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Pauline Baker
Oct 26, 2021
Pauline R. Baker, 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, October 26, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 2, 1924 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Jacob Elmer and Nora Blanche Bumbaugh Rock. She was employed for many years at the Knouse Foods Peach Glen plant. Mrs. Baker was a life-long member of the Fayetteville...
Melvin Horst
Oct 25, 2021
Melvin H. Horst, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday evening, October 25, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 20, 1930 in Clear Spring, MD, he was a son of the late Otho Shank and Anna Hoover Horst. He served two years of alternative service during WWII at a Tuberculosis hospital in Maryland. He then worked as a carpenter...
Dennis Miller
Oct 25, 2021
Dennis L. Miller, 74, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, October 25, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg on Monday, February 24, 1947, at the Chambersburg Maternity Home on Fifth Ave., he was the son of the late Harold E. and Helen I. (Helmuth) Miller. Mr. Miller, a 1965 graduate of CASHS, received his bachelor’s degree from Shippensburg...
Thomas Storey
Oct 24, 2021
Thomas G. Storey, Sr., 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 27, 1948 in Portage, PA, he was a son of the late George E. and Bernadette Boley Storey. A graduate of the Portage High School, he was employed for 30 years at the former James River Company in Chambersburg. He...
Harry Champion
Oct 22, 2021
Harry M. Champion 87, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, October 22, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 6, 1934 in Louisville, KY he was the son of the late Harry M. and Augusta (Mitchell) Champion. He was a graduate of Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY. Harry was employed as a construction manager for many years. He was an avid...
Andrew Lahaza
Oct 21, 2021
Andrew Kenneth “Ken” Lahaza, age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 15, 1953, in Northumberland, PA, he was the son of the late Andrew K. and Kathleen Starr Lahaza. Ken was a graduate of South Hagerstown High School. He was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot for 21 years, until...
Josef Messmer
Oct 19, 2021
Josef Messmer, 83, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 26, 1938 in Czech Republic he was the son of the late Josef and Anna (Koran) Messmer. He was a very educated man and obtained his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania. Josef was employed as a consultant...
Arnold Decker
Oct 19, 2021
Arnold Lee Decker, 81, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at his home. Born August 18, 1940 in Harrisonville, he was a son of the late Harry Wayne and Georgia Clair Bard Decker. He was a 1958 graduate of the Green Hill High School in Harrisonville and went on to earn an Associate’s Degree in Drafting...
Kathy Thompson
Oct 18, 2021
Kathy L. Thompson, 63, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, October 18, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 23, 1958 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of James A. and Betty (Quivers) Thompson. She was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Kathy was employed at Valley Bank and M&T Bank. She then was employed at Orrstown...
Donna Russell
Oct 16, 2021
Donna M. (Danzberger) Russell, 69, of St. Thomas, PA passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021 in her home. Born October 22, 1951 in Chambersburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Thomas S. Danzberger, Sr. and Phyllis L. (Spiker) Danzberger. She was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1971. Donna then went onto...
Richard Gomer
Oct 15, 2021
Richard “Rick” E. Gomer, 65, of Chambersburg, passed away Friday, October 15, 2021 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born November 27, 1955 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late George Roy and Patricia Ann Glass Gomer. He was employed at Brechbill and Helman in Chambersburg. Rick was a member of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church where he served...
Ronald Carbaugh
Oct 15, 2021
Ronald A. Carbaugh, 76, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, October 15, 2021 at the Select Specialty Hospital, Camp Hill. Born on November 25, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John J. and Minnie L. Bittinger Carbaugh. Ron graduated from Chambersburg Area Senior High School and then served his country with the U.S. Army during the...
Dennis Gsell
Oct 15, 2021
Dennis J. Gsell, 65, of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly Friday morning, October 15, 2021 at his home. Born March 25, 1956 in Chambersburg, he was a son of John W. and Nellie G. Shover Gsell of Chambersburg. He was a 1974 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and the Franklin County Vo-Tech School. He worked in HVAC with...
Ruben Reiff
Oct 14, 2021
Ruben K. Reiff, III, 71, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 6, 1950 in Hagerstown, MD, he was a son of the late Julia (Shaffer) and Ruben Reiff, Jr. Ruben worked as a produce manager at various grocery stores in the area with the most recent being Wal-Mart, from where...
Donald Kramer
Oct 14, 2021
Donald E. Kramer, 84, of Fayetteville, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 29, 1937 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Crawford and Sarah Peters Kramer. His beloved wife, Helen M. Kramer, whom he married on May 18, 1957, preceded him in death on July 13, 2014. Donald was a graduate...
Brenda Greenawalt
Oct 12, 2021
Brenda J. Greenawalt, 70, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Born August 24, 1951, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late George Rennis and Jean Fannie Etter Fox. Brenda was a 1969 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and then was employed for 20 years at the former Stanley Company. She then supervised...
Dorothy Yocum
Oct 11, 2021
Dorothy V. Yocum, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, October 11, 2021 at the Shook Home. Born March 6, 1930 in East Waterford, PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Ada Harmon Darling. She was the food service manager at the former People’s Drug Store in Chambersburg for many years. She loved cats and supported...
Nancy Myers
Oct 11, 2021
Nancy J. Myers, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, October 11, 2021 in her home with her family by her side. Born August 1, 1936 in Bedford County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Ruby (Foor) Miller and widow to the late Rev. Sampson R. Myers, who passed away on July 1, 2017. Nancy was...
Aaron Silver
Oct 11, 2021
Aaron E. Silver, 51, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, October 11, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 21, 1970 at Fort Rucker, AL, he was a son of Irvin E. “Gene” and Teresa Davison Silver. Aaron was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from West...
Betty Danzberger
Oct 10, 2021
Betty M. (Miller) Danzberger of Spirit Lutheran, 2781 Luther Drive Chambersburg, PA passed away on October 10, 2021. Born on the family farm in Waynecastle, PA on December 8, 1925, she was the only daughter of Melchor Snively and Mary (Mayhugh) Miller. In her early years she attended Hill Grove school before the family moved to Greencastle in 1940. She...
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