Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Betty Bowers
Oct 8, 2011
Betty M. Bowers, 81, of Fayetteville, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at her home. Born August 30, 1930 in Reading, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Beatrice Stott Freeman. A loving mother whose children were the center of her life, Betty very much enjoyed the phone conversations she had with...

Foster Wyant
Oct 8, 2011
Foster Seton Wyant was born on October 19, 2004, in Chambersburg, to Trevor R. Wyant and Lenore D. Wyant (Moton). He is the big brother of Gabrielle R. Wyant, age 4. Foster is the maternal grandchild of Donna Moton, Chambersburg and Lonnie Moton, Carlisle. He is the paternal grandchild of Robert & Helen Wyant, Chambersburg. He is the maternal great-grandchild...

Evelyn Stepler
Oct 6, 2011
Evelyn M. Stepler, of Chambersburg, passed away at 9:50PM Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Menno Haven where she had been a guest for the past three days. Born in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Mary Walck Reed. A homemaker most of her life, she had at one time been employed at the former Triangle Shoe...

Carl Rauch
Oct 5, 2011
Carl K. Rauch, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, died at 11:20AM Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 26, 1932 in St. Louis, MO, he was the son of the late Carl and Hazel Harris Rauch. Carl served in the US Marine Corps and served as a professor at Shepherd University, retiring after 27 years of teaching. He also...

Barbara Rotz
Oct 4, 2011
Barbara A. Rotz, 70, of Chambersburg, died Tuesday. She is survived by her daughter Lori Pine, 2 grandchildren; Damian and Marissa Pine, a sister; Sharon Walck, a brother; James Knepper, her sister-in-law Shirley Rotz; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald, and her son Anthony. Services will be held at 11:30AM Monday October 10,...

Mae Kochert
Oct 4, 2011
Mae A. Kochert, 91, recent resident of Menno Haven, Inc., went on to be with her Lord and Savior on October 4, 2011. She was born Mae Alverta Wolfe in Lebanon, PA on May 29, 1920. She attended Pine Grove High School. After high school she worked in a hosiery factory. She enlisted in the United States Army in January,...

Paulette Mowery
Oct 3, 2011
Paulette Mowery, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA; died on Monday, October 3, 2011 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Paris, France on September 24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Edmund and Germaine Mouraud. Having married an American soldier, Lloyd Mowery, in Paris, Mrs. Mowery came to the United States as a war bride in April 1946. Mrs....

Faye Gladfelter
Oct 3, 2011
Faye A. Gladfelter, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA; passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital Emergency Room on Monday, October 3, 2011. Born March 2, 1925, she was the daughter of the late William Harry and Vergie Regi Naugle. A homemaker most of her life, she enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In addition, Faye enjoyed...

Charles Claar
Sep 30, 2011
Charles N. Claar, III, P.E., CFM, IFMA Fellow, of Fayetteville, PA, died at 9:00 AM Friday, September 30, 2011 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 4, 1937 in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Charles N., II and Ruth Basehore Claar. Charlie was a graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering...

Douglas Norcross
Sep 29, 2011
Douglas A. Norcross, 57, of Chambersburg, died at 10:22 PM on Thursday September 29, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on June 12, 1954 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Anna M. Suders Norcross of Chambersburg, and the late Clyde H. “Butch” Norcross. Prior to retiring, Doug had worked as a forklift mechanic at the former Pet Ritz and...

Kellan Reaver
Sep 28, 2011
Kellan Q. Reaver, 21, of Chambersburg, PA. passed away unexpectedly in Chambersburg. Born February 17, 1990 in Hagerstown, MD, he was a son of Shannon Mullendore Harter and husband Paul of Chambersburg and Keith M. Reaver and fiancé Kim Short of Orrtanna. A 2008 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and Franklin County Career and Technology Center where he...

David Phinicie
Sep 27, 2011
David C. Phinicie, age 57, of Chambersburg, PA; passed away in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on September 27, 2011. Born April 29, 1954 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of Grace Mitchell Phinicie and the late Clarence Phinicie. Dave was a 1973 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School. After graduation Dave worked in the...

Mabel Griffith
Sep 25, 2011
Mabel Eunice Griffith “Grandma”, age 102 of Fannettsburg, PA; passed away in her home on Sunday, September 25, 2011. Born November 2, 1908 in Ft. Littleton, PA; she was the daughter of the late Bruce Ashton and Mary Hilda Lessig Woollet. Grandma retired in 1968 from Fairchild Industries in Hagerstown, MD after 30 years of service building airplanes. She was...

Diane Keith
Sep 24, 2011
Diane L. Keith, age 72, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 24, 2011 in Manor Care Health Services, following her courageous battle with cancer. Born on May 9, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Isaac H. Norman and Naomi G. Demas Norman. Diane graduated from the former Chambersburg High School and worked as a...

Louise Cook
Sep 24, 2011
Louise Keller Cook, 89, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Penn Hall Retirement Community. Born on February 15, 1922, in Letterkenny Township, she was a daughter of the late John and Lena Hammond Keller. She was the widow of Richard E. Cook, who preceded her in death in 2002. A 1941 graduate of the former...

Jean Walls
Sep 22, 2011
Jean A. Creager Walls, age 74, of Race Track Road St. Thomas, died on Thursday, September 22, 2011 in the Harrisburg Hospital. Born on September 12, 1937 in Upton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Albert Creager and Zella Shultz Creager. She was the widow of Wayne J. Walls Sr., who preceded her in death on November 5,...

Steve Pheil
Sep 21, 2011
Stephen C. Pheil, age 59, of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 in the Waynesboro Hospital, following a short illness. Born on April 6, 1952 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Jack D. and Nancy Yorkavitch Pheil. He is survived by his wife, Kim Calimer, whom he married on January 20,...

Warren Hammond
Sep 19, 2011
Warren D. “Woody” Hammond, age 73, of St. Thomas, PA; passed away on Monday, September 19, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 7, 1938 in Dry Run, PA; he was the son of the late Lester and Nettie T. Doyle Hammond. A heavy equipment operator, Woody worked for Charles E. Brake, Inc. until his retirement in 1997. He was...

Thomas Lautenslager
Sep 18, 2011
Thomas W. Lautenslager, 58, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011 in his home, after a courageous battle with cancer while surrounded by his family. Born on November 28, 1952 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late M. Lucille Leidig Lautenslager and George T. Lautenslager. A 1970 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Tom served...

Wilbert Smith
Sep 14, 2011
Wilbert D. “Smitty” Smith, 88, of Chambersburg, PA died at the Clarice C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, IA on Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Born May 12, 1923 in Lantz, MD, he was one of eight siblings born to Della Mae and Isaiah Smith. Smitty was married to Dorothy Lou Smith on October 20, 1963 and they celebrated 46 years together...