Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Arthur Sord
Apr 4, 2020
Arthur W. Sord, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, April 4, 2020 at his home with his family by his side. Born March 12, 1936 in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Herbert W. and M. Mae Leevy Sord. A truck driver all of his life, Mr. Sord was employed with Charles W. Karper...
Pauline Young
Apr 4, 2020
Pauline Christeen Young, 93, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at her home. Born September 9, 1926 in Charles Town, WV, she was a daughter of the late Harry H. and Ida R. Barron Whittington. Her beloved husband, John A. Young, preceded her in death on April 23, 2010. Pauline was a member of Scotland United Methodist...

Rita Baker
Apr 3, 2020
Rita Baker, 73, of Chambersburg, passed away on April 3, 2020. Born August 6, 1946 in Jay, NY, she was a daughter of the late Gerard and Cecile (Allard) Garso. Rita and her husband lived many different places during his career in the Army, finally settling in Chambersburg in 1981. Rita enjoyed spending time with her family and was a...

John Oyler
Apr 3, 2020
John M. Oyler, 70, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday evening, April 3, 2020 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 20, 1949 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Geyer “Perk” and Dorothea Kimple Oyler. John was a 1967 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to receive a Bachelor’s Degree...
Mervin Richardson
Apr 1, 2020
Mervin L. Richardson, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 29, 1938 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Granville R. and Pearl (Jones) Richardson. A proud United States Marine, Mervin honorably served his country for 22 years, during the Vietnam War. He followed his military service working...

Ivy Ickes
Mar 31, 2020
Ivy Ickes, 92, of Fannettsburg, PA passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born February 15, 1928, she was a daughter of the late David F. and Ida Mae Shoop Umbrell. Her beloved husband, Herman F. Ickes, preceded her in death on December 11, 1980. Ivy served as Post Master at the Fannettsburg Post Office...

Betty Jane Sefcik
Mar 31, 2020
Betty Jane Sefcik, 95, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in the Shook Home. Born on December 25, 1924 in Tamaqua, PA, she was a daughter of the late Irvin Sassaman and Myrtle Schuetrumpf Sassaman. She was the widow of Stephen W. Sefcik, who preceded her in death on May 5, 1995. Betty Jane was a 1942...

James McCleary
Mar 31, 2020
James W. McCleary, age 76, a resident of Magnolia’s of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Manor Care in Chambersburg. Born December 14, 1943, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Robert W. McCleary and Jennis Baker Zimmerman. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. McCleary served honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He continued...
Alice Quivers
Mar 29, 2020
Alice M. Purvis Quivers, 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed peacefully on Sunday afternoon, March 29, 2020 at her home. Born October 1, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Curtis Purvis, Sr. and Marion L. Norman Purvis. Mrs. Quivers was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A homemaker most of her life, she was a...
Albert Stoner
Mar 29, 2020
Albert “Bucky” Stoner, 88, of Fayetteville, PA, passed into eternal life on Sunday evening, March 29, 2020 at his home. Born August 15, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Ira Stoner of Monroe, MI and the late Leona Piper of Fayetteville, PA. He attended the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Early in his life, he worked...

Steven Mickley
Mar 26, 2020
Steven Mickley, Sr., age 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Born October 18, 1944, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Myrtle Cave Mickley. Mr. Mickley worked at the former Grove Worldwide for 43 years, retiring in 2007, he began his career as a welder and ended it...
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,...