Margaret P. Seylar, age 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the Manor Care Nursing Home. Born March 8, 1946 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Rower John.
Mrs. Seylar worked as a nurse’s aid for 18 years at former Beverly Nursing Home. She was a member of Freedom in Christ Church. She enjoyed playing Bingo, watching movies, and playing games on her Ipad.
She is survived by her husband, Carl L. Seylar, Sr., whom she married in November of 1970; two sons, Carl L. Seylar, Jr. of Chambersburg and John B. Seylar of Waynesboro, three step-children, Linda L. Dylewski (husband Ron) , Ruthann Betz (husband Randy) of Hedgesville, WV, and Carl William Seylar of Birmingham, AL, five grandchildren, one great-grandson, and two siblings, Donald and Ralph John. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Charles D. Seylar, and three brothers, George, Buddy, and Marshall John.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 4, 2014 at 1 PM in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Rd., Chambersburg, PA; where Pastor John Pogue will officiate. The family will receive friends in the funeral home on Thursday, April 3, 2014 from 7 – 9 PM and one hour prior to the service in the funeral home on Friday. Interment will follow the service in Parklawns Memorial Gardens.