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Rev. Craig Harris
May 19, 2020
Rev. Craig LeRoy Harris, 58, of Chambersburg and formerly of Carlisle, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Born February 12, 1962 in Harrisburg he was the son of Wilmer and Patricia Flickinger Harris of Boiling Springs. Craig was a 1980 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in business from Penn State and a Master...
Edith Wolfe
May 19, 2020
Edith M. "Edie" Wolfe, age 94, married to the late Glen D. Wolfe of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday morning, May 19,2020, at the Shippensburg Healthcare Center. Born November 11, 1925, in Schuylkill County, PA. She was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Cicely C. (Wetzel) Wehry. Edie worked at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg as...
Maj. James Spidel
May 18, 2020
Major James Logan Spidel August 8 1989 - May 18 2020 James Logan Spidel, age 30, of Saint Thomas, Pennsylvania passed away on May 18, 2020 after combatting PTSD and depression. At his death, he was stationed at Creech Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada as a drone pilot, flying the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned fighter aircraft on 595 combat missions....
Elisabeth Lohr
May 18, 2020
Elisabeth N. “Betty” Lohr, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020, at Chambers Point Nursing Center. Born August 27, 1932, in New York City, NY, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Lord Niemann. Betty Lohr served the Lord through the local church throughout her adult life. She taught Sunday School, directed...
Betty Barrick
May 17, 2020
Betty J. Barrick, 84, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Fannettsburg, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at York Hospital. Born November 21, 1935 in Dry Run, she was a daughter of the late Frank L. Miley and Elsie M. Jones Miley. Betty was employed as a cook at T. J.’s Restaurant in Willow Hill for 16 years, as...
Betty Wingert
May 16, 2020
Betty P. Wingert, age 85, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at the Shook Home. Born December 4, 1934, in Mercersburg, she was the daughter of the late James F. and Vera Armstrong Pittman. Mrs. Wingert was a 1952 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School. She and her husband worked on the family...
Linda Dale
May 15, 2020
Linda L. Dale, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday afternoon, May 15, 2020 at ManorCare Health Services following a brief illness. She had resided at ManorCare since 2018 and received excellent care during her time there. Born July 31, 1943 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Dorothy Sixeas Dale. She was a 1962 graduate...
Anne Bubser
May 10, 2020
Anne F. McGovern Bubser, age, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2020, at the Shook Home. Born October 20, 1935, in Pottsville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Michael P. and Anna Duffy McGovern. A graduate of Kutztown University, Mrs. Bubser worked as a substitute teacher for many years. She enjoyed reading, cooking, the...
Helen Gamby
May 9, 2020
Helen I. Gamby, age 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020 at ManorCare Health Services. Born January 15, 1925, in Greencastle, PA, she was a daughter of the late Jacob J. and Linnie M. (Kriner) Oberholzer, and the widow to the late Floyd E. Gamby, who passed away on May 10, 1987. Helen was a longtime...
Gary Carll
May 9, 2020
Gary Roger Carll, born February 8, 1947, died peacefully on Saturday May 9th, 2020. Gary grew up in the Oil City area of Pennsylvania where he graduated High School. He was involved in the Boy Scouts Of America here and obtained the highest rank in scouting- Eagle Scout. Gary served his country in times of war and peace. A disabled...
William "Robbie" Gable
May 7, 2020
William “Robbie” Gable, 66, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at the Hershey Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Born October 27, 1953 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late William S. and Camellia M. Burkhart Gable. A 1972 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Robbie was then employed by several oil...
Dr. Robert Coy
May 7, 2020
Dr. Robert W. Coy of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at Quincy Village on May 7, 2020. He was 91 years old. Born August 26, 1928 in Blairton, PA, he was the son of Wayne and Verdie Coy and raised in Vandergrift, PA. Bob graduated from Vandergrift High School (Class of ’46) where he was awarded the prestigious American Legion...
Mary Bitner
May 6, 2020
Mary V. Logue Bitner, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on May 6, 2020 at Manor Care Health Services in Chambersburg. Born December 2, 1931 in Windber, PA, she was the daughter of late Guy Logue and Esther Dayton Meyers, and was raised by her late foster parents Fred and Virgina Niswander. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church...
Jane Butler
May 5, 2020
Jane Kay Butler, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at Menno Haven Rehab Center. Born May 20, 1930, in Harvey, IL, she was the daughter of the late Herschel B. and Maude L. Hanes Rogers. Jane was a graduate of Thornton High School in Harvey, IL. She and her husband, Charles “Chuck” were married...
Patricia Nelson
May 5, 2020
Patricia A. “Pat” Nelson, age 69, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 5, 1950, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Donald and LaRue Johnson Gift. Mrs. Nelson was a 1968 graduate of CASHS. She worked as a Certified Nurses Aide for a number of years, prior...
Mae Martin
May 4, 2020
Mae Ellen Martin, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, May 4, 2020. Born May 21, 1931, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Russell O. and Ruth I. Carbaugh Nye. Mrs. Martin lived her entire life in Chambersburg and St. Thomas. She was a 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg...
Mark Mower
May 4, 2020
Mark A. Mower, 60, of Harrisburg, and previously of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2020 at Spring Creek Nursing and Rehab Center in Harrisburg, PA. Born May 31, 1959, he was a son of Alice B. Bigham and the late Paul F. Mower. A 1977 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, where he ran track, Mark...
Gregory Fickes
May 4, 2020
Gregory A. Fickes, 48, of Shippensburg, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2020 at his home. Born June 2, 1971 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John R. Fickes, Sr. and Shirley Jane Gipe Lindsay. Greg was employed as a mason with Ralph E. Tolbert Masonry, Inc. in Chambersburg for 30 years. He was a member of...
William Shank
May 3, 2020
William Henry Shank III (Buzz) passed away on May 3, 2020 at The Shook Home, Chambersburg. He was 85. Buzz is survived by his wife, Margaret Ann Shank (Peggy), the love of his life. Their love and friendship was evident to all who knew them and as the winds blow along the trees by the James River in Williamsburg, Virginia,...
Jerry Hall
May 3, 2020
Jerry Edwin Hall, 83, of Fannettsburg, passed away at 8:53 AM Sunday, May 3, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 14, 1936 in Burnt Cabins, PA, he was a son of the late Harold and Irene Mentzer Hall. Jerry retired from Exxon Company on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and later from The Great Cove Golf Club. He enjoyed spending time...
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