Betty Loraine Gonder, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2014 at Providence Place Retirement Home. Born in Marion, PA on September 23, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo E. and Martha L. Horst Miller.
A 1945 Graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Gonder went on to work for the borough of Chambersburg as a clerk and then a supervisor, retiring in 1990 after 38 years of service. She was a member of Zion Reformed Church, the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, and the Martha Custis Chapter #342,O.E.S.
Surviving is her son in law, William Harrison (wife Lisa) of Carlisle, PA, three grandsons, Joshua W. (wife Sarah) of Annandale, VA, Jesse G. of Carlisle, PA and Noah H. Harrison of Carlisle, PA, and a great granddaughter, Grace Linda Harrison. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George G. Gonder, Jr., two siblings, Clarence F. Miller and Martha A. Rebuck, and a daughter, Linda Gonder Harrison.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 2 PM in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Rd., Chambersburg, PA; where Rev. Jeffrey R. Diller will officiate. The family will receive friends in the funeral home two hours prior to the service. Interment will follow the service in Lincoln Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Zion Reformed Church, 259 S. Main St., Chambersburg, PA 17201 or to Heartland Hospice, 1200 Walnut Bottom Rd., Carlisle, PA 17015.