Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
David Bigler
Sep 7, 2021
David R. “Dave” Bigler, 66, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2021 in his home. Born January 20, 1955 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Martin Lee and Ruth (Wolffe) Bigler. He attended Chambersburg Area Schools before joining the United States Marine Corps. Dave was employed for the Borough of Chambersburg in many different areas...
Cheryl Runk
Sep 7, 2021
Cheryl Deanette Runk, 72, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at her home. Born June 27, 1949 in Pueblo, CO, she was a daughter of the late Dean and Mary Katharine Peterson. Cheryl was employed as a clerical worker for PennDot for 35 years until her retirement in 2005. She was a member of the Moose Lodge...
Elisabeth Plyler
Sep 6, 2021
Elisabeth A. “Betsy” Plyler, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 10, 1936 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Edna Cook Lesher. Her beloved husband, James W. Plyler, preceded her in death in 2000. Betsy spent most of her life making a home for her family....
Francisco Correa
Sep 6, 2021
Francisco Correa, age 51, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021, at Laurel Lakes Nursing Home. Born June 15, 1970, in Anasco, Puerto Rico, he was the son of the late Jose and Ramona Cruz Correa. Mr. Correa worked as a machine operator in warehousing for a number of years. He enjoyed working out, being in the...
Vonnie Ashway
Sep 5, 2021
Vonnie L. "Jenny" Ashway, 80, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born October 13, 1940 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Oscar O. and Katherine Miller Monn. On January 19, 1957 at the Greenwood Gospel Tabernacle (now known as Greenwood Assembly of God) she married her loving and...
Matthew Foor
Sep 4, 2021
Matthew R. Foor, 32, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Born July 10, 1989 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Barry A. Foor of Chambersburg and the late DeAnne Anderson Foor who preceded him in death on February 5,...
Grant Harding
Sep 3, 2021
Grant I. Harding, 84, died September 3, 2021 at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Chambersburg, PA after several years battling dementia. He was born May 8, 1937 in Reading, PA and graduated from the Reading High School in 1955. Grant worked for Gulf Oil/Chevron in the Baltimore/Washington area in marketing management and real estate for many years before...

James Walterick
Sep 3, 2021
James R. Walterick, 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday afternoon, Sepember 3, 2021 at Hershey Medical Center. Born July 7, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Osro H. and Mary Baker Walterick. Jim was a 1964 graduate of the Chambersburg Area High School. Early in his life he had been employed at T.A. Zullinger in...
Pamela Harris
Sep 2, 2021
Pamela Jane Harris, 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on September 2, 2021 at her home. Born March 17, 1947 in Cadillac, MI, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Jane Bunce Hurlburt. Pamela was a graduate of DuVal High School in Beltsville, MD. She was most recently employed as a clerical assistant in Domestic Relations for Franklin...
Betty Singer
Sep 1, 2021
Betty J. Singer, 63, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Lebanon, PA, passed away on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 in her home. Born March 1, 1958 in Lebanon, PA, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence and Dorothy Neuman Sanders. A 1976 graduate of Lebanon Senior High School, Betty worked various retail jobs. She enjoyed arts and crafts and...
Peggy Welker
Sep 1, 2021
Peggy J. Welker, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 29, 1941 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John R. and Mary C. Rosenberry Pilgrim. Peggy was a 1959 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. A licensed practical nurse she had been employed early in her...
Donald Gracyalny
Aug 29, 2021
Donald Joseph Gracyalny, 84, passed away on August 29, 2021, in Chambersburg, PA. All four of his children and his wife were by his side. He is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Margaret; two sons James and his wife Roxann of Cedarburg, Wisconsin; John and his wife Melissa of Gaithersburg, Maryland and two daughters Theresa Pelletier of...
E. Jane Harrelson
Aug 29, 2021
Ellen “Jane” Harrelson passed away Sunday, August 29, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 15, 1925 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. “Pat” and Lula J. Ellis Rollins and the widow of Leon Harrelson who preceded her in death in 1985. She was a 1943 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. Having been...

Mallie Kingsley
Aug 25, 2021
Mallie (Molly) Wulfert Kingsley, 84, passed peacefully into eternal glory to be with her Loving Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 25, 2021 at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, PA. She was born July 24, 1937, the youngest of nine children to Harry (HP) and Georgia Pearl Wulfert in Marchand, PA. She completed primary and middle school in small one-room...
Roger Gettel
Aug 25, 2021
Roger Lee Gettel, 58, of Chambersburg, PA passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, August, 25, 2021 in his home. Born June 23, 1963 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of the late Harold H. and Delores E. (Patterson) Gettel. He was a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1982 and also attended Franklin County Vo-Tech....

Craig Hamilton
Aug 23, 2021
Craig P. Hamilton age 48, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, August 23, 2021. Born in Chambersburg, PA on May 4, 1973, he was the son of Angus D. and Deborah Fleming Hamilton. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Charles W. Hamilton (wife Laurie) of Chambersburg, PA, a nephew...

Thomas Seville
Aug 23, 2021
Thomas James Seville, 24, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021 at home. Born February 17, 1997 in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of James D. Seville, Jr. and Johanna Cordell (husband Lynn), of Chambersburg. Thomas was a 2015 graduate of Shalom Christian Academy. He was employed at Del Martin Screen Printing for 5 years. Thomas attended...
Doris Brown
Aug 23, 2021
Doris Jean Brown, 84, of Fayetteville, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021 at her home with her family by her side. Born February 11, 1937 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Blanche McLucas Hornbaker. Doris was a 1955 graduate of CASHS. She spent most of her working years as a caregiver for elderly people...
Douglas Misner
Aug 23, 2021
Douglas A. Misner, 73, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, August 23, 2021 at his home. Born February 17, 1948 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Clarence W. and Lorraine Raby Misner. Mr. Misner was a 1966 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School and served with the Army National Guard. A truck driver most of...
Peter Donohue
Aug 20, 2021
Peter J. Donohue, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, a retired aerospace engineer (Grumman/Northrop Grumman), formerly of St. Albans, Centerport, and Greenport, NY, died on August 20, 2021 in Chambersburg, PA. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Janice (Cramer), his children John (Jane), Lynn (John) Gerken, and Kathleen (Kevin) Mulcan, and grandchildren Mark and Brett Donohue and Katelyn Mulcan....