Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Jeffrey Mayer
Sep 22, 2021
Jeffrey R. Mayer, 56, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Born August 24, 1965 in Chambersburg, he was the son of George Mayer (husband of Dorris) and Sharon Mayer. Jeff worked as an electric meter technician for the Chambersburg Borough for the past 20 years. Previously, he was a butcher at many different locations including Crider Meats...
Lewis Baer
Sep 21, 2021
Lewis E. “Sonny” Baer, 74, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at York Hospital. Born January 17, 1947 in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of Lehman and Hilda Reynolds Baer. Sonny was a graduate of North Hagerstown High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Maryland and was employed at...
Frances Herrity
Sep 21, 2021
Frances Louise “Fran” Herrity, Ph.D., age 78, of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Washington, DC on May 14, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Harry Edward Sparshott, Sr. and Frances Louise Kellum Sparshott. Ms. Herrity earned her Bachelor, Masters, and Doctorate degrees from George Mason University, where she...
Robert Yourkavitch
Sep 19, 2021
Robert B. “York” Yourkavitch, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 14, 1933 in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late John Paul Yourkavitch and Freida Brookens Herr. York was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A US Marine Corps veteran, York served honorably during the...
Janet Voegel
Sep 18, 2021
Janet A. Voegel, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 16, 1940 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Catherine Williams Fisher. Janet was a 1957 graduate of CASHS. She dedicated most of her life to making a home for her family. Over the years, she...
James Landaker
Sep 18, 2021
James R. Landaker of Chambersburg, PA was given over to the Lord on September 18, 2021. He will be cherished and remembered by his loving wife of 47 years, Pamela (Aronhalt) Landaker; his daughter and son-in-law Amy and Dominic Barbagallo III; grandson, Dominic Barbagallo IV; his son and daughter-in-law Todd and Nicole Landaker; granddaughters Harper and Stella Landaker; his sister-in...
Mary Poe
Sep 18, 2021
Mary Alice Poe, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, September 18, 2021 at Chambers Pointe. Born April 22, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Luther J. and Mary R. Miller Stinson. A homemaker, she had worked early in her life at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg. She was a member of Antrim Brethren...
Helen Foor
Sep 17, 2021
Helen R. Foor, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, September 17, 2021 at Restore Health of Shippensburg. Born May 28, 1929 in Jones Mills, PA, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence and Goldie Boyer Harkcom. A 1947 graduate of Shade High School in Cairnbrook, she had worked for many years as the bookkeeper for her husband’s...
Jennie Mao
Sep 17, 2021
Jennie Weichen Mao, 42, of Chambersburg passed peacefully at home on September 17, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. Jennie was born on January 17, 1979, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Chambersburg Area Senior High School in 1998. Before graduation she completed the Culinary Arts Program at Vo-Tech. Jennie had a big personality and was full of energy. She...
MaryAnn Beard
Sep 17, 2021
MaryAnn Beard, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, September 17, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 8, 1951 in Perth Amboy, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Ann Laverne Jedatchek Holub. MaryAnn was a 1968 graduate of CASHS. She was employed as a nurse’s aide at South Mountain Restoration Center for 18 years until...
Pauline Goshorn
Sep 16, 2021
Pauline Goshorn, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at her home with her family by her side. Born March 3, 1933 in Mercersburg , PA, she was the daughter of the late Luther Rubeck, Sr. and Carrie Bowers Rubeck and was the widow of the late Cecil L. Goshorn, who passed away January 26, 1999. A...
Tyrone Baltimore
Sep 16, 2021
Tyrone “Adam” Baltimore, Jr., 33, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, September 16, 2021 in Chambersburg, PA. Born March 16, 1988 in Chambersburg he was the son of Tyrone A. Baltimore, Sr. of Spring Grove, PA and the late Carla E. (Shatzer) Baltimore who passed away March 30, 2014. Adam was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and the...
Jacquelyn Campbell
Sep 11, 2021
Jacquelyn (Burkholder) Campbell, 82, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, September 11, 2021, in Chambers Pointe, where she had resided for the last few years. Born January 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Alton and Rachel Burkholder and wife of the late Jesse Campbell. She was a Sister of the Holy Cross from 1957...
Kenneth Hockenberry
Sep 10, 2021
Kenneth L. Hockenberry, 80, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Friday, September 10, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 16, 1941 in Waynesboro, PA he was the son of the late George L. Hockenberry, Sr. and Thelma J. Hockenberry. He graduated from the Scotland School for Veteran’s Children where he participated and completed training in typesetting. After graduating Ken went...
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,...




