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Rodger Murray
Apr 29, 2020
Pastor Rodger L. Murray, 69 of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday morning, April 29, 2020 from his home. Born December 13, 1950 in Johnstown, PA, he was a son of the late Willis I. and Vera C. Pringle Murray. Rodger was a 1968 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and a 1972 graduate...
Christopher Peters
Apr 28, 2020
Christopher Scott Peters, II, 28, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday evening, April 28, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital Emergency Room. Born June 20, 1991 in Gettysburg, he was a son of the Christopher Scott Peters and Lesa Hardy Peters of Orrtanna, PA. Chris was a 2009 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was currently employed...
June Miller
Apr 27, 2020
June C. Piper Miller, 75 of Greencastle, PA, passed away Monday, April 27, 2020. She was born June 16, 1944 in Amberson, Pennsylvania. June was a 1962 graduate of Fannett-Metal High School. She retired from State Farm Insurance in Greencastle in 2011 after 27 years of service. In retirement June enjoyed spending time with her family, gardening, participating in church...
Harold Houtman
Apr 27, 2020
Harold Richard Houtman, 92, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Monday, April 27, 2020 at the Shippensburg Healthcare Center. Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 25, 1928, he was the son of the late William and Anne (Wargaftik) Houtman. Richard lived most of his young life in The Bronx and attended and graduated from high school there. He then attended Manhattan...
Mary Tuthill
Apr 26, 2020
Mary Magdalene Tuthill went to be with her Lord on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Menno Haven. Born February 13, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Gertrude Dojcsak. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank S. Tuthill; a son, Paul M. Garrett; two brothers; and two sisters. She is survived by her daughter,...
Kenneth Griesbaum
Apr 25, 2020
Kenneth Arnold Griesbaum, age 86, of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Born January 19, 1934 in Chicago, IL, he was the son of the late Ervin and Adeline Haselow Griesbaum. A caring and generous person, Ken volunteered countless hours to various organizations including Meals on Wheels in Chambersburg, PA. He enjoyed golf, bridge, bowling, basketball, square...
Margaret Hade
Apr 25, 2020
Margaret Sophia (Walker) Hade, age 91, a resident of Paramount Senior Living located in Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Born in Three Springs, PA on March 3, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Emma (Brumbaugh) Walker. Mrs. Hade was a 1947 graduate of Saltillo High School, Saltillo, PA. She also attended Messiah...
Linda Benedict
Apr 24, 2020
Linda Diane Benedict, 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020 at the Quincy Village Health Center. Born November 15, 1945 in Duluth, MN, she was the daughter of the late Walter A. and Lois L. Sata Miskowski. Linda worked most of her life for the federal government, with both the Naval Supply Systems Command and the...
Paul Snyder
Apr 22, 2020
Paul Snyder, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday morning, April 22, 2020. Born August 29, 1945, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Hubert and Mildred Kennedy Snyder. Mr. Snyder worked at Nitterhouse for 30 years as a supervisor and then retired from Grove. He was a member of Bethel...
Richard Patterson
Apr 22, 2020
Richard C. “Dick” Patterson, 81, formerly of Ft. McCord Road Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 in the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born on February 14, 1939, in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Irvin C. and Gladys Martin Patterson. Dick was a graduate of Shippensburg University and retired from the Chambersburg Area School District, where...
Randall Helman
Apr 20, 2020
Randall Helman, age 75 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Monday, April 20, 2020. Born December 9, 1944, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Eugene and Helen Mixell Helman. He is survived by his children, Kevin Helman, Rodney Helman, Kirk "Pete" Helman, Jason Helman, Roderick Piper,and Lori Piper; ten grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and...
Donald Spang
Apr 20, 2020
Donald Frederick Spang, age 97, of Chambersburg and formerly of Wyomissing passed away at Chambers Point Nursing Home in Chambersburg, PA on Monday, April 20, 2020. Born in Reading on May 17, 1922, to Luther F. and Florence Mae (Shelton) Spang. Husband of Elizabeth C. (Betty Claire Voeste) Spang. Mr. Spang graduated from Reading High School, Class of 1940, he...
Darlene Helman
Apr 20, 2020
Darlene K. Helman, age 73, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020, at Laurel Lakes Nursing Home. Born April 21, 1946, in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Dorothy Henry Keebaugh. A 1964 graduate of McConnellsburg High School, Mrs. Helman worked for Helping hands and for years, she provided private home care....
Kyung Bok Owens
Apr 19, 2020
Kyung Bok Owens, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Menno Haven Rehabilitation Sunday morning, April 19, 2020. Born May 9, 1935 in North Korea. After the separation of Korea and the death of her father Ing No Cha, she and her mother, Jung Sa Lee, heroically defected to South Korea after a harrowing escape from North Korea. Kyung Bok...
Lee Lehr
Apr 17, 2020
Lee C. Lehr, 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Friday, April 17, 2020 at his home. Born October 10, 1938 in Frostburg, MD, he was a son of the late Myron and Helen Morgan Lehr. A graduate of Beall High School in Frostburg, he served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve from 1961-1969. Early in his life he was...
Miriam Barton
Apr 17, 2020
Miriam L. Barton, 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, April 17, 2020 at Chambers Pointe. Born March 17, 1925 in Hays Grove, PA, she was a daughter of the late John Calvin and Loie May Ott Hefflefinger. Mrs. Barton retired from the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg. She was a member of the Charles Nitterhouse VFW Auxiliary and...
N. Diffenderfer
Apr 17, 2020
N. James “Diff” Diffenderfer, 71, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2020 at his home. Born February 24, 1949, he was a son of the late N. Richard and June Arlene Williams Diffenderfer. A US Navy veteran, Diff served honorably during the Vietnam War. He spent most of his career in hotel and restaurant management. Most recently, he...
Kimberly Whitsel Rideout
Apr 16, 2020
Kimberly Kay Whitsel Rideout, 63, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at her home. Born March 9, 1957 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Yvonne Gutshall Whitsel and the late Ernest Fred Whitsel. Kimberly was a 1975 graduate of CASHS. She earned her paralegal license from Allegheny Community College and was employed as such with...
Jean Fox
Apr 15, 2020
Jean F. Fox, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, April 15, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. Born October 26, 1927 in Fort McCord, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Sarah Hockersmith Etter. Early in her life she was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot. She went on to work at the...
Ruth Wingert
Apr 14, 2020
Ruth Elizabeth Wingert, age 95, a resident of Chambers Pointe, Menno Haven, in Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Born July 14, 1924, in Elizabethtown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Engle and Anna Nora (Brubaker) Shelly. After graduating from East Donegal High School in 1942, Ruth worked...
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