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Betty McCleary
Oct 25, 2011
Betty B. McCleary, age 86, of Fayetteville, PA; passed away in her home on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Born January 16, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Banks. Mrs. McCleary worked at the H.J. Heinz Company and at Knouse Foods throughout her life. She enjoyed spending time with family, helping with dinners at the Fayetteville...
Dorothy Olson
Oct 24, 2011
Dorothy M. Olson, 78, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on September 4, 1933 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Martin L. Smith and Lily M. (Myers) Smith. She was the widow of James W. Olson, who preceded her in death on October 23, 1984 after 34 years...
Eleanor Smith
Oct 24, 2011
Eleanor A. Smith, 70, of Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Horseheads and Big Flats, NY, passed away Monday morning, October 24, 2011 at Hershey Medical Center. Born August 28, 1941 in Plainfield, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Argue Douglass. Eleanor was a graduate of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in New Jersey. A licensed...
Myrenda Bush
Oct 22, 2011
Myrenda E. (Nancy) Bush, a resident of Falling Springs Nursing Home, formerly of 216 Milhouse Avenue in Laurich Estates, Chambersburg, PA died on October 22, 2011 at 5:45 pm. Born September 4th, 1912, in Edwardsville (Luzerne County), Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of David and Sarah (Walters) Edwards. She married William Harold Bush on December 24, 1931 and after 70...
William Pukmel
Oct 20, 2011
William T. Pukmel, age 72, of Chambersburg, PA died on Thursday, October 20, 2011 in his home. Born on September 23, 1939 in New York, New York, he was a son of the late Waslow and Frances (Maljan) Pukmel of New York, New York. After serving his country with the U.S. Air Force, Bill attended Porterville College in California. A...
Harold Jones
Oct 20, 2011
Harold R. Jones, 94, of 144 Springs Road, Bedford, PA, and formerly of Chambersburg, entered into transition at 7:00 PM Thursday, October 20, 2011 from his daughter’s home. Born May 18, 1917 in Fayetteville, he was the son of the late Crist and Ruth Ryder Jones. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Harold served with the US Army...
Clara Swisher
Oct 18, 2011
Clara B. Swisher, 90, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Manor Care Health Services in Chambersburg. Born September 29, 1921 in Scotland, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Stella Horn Reath. Clara was employed at the Scotland School for Veteran’s Children until her retirement in 1992. She attended Chambersburg First Church of...
Edith Sleighter
Oct 18, 2011
Edith S. Sleighter, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at 8:50 PM, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at her home. Born January 30, 1923 in Baltimore, MD, she was a daughter of the late William W. and Mary Ella Warenberger White. She was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg. Her beloved husband, Delbert Eugene Sleighter,...
Lavinna Housley
Oct 17, 2011
Lavinna Housley, 87, of Kiowa, OK, died at 5:35 AM Monday October 17, 2011 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg, PA. Born December 2, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA, she was a daughter of the late Elmer I. and Jessie M. Stites Miller. She moved to Kiowa, OK at the age of 6 where she lived until moving to her daughter’s...
Elsie Reamer
Oct 17, 2011
Elsie K. Reamer, 87, of Pleasant Hall, went to be with her Lord on Monday, October 17, 2011 from the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 3, 1924 in Franklin County, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Ruth Varner Runshaw. Elsie was employed in the accounting department at the former H. J. Heinz...
Frank Carbaugh
Oct 15, 2011
Frank E. Carbaugh, 76, of Fayetteville, PA, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, October 15, 2011 at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, Virginia Beach, VA. Born February 12, 1935 near Mercersburg, he was a son of the late Earl S. and Mary J. Sampson Carbaugh. Frank retired from the US Army at the rank of First Sergeant after a career with the...
Royal Knapper
Oct 15, 2011
Royal E. Knapper, Sr., age 93, of Chambersburg, PA; passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 30, 1918 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late John Henry and Edna Christian Knapper. Mr. Knapper worked for Sears and Roebuck Co. for 17 years, retiring in 1983 after 17 years of service, after retiring...
Clarence Brindle
Oct 14, 2011
Clarence E. “Brin” Brindle, Jr., 85 of St. Thomas, PA, died at 10:10 AM Friday, October 14, 2011 at ManorCare Health Services where he had been a guest for the past several weeks. Born March 25, 1926 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Clarence E., Sr. and Maude Kuhl Brindle. A 1944 graduate of the former Chambersburg...
Sara McGowan
Oct 8, 2011
Sara A. Keyser McGowan, age 74, of Chambersburg, widow of Harry D. “Mac” McGowan, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on November 14, 1936 in McConnellsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Herman and Elizabeth Shives Keyser. Sara worked in food service for most of her adult life, retiring from Wilson College....
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,...
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