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Marion Shover
Mar 25, 2011
Marion Shover, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA; passed away on Friday, March 25, 2011 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Marion is survived by her sister, Nancy Hurley and niece Lucille Deferro (husband Jerry) all of Philadelphia. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 1 PM in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel...
Flo Chamberlain
Mar 21, 2011
Flo I. Chamberlain, age 84 of Chambersburg, PA; passed away on Monday, March 21, 2011 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born June 10, 1925 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Sol D. and Bertha M. Sites Hummer. A homemaker all her life, she enjoyed spending time with her family and sewing and quilting when...
Louise Rensch
Mar 21, 2011
Louise Carrie Rensch, age 87, of Chambersburg, was taken home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 21, 2011 at 11:59 AM. She passed peacefully while in her home with her family by her side. Born on August 15, 1923 in her home in Fayetteville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ira Bushman and Carrie Gsell Bushman....
Joseph Hixon
Mar 20, 2011
Joseph D. Hixon, 90, a resident of the Shook Home and formerly of 855 Broad Street, Chambersburg, PA, died at 2:45 AM Sunday, March 20, 2011 in the nursing home. Born February 17, 1921 near Hancock, MD, he was a son of the late Elmer T. and Mary Kellner Hixon. Joe was a graduate of the Hancock High School and...
Annaliese Wietry
Mar 19, 2011
Annaliese L. Wietry, 85, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at home. Born May 16, 1925 in Gloewen, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Siegfried and Linda Schumacher Voll. She earned her Medical Technician Degree in Wurzburg, Germany. Annaliese was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and attended Mass on a daily basis....
Nancy Bender
Mar 19, 2011
Nancy G. Bender, 73, of Chambersburg, passed away at 11:29 AM Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born November 2, 1937 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Harold Theodore, Sr. and Mary Catherine Kegerreis Rosenberry. Nancy was a 1955 graduate of the Chambersburg High School and went on to graduate from nursing...
Eber Rife
Mar 18, 2011
Eber J. Rife Jr., age 70, passed away March 18, 2011. He was born April 1, 1940 in Chambersburg, PA to Eber J. and A. Catherine (Cosey) Rife Sr.. He was married to Nancy A. (Piper) Rife on June 23, 1962. Eber was employed by Lee Hopkins as a plasterer before serving in the U.S. Army. After leaving the military,...
Marianna Mentzer
Mar 13, 2011
Marianna W. Mentzer, 95, formerly of 3208 Lincoln Way East, Fayetteville, PA, died at 12:05 PM Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Menno Haven. Born January 2, 1916 in Inverness, Mississippi, she was a daughter of the late Millard Walton and Mattie Lee Franklin Williams. She lived in Mississippi until 1942 and then moved to the Chambersburg/Fayetteville area. Mrs. Mentzer was...
Robert Vanderau
Mar 13, 2011
Robert E. Vanderau, age 79, of 2193 New Franklin Road, Chambersburg, PA, died on March 13, 2011 while vacationing in Negril, Jamaica. He was born on March 19, 1931, to the late Howard A. and Mary Yeager Vanderau. He is survived by his wife Sheila S. Vanderau, they were married on July 28, 1956 in Chambersburg PA by Rev. Eilus...
Dorothy Meyers Butler
Mar 11, 2011
Dorothy R. Meyers Butler, age 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011 in Providence Place. Born on February 3, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles Rife and Ruth Wenger Rife. She was the widow of Martin W. Meyers, who preceded her in death on January 4, 1983. Dorothy was a member of...
Earl Carbaugh
Mar 9, 2011
Earl J. Carbaugh, 80, of Fayetteville, PA, died at 8:51 PM Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 19, 1930 in Orrstown, PA, he was a son of the late Jacob O. and Mary Emma Perry Carbaugh. Earl served with the US Army during the Korean War and worked throughout his life as a carpenter. He was a...
Ella May Hoagland
Mar 9, 2011
Ella May Hoagland, 84, of Chambersburg, widow of Ned B. Hoagland, died on March 9, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM on Monday, March 14, in the Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, 333 Falling Spring Rd., Chbg., with viewing from 12-1 PM. Rev. Paul B. Baker will officiate. Interment will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Memorial contributions may...
Lisa Black
Mar 8, 2011
Lisa K. Black, age 53, of Chambersburg, PA; passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Born January 29, 1958 in Harrisburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles C. and Joyce Y. Wilbert Silks. Lisa graduated from the Chambersburg Area High School's Class of 1976; she went on to work at Landis Machine and Schreiber Foods. Most recently,...
Mary Wenger
Mar 5, 2011
Mary M. Wenger, 93, formerly of Chambersburg, passed away at 3:55 AM Saturday, March 05, 2011 at The Bridges at Bent Creek in Mechanicsburg. Born February 6, 1918 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Maurice and Martha Sollenberger Mentzer. Mary had been employed as a seamstress at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg and she and her...
Lisa Hartley
Mar 5, 2011
Lisa Juenger Hartley, 51 of St. Thomas, PA died Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 29, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Robert E., Sr. and Joan Bietsch Juenger. Surviving are 2 brothers, Steven and James. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM Friday March 11, 2011at Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and...
Marianne Byers
Mar 5, 2011
Mrs. Marianne Louise Hosler Byers, 74, of 2392 Scotland Road, Chambersburg, died on March 5, 2011 at home surrounded by her family. Born August 29, 1936 in Mechanicsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy Evelyn Deckman Hosler and Melvin George Hosler. A 1954 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Marianne was a member of the...
Judy Landis
Mar 4, 2011
Judy Robertson Landis, 71, of Chambersburg, died unexpectedly on March 4, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on August 31, 1939, she was the daughter of the late John N. Sr. and Miriam Cromwell Robertson. Judy touched the lives of many in her 34 years as an elementary school teacher in the Greencastle School District. She retired from her love...
Betty Gipe
Mar 4, 2011
Betty Lee Gipe, 88, of 1585 Sollenberger Road, Chambersburg, PA died peacefully Friday, March 4, 2011 at home. Born November 11, 1922 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Frederick R. Pittman and Mary Keadle Pittman. Her beloved husband, Wendell E. Gipe preceded her in death on December 18, 1993. Betty was a graduate of the Carlisle High...
Junior Grenke
Mar 2, 2011
Junior W. Grenke II, age 57, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Born September 3, 1953 in Cumberland, MD; he was the son of Anna Lucille Fulk Grenke and the late Junior W. Grenke. Junior graduated from James Buchanan High School in 1971; he went on to work at Grove Worldwide...
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