Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Joan Styer
Oct 4, 2021
Joan H. Styer, age 77, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021, at home on the Greenwood Hills Bible Conference grounds. Born June 30, 1944, in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Raymondé Harding. She held many jobs during her lifetime, the first at Penn Mutual Insurance Co. in Philadelphia, she worked...
Margaret Heckman
Oct 4, 2021
Margaret I. (Isenberger) Heckman, 96, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, October 4, 2021 in ManorCare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg. Born February 21, 1925 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of the late David G. and Carrie G. (Musselman) Isenberger. In her early life she was employed at Stanley Company and Knouse Foods both in Chambersburg. Margaret was then...
Elizabeth "Betty" Shipp
Oct 4, 2021
Elizabeth “Betty” Tice Shipp, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday evening, October 4, 2021 at her home. Born January 18, 1933 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of the late Edgar N. and Ruth Eyer Tice. Betty was a 1950 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She at one time drove a school bus and was then...
Charlotte Becker
Oct 2, 2021
Charlotte Gladys Strawser Becker, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at her home. Born January 16, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Allen Norman Strawser and Eva May (Beck) Strawser. Her beloved husband, Rowland A. Becker, whom she married on March 15, 1952, preceded her in death on January 4, 2012. Charlotte was a...
Nina Goodrum
Oct 2, 2021
Nina R. Goodrum, 53, of Greenscastle, passed away on Saturday, October 2, 2021 in the Milton Hershey Medical Center. Born on April 19, 1968 in California, she was a daughter of the late Virginia Lee Raynor and Joe Park. She was the widow of Charles Goodrum who preceded her in death in February 2021. Surviving her are four children, Craig...
Suzie Goodwin
Oct 1, 2021
Suzie A. Goodwin, 39, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, October 1, 2021 at her home. Born March 11, 1982 in Greenwood, SC, she was the daughter of MayBell Strother Jones and the late Phil Jones. Suzie was most recently employed at Citi Corp. in the fraud department. She loved playing bingo, listening to music, fishing, watching movies, traveling and...
Anna Zeigler
Sep 30, 2021
Anna G. (Parsons) Zeigler, 83, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, September 30, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 23, 1938 in Orbisonia, PA she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Grace (Shope) Parsons. Anna was employed as the assistant produce manager at the A&P, Food Lion and Sunnyway Foods. She was a member of the Heidelberg...
Lew Gibbons
Sep 29, 2021
Lew R. Gibbons, 90, of St. Thomas, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 14, 1931 in Edenville, PA, he was the son of the late Bertha Ashwell. A US Army veteran, Lew served honorably from 1949 – 1952 during the Korean War. He was the owner/operator of...
Davie West
Sep 27, 2021
Davie M. West, 62, of Mercersburg, PA passed away Monday, September 27, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 25, 1959 in Frederick, MD he was the son of the late David Lee and Mary Elizabeth (Mossburg) West. He was a graduate for the Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick, MD. Davie was employed as a truck driver for Food Lion...
Joanne Fox
Sep 27, 2021
Joanne S. Fox, 92, widow of J. Nelson “Nellie” Fox, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2021 at Menno Haven Brookview. Born on October 10, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Omar F. Statler and Ethel Niswander Statler. A 1947 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School, she married Nellie on June 28,...
Patricia Wagner
Sep 27, 2021
Patricia A. “Patsy” Wagner, 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2021. Born July 10, 1947 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Marvin W. and Bernice Mae (Rosenberger) Yaukey. A 1965 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Patsy then worked as a caseworker for the Pennsylvania Board of Assistance for 20...
Eugene Stelma
Sep 27, 2021
Eugene R. “Gene” Stelma, 78, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, September 27, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 13, 1943 in Graceton, PA he was the son of the late Victor and (Mary Kotzur) Stelma. Following high school he served in the United States Navy until his honorable discharge. Gene was employed by R&P as a mechanic in...
Jean Crotty
Sep 27, 2021
Jean C. Crotty, 89, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday September 27,2021 at SpiriTrust Lutheran Skilled Care Center. Born September 1,1932 in Rochester, NY. She was the daughter of the late George B. Zerkle and Mabel Brady Zerkle, and the widow of Robert John “Bob” Crotty. Jean served her country with the U.S. Navy. Her time in service took...
Rodney Guyer
Sep 26, 2021
Rodney Harold Guyer, age 71, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away at his home on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Born August 9, 1950, in Huntington, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond P. and Josephine Bilger Guyer. Mr. Guyer was a 1968 graduate of the Chambersburg Area School District. He went on to serve honorably in the US Army...
Charles Wetzel
Sep 25, 2021
Charles F. “Freddie” Wetzel, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021 at home. Born November 21, 1934 in Clay Hill, PA he was the son of the late John S. Wetzel and Virginia B. (Hutton) Rebok. He served in the United States Marine Corps from February 1956 until his honorable discharge February 1958. Freddie did two six...
Richard Brill
Sep 25, 2021
Richard Glen Brill, 88, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Saturday, September 25, 2021 in Menno Haven Chambers Pointe where he had resided since July 2018. Born February 17, 1933 in Churchtown, PA he was the son of the late Mamie (Snader) Brill Killian and Ivan Martin Brill and the step-son of John Killian. He is preceded in...
Martha Showers
Sep 25, 2021
Martha C. Showers, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at Laurel Lakes Nursing Home. Born August 10, 1932, in Hamilton Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank D. and Mary Cook Coble. She was a retired elementary school teacher, having taught first grade at South Hamilton elementary school, for many years,...
Barry Spahr
Sep 24, 2021
Barry R. Spahr, 63, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, September 24, 2021 in Holy Spirit Medical Center, Camp Hill, PA. Born March 31, 1958 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of Doris (Diffenderfer) Spahr and the late William Spahr who passed away June 14, 1989. He was a graduate of Bethel Park High School with the Class of...
Donald Witmer
Sep 24, 2021
Donald L. Witmer, 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021 at Ephrata Hospital. Born August 21, 1940 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Paul and Martha Martin Witmer. A 1958 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Donald went on to honorably serve in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1963....
Shirley Brubaker
Sep 24, 2021
Shirley (Davis) Brubaker, 85, of Shippensburg, PA passed away Friday, September 24, 2021 in her home. Born July 27, 1936 in Saxton, PA she was the daughter of the late William H. Davis, Sr. and Martha M. (Dickinson) Davis. She was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1954. Shirley was employed as a press...




