Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Noreen Selby
Jan 14, 2023
Noreen J. (Aylesworth) Selby of Waynesboro, PA, died on January 14, 2023 in the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. Noreen was born on October 24, 1967 in Chambersburg. She was the daughter of Nathalie (Poulson) and Glenn Aylesworth. Noreen was a graduate of Chambersburg High School and Juniata College, where she earned a BS Degree in Psychology/Biology in...
Willis Ritchey
Jan 14, 2023
Willis Clayton Ritchey, 91, of Chambersburg, PA went to be with the Lord Saturday, January 14, 2023 in his home surrounded by family. Born September 18, 1931 in Yellow Creek, Bedford County, PA he was a son of the late Clayton and Alma Bollman Ritchey. After graduating from Yellow Creek School, Willis went to work at Atlantic Breeders Co-op fresh...
Alice Heefner
Jan 13, 2023
Alice Rose (Hirschman) Heefner, 80, widow of Lowell Heefner, passed away Friday, January 13, 2023 at UPMC Harrisburg Hospital. Born October 17, 1942 in Columbus, OH she was the daughter of the late Harold and Clara (Albert) Hirschman. Alice and her family moved to Renovo PA her junior year of high school, where she later graduated from St Joseph High...
Patrcia Kramer
Jan 12, 2023
Patricia “Pat” (Weyer) Kramer, 91, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023, at ProMedica Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 12, 1931 in Tyrone, PA she was the daughter of the late George and Thelma (Richhart) Weyer Pat was a homemaker and caretaker all of her life. She loved her title “Memaw” as well as planting flowers. She...
Mary-Jane LeFevre
Jan 11, 2023
Mary-Jane LeFevre, 97, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at the Shook Home. Born October 3, 1925 in Allentown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Robert I. and Mabel Buss Giering. Mary-Jane was a 1944 graduate of Dover High School in Dover, OH. She went on to study at Julliard School of Music in...

James Mosten
Jan 7, 2023
James I. Mosten, 63, of Hagerstown, MD passed away Saturday, January 7, 2023 in Sterling Care South Mountain, Boonsboro, MD. Born December 12, 1959 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of Patricia A. Mosten and the late James I. Ransom. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. James then went on to serve with the...
Patsy Abbamonte
Jan 6, 2023
Patsy V. Abbamonte, 65, of Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Auburndale, FL, passed away on January 6, 2023 at her home. Born August 15, 1957 in Lakeland, FL, she was a daughter of Elizabeth Bembry Vaught and the late Chester Grant Vaught. Patsy was a graduate of Auburndale High School in Florida. She was employed as a project manager with...
Mary Ellen Bower
Jan 6, 2023
Mary Ellen Bower, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023 at Brookview Healthcare Center. Born October 22, 1934 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Ruth Statler Crawford. Her beloved husband, James E. “Jay” Bower, preceded her in death on October 1, 1998. Mary Ellen was a 1952 graduate of Biglerville High...

Calvin Frederick
Jan 4, 2023
Calvin J. Frederick, Jr., 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 29, 1940 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Calvin J. Frederick, Sr. and Isabella Clugston Frederick. Calvin was employed as Field Superintendent at Nitterhouse Concrete Products in Chambersburg. He was later employed at Raskas Cheese Products...
Jack Kennedy
Jan 2, 2023
Jack Dwane Kennedy, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, January 2, 2023 at Wellspan York Hospital. He had resided at the Shook Home in Chambersburg for the past two years. Born July 31, 1940 in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Jack C. and Janet Mowen Kennedy. Jack was a 1958 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior...
Alice Stepler
Jan 1, 2023
Alice M. Stepler, 94 of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, January 1st, 2023 at the Shook Home, where she had resided the last few years. Born April 29, 1928 in Perulock, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Joseph A. Swarner and Ella May Longacre, and widower to the late Lester L. Stepler, who passed away September 26, 2011....
Raymond Witter
Dec 28, 2022
Raymond L. Witter, Jr., 73, of Fayetteville, PA passed away, Wednesday, December 28, 2022 in his home. Born May 21 1949 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond L. Witter, Sr. and Mildred (McGowan) Witter. He attended Chambersburg Area Schools. Ray served with the United States Army Reserves during Vietnam. He was employed for Letterkenny Army...
Jack Mickey
Dec 27, 2022
Jack Lee “Apple Jack” Mickey, 90, of Chambersburg, PA passed away peacefully December 27, 2022 with his son, Dwight L. Mickey by his side. Born July 21, 1932, in Gettysburg, PA, Jack was the son of the late Samuel J. and Hazel M. Pennell Mickey. In 1933, the family moved to a dairy farm in Williamson, PA. The family also...
Harry O'Donnell
Dec 27, 2022
Harry T. “Ted” O’Donnell, Jr., 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at his home. Born September 28, 1952 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Harry T. O’Donnell, Sr. and Anna M. Poe O’Donnell. A US Marine Corps veteran, Ted served honorably during the Vietnam War. He was employed as Recycling Manager at Letterkenny...

Freda Schneider
Dec 26, 2022
Freda M. (Bean) Schneider, 83, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Bowie, MD passed away Monday, December 26, 2022 in Brookview Menno Haven. Born July 13, 1939 in Washington, D.C. she was the daughter of the late Carl and Freda Bean. She was a graduate of the University of Maryland. Freda was employed at a doctor’s office as an office...
Carolyn Boyer
Dec 25, 2022
Carolyn Boyer, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on December 25, 2022, in hospice. Born in 1933 in Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Rev Paul B. Lucas and Ruth Lucas. Carolyn grew up in the parsonage at Second Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chambersburg, where her father was the Pastor. After the death of her grandmother, Carolyn took...
Robert McClure
Dec 24, 2022
Robert F. “Bob” McClure, 89, of Shippensburg, PA passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022 in UMPC Carlisle. Born February 5, 1933 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of the late James C. McClure, Sr. and Margaret (Heckman) McClure. He attended Chambersburg Area Schools. Bob served his country honorably for over 25 years with the United States Army, United States...
James Morsberger
Dec 23, 2022
James Herbert Morsberger, Jr., 89, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Friday morning, December 23, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 19, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late James H. Morsberger, Sr. and Esther Winkler Morsberger Higinbothom. He was a graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and served honorably with the US Navy during the...

William Curfman
Dec 22, 2022
William R. Curfman, 90, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at Shook Home in Chambersburg. Born August 29, 1932 in Homer City, PA, he was a son of the late William M. and Margaret (Kramp) Curfman. His beloved wife of 68 years, Sandra M. Mumper Curfman, preceded him in death on January 20, 2021. Bill was a...
Darryl Wise
Dec 21, 2022
Darryl Lee Wise, 61, of New Franklin, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at his home. Born December 15, 1961 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Richard Leo Wise and the late Lois Wolfe Wise. Darryl was employed as a mason for many years. He also drove truck, worked as a concrete finisher, worked in paving, and in...