Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Elizabeth Spang
Jan 12, 2022
Elizabeth C. (Betty Claire) Voeste Spang was born March 26, 1924 in Hanover Green, Luzerne County, PA to Edward A. Voeste and Olga A. (Hankey) Voeste. She died peacefully on January 12, 2022 at Menno Haven, Chambersburg, PA. She married Donald F. Spang in 1946. He died on April 20, 2020. She graduated from Muhlenberg Township High School in 1941...
Leon Kanagy
Jan 11, 2022
Leon J. Kanagy, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday evening, January 11, 2022 at his home. Born December 13, 1941 in Belleville, PA, he was the son of the late Jacob Y. and Mary M. Yoder Kanagy. A truck driver for 42 years, Leon began his career with the former Nibble with Gibbles and then went on to drive...
June Summers
Jan 11, 2022
June L. McMullen Summers, 97, passed away Tuesday evening January 11, 2022 at Michaux Manor in South Mountain, PA. She had been in declining health since the summer. June was the youngest of four daughters born to Roy Clair McMullen and Lydia Grace Reed McMullen. She was born August 2, 1924 in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, and attended school in...
Darrell Dixson
Jan 11, 2022
Darrell Dixson, 45 of Chambersburg and formerly of Arizona, passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 in his home. Born November 27, 1976 in Fort Defiance, AZ, he was the son of Herman Dixson and Verna Chee Dixson. A 1995 graduate of Window Rock High School in Fort Defiance, Darrell has since been employed at Ventura Foods in Chambersburg as...
Isaac Corbett
Jan 11, 2022
Isaac Carter Corbett, age 6 months, of Chambersburg, passed away at Hershey Medical Center on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 with his family at his side. Born June 16, 2021, he was the son of Ryan L. and Trista M. Harris Corbett. Isaac is also survived by his brother, Theo Corbett; maternal grandparents, Philip Harris and Joyce Tritle; maternal great grandfather,...
Eileen Durand
Jan 10, 2022
Eileen Casey Durand, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, January 10, 2022. Born June 7, 1929 in Messengerville, NY, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Clara Quinlivan Casey. Her beloved husband, Robert N. Durand, preceded her in death on June 30, 2013. Eileen was a 1947 graduate of St. Mary’s Catholic High School. She was employed...
John Swailes
Jan 10, 2022
John E. Swailes, Sr., 59, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, January 10, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 8, 1962 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Madduest and Clara (Smith) Swailes. He attended Chambersburg Area Schools and Harrisburg Area Community College. John then went on to obtain his Bachelor’s degree from Mountain State University, Virginia....
Annabelle Ponce De Leon
Jan 10, 2022
Annabelle Ponce De Leon, 69, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, January 10, 2022 in Promedica Chambersburg. Born on May 23, 1952 in New York, NY, she was a daughter of the late Gloria Maria (Gomez) Alamo. Annabelle was a hard worker and dedicated mother. She enjoyed knitting, reading, writing poetry and spending time with her family. She was a...
William Cain
Jan 10, 2022
William “Bill” E Cain,56, passed away on Monday, January 10, 2022, at the Chambersburg Hospital following a brief unexpected illness. He was born on April 6, 1965, the son of the late John Charles and Diana Merle Roof Cain. He worked hard all his life, working for Coldsmith Construction for the last 21 years. When he wasn’t busy working, he...
Daniel Browell
Jan 9, 2022
Daniel “Danny” K. Browell Sr., 78, of St. Thomas, PA passed away peacefully on January 9, 2022 in Chambersburg Hospital. He was born in Hopewell, PA to the late J. Curtis Browell and Josephine Bridenstine Browell where he was raised on the family farm. In 1968, he moved his family to St. Thomas, PA where he started his lifetime career...
Raymond Berger
Jan 8, 2022
Raymond J. “Ray” Berger, Jr., 39, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 10, 1982 in Akron, OH he was the son of Raymond J. Berger Sr. and Kimberly (Brimstone) Berger of Akron. He was a graduate of Cuyahoga Christian Academy, Cuyahoga Falls, OH with the Class of 2000. Ray then went...
Nathan Eshleman
Jan 7, 2022
Nathan ‘Nate’ Samuel Eshleman, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, was released to the arms of Jesus by his family on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Providence Place Senior Living. Born September 4, 1934 in Smithsburg, MD, he was a son of the late Ralph M. Eshleman, Sr. and Ruth I. Martin Eshleman. Nate was a 1952 graduate of the former Chambersburg...
Rev. James Sollenberger
Jan 7, 2022
Rev. James M. Sollenberger, 68, of Chambersburg, PA, was released to the arms of Jesus by his family on Friday, January 7, 2022. Born November 9, 1953 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Jacob Lesher and Ada Myers Sollenberger. Jim was a 1971 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to receive a...
William Greenlaw
Jan 7, 2022
William “Bill” Thomas Greenlaw, 67, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully in his sleep due to natural causes on Friday, January 7, 2022. Born on April 8, 1954 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, he was the son of the late William C. and Bernadette E. Greenlaw. Bill was a graduate of Cranford High School in New Jersey and studied at...
Helen McCardell
Jan 6, 2022
HELEN IRENE (MONG) MCCARDELL, 90, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022 in The Palace Gardens, Homestead, Florida. Born January 21, 1931 in Ringgold, MD, she was the daughter of the late David E. and Lillian Elmyere (Kendall) Mong. She lived her early life in Ringgold. She married Charles W. McCardell on July 6, 1948, in Maryland. They first lived in...
Dennis Brown
Jan 4, 2022
Dennis Lee Brown, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at York Hospital. Born March 9, 1951 in Mount Union, PA he was a son of Evelyn Isabel Goshorn Brown and the late William Roy Brown. Dennis was a 1969 graduate of Mount Union Area High School. A US Air Force veteran, He served honorably during the...
Charles Harmon
Jan 2, 2022
Charles E. “Stretch” Harmon, 75, of Marion, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 2, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 16, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Glenn and Della Spoonhour Harmon. He was employed as a truck driver with Nitterhouse Masonry for more than 40 years, retiring in 2011. Mr. Harmon played for the...
Marion Small
Jan 2, 2022
Marion H. Small, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 2, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 7, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Albert Leroy and Clara A. Sandoe Hoffeditz. Mrs. Small was a graduate of the former St. Thomas High School. Early in her life she worked on the family dairy...
Thomas Gordon
Jan 2, 2022
Thomas Hall Gordon, Jr., 60 of Biglerville, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 2, 2022 at his home. Born June 2, 1961 in Elwood City, PA, he was the son of Linda Lee Donley Gordon of Largo, FL and the late Thomas Hall Gordon, Sr. A 1979 graduate of Riverside High School in Elwood City, he served honorably with the...
Kaye Robinson
Jan 2, 2022
Kaye L. Robinson, 70, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 4, 1951 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Clark A. “Trig” and Dorothy M. (Harmon) Horne. She was employed in the custodial department of Shippensburg University for 13 years retiring in 2012. Prior to that Kaye worked for...




