kane Manufacturing Company making parts for airplanes to support the war effort. After moving...
Janet Evans
Mar 1, 2012
Janet V. Corwell Evans, 91, of Chambersburg, went home to be with her Lord Thursday evening, March 1, 2012 from the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 23, 1920 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Harry T. and Zelda V. Shatzley Corwell. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Janet was employed at the J. Schoeneman Company in...
Ramsey Rock
Feb 28, 2012
Ramsey D. Rock, age 56, of Shade Gap, PA, passed away in the Hershey Medical Center on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Born November 28, 1955 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Charles A. and Gladys J. Miller Rock. An avid Penn State and Pittsburgh Steelers Football fan, Ramsey enjoyed watching and going to games; however he...
Dr. Ainslee Gruen
Feb 26, 2012
Dr. Ainslee Arnold Gruen, 92, of Chambersburg, died Sunday evening, February 26, 2012 at Menno Village where he resided for the past twenty-one years. Born November 15, 1919 in Jersey City, NJ, he was a son of the late Edwin Lawrence and Elizabeth Love Jacobsen Gruen. He served as a pilot with the US Navy during WWII and was discharged...
Edna College
Feb 26, 2012
Edna M. (Shaffer) College, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2012 in Chambersburg. Born August 2, 1928 in Napier Township, PA, she was a daughter of the late Guy and Annie Helsel Shaffer. Edna is survived by her loving husband of almost 60 years, Eldon J. College, whom she married on March 22, 1952; two daughters,...
Ernesto Cruz
Feb 25, 2012
Ernesto L. Cruz, age 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Uvalde, TX, he was the son of the late Pablo and Barbara Lemen Cruz. A U.S. Army veteran, Ernesto served his country honorably for 20 years, retiring in 1986. After retirement Ernesto devoted time to the Keystone Health...
Willis Picking
Feb 24, 2012
Willis C. “Red” Picking, age 84, of Penn Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 in Cedars Hospice, Monroeville, PA after a brief illness. Born December 19, 1927, in Newark, NJ, the son of the late D. Walter R. Picking and Ethel Coble Picking, Red grew up in Chambersburg. A U.S. Army veteran of both WWII...
Yvonne Clever
Feb 24, 2012
Yvonne E. Clever, age 83 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, February 24, 2012. Born April 13, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Abram P. and Ethel M. Thompson Leight. A Proof Reader for the Public Opinion Newspaper, Mrs. Clever retired in 1975 after 15 years of service. She enjoyed crocheting,...
Edna Peterson
Feb 22, 2012
Edna V. Peterson, age 88 of Fayetteville, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in her home with her family at her side. Born March 25, 1923 in Smithsburg, MD, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Sadi Pound Leather. A homemaker all her life, Mrs. Peterson enjoyed sewing, spending time cooking...
Jeffrey Beltz
Feb 22, 2012
Jeffrey L. Beltz, 55, of 1937 Lincoln Way West, Chambersburg, PA 17202, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 after his three year battle with cancer, which eventually took his life. Born August 22, 1956 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Raymond C. Beltz Sr. and Dessie J. Nunemaker Beltz. A U.S. Marine...
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