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Kaye Fox
Oct 25, 2022
Kaye A. Fox, 86, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, passed away Tuesday morning, October 25, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 22, 1936 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Albert F. and Tressie Smith Armstrong. Mrs. Fox was a 1954 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and History from Wilson...
Lois Jean Hinish
Oct 24, 2022
Lois Jean Hinish, 90, of Supply, NC and formerly of Roaring Spring, PA, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022 in Bolivia, NC. Born on May 25, 1932 in Woodbury, PA, she was a daughter of the late Oren E. and Grace M. (Woodcock) Carper. She was the widow or Ronald L. Hinish, Sr., whom she married in April of...
Kathryn Miner
Oct 23, 2022
Kathryn S. Miner, 97, of Chambersburg, PA, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, October 23, 2022. Kate was born on August 15, 1925 in Roxbury, PA to the late Boyd and Blanche (Alleman) Myers. She was from a large and close family, having 7 brothers and 6 sisters. Kate married John A. Miner on September 25, 1948. They lived in...
Louis Poppenwimer
Oct 23, 2022
Louis A. Poppenwimer, 96, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, October 23, 2022 in his home. Born December 30, 1925 in Altoona, PA he was the son of the late George and Barbara (Koesbauer) Poppenwimer. After graduating high school Louis served in the United States Navy during World War II and Korea. Following his honorable discharge he went to work...
Elizabeth Creager
Oct 22, 2022
Elizabeth L. “Betty Lou” (Leidig) Creager, 92, formerly of St. Thomas, PA passed away Saturday, October 22, 2022 at The Village at Luther Ridge. Born July 11, 1930 in Chambersburg, PA she was the daughter of the late George I. and Flora Glen (Wolff) Leidig. In her early life she was employed at Stanley Company, Chambersburg and then worked in...
Thomas Wertz
Oct 20, 2022
Thomas R. “Tom” Wertz, 80, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, October 20, 2022 in his home. Born September 4, 1942 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late John P. Wertz, Sr. and Florence J. (Smith) Wertz. He was a graduate of Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1960. During high school Tom was on track, football,...
Patrick Loyd
Oct 19, 2022
Patrick V. “Pat” Loyd, Sr., 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at SpiriTrust Lutheran, The Village at Luther Ridge. Born February 6, 1938, in Des Moines, IA, he was the son of the late F. Glennon and E. Jean Myers Loyd. His beloved wife, Peggy A. Brooks Loyd, preceded him in death on September 3,...
Mary Etter
Oct 17, 2022
Mary W. (Mellott) Etter, 84, of Scotland, PA passed away Monday, October 17, 2022 in Brookview Nursing Center, Chambersburg. Born January 3, 1938 in Fulton County, PA she was the daughter of the late Ray and Letitia (Hill) Mellott. She was a graduate of Green Hills High School with the Class of 1956. Mary was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening,...
Dorothy Fochtman
Oct 15, 2022
Dorothy A. “Dottie” (McNeal) Fochtman, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, October 15, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. Born July 20, 1945 in Johnstown, she was a daughter of the late Charles A. and Bertha A. Spitko McNeal. Mrs. Fochtman was a 1963 graduate of the Johnstown High School and worked early in...
Mable Bard
Oct 15, 2022
Mable C. Wingert Bard, 99, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 31, 1923 in St. Thomas Township, she was a daughter of the late Clarence G. and Myrtle E. Forrester Wingert. She had been employed as a Certified Nursing Assistant at the former Franklin County Nursing Home for 32 years. Mrs....
Robert Tokar
Oct 14, 2022
Robert Anthony Tokar, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 14, 2022 at his home. Born October 14, 1941 in Johnstown, PA, he was a son of the late Anthony and Jessie Twardziak Tokar. Mr. Tokar was a graduate of the Johnstown High School and attended technical school in Pittsburgh where he studied electronics. A computer specialist,...
Fay Anderson
Oct 14, 2022
Fay Ellen Anderson of Chambersburg passed away on Friday, October 14, 2022, at SpiriTrust Lutheran – The Village at Luther Ridge. Born in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Bruce and Blanche Hull Byers. Fay was employed for a number of years at Town and Country and later as a teller at Dauphin Deposit until her retirement. Fay...
Barbara Hargadon
Oct 14, 2022
Barbara J. Hargadon, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, October 14, 2022 at Brookview at Menno Haven. Born July 18, 1944 in Springfield, MA, she was a daughter of the late Mario John and Florence E. Ivers Menocal. Following high school graduation Mrs. Hargadon went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree from Towson State. She was a member of...
Kirk Paul
Oct 13, 2022
Kirk Patrick Paul, 75, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 11, 1947 in Wayne, PA, he was the son of Kenneth and Hope Schuyler Smith Paul. Kirk served with the US Navy in Guam and later earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Villanova University. He was employed as a...
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...
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