Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

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...

Cortney Peyton
Apr 14, 2020
Cortney Reed Peyton, 60, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at his home. Born June 7, 1959 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Edmund William Peyton, Sr. and Cleydieth Brisco Peyton. Cortney was a graduate of CASHS. He attended Brownsville Church of God, was a Philadelphia Eagles fan, loved music and enjoyed tinkering....

Rev. Joseph Carolin
Apr 11, 2020
The Rev. Joseph C. Carolin, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on November 15, 1940, in Conshohocken, PA, he was a son of Joseph and Mary Keller Carolin. An only child, he grew up in Lemoyne and graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School. After earning his B.A. from the University of...

Kay Miller
Apr 8, 2020
Kay Miller, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Batesville, AR, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 6, 1936 in Batesville, AR, she was the daughter of the late W.C. “Bill” Kibbe and Anita Sanders Kibbe. Kay was a homemaker most of her life. She loved doing arts and crafts, especially painting. She...
James Mickey
Apr 7, 2020
James Isaac “Jim” Mickey, age 75, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, with his family by his side. Born in Gettysburg, PA on June 29, 1944, he was the son of the late Edward B. and Hilda M. Kuykendall Mickey. A 1963 graduate of Biglerville High School, Mr. Mickey went on to serve...

Thomas Malone
Apr 7, 2020
Thomas B. Malone, age 85, passed away in Harrisburg, PA on April 7, 2020. Born October 31, 1934, he was the son of the late Thomas and Helen Malone of Chambersburg. He was preceded in death by his wife Patricia A. (Gilbert) Malone and his sister, Peggy Malone Simmons. Tom was a Christian, a U.S. Army Veteran and a Railroader...
Warren Zinck
Apr 7, 2020
Warren Vernon Zinck, Sr., age 93, of Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Severna Park, MD, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Paramount Senior Living Home. Born November 23, 1926 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Edward and Florence (Heck) Zinck. His loving wife, Elaine Holste Zinck, preceded him in death on September 11, 2015....

John Orsega
Apr 7, 2020
John Michael Orsega, age 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. He was the devoted husband for 59 years to Karen L. Orsega; he is also survived by two daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, and three brothers. He believed himself to be "an anachronism whose time had come." Services are private. Arrangements are...
Kimberly Miller
Apr 6, 2020
Kimberly E. “Kim” Miller, age 60, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, April 6, 2020. Born June 3, 1959, in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of Sylvia Rohm Powell and the late John Kenneth Powell. Kim was a 1977 graduate of CASHS and the former Franklin County Vo-Tech School. She worked as an LPN...

Isabell Thompson
Apr 5, 2020
Isabell K. Martin Thompson, 98, a guest at SpiriTrust Lutheran, The Village at Luther Ridge, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 5, 2020 at the nursing home. Born March 19, 1922 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles F. and Edna McCanns Martin. Isabell was a 1940 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and worked...