Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Marlin Burkholder
Mar 25, 2020
Marlin Lowell Burkholder, 63, of Chambersburg, PA went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family. Born January 7, 1957, he was the son of the late Roy D. Burkholder and Evelyn K. (Hawbaker ) Burkholder. A graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and Franklin County Vo-Tech School, he...

Constancio Ramirez
Mar 24, 2020
Dr. Constancio A. Ramirez, 91, of Chambersburg passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. He was born on September 1, 1928 in the Philippines, the son of the late Pedro S. Ramirez & Julia A. Ramirez. His wife of 55 years, Petrona Belza Ramirez, MD preceded him in death on September 17, 2015. Constancio graduated as...

Mary Burdge
Mar 23, 2020
Mary E. Burdge, 71, of East Waterford, PA, passed away Monday morning, March 23, 2020 at Brookline Manor in Mifflintown. Born September 29, 1948 in Altoona, PA, she was a daughter of the late William and Mary E. Behel. Mary was a homemaker most of her life. Her husband, David R. Burdge, preceded her in death in 2008. She is...

Ronald Beachley
Mar 23, 2020
Ronald E. Beachley, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 23, 2020 in his home due to natural causes. Born on July 29, 1927 in Fayetteville, PA, he was the son of Raymond E. Beachley and Grace Morgan Beachley. He was married to the late Norma Nye Anna Stambaugh Beachley, who preceded him in death on December 22,...

Elijah Englehart
Mar 23, 2020
Elijah “Eli” Englehart, age 24, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 23, 2020. Born in Chambersburg, PA on August 2, 1995, he was the son of Jerry R. and Susan Heisey Englehart of Waynesboro, PA. A Private Memorial Service will be held at the Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Chambersburg, PA.
Mary Landaker
Mar 22, 2020
Mary Alice Landaker, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, March 22, 2020 at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. Born March 21, 1932 in Maysville, WV, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur and Charlotte Keplinger Carr. Mrs. Landaker had been employed many years in Hagerstown, MD as a seamstress at EJ Fennels and Bags By...

Rebecca Brouse
Mar 20, 2020
Rebecca J. Brouse, 64, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 26, 1955 in Huntingdon, PA, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Sara Jane Krepps Brouse. Rebecca was a 1974 graduate of Southern Huntingdon High School. Following her graduation, she became an LPN and was employed at the...
Mary Staley
Mar 18, 2020
Mary Belle Staley, age 78, formerly of Chambersburg, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 18, in the Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Born on May 3, 1941 in Shippensburg, she was the daughter of the late Mary Heintzelman. She was the widow of Robert L. Staley, whom she married on June 16,...

Edward Kauffman
Mar 16, 2020
Edward Kauffman, 84, formerly of Fayetteville, passed away Monday morning, March 16, 2020. Born February 9, 1936 in South Mountain, he was a son of the late Raymond and Virginia Staley Kauffman. Edward had been employed at several area orchards; had worked as a shoe cobbler; and was employed at Hess Manufacturing. He was a member of AMVETS Post 224,...
Ruth Decker
Mar 16, 2020
Ruth I. Decker, age 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center on Monday, March 16, 2020. Born September 27, 1925 in Westmoreland County, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Watson and Mabel (Stiltenpole) Watson. Mrs. Decker was a longtime member of the Ebenezer Church in Greencastle, PA. She loved to be...

Marvin McKenzie
Mar 14, 2020
Marvin L. McKenzie, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Luther Ridge Nursing Home. Born May 19, 1927, in New Franklin, PA, he was the son of the late Leslie K. and Elva Lehman McKenzie. A 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. McKenzie enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 14,...

Doris Horton
Mar 14, 2020
Doris Z. Horton, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 25, 1931 in Mercersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Edna Hoover Zeger. A graduate of the former Mercersburg High School, she was a homemaker most of her life. She was a member of The Open Door Church...

Nellie Brookens
Mar 14, 2020
Nellie V. Reath Brookens, age 92, passed away at VNA Hospice House on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Born on June 20, 1927, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; she was the daughter of the late Charles and Stella Horn Reath. Nellie met her future husband, Joe Brookens, as teenagers at an Auction in Chambersburg and they were married 1 1/2 years later....

Gary Briggs
Mar 14, 2020
Gary L. Briggs, 69, a guest at the Spring Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Harrisburg, and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 14, 2020 at the nursing home. Born September 29, 1950 in Burnt Cabins, he was a son of the late Robert E. and Verna G. Locke Briggs. Gary was a 1971 graduate of the Southern...

Margaret Picking
Mar 12, 2020
Margaret E. Picking Age 66, of Greensburg died on Thursday, March 12, 2002 at Canterbury Place Hospice in Pittsburgh after several years of illness. She was born November 30, 1953 in Wilmington, DE, the daughter of Willis C. and Lois E. Picking and moved to Western PA at age 7. She attended the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Political Science...
David Pollock
Mar 10, 2020
David R. Pollock, Jr., 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 29, 1951, in Mt. Union, PA, he was the son of Viola (Brown) Pollock and the late David Pollock, Sr. A United States Army Veteran, David honorably served as a Green Beret from 1971 to 1972. Following his service,...
Betty Goshorn
Mar 9, 2020
Betty L. Parson Goshorn, age 88, of East Waterford, PA, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020, at her home. Born in Huntington County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alva and Beulah Parson. A homemaker most of her life, Betty enjoyed gardening, baking, canning, hummingbirds, and caring for her family, especially the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Surviving are...

Zona Upperman
Mar 8, 2020
Zona J. Upperman, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at home with her family by her side. Born on August 19, 1935 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Clarence H. Barlup and Marie Geyer Barlup. She was the widow of William L. Upperman, who preceded her in death on December 15, 1993....
Randall Gunder
Mar 8, 2020
Randall J. Gunder, 67, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at his home. Born April 22, 1952 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Charles Ira and Margie Opal Carr Gunder. Randall was a 1970 graduate of Waynesboro Area Senior High School. He was employed at early in his life at Landis Machine and most...

Frederick Lohr
Mar 8, 2020
Frederick C. “Fred” Lohr, Sr., age 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at the York Hospital. Born February 1, 1938, in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Fred and Nellie Lohr. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Fred served honorably from 1957-1961. He continued his service working for the F.B.I. and then the...