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Harry Goetz
Oct 12, 2022
Harry F. Goetz, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 10, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Edward F. and Pearl E. Sheets Goetz. Harry was employed as Vice President of E.F. Goetz Construction Company in Chambersburg. He played in the marching band in high school and...
James Bumbaugh
Oct 9, 2022
James W. Bumbaugh, 88, of Fayetteville, PA passed away, Sunday, October 9, 2022 in Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born February 5, 1934 in Pond Bank, PA he was the son of the late David E. and Thelma Bumbaugh. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1952. He served as class treasurer. In...
Myra Turchetta
Oct 9, 2022
Myra J. “Jean” Turchetta, 93, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Altoona, passed away on Sunday, October 9, at The Village at Luther Ridge. Born on February 3, 1929 in Altoona, she was a daughter of the late George and Miriam Charles Emerick. She was the widow of Arthur Charles Turchetta, who passed away on October 6, 1973. Jean was retired...
Alvin Crawford
Oct 9, 2022
Alvin S. Crawford, 63, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, October 9, 2022 in the York Hospital. Born September 3, 1959 in Chambersburg he was the son of Edna (Otterbein) Crawford of St. Thomas and the late Dalton “Sonny” Crawford who passed away in 1988. He was a graduate of the James Buchanan Senior High School with the Class of...
George Kalathas
Oct 7, 2022
George M. Kalathas, 67, of Shepherdstown, WV and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 7, 2022. Born on October 15, 1954, in Neohori, Nafpaktia, Greece, he was a son of the late Michael N. and Glekeria Kanelos Kalathas. He was the sole proprietor of Tommy’s Pizza in Shepherdstown, WV since 1975. He also owned and operated The...
Dorothy Abrams
Oct 7, 2022
Dorothy K. Abrams, 97, of the Shook Home, Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, October 7, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 16, 1924 in McConnellsburg, PA she was the daughter of the late George A. and Mary H. (Helman) Keebaugh. She is the last of her immediate family. In addition to her parents, Dorothy is preceded in death by...
Samuel Woolcock
Oct 4, 2022
Samuel L. “Lynn” Woolcock, Jr., 64, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Harrisburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 7, 1958 in Lansing, MI, he was a son of Rev. Samuel L. Woolcock, Sr. and Shirley J. Auvenshine Woolcock. Lynn was a self-employed owner/operator of his own painting business. A talented artist,...
Dorothy "Jean" McNew
Oct 1, 2022
Dorothy “Jean” McNew, 97, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 17, 1925 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Nettie West Ulrich. Jean was employed as a dietary aide at South Mountain Restoration Center until her retirement. She was a member of the Fayetteville Church of God....
Herbert Hess
Sep 30, 2022
Herbert J. Hess, 94, of Chambersburg, PA passed from this life to his Heavenly Home, September 30, 2022. Born May 11, 1928 in Harrisonville, PA he was the son of the late Jobe W. and Nina E. (Bard) Hess. He served with the United States Army from 1952 until his honorable discharge in 1954. Herb was employed as an electronics...
Stephen Nas
Sep 30, 2022
Stephen V. Nas, 64, of Orrtanna, passed away on September 30, 2022 at his home. Born May 21, 1958 in Morristown, NJ, he was a son of George S. Nas and the late Evelyn V. Morgan Nas. His beloved wife, Virginia Crawford Nas, preceded him in death on December 20, 2021. Following high school, Stephen served honorably in the US...
Marcia Boyer
Sep 30, 2022
Marcia Wanda Boyer, 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, September 30, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 19, 1949 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Mabel Wingert Bard of St. Thomas and the late Marshall Bard. Marcia was a graduate of the former St. Thomas High School and was employed early in her life at Knouse Foods...
Alice Moore
Sep 30, 2022
Alice E. Moore, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022 at Paramount Senior Living. Born December 25, 1935 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert Joseph and Francis May (Cuff) Barton. Alice was a devoted mother, grandmother and friend. She was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot unitl her retirement in 1999. A long standing...
Sandra Mowen Mills
Sep 27, 2022
Sandra K. Mowen Mills, 74, of Chambersburg, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 27, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Martin I. and Martha Mellott Mowen. Her beloved husband, Delnore F. “Dilly” Mills, preceded her in death on November 20, 2020. Sandra was a...
Donald Swan
Sep 23, 2022
Donald Swan, 71, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, September 23, 2022. Born March 29, 1951 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Ralph and Sarah Swan. He was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Following high school Don served with the United States Marines during Vietnam. He then went on to serve in the Army...
Richard Sprankle
Sep 22, 2022
Richard N. “Dick” Sprankle, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at home on Thursday, September 22 2022. Born June 17, 1932, in Tyrone, PA he was the son of the late Curtin A. and Sarah M. Wyland Sprankle. A U.S. Army veteran, he served for 7 years in the Intelligence Office, stationed in the US, Europe, and Korea during...
Janice Donohue
Sep 22, 2022
Janice M. (Cramer) Donohue, age 88, formerly of Hollis, Centerport, and Greenport, NY passed away on September 22, 2022 in her home in Chambersburg, PA surrounded by her children. Janice was married to her late husband, Peter J. Donohue for 65 years and is survived by their children John (Jane), Lynn (John) Gerken, Kathleen (Kevin) Mulcan, and grandchildren Mark Donohue,...
Frances Rice
Sep 21, 2022
Frances I. Rice, age 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Frederick, MD on October 30, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Helen Jewell Bell. Ms. Rice was a 1968 graduate of the Frederick High School. She worked at the Franklin Learning Center as a Teacher’s...
Lurline Samuels-Murray
Sep 18, 2022
Lurline Samuels-Murray, 64, of Fayetteville, PA passed away, Sunday, September 18, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 31, 1958 in Jamaica she was the daughter of the late Johida Samuels and Inez Clarke. She was employed in housekeeping at the Cornwell Regional Hospital, Jamaica for a number of years. Lurline enjoyed cooking, baking, taking care of her home and...
Nancy Reichenbach
Sep 18, 2022
Nancy McCormick Reichenbach, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, September 18, 2022 at the Chambers Pointe Memory Home. Born August 23, 1931 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late James Waldo and Anna Eleanor Miller McCormick. Nancy was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1949, where she played clarinet in...
Jean Carson
Sep 17, 2022
Jean Marie Carson, 55, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, September 17, 2022 in her home surrounded by her family. Born July 23, 1967 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of Doris Jean (Ridout) Carson and the late Otis Lee Carson. She was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1985. Jean was employed for...
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