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Dr. Alfred Price
Jul 22, 2021
Dr. Alfred R. Price, who practiced as a family physician in Pittsburgh, Pa. from 1955 to 1995, died at his home in Chambersburg, Pa. July 22 at the age of 95. He was born in 1926 in Pittsburgh, the son of Gwilym A. and Marion Roberts Price and grew up in the Rosslyn Farms borough, with his two brothers, Gwilym...
Nancee Smelser
Jul 21, 2021
Nancee J. (Mentzer) Smelser, of Chambersburg, passed away on July 21, 2021 at her home. Born August 24, 1932 in Tyrone, PA, she was the daughter of the late Howard D. and Madeline Ohrtman Mentzer. Nancee was a 1950 graduate of Altoona High School. She was employed as a supervisor with United Telephone and later Sprint for 38 years until...
Iva Cairns
Jul 20, 2021
Iva Mary (Schlear) Cairns, a longtime Reading, Pa., resident died Tuesday evening, July 20, 2021, at the age of 97. An avid gardener and reader, Iva was married to Edward Cairns for 63 years and had one son, Scott. Eddie and Iva loved attending Penn State football games and traveling to as many major league baseball parks as possible. They...
Donna Shipe
Jul 20, 2021
Donna L. Shipe, 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, July 20, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 16, 1954 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert D. and Edna M. Johnston Tarner. Donna was a 1972 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Donna was employed for many years at the former City...
Carol Cooper
Jul 19, 2021
Carol A. Cooper, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021 at the Menno Haven Rehabilitation Center in Chambersburg. Born March 7, 1942 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Arthur C. and Evalyn (George) Miller. A graduate of Shippensburg State College, where she earned her Bachelor’s in Education, Mrs. Cooper went on to be a...
Pierre Mion
Jul 16, 2021
Pierre R. Mion, 89, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully at his home on July 16, 2021. Born December 10, 1931 in Bryn Mar, PA, he was the son of the late Bernardo and Katheryn Neubaker Mion. Pierre was a well-known illustrator and artist. He attended Montgomery College in Rockville, MD and studied art at what is now known as...
Horace Pierce
Jul 11, 2021
Horace Leon Pierce Jr. passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, July 11, 2021, in the Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, from cancer-related causes. He was born on Jan. 12, 1929, in Suffolk, Virginia. He was the only child of Hattie Marie (Archer) Pierce and Horace Leon Pierce Sr. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents,...
Laurence King
Jul 11, 2021
Laurence Hershey King, 98, died on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at his home in Fayetteville. Born December 21, 1922, in Lancaster, PA he was the second child to the late Albert L. and Margaret Hershey King. A graduate of New Freedom High School, New Freedom, PA in 1940 and Gettysburg College he earned his B.A. in 1950. He earned his...
Vivian Hoover
Jul 10, 2021
Vivian M. Hoover, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, July 10, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 10, 1943 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Elmer Martin and Alice Kauffman Garber. Mrs. Hoover was a 1962 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She was employed for 33 years at the former J....
Hulda Russell
Jul 10, 2021
Hulda G. Cordell Russell, age 100, passed away peacefully at Chambers Pointe Nursing Center, Chambersburg, PA on July 10, 2021. Born September 5, 1920 in Oakville, Cumberland County, PA, Hulda was the daughter of the late Roy W. and Elsie Clever Cordell. Hulda graduated from Quincy High School in 1939. It was there that Hulda met her beloved husband of...
Samuel Butz
Jul 10, 2021
Samuel Eli Butz, 83, resident of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Menno Haven - Chambers Pointe. Born on June 23, 1938 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Stanley A. Butz and Grayce Leacock Butz, and stepson of the late Betty Jean “BJ” Butz. A 1956 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Sam...
Ronald Hull
Jul 10, 2021
Ronald E. Hull, Jr., 57, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 14, 1963 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Mary Ann Faith Hull of Chambersburg and the late Ronald E. Hull, Sr. who preceded him in death on June 22, 2021. He was a 1981 graduate of the Chambersburg Area...
Morris Patarini
Jul 9, 2021
Morris J. “Pat” Patarini, age 87, died on July 9, 2021 in Chambersburg, PA. Born in the small mining town of Nanty-Glo, PA, Pat attended Nanty-Glo High School, where he excelled in sports. He attended John Carroll University where he was an All-Conference football player and majored in Accounting and History. After college he went to work for the U.S....
Robert Schaefer
Jul 8, 2021
Robert M. Schaefer, Jr., 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully at his home Thursday afternoon, July 8, 2021. Bob was born July 7, 1940 in Washington, DC. He is survived by his beloved wife, Virginia “Ginny” Goad DeLore Schaefer, whom he married May 29, 1971; eight children, Michael D. DeLore (companion Laurie Cimino), Michael C. Schaefer, Stephen P. DeLore...
Nelle Mummert
Jul 6, 2021
Nelle M. Mummert, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away with her family by her side on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Born August 2, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Laban H. and Eleanor K. Brubaker Stoner. Her beloved husband, Glenn K. Mummert, preceded her in death on July 17, 2005. Nelle was a 1957 graduate of CASHS....
Dorothy Schaff Mowen
Jul 5, 2021
Dorothy D. Schaff Mowen, 83, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away Monday, July 5, 2021, in Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 2, 1937, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late William D. and Georgie (Heatwole) Schaff. She attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., graduating with the Class of 1955. Dot was an active member of the...
Michael Hennessy
Jul 5, 2021
Michael K. Hennessy, 67, of Wilson Avenue, Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021 in his home. Born on October 7, 1953 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late James J. Hennessy Jr. and Mary Barbara Selman Hennessy. Mike was a lifelong resident of Chambersburg and a proud Eagle Scout. A 1972 graduate of St. Francis Prep...
Thomas Burkey
Jul 4, 2021
Thomas Gee Burkey, 86, departed this this life Sunday, July 4, 2021 in Chambersburg, PA, after a short battle with cancer. Tom was born May 27, 1935 in West Chester, PA, a son of the late Walter C. and Dorothy Gee Burkey. He spent his childhood in Malvern, PA and graduated from the Tredyffrin-Easttown High School, Berwyn in 1952. He,...
Gerald Hayes
Jul 1, 2021
Gerald Leroy Hayes Sr., age 77, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania went home to be with the Lord on July 1, 2021 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 4, 1944 in Vinings, Georgia, he was the son of the late Clarence L Hayes and Anna Catherine Hayes-Lobach. He is survived by his loving wife of 33 years Donna Hayes. He is preceded in...
Ralph Tolbert
Jul 1, 2021
Ralph E. Tolbert, 84, lifelong resident of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at home. Born on August 2, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Robert Tolbert and Eva Nuckels Tolbert. He was the widower of Gladys Gayman Tolbert, whom he married on June 20, 1959. She preceded him in death on February 3,...
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