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Patricia Shatzer
Sep 22, 2020
Patricia Ann Shatzer, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 20, 1940 in Shippensburg, she was the daughter of the late David and Pauline Kosher Karper. Patricia was a 1958 graduate of Shippensburg High School. She spent most of her life making a home for her family. She attended Chambersburg Bible...
James Crist
Sep 21, 2020
Mr. James M. “Jim” Crist, 83, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, September 21, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 5, 1937 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Melvin James and Doris (Hancock) Crist. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1956. Mr. Crist then went on to...
Rita Cristiano
Sep 20, 2020
Rita Cristiano, age 84, of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 3, 1936, in Yonkers, NY, she was the daughter of the late Giovanni and Silvia Baldino Casalbore. Mrs. Cristiano was a 1954 graduate of Commerce High School in Yonkers, NY. She was a homemaker most of her adult years, raising...
Franklin Hatcher
Sep 17, 2020
Franklin Roosevelt Hatcher, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday morning, September 17, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 21, 1932, in Homestead, PA, he was a son of the late James Henry and Brooke Vinson Hatcher. He was a 1951 graduate of the Mt. Pleasant High School (Hurst)...
Donald Benedick
Sep 17, 2020
Donald E. Benedick, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 15, 1933 in Lemasters, he was a son of the late Paul and Carrie Meyers Benedick. Mr. Benedick was a 1952 graduate of the former Lemasters High School. He was employed as the Production Manager with Coca-Cola for 40 years prior...
Lois Knipple
Sep 17, 2020
Lois J. (Ohlemacher) Knipple, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Shippensburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Laurel Lakes Wellness & Rehabilitation Center. Born March 27, 1942 in Sandusky, OH, she was the daughter of the late Franklin “Fritz” (of Danbury OH) and Mary Amadea (Eckert of Castalia OH) Ohlemacher. As a 1960 graduate of Port...
Barry Keck
Sep 14, 2020
Barry L. Keck, 74, of Fannettsburg, passed away Monday evening, September 14, 2020 at the home of his son in Ft. Loudon. Born July 22, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Elwood and Janet Eckenrode Keck. Barry was employed early in his life as a truck driver and then worked for a number of years at...
Susan Rowe
Sep 12, 2020
Susan J. Rowe, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at her home. Born April 18, 1944 in Cloquet, MN, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Nellie Madden Milberger. A homemaker most of her life, Sue had worked for two years as an LPN at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN. She was...
Edward Clancy
Sep 11, 2020
Tired, weak and worn, Edward Francis Clancy, 91, put his hand in the hand of his Precious Lord and went home on Hero’s Day, Friday, September 11. Born in The Bronx, August 22, 1929, to Anna and Edward Clancy, Sr., he was a lifetime Yankee fan. He even worked on the scoreboard at games during his teens. He attended Cardinal...
Franklin Sturtz
Sep 11, 2020
Mr. Franklin W. Sturtz, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Friday, September 11, 2020 in Providence Place where he had resided for the last four years. Born September 9, 1934 in Hagerstown, MD he was the son of the late LeRoy and Grethel (Gorman) Sturtz. He attended Waynesboro Area Schools and graduated with a GED from the...
Betty Hambright
Sep 11, 2020
Ms. Betty H. (Pressel) Hambright, age 96, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020, at Paramount Senior Living in Fayetteville, PA. Born November 13, 1923, in York, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Eva P. (Creek) Pressel. Mrs. Hambright was a 1942 graduate of York High School. She was a homemaker most of...
Dorothy Henry
Sep 11, 2020
Ms. Dorothy Pauline “Polly” Henry, 82, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Friday, September 11, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 12, 1938 in Fayetteville, PA she was the daughter of the late George M. and Rhoda (Finkey) Henry. Polly loved the Lord and she loved to sing. She was loved very much by her family and...
Pearl Scott
Sep 10, 2020
Pearl M. Scott, age 81, a resident at the Quincy Home, and formerly of Chambersburg passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020, surrounded by family, at the Quincy Nursing Home. Born July 25, 1939, in Blairs Mills, PA, she was the daughter of the late James Forrest Plank and Frances Mae Green. Mrs. Scott was a 1958 graduate of CASHS....
Jeanne Shives
Sep 10, 2020
Jeanne M. Jones Shives, 96, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 10, 2020 at Chambers Pointe Nursing Center. Born April 25, 1924 in Path Valley, she was a daughter of the late Clarence “C.I.” and Neva Neil Jones. She was a 1941 graduate of the former Metal Township High School and then went on to graduate from nursing...
Marietta Demes
Sep 9, 2020
With a heavy heart we announce our loving mother Marietta (Nan) Emilie Muller Demes has joined our devoted dad, Stephen Demes on September 9th, 2020. Our endearing parents are etched in our hearts and are sadly missed. Nan was born in Congers, New York to Louise and Emile Muller. Both are deceased as is her sister Louise J. Mehl. Nan...
Robin Kearns
Sep 8, 2020
Robin L. Kearns, 59, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Born April 19, 1961, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Ronald and Dee (Garman) Kearns. Robin earned his associates degree in surveying from Penn State in 1985, and has been a surveyor in Pennsylvania and Missouri for many years. He lived...
Zachary King
Sep 6, 2020
Zachary R. “Zach” King, 22, of Lake Worth, FL and formerly of Chambersburg, PA and Bettsville, OH passed away unexpectedly Sunday, September 6, 2020 in his home. Born March 31, 1998 in Chambersburg he was the son of Jay King of Bettsville, OH and Sherry (Wagner) Barrows and her husband Mark of Myrtle Beach, SC. Zach was a graduate of...
Rena Dempsey
Sep 6, 2020
Mrs. Rena L. (Lockett) Dempsey, 74, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 in her home. Born October 30, 1945 in Clearfield County, PA she was the daughter of the late William and Mabel (Haines) Lockett. Mrs. Dempsey was a graduate of Moshannon Valley High School with the Class of 1962. She and her husband of 53 years,...
Louise Cook
Sep 6, 2020
Louise E. Harmon Cook, age 92, of Marion, PA, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 9, 1928, in Mercersburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Jacob Harmon and Melda Bennett Harmon Fargus. A 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Cook went on to study for two years at...
Catherine Cason
Sep 4, 2020
Catherine Ann (Dempsey) Cason, 70, a guest at the Orrstown Personal Care Home and formerly of Belcamp, MD and Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully, Friday afternoon, September 4, 2020. Born January 28, 1950 in Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Francis J. and Catherine Hipp Dempsey. Mrs. Cason was a 1968 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior...
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