Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Betty Smith

Betty Smith

Dec 2, 2021

Betty Brohm Smith went peacefully to be with her Savior and Lord on December 2, 2021. Married to Kenneth W. Smith, who predeceased her in 1981, she leaves a stepson, Barry H. Smith, (wife Carley) of New York City and Scarborough, ME; two step-grandchildren, Christopher (wife Anne) and Sara (husband Michael); and three step-great-grandchildren (Alden, Eugenia, and Lila), residing in...

Thomas Perry

Thomas Perry

Nov 29, 2021

Thomas C. Perry, 55, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021 at his home. Born July 16, 1966 in China Lake, CA, he was the son of Nelson Perry and the late Helen Sprow Hall. Tom was a 1986 graduate of CASHS. A US Navy veteran, he served honorably from 1986 – 2001. Tom was employed as a...

Kenneth Mummert

Kenneth Mummert

Nov 29, 2021

Kenneth H. Mummert, 85, of Chambersburg, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 29, 2021 while surrounded by his family. Born May 2, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul and Mary Karper Mummert. Ken was a 1954 graduate of Chambersburg High School. He was a life-long dairy farmer. Along with his...

Jesse Naugle

Jesse Naugle

Nov 29, 2021

Jesse T. Naugle, 75, of Mont Alto, PA, passed away Monday evening, November 29, 2021 at his home. Born January 18, 1946 in South Mountain, PA, he was a son of the late Jesse J. and Leona Kauffman Naugle. Early in his life he worked at several area orchards prior to going to work for his father-in-law, Robert Hess, at...

Sherry Zimmerman

Sherry Zimmerman

Nov 28, 2021

Sherry Ann Zimmerman, 85, of Queen Creek, AZ and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning, November 28, 2021 at her home. Born September 6, 1936 in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late John N. and Helen Bender Florig. Sherry was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and retired from Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe....

Carl Muly

Carl Muly

Nov 28, 2021

Carl A. Muly, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday evening, November 28, 2021. He was a 1957 graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He served with the Maryland National Guard JAG Corps for 28 years, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Mr. Muly was an attorney in Glen...

Donald Miller

Donald Miller

Nov 27, 2021

Donald “Mike” Miller, 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning, November 27, 2021 at his home. Born December 25, 1955 in Huntingdon, PA, he was a son of Delores Murphy Miller of Chambersburg and the late Donald L. Miller who preceded him in death in 2011. Mike was a 1974 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School....

Konstantinos Tsortos

Konstantinos Tsortos

Nov 27, 2021

Konstantinos Tsortos, 80, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 14, 1941 in Krikilo, Ebritania, Greece, he was a son of the late Serafim and Georgia Kretsi Tsortos. In 1989 Konstantinos purchased the Molly Pitcher Waffle Shop in Chambersburg. In 1999 he purchased the Littler Dipper Restaurant and was the owner/operator until...

Roberta Winkleman

Roberta Winkleman

Nov 26, 2021

Roberta G. Winkleman, 71, of Mercersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, November 26, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 3, 1950 in Champion, OH, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Evelyn Jean Harsh Dollison. Roberta graduated from high school in Champion and was a homemaker most of her life. She was a member of the Church...

Janet Elstun

Janet Elstun

Nov 26, 2021

Janet Margaret (Lesher) Elstun, second daughter of the late David Stouffer and Ethel Mae Barnhart Lesher, was born November 23, 1931, in Chambersburg, PA. Her soul was taken off this earth to its eternal reward on November 26, 2021, making her sojourn on earth 90 years, and 3 days. Realizing the need of a Savior, she was baptized into the...

Timothy Preisler

Timothy Preisler

Nov 23, 2021

Timothy S. Preisler, 61, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, November 23, 2021 at his home. Born August 5, 1960 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Betty Daugherty Zimmerman of Chambersburg and the late Clyde W. Preisler. A graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Tim was a skilled metal fabricator currently employed with Qualex in Chambersburg....

Mary Crouse

Mary Crouse

Nov 22, 2021

Mary L. Crouse, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, November 22, 2021 at Paramount Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born August 19, 1934 in Martinsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles H. Reilly, Sr. and Esther E. (Burket) Reilly. Her beloved husband, Paul C. Crouse, preceded her in death on February 9, 2007. Mary was employed as...

Roland Stewart

Roland Stewart

Nov 22, 2021

Roland H. “Jack” Stewart, 73, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, November 22, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital after a five year battle with complications due to Parkinsonism Disease. Born April 1, 1948 in Nuremberg, Germany he was the son of the late Howard L. and Jacqueline M. (Gelas) Stewart. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High...

Dylan Gilbert

Dylan Gilbert

Nov 22, 2021

Dylan Patrick Gilbert, 19, passed away on November 22, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family and his dog Mocha after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on December 11, 2001 in Chambersburg, Dylan was the son of Ronald and Wendy Hoover Gilbert and the grandson of Willis and Joyce (Shriver) Hoover. In addition he is survived by numerous...

Donald Cramer

Donald Cramer

Nov 21, 2021

Donald “Bat” Cramer passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 26, 1955, he was a son of the late Thomas “Speed” Cramer and Dorothea P. Cramer. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was employed by the Borough of Chambersburg for many years. He was an avid bluegrass music...

Jack Loudenberg

Jack Loudenberg

Nov 20, 2021

Jack S. Loudenberg, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Selinsgrove, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021, at Magnolias of Chambersburg. Born September 7, 1929, in Sunbury, PA, he was the son of the late Robert F. and Helen Slear Loudenberg. Jack was a 1952 graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. Jack...

Jack Lear

Jack Lear

Nov 20, 2021

Jack W. Lear, 73, of Chambersburg, PA went home to be with the Lord Saturday, November 20, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital where he was under hospice care. Born June 3, 1948 in Washington County, MD he was the son of the late William Freemont and Goldie Elizabeth (Smith) Lear. He was a graduate of North Hagerstown High School, Hagerstown,...

Sondra Hockensmith

Sondra Hockensmith

Nov 18, 2021

Sondra J. Hockensmith, age 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 21, 1956, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Ricker Hockensmith, Sr. Sondra was a 1974 graduate of CASHS. She worked as an LPN for many years, lastly at Keystone Women’s Care, retiring in 2018. She...

Robert Freet

Robert Freet

Nov 18, 2021

Robert C. “Bob” Freet, 79, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, November 18, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on March 16, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Charles D. Freet and Mabel E. Miller Freet. He was the widower of Sandra J. Daley Freet, who preceded him in death on January 17, 2016. A 1960...

Donald Hinton

Donald Hinton

Nov 18, 2021

Donald B. Hinton, Jr., 79, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, November 18, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 17, 1942 in Fayetteville, PA he was the son of the late Donald B. Hinton, Sr. and Matilda A. (Tasker) Hinton. He attended Chambersburg Area Schools. Donald was employed as a truck driver for Philadelphia Electric Company for over 20...