Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Kimberly Shatzer

Kimberly Shatzer

Jan 25, 2022

Kimberly S. “Kim” Shatzer, Ph.D., age 58 of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Born March 22, 1963, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of Phyllis Besecker Foreman and the late Glenn A. Webber. Kim was a 1988 graduate of Shippensburg University with a Bachelor...

Vera Mulhollen

Vera Mulhollen

Jan 25, 2022

Vera L. Mulhollen, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at the Laurel Lakes Nursing and Rehab Center. Born July 17, 1937, in Juniata Township, Huntington County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Myra Long Baker. Mrs. Mulhollen was a homemaker most of her working years. She enjoyed making crafts, painting,...

Phyllis Westerfield

Phyllis Westerfield

Jan 24, 2022

Phyllis Wheeler Westerfield, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA passed away of natural causes on Monday, January 24, 2022, at Menno Village. Born July 28, 1937, in Louisville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Margaret Parsons Wheeler. Phyllis retired from the United States Postal Service, where she served with meritorious service for 22 years. She began her...

Gladys Luka Acri

Gladys Luka Acri

Jan 23, 2022

Gladys L. Acri, age 97, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at the Menno Haven Brookview Health Center. Gladys was born on August 8, 1924 in Neenah, Wisconsin, and was raised by her grandparents, Lincoln Winch and Carrie Cornish Winch. After living in Wisconsin and Oswego, New York, she resided for the next 60 years in Chambersburg. Gladys was...

Dauphine Amsley

Dauphine Amsley

Jan 22, 2022

Dauphine F. “Doll” Amsley, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on Saturday, January 22, 2022, after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. Born January 6, 1951 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Leroy L. and Vera M. Black Amsley. She was a 1968 graduate of the...

Marion Campbell

Marion Campbell

Jan 21, 2022

Marion G. “Mitzi” Campbell, 88, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 in Brookview Menno Haven. Born September 1, 1933 in Orrstown, PA she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ada (McNair) Garnes. She was a homemaker raising her three sons. Marion enjoyed going to Penn State Football games, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers, traveling, decorating her...

Margaret Gsell

Margaret Gsell

Jan 21, 2022

Margaret D. Gsell, 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, January 21, 2022 due to natural causes in Florida where she had resided for the past year and a half with her daughter Cynthia Appel Shackleton. Born December 27, 1924 in Pennbrook, PA, she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Mary Fenstermacher Clark. She was a 1942...

William Johnston

William Johnston

Jan 21, 2022

William M. “Bill” Johnston, Jr., 84, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, February 17, 1937 in the Chambersburg Maternity Home, he was the only son of the late William M. Johnston, Sr. and Jeanne P. (Schuchman) Johnston. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class...

Martha Paszkowski

Martha Paszkowski

Jan 20, 2022

Martha J. Paszkowski, 74, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2022 in her home. Born June 19, 1947 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Fix and Gladys Hock Jones Fix. A 1965 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Martha primarily worked as a bank teller at Chambersburg Trust, then Valley Bank for...

William Johnson

William Johnson

Jan 19, 2022

William E. “Bill” Johnson, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in ProMedica Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg. Born November 21, 1935 in Spring Run, PA he was the son of the late Meryl and Thelma (Snider) Johnson. He served in the United States Army during Vietnam and with the Army Reserves for 25 years. Bill was employed in...

John Spangler

John Spangler

Jan 19, 2022

John R. “Bob” Spangler, 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 29, 1930 in New Franklin, he was the son of William J. and Ina Fortney Spangler. A US Navy veteran, Bob served honorably during the Korean War. He was employed as a truck driver most of his life, first for...

Jean Harper

Jean Harper

Jan 17, 2022

Jean Marjorie Rodway Harper, 88, passed peacefully from her Fayetteville, PA home to her Heavenly home, Monday, January 17, 2022. Born June 4, 1933 in Cambridge, MA, she was a daughter of the late William Batchelder Stanley Rodway and Mary Macaulay Rodway. Raised in the center of Boston across from historic Trinity Church, she was a member and Valedictorian of...

Clarence Carbaugh

Clarence Carbaugh

Jan 17, 2022

Clarence J. Carbaugh, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday afternoon, January 17, 2022 at his home. Born July 8, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late George and Viginia Deshong Carbaugh. He had been employed for 25 years with Nibble with Gibbles and then went on to work for the former Hennessey Products. He retired from...

David Puhl

David Puhl

Jan 15, 2022

David Michael Puhl passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2022 in Munich, Germany. He was born on October 16, 1954 in Pittsburgh, PA to George and Julia (Roll) Puhl. He graduated from Baldwin High School in Pittsburgh in 1973. He then moved to the Mont Alto/Chambersburg area to attend Penn State Mont Alto. In 1975, he met his new best...

Paul Stull

Paul Stull

Jan 15, 2022

Paul F. “Skip” Stull, 69, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2022 at his home. Born September 26, 1952 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Paul Stull, Jr. and Gwen Dorty Stull. Skip was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and served honorably with the US Marine Corps for 22 years retiring...

Dorothy Pheil

Dorothy Pheil

Jan 14, 2022

Dorothy K. Pheil, 93, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, January 14, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on December 1, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Frank Keller and Martha Ellen Traxler Keller. She was the widow of Harold C. Pheil, whom she married on July 10, 1949. Harold preceded her in death on July...

Eric Hess

Eric Hess

Jan 14, 2022

Eric E. Hess, 36, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, January 14, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Born February 22, 1985 in Chambersburg he was the son of Charles “Charley” and Linda (Mummert) Hess of Chambersburg. He was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 2004. Eric was employed...

Lynn Byers

Lynn Byers

Jan 13, 2022

Lynn E. Byers, 84, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Thursday, January 13, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Born June 29, 1937 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Bruce B. and Blanche E. (Hull) Byers. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1955. Lynn served and...

Linda Brandt

Linda Brandt

Jan 13, 2022

Linda R. Brandt, age 71, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 14, 1950, in Mount Pleasant, PA, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert Leslie and Ruth Ioan Watson Decker. Ms. Brandt was a 1968 graduate of James Buchanan High School. She was a member of the Chambersburg...

Clarence Sweene

Clarence Sweene

Jan 12, 2022

Clarence Rudolph “Larry” Sweene, Jr. 78, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday evening, January 12, 2022 at the Gettysburg Hospital. Born September 11, 1943 in Frostburg, MD, he was the son of the late Clarence Rudolph Sweene, Sr. and Mildred Orletta Steele Sweene Seibert. He was raised by his mother and step-father, the late John Eugene Seibert. A 1961 graduate...