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Jo Ann Dittmann
Jul 16, 2022
Jo Ann Smith Dittmann, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, July 16, 2022 at Brookview Healthcare Center. Born November 14, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas W. and Josephine B. Stine Smith. She earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from Shippensburg University; a second Bachelor’s Degree from Wilson College; and her Juris Doctorate...
Ellen Long
Jul 16, 2022
Ellen M. (Diehl) Long, 89, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022 in her home surrounded by her family. Born July 17, 1932 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Carrie (Alleman) Diehl. She was a graduate of Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1950. Ellen was employed by the Chambersburg Credit Bureau...
Robert Malatin
Jul 15, 2022
Dr. Robert M. Malatin, OD, 75, of Richmond, VA passed to his eternal home on July 15, 2022, in the York Hospital, York, PA, from cardiac complications. Robert was born May 16, 1947, the only son of the late Martin Paul and Margaret Olga (Babchek) Malatin. Robert graduated from Southern College of Optometry in 1972 with a doctorates degree in...
Peter Lucchino
Jul 13, 2022
Peter D. Lucchino, 78, formerly of Pittston, peacefully passed away at home on July 13, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late David and Doris (Chairge) Lucchino of West Pittston. Pete was a graduate of West Pittston High School. He attended one year at Penn State until the sudden death of his father prompted...
Kimberly Thomas
Jul 9, 2022
Kimberly Thomas, age 49, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Saturday, July 9, 2022. Born November 9, 1972, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Leon and Dee Jane Sites Edwards. Mrs. Thomas worked as a homemaker caring for her family. She enjoyed playing cards, movies, music, reading, shopping, and trying new perfumes....
Robert Wright
Jul 4, 2022
Robert K. “Bobby” Wright, Sr., 51, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, July 4, 2022 at his home. Born May 1, 1971 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Sharon Zeigler Helmuth and the late Robert Grover Wright. Bobby was most recently employed at Wright’s Trade Station. He was also previously employed at Frederick Ceilings, Central Service, Kriner’s Racing Engines...
Helen Barr
Jul 4, 2022
Helen H. Barr, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, July 4, 2022 at her home. Born October 20, 1940 in Warfordsburg, she was a daughter of the late John and Ethel Crawford Divelbliss. Early in her life she had been employed at Connie’s Sportswear in Waynesboro and Wayne’s Family Restaurant in Greencastle. She then went to work as...
Charles Yaukey
Jul 2, 2022
Charles R. “Chuck” Yaukey, 58, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, July 2, 2022 in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born October 25, 1963 in Chambersburg he was the son of Marilyn (Divens) Yaukey of Chambersburg and the late Linn R. Yaukey. He was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1981. Chuck then went...
Catherine Karvois
Jul 1, 2022
Catherine passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 1, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Matilda Forster. Catherine was preceded in death by her husband of over 48 years, Joseph J. Karvois. Born in Mahanoy City, PA to a hard-working coal miner and his equally hardworking wife, Catherine is the last of her immediate family....
Gene Steinour
Jul 1, 2022
Gene B. Steinour, 96, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, July 1, 2022 surrounded by his loving family in Menno Haven Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born December 12, 1925 in Gettysburg, PA he was the son of the late Earl Emory and Eva Mary (Kane) Steinour. He was a graduate of Gettysburg High School with the Class of 1944. Following...
Martha Short
Jun 30, 2022
Martha Louise (Olson) Short, 92, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, June 30, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 30, 1930 in Marshall County, Iowa she was the daughter of the late Tilman and Birdilla R. (Robertson) Olson. In her younger years Martha worked with tuberculous patients at South Mountain Hospital. She later was employed as a presser at...
Jimmy Brown
Jun 29, 2022
Jimmy L. “Jim” Brown, 83, of Chambersburg, passed away on June 29, 2022 at Brookview Health Care Center. Born July 30, 1938 in Birmingham, AL, he was a son of the late Leonard O. and Edna Vail Brown. Jim earned his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He was employed as a District Manager for...
Diane Bonsell
Jun 29, 2022
Diane S. Bonsell, 60, of Carlisle, PA passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in her home after a long battle with breast cancer. Born February 17, 1962 in Chambersburg, PA she was the daughter of Charles L. Bonsell of Chambersburg and the late Dorothy (Miller) Bonsell. She was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class...
Robert Schropp
Jun 28, 2022
Robert R. Schropp, 76, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at his home. Born March 18, 1946 in Windber, PA, he was a son of the late Robert and Genevieve Ott Schropp. A US Army veteran, Robert served honorably during the Vietnam War. He was employed as a Senior Buyer for Potomac Electric Power Company for...
Barbara Riggleman
Jun 27, 2022
Barbara Riggleman, 72, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 25, 1949 in Port Royal, PA, she was a daughter of the late Mauddest and Clara Smith Swailes. Barbara loved animals. She also enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and watching soap operas. She was employed for over 20 years at Denny’s in Chambersburg....
Sandra Kirkpatrick
Jun 26, 2022
Sandra Trexler Kirkpatrick, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on June 26, 2022, at the age of 87. Sandy was born on March 12, 1935, to parents Hazel Carberry Trexler and Frank Baxter Trexler. She was the eldest of three sisters, and grew up in the Philadelphia area. Her love of animals from a young age was a driving force in...
Keith Mostofi
Jun 26, 2022
Keith Mostofi, 78, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022 surrounded by his family in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 1, 1944 in Boston, MA he was the son of the late Fathollah Keshvar and Dorothy Ida (Krock) Mostofi. Keith grew up in suburban Washington, DC, in Chevy Chase, MD. His career academia began at the Chevy Chase...
Sara Underkoffler
Jun 19, 2022
Sara Jayne (Kegerreis) Underkoffler, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, June 19, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. Born July 6, 1935 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, PA, she was a daughter of the late Gerald Manning Kegerreis and Ruth Marie Keebaugh Kegerreis. Mrs. Underkoffler graduated from the Pine Grove High School in 1953...
Ronald Portner
Jun 17, 2022
Ronald L. Portner, 75, of Fayetteville passed peacefully at his home on June 17, 2022 after a four year battle with cancer. Born February 7, 1947 in Waynesboro, PA he was the son of the late Lester and Mildred Portner. Ron attended Waynesboro Area Senior High School. He joined the United States Army in 1965 and served with the 82nd...
Joseph Ritchey
Jun 16, 2022
Joseph Allen Ritchey, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in his home surrounded by his family. Born January 26, 1952 in Defiance, PA, he was the son of the late Cloyd Joseph and Emily Arlene (Wright) Ritchey. A 1970 graduate of Tussy Mountain High School in Saxton, PA, Joseph went on to honorably serve in the...
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