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Dorothy Witter
Jan 1, 2022
Dorothy M. (Clark) Witter, 101, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, January 1, 2022 in the Brookview Health Care Center. Born November 14, 1920 in Harrisburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Harvey W. and Mary R. (Fenstermacher) Clark. She was employed for many years as a receptionist at the Chambersburg Trust Company. Dorothy enjoyed tole painting and...
Blair Clark
Dec 31, 2021
Blair A. Clark, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday morning, December 31, 2021. Born November 20, 1934 in Menchtown, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Alice L. Dickens Clark. Blair was a 1954 graduate of Everett High School. A US Air Force veteran, he served honorably during the Korean War. Blair was employed as...
John Gsell
Dec 31, 2021
John W. Gsell, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021 at Menno Haven - Chambers Pointe. Born on September 24, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John and Bertha Keefer Gsell. John was a 1953 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He then established John W. Gsell Sheet Metal, which he owned...
John Patten
Dec 30, 2021
John S. Patten, Jr., 86, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hosptial. Born February 4, 1935 in Superior, WI he was the son of the late John S. Patten, Sr. and Germaine (Shears) Patten. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Nancy L. (Jedlika) Patten who he married, April 8, 1961; four...
Verna Rosenberry
Dec 30, 2021
Verna L. Rosenberry, 94 of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation. Born December 4, 1927 in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Noah David Runk and Edith Marie (Weight) Runk. Verna was a long time member of the Grand Point Church in Chambersburg where she enjoyed both attending...
Sharyn Baker
Dec 29, 2021
Sharyn Ann Baker, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Promedica in Chambersburg. Born December 20, 1944 in New Haven, CT, she was the daughter of the late William and Eleanor Scarpa Swanson. Sharyn was a graduate of the Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven and then attended South Central Community College in Long Wharf...
Stephen Horton
Dec 29, 2021
Stephen R. Horton, age 65, of Orrstown, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 24, 1956, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Donald R. and Doris J. Zeger Horton. A 1975 graduate of CASHS, Stephen went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Air Force for four years until...
Tina Miller
Dec 29, 2021
Tina Marie Miller, 50, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 13, 1971 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Jerry Lee Barnhart and the late Janice Ilene Cramer. Tina was a 1989 graduate of James Buchanan High School. She was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot for the past 21 years. Tina...
George Herbert
Dec 28, 2021
George Henry Herbert, age 78, passed away peacefully with his wife by his side on December 28, 2021. It was a long journey of loss due to progressive supranuclear palsy. Born December 23, 1943 in Lewistown, PA, he was one of five children born to Frank E. and Alma Herbert. George was a man dedicated to God, his family, and...
Margaret Racila
Dec 28, 2021
Margaret Ellen “Teddy” Kuhn Racila, age 94, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 3, 1927, in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Lee and Ruth Knable Kuhn. Teddy worked as a waitress and homemaker most of her working years. She enjoyed flowers, gardening, going to yard...
Charlotte Fisher
Dec 27, 2021
Charlotte M. (Flory) Fisher, 80, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, December 27, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by her daughters. Born September 17, 1941 in Shippensburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Charles and Virgie (Adams) Flory. She was employed at Nibble with Gibble’s, Inc., Chambersburg for over 30 years retiring in 2016. Charlotte loved to...
Eva Jackson
Dec 27, 2021
Eva M. Jackson, 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021 at Paramount Senior Living. Born March 25, 1926 in Luzerne County, PA, she was a daughter of the late William and Isabella Coots Marley. Her beloved husband, Matthew James Jackson, Sr., preceded her in death in August of 1997. Eva was raised in Forty Fort, PA....
Ricky Fox
Dec 25, 2021
Ricky Lynn Fox, 69, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 29, 1952 in Hagerstown, MD, he was a son of the late Charles G. and Mary Butts Fox. Ricky was a 1970 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim High School. A US Marine Corps veteran, he served honorably during the Vietnam War. He was...
Betty Smith
Dec 23, 2021
Betty J. Atwell Smith, 89 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, December 23, 2021 at Chambers Pointe Healthcare Center. Born September 4, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Dan and Nora Lee Sullivan Atwell. Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Baxter Seminary. She was a homemaker most of her life. In her younger years she enjoyed playing...
Joan Krawczak
Dec 23, 2021
Joan R. Krawczak, 81, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Long Island, NY, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021 at Paramount Senior Living. Born April 21, 1940, in Alpena Michigan, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Blanche Ellery Collins. Joan was employed as a nanny and house keeper for 21 years and later was a Processor...
Ray Kaufman
Dec 22, 2021
Ray L. Kaufman, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2021. Born in Somerset County, he was the son of the late L. K. Kaufman and Wilma Bowman Kaufman, and the beloved husband of Lillian Hay Kaufman who preceded him in passing in January 2015. A dedicated teacher of 36 years, Ray taught health and physical education and...
Barbara DePasque
Dec 20, 2021
Barbara J. DePasque, 86, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday morning, December 20, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 3, 1935 in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Angelina Prete Catucci and widow to the late Matthew P. DePasque, who passed away March 1, 2008. Coming from an Italian family deeply rooted in...
Virginia Crawford-Nas
Dec 20, 2021
Virginia K. Crawford-Nas, 67, of Orrtanna, PA, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 31, 1954 in Bedford County, PA, she was a daughter of the late Ray S. and Maxine (Cogan) Crawford. Virginia worked at Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe in Chambersburg for 43 years, from where she had recently retired. Over the years,...
Steven Shaffer
Dec 18, 2021
Steven Paul Shaffer, 52, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at his home. Born July 14, 1969 in Chambersburg he was the son of Joan M. Wingerd and the late Paul E. Shaffer. Steven was a 1987 graduate of CASHS. He was employed at Raskas Foods, now Schrieber Foods, in Shippensburg. He enjoyed building car stereos and...
William Chidboy
Dec 18, 2021
William J. Chidboy, 87, of South Mountain, PA, passed away Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Paramount Senior Living in Fayetteville, PA. Born June 21, 1934 in Green Township, Indiana County, PA, he was one of fourteen children born to Charles and Anna Phillip Chidboy. Mr. Chidboy was employed as a cook at South Mountain Restoration Center for 35 years and...
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